Questions. 1. What sort of competition was held by one of the British firms?

1. What sort of competition was held by one of the British firms? 2. What was the firm determined to do? 3. How many young people took part in the competition? 4. What forms were they asked to fill up? 5. How was the "ideal couple" to be chosen? 6. Who was chosen by the computer as "Britain's ideal couple"? 7. Was Derek in any way like the man Anne would like to marry? 8. What did Derek say about Anne? 9. Where did the young people go? 10. Who paid for the trip, the sightseeing tour, etc? 11. What happened when they returned to London? 12. Did the young people quarrel? 13. Why did the young people part never to meet again? 14. Why didn't they get married? 15. How did it happen that the computer made a mistake? 16. What makes a happy marriage?

В. ТЕЛЕВИДЕНИЕ И СЕМЕЙНОЕ СЧАСТЬЕ

«Мы заплатим Вам 500 долларов, если в течение месяца не будете смотреть телевизор!» С таким предложением обратилась к 120 семьям своих читателей американская газета «Детройт фри пресс», задумавшая социологическое исследование (sociological research). Несмотря на всю заманчивость предложения, лишь 27 из них согласились на эксперимент. По истечении месяца газета проанализировала результаты (to analyse the results). Оказалось, в пяти семьях «незанятость» телевизором и «избыток» свободного времени привели к резкому увеличению числа ссор между супругами. Мужчины стали больше курить и злоупотреблять спиртным. Вместе с тем отмечены и положительные результаты. Участники эксперимента чаще бывали в кино, встречались с родственниками и друзьями. Многие отцы семейств признались, что лучше узнали своих детей и жен. В наибольшем выигрыше, добавляет газета, считает себя участник эксперимента, который на полученные от редакции деньги купил себе... новый телевизор.

Ех 46 Act as interpreter. Sum up the dialogue.

A: Under the Constitution of the USSR women and men have equal rights. How real is this right?

В: Женщины имеют равные права с мужчинами на получение образования. Из всех студентов институтов и университетов половину составляют женщины.

A: Are their rights equal in making a career and getting employment?

В: Женщины имеют право выбрать любую профессию, за исключением тех, которые вредны для их здоровья. Они принимают участие в общественно-политической и культурной деятельности наравне с мужчинами.

A: Do women and men get equal pay for equal work?

В: У нас нет различия между женщиной и мужчиной в оплате за равный труд.

A: What is the role of a woman in the family?

В: На этот вопрос не совсем легко ответить. Она и мать, и жена, и хозяйка дома. Она много времени и энергии уделяет воспитанию детей.

A: Who takes care of the family budget?

В: В большинстве случаев финансовыми вопросами в семье занимается женщина.

A: Who is the head of the family then? В: И женщина, и мужчина. Современная семья сейчас строится на демократической основе. Семья в СССР находится под защитой государства.

Ех 47 Use the following words and phrases in situations of your own.

1. A Country Fair

a monthly (yearly) fair; an event; a good tradition; be popular; arrange; follow a tradition; attract crowds of people; meet people; talk about business; have different goods for sale; reach an agreement; buy cheap; sell well; do good business; be pleased with an arrangement; that's settled; enjoy sth.

2. Better Luck Next Time

be fond of hunting; a good (poor) hunter; go duck (hare, etc) shooting; be invited to join sb; look forward to; be warned; be careful with a gun; cover a long distance; cross a field; make a fire; watch sb out of the corner of one's eye; suddenly; hide behind a tree; get really frightened; make an attempt; raise a gun; shoot and miss; see sth approaching; imagine; be afraid for one's life; run away; tell wonderful stories afterwards.

3. Not a Match (a painting by V. V. Poukirev)

attend a wedding ceremony; feel pity for sb; whisper; look extremely young; be pale-looking; be awfully upset; not raise one's eyes; cry one's eyes out; make sb marry against sb's wish; fail with one's argument; refuse to listen to reason; take sth hard; as for sb; next to; be old-looking; hold a candle; be proud; enjoy the moment; out of the corner of one's eye; refuse to believe; ruin sb's life.

4. Where There Is a Will There Is a Way

be determined; stand on one's rights; be firm in one's decision; keep to one's principles; choose the right road; follow sb's example; make an effort; not leave anything to chance; not lose hope; mean well; be a man of firm character; win.

