Англиискии для вас Новый курс XXI века

Exercise 7. Make the necessary substitutions and reproduce the dialogues.

1. 
   A: Do Peter and Nick work in the same office?
   

8. 
   Yes, they do.
   

(A: live in the same house, go to the same school, have lunch in the same canteen)

2. 
   A: I often have bacon and eggs for breakfast.
   

8. 
   I never have bacon and eggs. I usually have tea and toast.
   

(A: coffee; B: coffee)

3. 
   A: When does Ann leave home for college?
   

8. 
   She leaves for college at 8 o’clock.
   

(A: for university, for work; B: for university, for work)
MY FAMILY
My 'name is Peter SeTdov. I am 'forty-six years Told. 1 am chief engi­neer in a T factory.¹ I have got a 'wife and T three T sons. My 'wife Mary is forty--7 two. 'Mary and -7 I 'work in the 'same “S factory. She is a "Ssecretary in the office.
Our "S eldest son -J Boris is ' twenty-“S two. He is a “S programmer. 'George, our 'second -7son, is nine’ll teen. He is a 'first-year 'student al ' Moscow Uni “A versity².
Our “T younger son -7 Nick is 1 twelve. He goes to “4 school. He is in the fifth “^form.
We live in "T Moscow. We have a 'four-room -7 flat J in a new block of flats. Our' flat is on the' second floor. Our' house is in “T Ostozhenka Street.
' Mary and -7 1 i 'usually get -7 up early, at half past six. I 'shave and
have a “'i shower. Then 1 'wake up 'Boris and Nick.
Al “T half past _7 seven we have breakfast. We 'usually have bacon and _7 eggs, i -J toast i and tea or T coffee for breakfast.
At 'ten 'minutes past J eight » we 'leave 'home for _7work » or T school. Our 'house is 'near 'Gorky Park Underground J Station, > and it 'takes us T five minutes to get there.
My wife and -7 I i 'get to the -7 factory J at a quarter to nine.
I usually have a T lot of “T things to do³ in the office. I dic'tate _7 letters, t look through papers and trans-7 lations > and re'ceive “4 visitors.
'Mary and -71 > 'always have lunch in the factory can teen. We usu­ally have 'roastbeef or -7 steak i and "T coffee for lunch.
'Nick comes 'home from -7school > at 'half past -Jone or at two o’"^clock. He has -7lunch and then goes fora 'walk in Gorky Park. At T four o’ -J clock । he 'comes “^back > and does his homework. He writes -7 exercises. > translates English 'texts into -7 Russian > and learns “Brules. It takes him T two hours and a half to do his "T homework. Nick likes 'playing computer games.
' Mary and _71 1 come 'home at a quarter past six. At "Л seven o’ -J clock J we have “T dinner. After -J dinner I I' usually' look through the -J newspapers i or watch tele “T vision.
-7 George often 'stays at uni_7 versity till nine o’clock. He reads books in the T college library⁴. Sometimes he borrows books from it.
At 'ten o’-J clock we 'listen to the 'latest 'news on the _7 radio i and at half past e-7 Ie ven » we 'goto "Tbed.
To-7 night we 'have a guest. "T Michael, my younger “T brother, is 'coming to “S see us. -7 Michael is a T diplomat. He ' works in the ' Ministry of Foreign AO fairs. Michael knows T three foreign “Slanguages: -7 English, —7 Spanish and German.
Notes

1. 
   1 am chief engineer in a factory. Я главный инженер завода.
   

Артикль не употребляется перед именной частью составного сказуе­мого, выраженной существительным, обозначающим должность, кото­рую может занимать только одно лицо.

2. 
   Если перед словом университет стоит название города, где он находится, то артикль не ставится.
   

Moscow University, London University.

3. 
   1 have a lot of things to do. У меня очень много работы.
   
4. 
   from the university library из университетской библиотеки. В англий­ском языке существительные часто употребляются в функции определе­ния к другому существительному.