Look at phrases a)-1). Which phrases complete extracts 1-6? a) what happened then?
b) What did you do?
c) Then what?
d) Oh no!
e) Oh dear.
f) How embarrassing!
g) That's really funny.
h) Really?
i) You're joking!
j) You're kidding!
1 W: So, anyway, erm ... I then got on to the tube, um ... to go for
my interview.
M: Right, and ___
2 W: I've woken up shouting the word, 'Mum!.
M: No! ___
3 W: At the top of my voice, in a packed, quiet tube.
M:
4 W: they're looking at me in a rather strange way.
M: Right ...
5 W: My face had swollen up! ... And it was bright red, ... and
covered in blotches, spots ...
M: Oh!
6 W: Yes, and the pills that my mother had given me were so
out-of-date that they had caused an allergic reaction ...
M: Oh!...
1. Why is knowledge of a foreign language especially important today?
2. How many people in the world speak English as a mother tongue?
3. Where do the native English speakers live?
4. What language is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada and the South African Republic?
5. In what areas is English the major international language?
6. Which countries use English as a second language?
7. How long does it take to learn a foreign language?
8. What is one of the important knowledge for every educated person?
9. How can you help yourself in learning English?
10. What do you learn about the country when studying a foreign language that is spoken in that country?
Объяснение:
1. Be quiet, please. We (are working) at the translation and you (are making) a lot of noise. 2. He always (goes) for a walk in the evening. 3. Where is Jack? — He (is meeting) his girlfriend at the station. She (comes) at 12 o'clock. 4. She (is crying). Is something wrong? 5. In the morning I (have) little time, so I (take) a shower in the evening. 6. A decade (describes) a period of ten years. 7. Her brother (is working) in Canada at present. 8. She is always (dreaming) but (does) nothing to realize her dreams. 9. He (is being) so suspicious to me at the moment. I wonder why. 10. Hurry up, Jane! We are all (waiting) for you. 11. Turn off the gas. Don't you see the kettle (is boiling)? 12. The children are still ill but they (are getting) better gradually. 13. Don't bother her. She (is taking) her French lesson: she always (takes) it in the morning. 14. The living standards (are changing). Every month things (are getting) more expensive. 15. Tom and Mary (are leaving) for the Netherlands tomorrow. 16.1 have just started English courses. I (am studying) English grammar. 17. Mercury (boils) at 357.23 degrees Centigrade. 18. We must buy new plates. — It's useless. You are always (breaking) plates. 19. It (surprises) me that they can't sell their flat. 20. A woman who (looks) after other people's children is a nanny.