Ex 48 Discuss the following, giving your arguments for or against.

1. You believe that the best time to marry is when you are young. In fact, the younger, the better. Your friend, a believer in late marriage, argues that when people are young they can easily make a mistake.

2. You are sure that a marriage will be a happy one if the young people have known each other for a long time. Your friend is sceptical about it.

3. A friend of yours is getting married. You think he (she) is making a mistake. Should you tell him (her) about it or not?

Ex 50 Subjects for oral and written composition.

1. Imagine you are (a) Coleman; (b) Maggie; (c) Rino; (d) a villager, and tell the story.

2. Give character sketches of (a) Coleman; (b) Maggie.

3. Explain how it happened that Coleman ruined his own happiness.

4. Try to imagine a different ending to the story.

5. The vastly changed role of the woman in the modern world.

* The student can bring out the difference in meaning in several ways as through suggesting other words combinations, giving situations, paraphrasing, or through translation.

* органы местного самоуправления

** kilt: юбка шотландского горца

*** pipes ( or the bagpipes): волынка

**** lightning: молния lightning bug (Am. E): firefly жук-светляк

* Note other possible forms of negative sentences: There isn’t a book on the shelf. There aren’t any pictures on the walls. There isn’t oil in that country.

* St.Paul’s Cathedral

** Some other changes should be observed in Reported Speech: “now” is changed to “then”, “tomorrow” – “the following day/the next day”, “here” – “there”, “this/these” - “that/those”.

* многоквартирный жилой дом

* «Золотые мечты»

* In modern English “will” is often used with the 1^st person, sing and pl. The shortened form of “shall” and “will” is the same “ll”.

* научная фантастика

* The verbs “shall” and “will” according to the rules of sequence of tenses have the forms of “should” and “would” in the Future-in-the-Past. In modern English “would” is more common for all persons of the singular and plural. “Should” must be used when it has the meaning “Do you want me to…”

* as precious as gold: на вес золота

* Practise making statemants about the newspapers, eg This newspaper was founded in … It is published by … The paper comes out on Monday, Tuesday, etc (every day of the week except …). It is a daily (weekly). The price of a copy is …, etc.

* It will be noted that "few" expresses a negative idea and means "a very small number". It is often used with "very", eg There were very few books on the subject. "A few" expresses a positive idea, especially when used with "quite", eg There were quite a few books on the subject. Notice, however, that if "only" is used with "a few", then the meaning is again negative, eg There were only a few books on the subject.

* The Present Indefinite Tense is used instead of the Future in adverbial clauses of time and condition introduced by the conjunctions: "when", "before", "after", "as soon as", "till", "until", "if", "unless". The adverbial clause may either precede the principal clause or follow it.

* The Future Tense can be used after the conjunctions "if" and "when" if they introduce object clauses.

* "Much" is commonly used to intensify the meaning of the comparative degree eg "She speaks English much better than Nick."

* Note that the English for Шел сильный снег is "There was a heavy snow-fall" or "It snowed heavily".

* Aristotle (384-322 В. С.), Greek philosopher

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65-8 В. С.), Roman satirist and poet

Michele de Montaigne (1533-1592), French essayist

* Note the interrogative and negative forms of "used to": "Did you use(d) to live here? Used you to live here? You used to live here, didn't you? Usedn't you to go to school with him? Didn't you use to go to school with him?"

* She has always been is also possible. It's less emphatic.

* In the principal clause of a complex sentence with an adverbial clause of time introduced by "before" both the Past Indefinite and Past Perfect are possible, eg "The family lived (had lived) in Leningrad before the war broke out."

* Dr: a written abbreviation for "Doctor".

* Some other changes should be observed in reported speech: "yesterday" is changed to "the day before/the previous day", "last Tuesday" to "the previous Tuesday", "last week/month, etc" to "the week before/earlier/previously", "two days, weeks, etc ago" to "two days, weeks, etc before", "at the moment" to "at the time".

** With a definite indication of the time of action, there will be no change in the tense form, eg "I lived in Leningrad when the war broke out," she said. → She said (that) she lived in Leningrad when the war broke out. He said: "I was born in 1961." → He said (that) he was born in 1961.

* The facts arranged in note form will look something like this: