Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса направлений

Exercise 3. Read the following word-combinations as quickly as possible. Translate them, switching from Russian into English and vice versa.
Grey-haired spouse – принять предложение - offsprings – молодожены – keep the family – женится по любви – marry for money – водить в детский сад.
Exercise 4. a) Repeat the members of the family with additional information after the teacher / partner.
Cousins 5 and 12, aunt 45, nephew 1991, niece 23 August, grandparents 65 and72.


b) Translate the text by ear.
The smile is a magic gift. It warms everybody without exception, cheers up, makes to feel happy. It is so pleasant to see a smiling person, especially, when your mum smiles. And my mum who is the dearest person in the world smiles so tenderly, sincerely and openly. It becomes lightly from her smile in the whole house. And so, you want to sing with joy!


Exercise 5. a) Repeat the items of the wedding after the teacher / partner.
Bride, proposal, engagement, groom, guests, honeymoon trip, wedding present, gossiping, newly-weds.
b) Translate them by ear.
c) Find the odd word in each line. Why are they odd?
1) guests - parents – teachers;
2) newly-weds, divorced, honey-moon;
3) presents, flowers, students.


Exercise 6. Sum up the following text in 5 sentences.
Families evacuated during a large blaze on Anglesey on Friday morning have begun to return to their homes.
Nine families had been temporarily re-housed in a primary school after the flames forced 22 homes on Nant y Felin estate to be evacuated.
It broke out at a petrol station in Pentraeth at about 04:50 BST on Friday.
The A5025 road between Menai Bridge and Amlwich has been reopened after being closed due to the fire, police have confirmed.
Sandra Robinson Clark, who lives behind the petrol station, said the fire was so close to her house as she could feel the heat from the blaze.
"I was woken by police at around five o'clock in the morning and went into a bit of a panic," she said.
'Huge flames'
"I could see huge flames from my bedroom window. It was horrendous.
"I was concerned that the petrol station would explode.
"The smell of the smoke is terrible but I'm hoping we will be able to return home soon."
Media caption Firefighter Gary Brandick, said a shop and workshop have been badly damaged
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service warned the public to stay away.
Crews are expecting to be damping down the site for much of the day and could not say when the families could return to their homes.
Gary Brandick, senior fire safety manager at the fire service, said: "Our firefighters have done a good job here this morning keeping the fire contained, especially given the close proximity of other premises."
The cause of the fire is being investigated.