7. women dress nowadays;
8. the girls in your group dress their hair.
II. Fill in missing adjectives + preposition:
1. Will it be......everybody to have our meeting after the lessons? I believe so, but I don't
know if it will be......our teacher. 2. Would it be......the second-year students to read English
newspapers? If you mean papers published in Britain I think it would be......them so far. 3. Which is
more......a student: to read or to speak English well? If the student is going to become a teacher, it's
equally ... ... him or her both to read and speak well. 4. Do you think it would be......students with
bad spelling to copy English texts? It might be......them, of course, but to tell you the truth it's a very
tiresome job. 5. Will it be.......students to take part in the phonetic contest at our department? Of
course. It will be ......first-year students as it will give them a good chance to brush up their
pronunciation.
III. Translate these sentences into English:
1. Ей будет легко подружиться с детьми — им нравится, как она с ними играет. 2, Мне
было бы интересно принять участие в экскурсии, если бы я был помоложе. 3. Мне не
нравится, как ты читаешь, тебе надо уделять больше внимания чтению вслух. 4. Я считаю, вам
необходимо посоветоваться с врачом по поводу головной боли. 5. Мне не нравится, как эта
медсестра делает уколы. 6. Первокурсникам будет интересно узнать об истории и традициях
нашего института.
IV. Make up micro-dialogues using Speech Patterns 1—2:
Model: — Why didn't you come to N's recital yesterday? I liked the way he played.
— I'd have come if I were a musician as you are. But it's difficult for me to understand
serious music, I prefer jazz.
TEXT. INTRODUCING LONDON
London is an ancient city. It grew up around the first point where the Roman invaders found
the Thames narrow enough to build a bridge. They found a small Celtic settlement then known as
Londinium and by A. D.21 300 they had turned it into a sizeable port and an important trading centre
with a wall which enclosed the homes of about 50,000 people.
One in seven of the population of the United Kingdom is a Londoner. About 7 million people
live in Greater London.22 London dominates British life. It is the home of the nation's commerce and
finance, the main centre of its legal system and the press. It has the largest university and the greatest
possibilities for entertainment and for sport in the country. London is one of the famous capital cities