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I haven't any air inmy spare tire, either. Have you any extratubes?

Прочитайте текст. Используя слова и выражения из текста, опишите свое состояние перед экзаменом. | Einstein had no such difficulty: he would break off and go sailing or play violin - not very well, he said, but it was very comforting. | Manufacturer. The revolution in industry made ... this machine was extremely great. | Passengers. 2- The project of such an aircraft was 2. a speed five to six times above the displayed at speed of sound. | Text 8B | Прочитайте текст. | If he had known about the lecture, he would have come. Had he known about the lecture he would have come. | Упражнение 20. Найдите предложения с союзами before и after. | What do you think about it? Why? | Useful Words and Phrases of Scientific Communication at a scientific meeting, conference, round-table discussion, symposium, colloquium, seminar, session, congress, etc. |


"Have you any extra tubes?"

"No, I haven't, but I have a good tube in the spare tire. I had four new tubes when I met a man who was having tire trouble. Ha hadn't an extra tube. I let him have my tubes. I suppose he was not a scientific person either. His car was in a worse condition than mine is".

How did it All Begin?

Do you ever wonder why people do or wear, or say certain things? Why do they shake hands when they meet? Many things you say and do could have reasons that date back thousands of years.

For example, it is very strange to think that shaking hands - a friendly custom (обычай) today - was originally a means of keeping a stranger's (незнакомец) weapon hand where it could do no harm.

In primitive times, man never went about without some weapon of defense - usually a club (дубинка). Upon meeting a stranger a man could either stand and fight or turn away before discovering if the stranger was a friend or an enemy, or greet the stranger and possibly become friends.

But how could he be sure the stranger would be friendly and how could the stranger trust in return? There was only one way to show friendly intentions and that was for both men to lay down their weapons and hold out empty hands.. For added insurance, each would reach for the other's right hand. As long as, both men's hands were



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Упражнение З.Обратите внимание на инфинитивный оборот, состоящий из| Safely clasped. neither could harm the other. Therefore, a handshake originally was a means of self-defense.

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