Базовый курс английского языка - Эккерсли К.Э.
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"Well," said Albert slowly, "you see when Hob came here he spoke English with a sort of horrible Ruritanian accent. He's lived with me for six months and now they say he's speaking it with a terrible
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Lancashire accent. I must say I don't notice it myself, but then, as you know, I'm not a gentleman. Can you tell me where I can get a good teacher who can teach Hob to speak English as it ought to be spoken. That's why I called to see you today.''
"I can certainly help you there," I said, "and nothing would give me more pleasure. I know a Mr. Priestley who gives English lessons to foreign students."
"But Hob's not a foreign student exactly, he's only half foreign." "And that's the half that Mr. Priestley will deal with," I said. "Moreover, Mr. Priestley is quite a good phonetician and he'll soon deal with Hob's Lancashire accent."
"And he's really good?" said Albert. "It's not a matter of money. I'm willing to pay for the best."
"In my opinion," I said, "Charles Priestley is the best teacher in England."
"Fine," said Albert, "the best is good enough for me, and for Hob."
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And that's how Hob became one of Mr. Priestley's pupils.
All good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
C.E.ECKERSLEY.
P. S. I realize that this story doesn't agree with Hob's own account of his coming to England (Book III, p.298-300), but what I have told you is the true story. Hob is shrewd like Albert; he doesn't tell you more than he wants you td know. He loves to tell a story-not necessarily true by any means, even when, as in Book II, p. 177 he tells you it's a true one!
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Работа с глаголом (12): say, tell
Значение глаголов say и tell примерно одинаково, но ситуации, в которых они употребляются, различны, и каждый глагол имеет свои особые идиоматические употребления.
Вот модель употребления глагола tell:
1. Tell + прямое дополнение (т.е. tell something). Например:.
Не can tell the time.
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Will you tell us the story about the fire of London?
Но чаще глагол tell можно встретить в конструкции:
2. Tell + косвенное дополнение + прямое дополнение (т.е. tell
somebody something). Например:
Subject Verb Indirect Object Direct Object
Tell me a story/the truth/your name.
I told Hob what to do.
He told us that he was going away.
I told the gardener to cut the grass.
А вот образцы использования глагола say'.
1. Say something, e.g.
Every night the child says her prayers. He said, "I am very busy." He said that he was very busy.
2. Say something to somebody, e.g.
He said "Good-morning" to me. I said to the gardener, "Cut the grass." (Compare with: I told the gardener to cut the grass.)
When I see him I shall say to him, "What have you done with my money?"
Внимание: (1) Say используется при передаче прямой речи. Глагол tell в этом случае никогда не употребляется.
(2) При употреблении глагола say упоминание лица, к которому обращена речь, не обязательно; при использовании глагола tell мы должны назвать лицо, к которому обращаемся. Например:
The teacher said, " Do all the exercises. "
.The teacher told the class to do all the exercises.
(3) В косвенной речи после глагола say следует придаточное дополнительное, после глагола tell-инфинитив. Сравните:
I said that he must leave the house.
I told him to leave the house.
Работа с глаголом (13): go
В Уроке 15 вам встретились выражения с глаголом go (went, gone). Например:
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The story goes back many years now. Go and see what Irene's doing. Irene preferred going out with soldiers. He went back to Ruritania. Years went by. "Yes," he went on (= continued), "it was a bad business." He'll be all alone when I'm gone (= dead).
Вот еще несколько общеупотребительных значений глагола: My watch kept going slow; now it won't go at all. " How did the concert go!" (= was it successful?). "It went (or went down) very well." The apples have gone bad. I think it is going to rain. I'm go/"g in for my examination in July. The fire has gone out. "It is love that makes the world go round." (Proverb)
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1. Работа со словами. Придумайте предложения:
lively (use also liveliness); companion (use also company); chips; proper (note also improper, impropriety); talkative; obstacle; solemn; horrified (use also horror, horrible, horribly); border; recognizable (use also recognize and recognition); good-humoured
2. Объясните значение следующих слов и выражений:
1. a dozen or so. 2. he's a bit of a problem. 3. I'm no scholar. 4.1 would do my utmost. 5. Pedro was a well travelled man of the world. 6. no one would rise up in anger. 7. The story goes back many years now. 8. he was sharp-witted. 9. Irene was a sore trial to Eliza, a sour faced woman of forty odd. 10. Irene had eyes for no one except Ruperto. 11. we hoped we had seen the last of him. 12. in hardly understandable English.
13. He had no high opinion of Ruperto. 14. Albert stayed in Lancashire and 1 lost touch with him. 15. it was a bad business. 16. We were all very upset about it. 17. Hob is a fellow after my own heart. 18. You can count on me. 19. It's not a matter of money.
