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curiosity
[,kju
r
'os
t
]
любопытство
Excuse my curiosity.
Простите за любопытство.
training
обучение
fluent
[flu
nt]
свободный
syn. to speak fluent
English
говорить свободно по-
английски
to speak English
fluently
to learn
учить
There are many
businessmen who ...
Есть много бизнесменов,
которые ...
Good for you.
Молодец
lazy
ленивый
many
много
not many of us
немногие из нас
language
['l
wi
]
язык
self-criticism
самокритика
Exercises
1. Read the following:
twelfth
on the twelfth
leaves the Sheremetievo airport
They have seats in different compartments.
They all have English speaking neighbours.
What's the time, please?
The difference is three hours.
The steward says the flight is about three hours.
2. Underline the sentences true to the text:
• The group leaves Moscow on the twelfth of October. 
They leave Moscow on the twentieth of October. 
They leave Moscow on the first of October.
• They have seat in the same compartment. 
They have seats in different compartments. 
The text says nothing about it.
• There are no Englishmen in the plane.
There is only one Englishman on board the plane. 
There are rather many Englishmen on board.
• Smoking is allowed in every compartment of that plane. 
Smoking is not allowed in that plane. 
Smoking is allowed only in one of the compartments of the plane.
•  The flight is exactly three hours long. 
The flight is about two hours long. 
The flight is about four hours long.
• One of the Russians gets a compliment for his fluent English from a Frenchman.
He get a compliment for his fluent English from an American. 
He get a compliment for his fluent English from an Englishman.
3. Underline the verbs in the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian:
• They are flying to London. 
We often fly to Paris.
The passengers are speaking on different topics. 
They are speaking English. 
Do you speak English? 
Some passengers are smoking. 
I don't smoke. I don't like smoking. 
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