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(Из еженедельника «Аргументы и факты»)
Exercise 3
Write a dream menu for a day.
Exercise 4
Write an essay on one of the following topics:
A.
1. From All Diets I Choose ...
2. Non-Traditional Food — Pros and Cons.
3. Better Cooks — Men or Women?
4. Each Family Has its Own Style of Cooking.
5. What I Like and What I Hate to Eat.
B.
1. It's No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk.
2. There is Many a Slip Between a Cup and a Lip.
3. Half a Loaf is Better than No Bread.
Note:
Punctuation (continued from page 167.)
Punctuation marks with direct speech are used differently in British English. There are two approaches.
The prevailing one is to use double quotation marks for most purposes, and single ones for quotations within
quotations (e.g. "Well, so he said to me 'What do you mean by it?' and I said 'I didn't mean anything' ".
Single quotation marks are also used for isolated words, short phrases, and anything that can hardly be called
a formal quotation.
The other method is that adopted by the Oxford University Press, of reserving the double marks
exclusively for quotations within quotations.
But for this difference the use of other punctuation marks in both approaches is similar:
1) quotation marks are placed at the top of the line;
2) the words introducing direct speech are followed by a comma (or occasionally by a colon, particularly
when the direct speech starts a new paragraph);
3) when the words of the author interrupt direct speech in the middle of a clause they are set off by
commas and the first word of the second half of the clause is spelt with a small letter (e.g. 'Oh,' he said, 'so
that is the long and the short of it?');
4) when the words of the author are inserted between two independent clauses these words are preceded
by a comma or the punctuation mark required after the first clause. The words of the author are followed by
a roll stop (e.g. 'Quite correct, said the host. 'Quite correct.' / 'What is this? ' he asked. 'I do not understand.').
LESSON 8 COLLEGE LIFE
INTRODUCTORY READING AND TALK
The meny-go-round of college life is something that one never forgets. It's a fascinating, fantastic,
fabulous experience, irrespective of the fact whether one is a full-time or a part-time student.
Who can forget the first day at the university when one turns from an applicant who has passed
entrance exams into a first-year student? I did it! I entered, I got in to the university! A solemn cere-
mony in front of the university building and serious people making speeches. Hey, lad, do you happen to
know who they are? Who? The rector, vice-rectors, deans, subdeans... and what about those ladies?
Heads of departments and senior lecturers? Okay. Some of them must be professors, some — associate
or assistant professors, but, of course, all of them have high academic degrees. And where are our
lecturers and tutors? Oh, how nice...
The monitors hand out student membership cards, student record books and library cards
— one
feels like a real person. First celebrations and then days of hard work. So many classes, so many new
subjects to put on the timetable! The curriculum seems to be developed especially for geniuses.
Lectures, seminars and tutorials. Home preparations; a real avalanche of homeworks.
If one can not cope with the work load of college he or she immediately starts lagging behind. It is
easier to keep pace with the programme than to catch up with it later. Everyone tries hard to be, or at least
to look, diligent. First tests and examination sessions. The first successes and first failures: "I have
passed!" or "He has not given me a pass!" Tears and smiles. And a long-awaited vacation.