Language in chunks
Упражнения на употребления новых фраз
A. Match the phrases in italics from the text (a-g, on the left) with their explanations (1-7, on the right).
| a a fact of life b bitterly opposed to с ( can never fully repay my debt to d in the wake of e she never lost her composure f there would be trouble g to change the course of history |
1 after (and as a result of) an event 2 make things different for ever 3 something that is or was always true 4 in strong disagreement with 5 something bad was going to happen 6 stopped looking calm 7 give someone what we think we owe them |
Use the words in brackets to re-write the following sentences so that they mean more or less the same. Use the phrases in italics from Activity 4.
Упражнения на употребления новых фраз
Example: She never lost her composure when the police arrested her.
a She didn’t seem to be upset when the police arrested her. (composure)
b Everybody gets colds and Eu from time to time, (fact)
с Nothing was ever the same after the Industrial Revolution, (course)
d It is impossible to thank you enough, (debt)
e I am totally against your plan, (bitterly)
f They built new flood defences after the terrible storm, (wake)
g When he saw the people in the stadium, he knew things were going to go wrong, (trouble)
Ex. Translate Упражнения на употребления новых фраз
A.
Fascism was a fact of life in those days
My elder son was bitterly opposed to his entering the economic university
I can never fully repay my debt to my parents
I have never lost my composure; I just remained so dignified, so determined in what I was doing.
He called him back in the wake of last row
There would be trouble if you don’t show up
B. Упражнения на употребления новых фраз
Фашизм был реальное событие жизни в те дни.
Мой старший сын был очень сильно против того, чтобы поступать в экономический университет
Я никогда не смогу полностью вернуть свой долг моим родителям
Я никогда не терял самообладания, я просто остался так достойным, таким решительным в том, что я делал.
Он перезвонил ему после последней ссоры
Там будет неприятностей, если вы не появляются