(a) using 'little', 'a little', 'few', "a few' *:
1. Я знал, что в том, что он рассказывал, было мало правды. 2. Он немного подумал, прежде чем ответить. 3. Погода понемногу меняется с каждым днем, и сейчас уже значительно холоднее, чем было в начале месяца. 4. Не уходи, мы будем обедать через несколько минут. 5. Его мало кто понимает, он говорит с сильным акцентом. 6. Он всегда мало говорит, а в тот вечер вообще не проронил ни слова. 7. Мало кто ездит этим поездом. 8. Я увижу его через несколько дней.
(b) using 'like any (other)...':
1. Как любой дачный поселок, Мамонтовка пустеет, когда кончается летний сезон. 2. Вчера, как в любой понедельник, у нас было очень много работы; к концу недели работы бывает меньше. 3. Ты спрашиваешь, что из себя представляет улица, на которой я живу. Как всякая центральная улица в большом городе, она днем перегружена транспортом. 4. Он, как всякий зоолог, может часами говорить о животном мире нашей планеты. 5. Как любому молодому человеку, ему хотелось путешествовать. 6. — Почему он не хочет переезжать? — Как всякий старый человек, он не любит перемен. 7. Разве ты не знаешь, что он, как всякий настоящий спортсмен, не курит?
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Ех 15 Study the following phrases, and (a) recall the sentences in which they are used in the text; (b) use them in sentences of your own.
in a train (compartment); speak (talk) to sb; about sth/sb; by the window; call out; find out; go (travel) to some place; get to some place; on the Tube; in foggy weather; at night; take out sth (take sth out of a bag); during the journey; arrive in/at a place; get up; turn to sb; say sth (speak) with an accent; be from some place; say sth about sth/sb; in a part of the world; for one thing. .. for another; go to bed; wake up; a safe topic for conversation; think of sth/sb; put on/out the lights; move along the road.
Ex 16 Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.
(A) 1. The old man slept badly — the train, and woke — several times — the night. 2. "Do I have to change trains?" "Yes, — the next station." 3. If you want to get — the underground station, go — this street as far as the traffic lights, then take the first turning — the left. 4. They were not quite sure — the exact day — their son's arrival. They only knew that he would arrive — Moscow some day the coming week. 5. The train arrives — this small station — night and stops — three minutes only. 6. I'll wake you —— five; we must start — the trip very early, before it gets too hot to travel. 7. "Please stand — when I call — your names," the teacher said. 8. This is not a topic — conversation — front — the children. 9. "What do you know — your neighbours?" "Not much. We say good-morning — each other, speak — the weather and that's about all." 10. I am so happy to hear you are moving — a new flat next month. 11. The weather forecast said that the weather was changing — the better. 12. "What's the matter — you? What did the doctor tell you?" "I've just found — that my brother's condition has changed — the worse." 13. He was — such difficulty that he turned — help — a complete stranger. 14. The professor said my report was good but, to make it better, I must make a few changes — it. 15. The teacher's second question was — the part Cromwell played — the history — England, and the girl knew the answer — that, too. 16. I am not sure I always get him right, he speaks — such a heavy accent. 17. Will you put — the light, it's getting dark and I can't see what I am reading any more. 18. It was a most unusual picture to see the streets of this southern town covered — snow. 19. Motorists don't like driving — foggy weather. 20. A raincoat is good only — rainy days; why do you wear it — all weather? 21. Why do you speak so highly — this writer? — one thing, it's early days to say what will become of him (it's his first book), — another, he is still very young.
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(В) — the train Stephen moved — the corridor looking for a seat. He passed carriage after carriage. The train was full.
— one compartment there was a girl sitting — the corner — the window. She was different — all those dull-looking English. She had sad dark eyes of the South. It was all wrong that this girl — some place — the south — Europe (Stephen was almost sure — it) should be — a train going — the midlands of England.
She was fine, exotic. What was she doing — this country — fogs and rains?
The girl had also noticed him. He was, she thought, like the actors she had seen — Wild West Films.
Stephen thought: "I've got to know who she is and what she's doing here... I've got to find —"
And when Stephen came — the carriage, Pilar knew that, — course, he wanted to talk — her. The English people, Pilar knew, often said something — the weather when they started a conversation — strangers.
But Stephen said: "The train is very full."
"Oh, yes, indeed. The people go away — London, because it is so black there."
He smiled and said: "True, London is rather an awful place. You are not English?"
"I come — Spain."
"What made you come — England?"
"I am going to stay — my relatives — the country... — my English relatives."
(After "A Holiday for Murder" by A. Christie)