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CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES (6)
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36. Paraphrase using the active vocabulary:
1. I really wanted to produce a good impression at the start of the interview. 2. Some people believe God made the world. 3. The regulations are so complicated they will only cause confusion. 4. The crocodile is a strange-looking animal. 5. We miscalculated the cost of materials, and ended up taking a loss. 6. It is difficult to obtain accurate figures of how many tigers are left. 7. Don’t allow the computer to rule your life. 8. The committee works well together, although sometimes the chairman tends to take the upper hand. 9. Peace was the main theme of the conference. 10. Blue is the prevailing colour in his later paintings. 11. She revealed to friends that she was scared of her boss. 12. He’s a nice boy but he doesn’t have much self-assurance. 13. Come and look round our shop without being obliged to buy anything. 14. Witnesses may forget details or may be prejudiced.
37. a) Complete the sentences with verbs in proper forms.
A Strange Cry for Millionaire: Tickets Please!
Walter O’Rourke, a millionaire who owns a railroad, two houses in Florida, an insurance company and a log cabin which sits on 57 hectares, revels in his job as a train conductor.
On a recent evening in Pennsylvania Station, Walter O’Rourke, a New Jersey Transit conductor, _____________ (1 – to open) the doors to his train, and a river of elbows and briefcases and backpacks eager __________ (2 – to leave) Manhattan ____________ (3 – to rush in).
His cap __________ (4 – to crook), his glasses _____________ (5 – to bob off) his nose, Mr. O’Rourke smiled and said, ‘There is no place else I‘d rather be.’
He _______________ (6 – not / to kid).
There he was, a millionaire from business, real estate and insurance investments, ____________ (7 – to punch) tickets on a suburban train full of tired faces, ______________ (8 – to bounce) from shoulder to shoulder.
‘I don’t need the money,’ Mr. O’Rourke explained. ‘I need the job.’
Walter Joe O’Rourke, who never wed, _____________ (9 – to marry) to the rails. Despite __________________ (10 – to earn) more than what he estimated at $2 million last year from his investments, he chugs along as a conductor, _____________ (11 – to earn) a base salary of $52,000 a year. ‘Pocket change,’ Mr. O’Rourke said. ‘But it keeps me ____________ (12 – to do) the one thing I enjoy __________ (13 – to do) most.’
Mr. O’Rourke, 65, _____________ (14 – to come) from a family of railway workers. Five of his six uncles ____________ (15 – to work) rail jobs around Texas.
After college and three years in the army, Mr. O’Rourke started ______________ (16 – to make) his fortune. First he bought a small company that _____________ (17 – to repair) railway tracks in Arkansas ['Q:kRnsO:] and Texas. Real estate investments followed, then a job ____________ (18 – to work) as an adviser to the Saudi railroads.
Twenty years later he returned to Delaware and his log cabin. For ten years he held a _________________ (19 – low/to pay) job as a conductor with the Maryland and Delaware Railroad.
At the age of 58, Mr. O’Rourke realized his ultimate dream. He became the majority shareholder in Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The railroad ______________ (20 – to consist) of three trains with a total of fourteen cars, _____________ (21 – to use) mostly for tourist travel. Last year it turned a $300,000 profit.
At 60, Mr. O’Rourke came to New Jersey Transit as a conductor, a job from which he will retire at the end of this month. _____________ (22 – to ask) why he joined, he replied: ‘I ______________________ (23 – always / to want / to work) on a real, professional railroad,’ he said. ‘And these trains can go really, really fast.’
b) Match the words and word combinations (highlighted in the text) and their definitions.
| 1. | to revel in | a. | a bag that you carry on your back |
| 2. | briefcase | b. | property in the form of land and houses |
| 3. | backpack | c. | to make a hole in something with a tool |
| 4. | to bob | d. | coins of low value, a little money to buy oneself things |
| 5. | real estate | e. | not straight |
| 6. | to punch | f. | to make, or move while making, a low repeated knocking sound |
| 7. | to bounce | g. | to move up and down quickly or repeatedly |
| 8. | to chug (along) | h. | a small house made of logs of wood |
| 9. | (pocket) change | i. | a case for carrying documents and other things to work |
| 10. | railway tracks | j. | to move with a springing movement |
| 11. | crooked ['krukId] | k. | a line that train moves along |
| 12. | log cabin | l. | to enjoy something very much |
c) Translate into Russian the sentences with the words and word combinations given above.
d) Paraphrase the following phrases using the words and word combinations from the box.
| to be keen on lifelong wish | to go into business to enroll in the army | single to purchase | to be born to... to estimate sth at |
1. Walter Joe O’Rourke, who never wed, is married to the rails. 2. Last year Mr. O’Rourke earned more than he estimated at $2 million from his investments. 3. Mr. O’Rourke, 65, comes from a family of railway workers. 4. After college he joined the army and served for three years. 5. After college and three years in the army, Mr. O’Rourke started to make his fortune. 6. First he bought a small company that repaired railway tracks in Arkansas and Texas. 7. In 1997, Mr. O’Rourke realized his ultimate dream. 8. ‘It keeps me doing the one thing I enjoy doing most.’
e) Answer the teacher’s questions.