DATES.
What is the date today? [tq'deI] | ? | |
Today is the seventh of October, nineteen ninety. | 7 1990 . | |
When were you born? [bLn] | ? | |
I was born on November 6, 1958 (on the sixth of November, nineteen fifty-eight). | 6 1958 . | |
When did you see him? | ? | |
I saw him on Sunday. ['sAndI] | . | |
Do you work on Sunday? | ? | |
Yes, I do. | , . | |
My day-off is | ||
Monday ['mAndI] | ||
Tuesday['tju:zdI] | ||
Wednesday ['wenzdI] | ||
Thursday ['Tq:zdI] | ||
Friday ['fraIdI] | ||
Saturday ['sxtqdI] | , | |
When do you want to go to the theatre? | ? | |
I want to goto the theatre on Wednesday, March, 19. | , 19 . | |
READING
NEWS
The royal research ship Shackleton, with 21 scientists and technicians aboard ( ), has left for the Antarctic.
54 KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES INTO SEA
Cartagena, Colombia, January 16. 54 people died when a DC-4 aircraft fell into the Caribbean ( ) on Friday after taking off from here. Seven passengers and a member of the crew of five survived ( ).
A MOON FOR PLUTO
Observations of Pluto, the remotest planet of the solar system, has led astrophysicist Rolan Kiladze to postulate () the existence of a moon not yet seen because of the difficulty of observation at so great a distance.
Pluto is different from Mercury and Venus, the two moonless planets of the system.
From Soviet Weekly
OLD AQUEDUCT IN SAMARKAND
Workers on the foundations () for a new theatre in Samarkand, Soviet Central Asia, have found the remains () of an aqueduct () 2500 years old.
Sand ten feet below the surface contained broken pottery ( ), the bones of animals, articles of copper, bronze and iron and ornaments () of turquoise () and metal.
The pottery is similar to that found in other ancient central Asian cities, like Merve and Kobadiane.
From Soviet Weekly
HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
Fortress of the Heavens
Tycho Brahe (1), a young Danish astronomer, in 1572 discovered a new star, and the discovery brought him fame at home and abroad. Frederick II, king of Denmark, built an observatory for Tycho Brahe on a little island. Brahe called the place the "fortress of the heavens".
Here for years he worked, watching the heavens at night and recording his observations by day till star after star had been set down () upon his chart. When Christian IV became king of Denmark, he did not want to spend money upon science. He asked Tycho to show him what he had achieved by all his observations of the heavens. Tycho Brahe answered that he had charted seven hundred stars, and hoped to chart a thousand. King Christian still saw no value in the work, but the astronomer said, "The next man will start where I leave off (2), and some time in the future men will know the universe because we have pieced it together." (3)
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QUOTATIONS
The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Edward Gibbon (England, 1737-1794)
The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.
Francois de la Rochefoucauld (France, 1613-1680)
OUR CHILDREN
(Jokes)
TEACHER (looking at a pupil's notebook):I don't understand how one person can make so many mistakes.
BOY (proudly):It wasn't one person. Father helped me.
A six-year old girl showed her mother an empty spot for her new tooth and asked:
"Mommy (4), will it come in a different colour?"
"Why?" asked the mother.
"Will it come in gold like daddy's?" (4)
MOTHER (to her little girl, at table): Eat your soup, dear. Then you'll grow up big and strong.
DAUGHTER: I don't want to grow up big and strong. I want to be pale () and interesting.
(1) Tycho Brahe , (1546-1601)
(2) leave off . , ()
(3) piece together
(4) Mommy ; daddy
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I asked him to come. | . |
I saw him do it. | , . |
: 1) ; 2) , ; 3) , ; 4) .
. . , - , , , , , , . - to ask, to make , to let , to see , to hear , to feel ., to want . to let, see, hear, watch, observe, notice, feel , .
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I want you to translate the text. | , . |
We knew him to be busy. | , . |
I heard him speak. | , . |
We did not see him come in. | , . |
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We saw them crossing the street. | , . |
We heard the boys talking in the next room. | , . |
, , . : We saw John take the map = We saw John taking the map. , () .
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She saw people walking in the park. I want you to decide now. I think him to be the best worker of our factory. The teacher made us read the whole article. I want him to come as soon as possible. We saw several birds fly to the tower. Did you hear the clock strike the hours? We listened to the clock striking the hours.
2. either... or, neither... nor
either or ['aIDq O:] ... , ... ; neither... nor ['naIDq nO:] ... .
She is either English or American. | , . |
Either he or you will have to go. | , . |
I saw neither your camera nor the pictures. | , . |
, either neither , , , ().
Either of these oats is good enough for me. | . |
I liked neither of these stories. | ( , ) . |
I don't know him. Neither do you. | . . |