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If you wait for me, we can go out for a walk.**
* to read a book, to do homework, to write a letter
* to play football, to swim in the river, to work in the garden
IV. Look at the picture and tell the story:
1. What is the man doing?
2. Where is he fishing?
3. What has he in his hand?
4. Is it cold or hot?
5. Has the man been long here?
6. Has he caught a fish already?
7. Is he fishing for pleasure? What do you think?
8. Does he expect to catch a fish?
9. Who is sitting round him?
10. What are the cats waiting for?
11. What will the cats do if the man catches a fish?
Riddle
I am asked to come, I am waited for; But I make them hide, When I come.
HUMOUR
FATHER: Pete, what do you do at school?
PETE: We wait till the bell rings.
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Willy waited for his music teacher: 1
"Did you wash your hands?" asked his mother.
1 music teacher — учитель музыки
153 — Yes.
— And your face?
— Yes, mother.
— And did you wash your ears?
— I did, only behind my right ear. The teacher sits on my right side.
LAST, LATEST
THE NEWSPAPER SELLER: That was
the last copy. I have no more. THE BOY: How unlucky1 I am!
THE BOY: What are these people doing? A MAN: They are listening to the latest
news.
THE BOY: Who is the last? I'll be after you.
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1 unlucky — несчастливый 154 Remember:
last (at the end, after all others) последний (в порядке очередности); противополож-¦ но слову first
Note: the last bell последний звонок
the last page of a book последняя
страница книги the last lesson последний урок
latest = most recent самый недавний, толь-¦ ко что появившийся
Note: the latest news последние известия the latest fashion новейший фасон the latest model последняя модель
These are the latest fashions of the school uniform. This is the latest model of the Moskvich car. If the author is dead, we can ask, uWhat is the name of his last book?"
If the author is still alive1 we can ask, "Have you read X's latest book?" The author is alive and this book may be not his last. He may write others.
Exercises
I. Fill in the blanks with the word last or latest.
— What was the ... film you saw?
— It was Great Expectations after Dickens.
— Did you like it?
— Yes, I did. But I think that the book is more interesting.
1 alive — живой
155 — I read pieces from it at our English-speaking club.
— Was it the ... book that Dickens wrote?
— No, it was not his ... . After this book Dickens wrote Our Mutual Friend. And his ... was The History of Edwin Drood.
II. Make up sentences using these words and word combinations:
1. Do you remember ...?
2. Have you got...?
3. My brother comes home by ... .
4. Tomorrow the tenth-formers will have ....
5. Have you read ... ?
6. When does the Moscow radio broadcast 1 ... ?
7. Do you like Vanya's
?
8. The soldiers fought until ....
9. March is the month of ... .
(the)
last (the)
latest
days of your summer holidays, copy of the Pioneer Magazine,
electric train, bell,
short story by
Sholockov, news,
model of a jet
plane,2 cartridge3 was
gone, frosts4
III. Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1. Is the boy fond of birds?
2. Does he often make houses for birds?
3. Why did the boy make the change?
4. Is the house for birds of old model?
5. What are the boy's dreams for the future?
6. Does he dream of becoming a spaceman?
J to broadcast — транслировать
2 jet plane — реактивный самолет
3 cartridge — патрон
4 frost — мороз
156 rocket-like — имеющий форму ракеты to look pleased — иметь довольный вид spaceman ['speisman] — летчик-космонавт to dream [dri:m] — мечтать model ['modi] — образец, модель
HUMOUR
TO THE LAST CARTRIDGE 1
— Hans, why do you keep firing2 without any pause? There are no enemy men before us.
— The captain said to hold3 to the last cartridge, and I'm doing my best to expend4 all the ammunition5 before enemy-soldiers appear.
TO THE LAST SOLDIER
A fascist soldier asked his officer:
— Herr Lieutenant Colonel6, how long are we to hold this position? 7
— The order 8 is to hold it to the last soldier.
— Then we leave it very soon.
1 cartridge — патрон
2 to keep firing — продолжать стрелять
3 to hold — держаться
4 to expend — тратить, расходовать
5 ammunition — боеприпасы
6 Lieutenant Colonel [lef'tenant 'кэ:пэ1] — подполковник
7 to hold the position — удерживать позицию
8 order — приказ KEY TO THE EXERCISES AND RIDDLES
SMALL, LITTLE
Ex. II 1. little, small 2. little 3. small 4. small Ex. VIII 1. Have you a little cat? Is it very small?
2. Is it smaller than my white little cat?
3. Has your little brother (sister) a little table and a little chair?
4. Do you live in a big town or in a small town?
OLDER, ELDER
Ex. V In 1965 Lena was 7 years old. As her sister was a tenth-form pupil she was ten years older, that is she was 17..In 1967 Lena was 9 years old and her sister was 19. Kate is the elder sister. She is ten years older.
