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Exercise 10. Complete this weather report with some of the collocations from Vocabulary and read the following text and write a short summary
| It may be Easter in the UK but no one seems to have told the weather! The west coast is receiving a constant battering from a (1)___________ which has ripped roofs from houses in Devon and Cornwall. What’s more, this is bringing with it (2)__________ which has caused flood alerts to be issued for some areas. This makes you really believe what they say about the (3)___________ melting; floods seem to have been a much more common occurrence in the UK over the last year or so. Coastal areas are phone to flooding too as this spring sees (4)___________ at record levels in the Severn estuary. In this area too (5)___________ have been breached and waves rolled into town centers in some cases. As if all this wasn’t enough, night temperatures have been (6)___________ all week leaving gardeners bewildered as to what they should do with their spring plants. |
$ Give the right variant:
1. However, they do …….. that a rise of 4degree is more likely.
a) say
b) estimate
c) discover
d) concede
2. The world’s scientists have given their starkest …… yet.
a) experience
b) warning
c) extreme
d) power
3. There are dire ………. of 80 million more people being exposed to malaria.
a) emission
b) prediction
c) saying
d) experiencing
4. Conversely, we are …………… more powerful hurricanes.
a) experiencing
b) estimating
c) warning
d) melting.
GLOSSARY
| ENGLISH | RUSSIAN | KAZAKH | |
| stark [sta:k] ' | пустыня | шөл дала | |
| emissions [i'miʃən] | излучение, выделение | сәуле шығару | |
| prolonged [prə'lɔŋd] | длительный, затянувшийся | ұзақ; ұзын | |
| dire ['daiə] | ужасный | қорқынышты | |
| expose [ik'spəuz] | разоблачать, подвергать действию | әшкерелеу | |
| concede[kən'si:d] | признать, уступить | тану | |
| reduce [ri'dju:s] | уменьшать | азайту; | |
| fuel ['fjuəl] | топливо | отын | |
| damage ['dæmidʒ] | ущерб | зиян | |
| plant [pla:nt] | растение | өсімдік |
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Read the poem with proper intonation and stress “William Shakespeare, Blow, blow, thou winter wind,”[Part III, p.194], learn it by heart.
Read and translate the text for specific purpose “Map Design Process”, “Walls and partitions” [Part III, pp.219-220].
References:
Main:
1. Felicity O’Dell, Annie Broadhead. Objective Student’s book. Cambridge University Press, 2008;
2. Martin Hewings. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2000;
Additional:
4. New English File Upper-Intermediate, Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham Koenig, Cambridge University Press
5. 2010
4. http://www.englishforjapanese.com/exercises/verb%20forms/02%20present%20have-be.html
| HAND-OUT № 142 Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits: 2 Advancedlevel Practical lesson Lexical theme: Natural wonders Grammar theme: like, alike, as, so and suchAssociate professor L.B. Nagiyatova |
Warm up. How do you understand these phrases and proverbs?
East or West home is best. Don't listen to what they say. Go see. Who lives sees much.
Who travels sees more. One time seen is better than one hundred times heard about.
GRAMMAR COMMENT: like, alike, as, so and such [Michal Vince, Peter Sunderland “Advanced language practice”]
We use subject + verb + like + noun to talk about similarity. It can be used for emphasis, and is often used in idioms. E.g. Dennis drinks like a fish. (idiom)
We can use alike as an adjective meaning similar or identical.
The twins are very alike in character as well as appearance.
We use subject + verb + as if / as thought + clause to give a description, or offer a possible explanation of something. It can also be used for emphasis. (In Informal spoken English, we can use like instead of as if / as thought.)
He always talks to you as if / as though he were addressing a whole lecture theatre. (description / emphasis)
Her essay looked as if / as though it had been written in a hurry. (description / possible explanation)
We use as + adjective + as to make comparisons, but this structure can be used for emphasis, and is often used in common idioms.
Our house is as old as theirs. (comparison); The room was as cold as ice. (idiom)
We can use as in different types of adverbial clauses, e.g. time, place, manner, but like is only used in clauses of manner. In clauses of manner, as in more formal.
As (she is)the head of the department, Ann has her own assistant. (reason)
I always organize the meaning as / like Ann does. (manner)
So and such
We use so and such for emphasis. Sois followed by an adjective or adjectival phrase (e.g. adverb + adjective + noun). The book was so good
The structures above can be followed by that to show the result. e.g. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.