10.8.1. Read the following jokes. Try to retell them. You may do it in Russian.
1. A dangerous criminal had escaped, so the police issued the usual photographs: left profile, front view, and right profile. A few days later they received the following telegram from an Irish detective: «Have captured the fellow on the left, and the fellow in the middle, and I'm going soon to get the fellow on the right as well».
2. BARRISTER (speaking to a witness): I want you to tell only the truth, for everything is of importance. How far were you standing from the place of the accident?
WITNESS (without a moment's hesitation): Just four yards, two feet and six inches. BARRISTER (slightly taken aback): I'd like you to tell me how you managed to be so exact. WITNESS: Well, I expected some fool to put me this question and I thought if fit to measure the distance.
? 10.8.2. There's a word missing from each of these proverbs. Choose the correct one from the three possibilities. Translate them.
1. An Englishman's home is his... (security/ castle/ palace)
2. Let sleeping dogs... (sleep/dream/lie)
3. Many... make light work. (servants/hands/ cooks)
4. It takes all sorts to make a... (world/war/ salad)
5. Prevention is better than... (cure/punish-ment/medicine)
6....is thicker than water. (coffee/blood/soup)
7. A miss is as good as a... (mister/mile/wife)
8. Birds of a... flock together. (family/cage/ feather)
9. It's no use crying over... milk. (sour/spilt/tinned)
10.... begins at home. (charity/learning/love)
UNIT 11
Фонетика: sounds [D], [T]
Словообразование: сложные прилагательные типа law-making
Грамматика: будущие времена Future Continuous, Future Perfect
Текст: «Jane's letter»
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