Part II. Vocabulary notes

Кафедра романских и германских языков

Разработка по лексико-грамматической теме:

“HOME”

/рекомендуется для студентов III курса немецко-английского

и французско-английского отделений/

Составитель:

Ст. преп. Хребтова Е.С.

ВОЛГОГРАД 2002

PART I. SPEECH PATTERNS

1. This flat needs repairing.

Your hair needs cutting.

That sofa needs cleaning again.

My coat needs mending.

2. This part of the flat is quite large if dark.

That part of the picture is simple if interesting.

That part of the play is entertaining if long.

The concert is enjoyable if loud.

EXERCISES ON SPEECH PATTERNS

Exercise 1. Complete the following sentences using Speech Patterns.

1. That part of the house is nice if …. 2. The lesson is educational if …. 3. The meeting is useful if …. 4. This dog looks untidy, it needs … regularly. 5. This dog is very dirty, it needs … thoroughly. 6. My room needs …. 7. Your hands are dirty. They need ….

Exercise 2. Write sentences using need and one of the verbs below.

tidy repair service feed wash cut discipline

1. Your hair looks dirty. It needs …………….

2. The animals are hungry. They ………………….

3. Your room is a mess. It ………………………...

4. These children are very naughty. They ……………….

5. Our TV is broken. It …………………….

6. His hair is much too long. It ………………..

7. My motorbike isn’t running very well. It ………………….

Exercise 3. Make up five sentences on each pattern.

Exercise 4. Make up and act out a dialogue using Speech Patterns.

Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences using Speech Patterns.

1. С твоей машиной что-то не так. Я думаю, что её нужно починить. 2. Батарейки в этом радио надо поменять. 3. Сад красивый, но запущенный. 4. Квартира удобная, но маленькая. 5. Урок хороший, но скучный. 6. Твои волосы слишком длинные. Их нужно подстричь. 7. Этому цветку нужен полив. 8. Эту комнату нужно покрасить. Этот цвет уже не в моде. 9. Траву перед домом необходимо подстричь. 10. Те рубашки нужно погладить, но тебе не нужно делать это сейчас.

PART II. VOCABULARY NOTES

1. FLAT (C), n. квартира

e.g. The flat is well-planned (badly-planned, cosy, comfortable, well laid out).

· house – a building for people to live in and often has more than one level (storey)

· cottage – a small, usually old house, especially in the country and in the USA is usually used as a holiday home

· bungalow – a fairly modern house built on only one level

· flat (BrE) / apartment (AmE) – a set of rooms (including a kitchen and a bathroom) within a larger building.

block of flats – многоквартирный дом e.g. They are building a block of flats.

· mansion – a large, grand house

Cottage

2. FLOOR (C), n. 1. пол (комнаты и т.п.)

e.g. Look! The baby is sitting on the floor.

Note: The English for “потолок” is ceiling.

2. этаж

e.g. Our office is on the sixth floor. The third floor (=the people who live or work there) are having a Christmas party tomorrow.

syn. storey

on the ground floor на первом

on the first storey этаже

to live on the first floor на втором

on the second storey этаже

on the top floor на последнем этаже

e.g. There are three storeys including the ground floor in our house.

a five-storey(ed) building

Note: когда спрашивают о количестве этажей в доме, употребляется слово “storey”.

e.g. How many storeys are there in your house?

a five – storey(ed) пятиэтажный дом

to live in a many – storey(ed) building многоэтажный дом

a multy – storey(ed) высотный дом

a high – rise

3. COMFORTABLE, adj. удобный, уютный, комфортабельный

e.g. The room is quite comfortable to live in. This chair is very comfortable. I believe a small room is usually more comfortable.

WC to make oneself comfortable – удобно расположиться

ant. uncomfortable

cf: convenient, adj. удобный, подходящий

e.g. It’s convenient to have a room of your own. Our house is very convenient for the shops.

ant. inconvenient

e.g. It’s very inconvenient if there is no telephone in a flat.

COMFORT (U), n. уют, комфорт

e.g. to live in comfort

comforts (Pl) – удобства

e.g. The hotel offers every modern comforts. – Гостиница располагает современными удобствами.

e.g. home comforts – бытовые удобства (предметы личного потребления: одежда, пища и т.д.)

WC to enjoy comforts – пользоваться удобствами

syn. conveniences – удобства, комфорт

e.g. a house full of conveniences – дом со всеми удобствами

modern conveniences (= the latest)

e.g. This house has all the latest conveniences.

WC for the sake of convenience – для удобства

e.g. For the sake of convenience, buy this suitcase, it’s smaller.

Note: for its conveniences – за удобства

e.g. Let’s buy this house for its convenience; it’s very near the shops and there is a good transport service.

4. FAR, adv. далеко

e.g. I don’t want to go far.

“Let’s go to the park.” “How far is it?”

They (don’t) live far from here. – Они живут (не)далеко.

Petropavlovsk is far from Moscow. – Петропавловск далеко от Москвы.

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