Очень надо решите 1. Read the text and the Notes on Lexicology and Style and talk on the following points (A. Grammar, B.Word usage, C. Style): A.1. Why does the author use or drop the definite article before the word bed in the sentences: "We were still in bed." "You'd better go back to bed," "I sat at the foot of the bed."
2. Why is the Infinitive used with or without the particle to in the sentences: "Do you want me to read to you?" "I heard him say a hundred and two."
3. In the sentence "It's nothing to worry about" ft is a personal pronoun. What noun does it stand for? (Note: The English for «Нечего беспокоиться.» would be "There is nothing to worry about.")
4. Tick off the sentences with the Infinitive used as an attribute.
5. Tick off all the complex sentences with clauses joined without the conjunction that, е.g. "I know (that) he is ill."
B. 1. What did the father mean when he said "You'd better go back to bed"? (Add some words to show the implication.)
2. Paraphrase the sentences: "I'd rather stay awake" and "just take it easy."
3. What is the difference between the boy's words "...if it bothers you" and "...if it's going to bother you." (Translate the sentences with these phrases into Russian.)
4. How and why did the boy paraphrase his question "about what time... I'm going to die?"
5. The boy lay with his eyes fixed at the foot of the bed. What synonyms and why did the author use to describe the situation? (See Vocabulary Notes in Unit One.)
C. 1. Comment on the choice of words in Hemingway's story from the point of view of their stylistic colouring. What style prevails, formal or informal?
2. What can you say about the dialogues in the story and their stylistic peculiarities?
3. Comment on the syntax of the story and the stylistic effect achieved by it.
4. What is the general atmosphere of the story? Is the tension gradually increased? How is the effect achieved? What is the point of the highest tension (climax) ?
1After looking for my younger sister in the playground for a few minutes, i finally __SPOTTED_ her playing behind a tree.
2. My mum was so busy cooking that she didn't __NOTICE__ me come in the house.
3. Jayden was too tired to do the maths problem, so he just __GAZED__ out the window.
4. Holly _GLANCED___quickly at her watch, hoping she wasn't late.
repeat, reply, report, reveal
5. What did you __REPLY__ to his question?
6. In his biography, he _REVEALED___that he had a twin brother.
7. Can you _REPEAT__ that please? I didn't quite hear you.
8. After a pickpocket grabbed my wallet with all my credit cards, I had to call the bank and _REPORTED__ the theft.
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1. Many wildlife habitats will be destroyed, if man keeps polluting the environment.
2. If we dump all sorts of chemicals into rivers, we will not be able to swim in them in the future.
3. If we do not stop cutting down so many trees, we will be endangered our oxygen supply
2
1. If another student asked to copy my homework, I would say «No».
2. I would call the police, if I lost in the forest at night.
3. If my mobile phone fell in the toilet, I would ask some help.
3
1. If the government had given more money to the factory, it would not have been closed.
2. If we had listened to the weather-forecast, we would have known it was going to rain.
3. If you had prepared for the exam, you would have passed it.
4. If Bill had seen the house, he would not have bought it.