Grammar
ARTICLE.
I. Переведите следующие выражения:
1. A Second Generation Alliance System.
2. A cheaper dollar would boost exports.
3. The then Israeli prime minister was later assassinated by a rightwing Jewish fanatic.
4. It needs to be done at the right time and in a sensible way.
5. “I think that there will not be a Europe without a defense capability,” said the French president.
6. A few honest men are better than numbers.
7. A CIA source reported that Al Qaeda had obtained a ten-kiloton nuclear weapon.
8. A Democratic candidate explicitly said that he would never have supported the invasion of an Iraq that did not possess the weapons of mass destruction.
9. I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for and President Kennedy died for (L.B.Johnson, 36th US President)
10. We must not resign ourselves to life as a second rate power,” declared the US President.
11. There comes a time when it is time to declare a victory and leave the field.
12. I am a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Lincoln’s (Gerald R. Ford, 38th US President)
13. The greatest danger from a Bush Supreme Court is that it will limit the rights of states.
14. When I was in England I experimented with marijuana a time or two. And I did not like it. (Bill Clinton, 42nd US President)
15. That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
16. There is always room at the top. (Daniel Webster, American statesman)
17. Forty –eight hours is a long time in politics. (Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister)
18. The white House is a building. Do not tell me “The White House is calling” – I work for the President. (William Safire, American linguist and journalist)
19. When asked if they believe with Jefferson that the less government the better, most people say “no”.
II. Insert the article
1. …. former British politician talks warmly about … good that … European Union can do for ….Europeans.
2. America is … greatest of opportunities and … worst of influences.(George Santayana, American philosopher)
3. … wrong war at … wrong place and at … wrong time, and with … wrong enemy. (Bradly, American general about the war in Korea)
4. … Conservative government is … organized hypocrisy. (B.Disraeli, British Prime Minister, 1868)
5. England is … mother of parliaments. (J.Right, English Liberal politician)
6. As … Democratic candidate correctly noted, “We have traded … dictator for … chaos that has left America less secure.”
7. … reunited North Atlantic Treaty Organization is needed in Iraq, to consolidate security there.
8. … gap between … rich and poor continues to widen.
REPORTED SPEECH
Introductory verbs:
| Verb
| Direct Speech
| Reported Speech
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| 1. Agree + that
| “All right, I’ll do the job”
| They agreed that he would do the job.
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| Agree + to V
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| He agreed to do the job
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| 2.Demand(Passive, N)
| “Tell us the whole story!”
| They demanded to be told the whole story.
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| 3. offer + to V
| “Would you like to go with us?”
| She offered me to go with them.
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| 4. promise +to V
| “We will pay you next week.”
| They promised to pay me next week.
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| Promise + that
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| They promised that they would pay me next week.
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| 5. refuse + to V
| “I can’t accept this proposal”.
| He refused to accept that proposal.
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| 6. threaten + V
| “I’ll beat you!”
| She threatened to beat us!
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| 7. claim + to V
| “I saw the accident”
| He claimed to have seen the accident.
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| Claim + that
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| He claimed that he had seen the accident.
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| 8. advise + smb + to V
| “You should talk to the manager”.
| They advised me to talk to the manager.
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| 9. allow + smb + to V
| “You can use my phone”.
| She allowed me to use her phone.
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| 10. ask + smb + to V
| “Please, answer the phone.”
| He asked me to answer the phone.
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| 11. beg + smb+ to V
| “”Turn the music down, please.”
| She begged me to turn the music down.
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| 12. command + smb + to V
| “Sit down!”
| The teacher commanded us to sit down.
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| 13. encourage + smb + to V
| “Go ahead, say what you think!”
| The judge encouraged the witness to say what he thought.
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| 14. forbid + smb + to V
| “You mustn’t smoke here!”
| They forbid people to smoke here.
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| 15. instruct + smb + to V
| “Press the green button first.”
| He instructed me to press the green button.
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| 16. invite + smb+ to V
| “Will you come to our party tomorrow?”
| They invited us to come to their party the next day.
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| 17. order + smb+ to V
| “ Don’t leave the room!”
| He ordered me not to leave the room.
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| 18. permit + smb+ to V
| “ You can leave the room now.”
| He permitted me to leave the room.
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| 19. remind + smb + to V
| “Don’t forget to turn the light off”.
| She reminded me to turn the light off.
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| 20. urge + smb + to V
| “Try to understand me.”
| She urged me to understand her.
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| 21. warn +smb + to V
| “ Don’t tell anybody about it.”
| He warned me not to tell anybody about it.
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| 22. want + smb + to V
| “Could you be more patient?”
| Mom wants me to be more patient.
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| 23. complain + that
| “ You treat me as if I were a child!”
| She complained that I treated her as if she were a child.
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| Complain to smbabout smth
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| She complained to her about my treating her as if she were a child.
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| 24. deny + that
| “ I haven’t seen the man before.”
| He denied that he had seen the man before.
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| Deny + V-ing
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| He denied seeing the man before.
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| 25. suggest + that
| “Shall we close the meeting?”
| The chairman suggested that we (should) close the meeting.
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| Suggest + V-ing
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| The chairman suggested closing the meeting.
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| 26. explain + that
| “It’s a complicated problem.”
| He explained that it was a complicated problem.
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| Explain to smb + how
| That’s how you should do the job.”
| He explained to me how I should do the job.
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| 27. admit to+V-ing
| “Yes, I have lied to you.”
| He admitted to lying to me.
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| 28. boast about + V-ing
| “”I’m the richest man in the world.”
| He boasted about being the richest man in the world.
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| 29. insist on + V-ing
| “You must come to the meeting.”
| My friend insisted on my/me coming to the meeting.
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| 30. exclaim + that
| “It’s ridiculous!”
| She exclaimed that it was ridiculous.
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| 31. inform smb + that
| “Your complaint is being investigated.”
| They informed me that my complaint was being investigated.
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