American Tourist in ... Britain

... man from ... California was spending ... month in ... Britain. One day he booked into ... hotel in ... Cheltenham, ... nice old town in ... west of England. Then he went out to look around ... place. But ... man didn't return to ... hotel. He dis­appeared, leaving ... suitcase full of clothes behind. ... police were called in, but they were unable to find out what had hap­pened to ... missing tourist. It was ... mystery.

But two weeks later ... man walked into ... police station in ... Cheltenham. He explained that he was very sorry, but while walking around ... town he had got lost. He had also forgotten ... name of ... hotel he had booked into. So he had decided to continue with his tour of ... country and had gone to visit ...

friend in Scotland before returning to pick up ... case he had left behind.

In Search of ... Good Job

There is ... lot of unemployment in our days so it is getting more and more difficult to get ... kind of ... job you really want. Then you have to decide what is more important to you -how much you earn or ... job satisfaction. Do you want to work with your hands (called ... manual work) or do you prefer to work in ... office (called ... clerical work)? When you are thinking about ... career, or applying for... job, first of all you should go out and look for ... work instead of sitting around all day doing nothing.

Susan is ... teacher of ... English in ... state secondary school. She's ... graduate of ... Sussex University with degree in ... English Literature . When she graduated, she first worked in ... office but was bad at typing and soon got bored with ... job. She decided to teach, so she went to ... teacher training college. Susan teaches ... six different classes of ... children between ... age of 12 and 18. ... pupils enjoy her lessons, but she finds it ... hard work. She gives ... children ... lot of homework to do, and every evening she has to mark it and prepare for ... next day. One problem is that ... children in ... Susan's school don't be­have very well. They are often impolite. Susan лand ... other teachers have to be very strict with them.

Susan's brother Harry is 21. He passed his school exams with ... good marks and left... school at 19. Now he is at... university. He is ... student and receives ... grant from ... state to help him pay ... university fees and his personal expenses. He is very keen on ... mathematics and it will be useful to him in ... future. He works hard and enjoys his studies. ... university courses in ... Britain usually last for ... three years. After this, Harry hopes to graduate— good degree will get him ... good job.

It was ... Lovely Time

We had ... lovely time touring ... United States last year. We landed at ... Kennedy Airport and went first to Manhattan where we stayed in ... Hilton Hotel on ... Sixth Avenue. Dur­ing our stay we visited ... Metropolitan museum. One day we took a boat along ... Hudson River and cruised around ... Manhattan Island, which was very interesting. After ... New York we went to ... Chicago where we stayed in ... hotel over­looking ... Lake Michigan. Finally we flew to Denver because I was determined to see ... Rocky mountains before I left. It was ... wonderful holiday. Next year we plan to go to ... Caribbean.

17. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Что вы будете есть на завтрак? - Бутерброд и кофе, пожалуйста.

2. Фрукты дорогие в этом сезоне. Через неделю или две созреют фрукты в нашем саду.

3. Я люблю чай с лимоном. Чай горячий, добавьте не­много молока. Вот сахар.

4. Дети любят мороженое. Некоторые люди едят моро­женое на улице даже зимой. Мороженое в холодиль­нике. Можно мне взять две порции мороженого?

5. Что нового? - Новости хорошие. Такие сведения всегда полезны.

6. Деньги - не самое главное в жизни, но жизнь трудна без них. Где деньги? - Они на столе. Можешь их взять.

7. Я думаю, что смогу дать вам хороший совет. - Из­вините, но мне не нужны ничьи советы в этом деле.

8. Клоун впервые появился в английском цирке. Все смеялись над шутками клоуна, и цирковое пред­ставление было успешным.

9. Как жизнь? - Жизнь идёт своим чередом.

10. В чём дело? Ты опоздал на 20 минут. - Извините, меня подвёл транспорт. Я считаю троллейбус нена­дёжным видом транспорта. Когда что-то случается с электричеством, я всегда опаздываю на работу или мне приходится брать такси.

11. Какой приятный сюрприз! Я не видел тебя целую вечность! Как твои дела? - Всё хорошо. Я только что вернулся из-за границы.

12. Ты любишь цветы? - Конечно. Роза - мой любимый цветок. - А я люблю подснежники.

13. Это лёгкий вопрос. Ребёнок может ответить на него, не говоря о взрослом.

14. Сын моего брата, двухмесячный мальчик, серьёзно болен. - Мне жаль это слышать. Желаю ему быст­рейшего выздоровления. - Будем надеяться на луч­шее.

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The Pronoun

The pronoun is a part of speech, which points out objects and their qualities without naming them.

Pronouns fall under the following groups:

I) Personal pronouns: /, he, she, it, we, you, they. .2) Possessive pronouns: my, his, her, its, our, your,

their.

3) Reflexive pronouns: myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

4) Demonstrative pronouns: this (these), that (those), such, (the) same.

5) Reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another.

6) Interrogative pronouns: who, whose, what, which.

7) Indefinite pronouns: some, any, somebody, any­body, something, anything, someone, anyone.

8) Negative pronouns: no, none, neither, nobody, no one, nothing.

9) Definite pronouns: each, every, everybody, every­one, everything, all, either, both, other, another.

10) Relative pronouns: who, whose, which, that, as.

11) Conjunctive pronouns: who, whose, which, what.

Some pronouns have the grammatical categories of person and gender (personal and possessive pronouns), case: