Базовый курс английского языка - Эккерсли К.Э.
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I saw some big Christmas trees in Covent Garden today. Covent Garden is London's big wholesale market for fruit, vegetables and flowers. It is wonderful to see it early in the morning when all the buyers are there getting the things for their shops; the trees looked very pretty, but I know that none of them is so beautiful as the one that I
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shall see when we open the door of our sitting-room on Christmas Eve and see our tree with the candles lighted. When I was a little girl I always thought that that was the most wonderful moment of all the year; and when I see it again this year, I know I shall think the same again.
I've got some Christmas presents for you all, a football and a box with pens and pencils for Peter and Hans, some gloves for Ruth, a woollen jumper for Gretchen and a clockwork train for Fritz. I'm not going to tell you what your present is, then it will be a surprise. I hope you will Uke it. I'm bringing home, also, an English Christmas pudding. They make these puddings specially for Christmas, but I don't know if you will like it. It looks, and feels, very heavy, but as Hob says, "I don't mind trying anything-once." Then there are some mince pies. I think they will be very nice-they are home-made. Mrs. Priestley made them, and I helped her.
How are you at home? I hope you are all keeping well. See that father always puts on his big coat when he goes out, so that he doesn't catch cold. We don't want him ill for Christmas.
I can't say how much I want to see you all again. Will Peter and Hans meet me at the station, or will father; or, best of all, will the whole family be there? Thursday can't come too soon!
Love and good wishes, Frieda.
* * *
I
thought
Frieda said: "I feel very excited at the thought that in another week
I shall be with you again."
Здесь thought (часто это глагол) является существительным. В Уроке 18 Книги I был дан ряд примеров, в которых одно и то же слово может быть как существительным, так и глаголом. Вот еще несколько примеров: burn Lizzie burned the cakes, (verb)
I have a bad burn on my arm. (noun)
cause What was the cause of the accident? (noun)
Careless driving often causes accidents, (verb)
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change I am going to the library to change my book, {verb)
She is going to the seaside for a change of air. {noun) ride John Priestley rides a horse very well, {verb)
He went for a ride today, {noun) smell There is a smell of burning, {noun)
Can't you smell it? {verb) talk Hob talks a lot. {verb)
Mr. Priestley is going to give us a talk on grammar, {noun) toast Toast these pieces of bread, {verb)
We had toast for breakfast, {noun)
feed The farmer's wife is going to feed the chickens, {verb)
She is giving them a feed of corn, {noun)
¦ УПРАЖНЕНИЯ
I. Вставьте пропущенные слова:
1. I feel very_at the_____that 1 shall be home next week. 2. I have
____my stay in England very much______. 3. Mr. Priestley and my____
students are very nice. 4. There's no_like home. 5. Meet me at the
station as 1 shall have a lot of_. 6.1 want to ask Jan to _ Christmas
with us. 7. It is very short__, but I know you always like us to bring
friends home. 8. Please let me know as soon as_. 9. Covent Garden
is London's big____market for fruit. 10. The tree with the_lighted.
II. I've got some Christmas___for you all. 12. I'm not going to tell you
what it is, then it will be a_. 13. The mince pies are_. 14. See that
father doesn't_____cold .15. Will the family be at the station to meet
me?
2. Ответьте на вопросы. Дайте развернутые ответы:
1. Why was Frieda excited?
2. Why had she enjoyed her stay in England?
3. Why was she glad to go back home?
4. Why did she want someone to meet her?
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5. What did she ask her mother to let her do?
6. Why did she want to invite Jan to spend Christmas with her family?
7. What is Covent Garden?
8. What had she seen there?
9. What tree did she think will be more beautiful than any that she saw there?
10. What presents was she taking home?
11. Why didn't she tell her father and mother what their present was?
12. Why did she want her father to put on his big coat when he went out?
13. How did she end her letter?
3. Придумайте предложения со следующими словами: excited, enjoy, home, luggage, spend, except, invite, possible, market, fruit, moment, surprise, home-made, ill, family
Сочинение
1. Напишите небольшие рассказы на следующие темы:
(a) A visit to a market.
(b) Christmas in your country.
2. Напишите письмо:
(a) asking your mother if you can invite a friend to your home.
(b) from your mother saying that you can (or cannot) do so.
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Comments on Lesson 13 Letters
Отметим следующие моменты по теме "Письмо":
(1) Адрес. Например:
"The Pines," 15, Preston Rd.,
St. George's Sq., Warrington,
Hampstead, Lancashire.
London, N.W.3.
Обратите внимание на точку после St. (=Saint, Street), после Rd. (-Road), после N. W. (=North West) и после адреса.
Отметим запятую после The Pines, (название дома) и после цифры 15, (номер дома), а также после Square, Hampstead, London, Road, Warrington.
