Английский язык для студентов сельскохозяйственных вузов

17. to face [feis] – выходить на …

18. appliances – бытовая техника

19. to wash up – мыть посуду

20. to bring order [?o: d?] – наводить порядок

21. to have guests [gests] – принимать гостей

22. to have a rest – отдыхать

23. in the middle [midl] of – в середине

24. in the left ( right) corner [?ko: n?] – в левом ( правом) углу

25. duty [?dju: ti] – обязанность

Useful Words

Task 4. Match the Russian words with their English equivalents.

In the Home

Inside and Outside

Furnishings

Appliances

Task 5. Sort out the nouns below into four groups:

a carpet, a tea-pot, a towel, a TV-set, a mirror, a bed, a sofa, a stove, a shower, soap, a pillow, an armchair, a sofa, a picture, a wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a fridge, flowers, a tape-recorder, a dressing-table, a lamp, a table.

Task 6. a) Make up word combinations with the following nouns and adjectives; b) Make up sentences with them. E.g. a) a spacious garden; b) There is a spacious garden around the house.

Nouns: a flat, a sofa, a refrigerator, a carpet, a computer, a garden, a washingmachine, conveniences, a lamp.

Adjectives: dirty, nice, spacious, modern, well-planned, comfortable, bright, pleasant, helpful, standard, convenient.

Task 7. Translate the sentences with “home”.

at home – Peter isn’t at home today.

away from home – I hate being away from home too long.

to leave home (= permanently stop living with your parents) – I left home when I was 18.

to make smth. your home – We decided to make Jamaica our home.

back home (= in my country) – Back home, the weather is much better.

to be home to – California is home for many vineyards.

Task 8. Guess the meaning. Write sentences of your own, using these words.

1) to move into a new flat – to go to live in a different flat. Eg. They’ve moved into a bigger flat.

2) to renovate – to repair and paint a building ( or a flat) so that it is in good condition again. Eg. Their flat is being renovated.

3) a landlady – is the owner of a house or a flat which is rented. Eg. Saturday was the day he had promised to pay his landlady.

4) to drop in on smb. – to visit someone informally without arranging a particular time. Eg. I think I’ll drop in on Jill on my way home.

5) a neighbour – someone who lives next to you or near you. Eg. Our next-door neighbours are so noisy that we can hardly sleep some nights.

Task 9. In pairs, act out and translate the dialogues.

a) – I say, do you live in a flat?

– Yes, I do, but it is my parents’ flat. I only have a room of my own.

– Is their flat large?

– Rather. We’ve got three bedrooms, a sitting-room, a kitchen, a hall and a bathroom. My room is not very large, but it is very comfortable. There isn’t much furniture in it. On the left there is a sofa and a small table near it. At the window there is a desk. On the right there is a dressing table. Next to it there is a wardrobe for my clothes.

b) – This is a nice flat, Miss Wilkins. Here is the plan…

– I see – There is a kitchen, a bedroom, and there is a toilet.

– Is there a balcony?

– No, there isn’t

– … and a telephone?

– No, there isn’t a telephone. Here is the kitchen.

– It is very small.

– Yes, it isn’t very large, but there is a cooker and a fridge. There are some cupboards under the sink.

– I see … How much is it?

– Five hundred dollars a month.

Task 10. Circle the correct response.

– How can I help you, Madam?