Практический курс английского языка 2 курс (Аракин) - страница 39

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Note also that such abbreviations as I'm, I've, I'll, you'd, you're, etc. are characteristic of

colloquial style. Therefore, students will be well advised to avoid them in their compositions, essays,

precis, etc.

B. The term style may be also used with reference to the manner of writing of some

particular author. E. g. Hemingway's style is characterized by laconism and lack of detail. The syntax

of his sentences is very simple, the dialogues are almost monosyllabic and seemingly unemotional.

Yet, through the austere form the author manages sometimes to create a narration of great tension.

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (I)

Words

ache υ, n

flue n

painful adj

avoid υ

foot n

pneumonia n

bare adj

medical adj

prescribe υ

barefoot adj predic, adv

medicine n

prescription n

bare-headed adj

miserable adj

shiver υ

condition n

naked adj

tremble υ

epidemic n

pain n

vacant adj

fever n

Word Combinations

to have (got) a headache

to give smth. up

to take one's (or smb.'s)

to make a note (notes) of smth.

temperature

so far

to bring down the fever

at the foot (head) of the bed

to be in (a) good (bad)

to read to oneself (aloud)

condition

to go to sleep (cf.: to fall asleep)

to live (work) under good

to stay (be) awake

(bad) condition (s)

flushed by the fever (anger,

to be in no condition to do smth.

excitement, etc.)

on condition that

to flush with

to write (put) smth. down

to take smth. easy

EXERCISES

1. Read the text and the Notes on Lexicology and Style and talk on the

following points (A. Grammar, B.Word usage, C. Style):

A. 1. Why does the author use or drop the definite article before the word bed in the

sentences: "We were still in bed." "You'd better go back to bed," "I sat at the foot of the bed."

2. Why is the Infinitive used with or without the particle to in the sentences: "Do you want

me to read to you?" "I heard him say a hundred and two."

3. In the sentence "It's nothing to worry about" ft is a personal pronoun. What noun does it

stand for? (Note: The English for «Нечего беспокоиться.» would be "There is nothing to worry

about.")

4. Tick off the sentences with the Infinitive used as an attribute.

5. Tick off all the complex sentences with clauses joined without the conjunction that, е.g. "I

know (that) he is ill."

B. 1. What did the father mean when he said "You'd better go back to bed"? (Add some

words to show the implication.)

2. Paraphrase the sentences: "I'd rather stay awake" and "just take it easy."

3. What is the difference between the boy's words "...if it bothers you" and "...if it's going to