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PART SIX
EXERCISE 5
What's the difference between.
• To play up to, down;
• To line up, up with;
• To take after, for, in, back, apart, down, up on, up with, off
after, up, off on;
• To pass on, away, as, out, off, on, up;
• To check on, up on;
• To pull down, off, ahead of;
• To turn on, in, against, to, over to, to for;
• To come down, into, on as, in for, with, to, out, off, at, back,
across, on, up with, up from behind?
EXERCISE 6
Retell the text.
EXERCISE 7
Speak of your teacher.
L E S S O N 2 8
SCHOOL LIFE
I'm studying at a high school. I am the best student
and usually get good grades. But it is hard to stay ahead
of the whole class and not to fall behind in some subject
because the teacher piles a lot of homework on us. We've
got to figure very difficult problems out in class, some
times you have to sleep on them when there is no way to
hang on to the right thought and the solution won't dawn
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on you. Sometimes there is no way to round off a number
to the next higher or lower whole number (say, 8.789 to 9
oг 8.122 to 8). Nevertheless there are students who will
not trouble themselves about studying. What's more, they
are always goofing off, flunking out the classes or blowing
off their hometask. They try to touch off the teachers, toss
off their remarks and have everyone on. When there's a
class they always slip off sneaking by the teacher.
If there
is no way for them to straighten up (it seems as if they
were asking for it), they are sure to drop out of school. I
don't like them. Neither do I like those who tell on you
and you've got to own up to your misbehavior. Those who
show off, cozy up to the teachers or can easily cross you
up. Their classmates often gang up on them and beat them
up. And it serves them right!
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