Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets and perform the role play given below.

Rabbit Keeps Wolf from North Korea’s Door

A German pensioner who won a prize and world-wide fame for breeding his country’s largest rabbit – Robert, the size of a dog (10,5 kg) – (1) ______________ (to offer) an unusual opportunity to exploit his fame. Karl Szmolinsky (2) _________________ (to give) a contract by North Korea to supply giant rabbits to help boost meat production in the country which (3) _________________ (to suffer) severe food shortages for decades. The only problem is that such huge rabbits consume vast quantities of food as they grow.

Mr Szmolinsky, who is 68 next month, told ‘The Times’ he (4) _________________ (to breed) German grey Giants since he (5) ______________ (to retire) and for the past few years he (6) ___________ (to sell) them to other breeders in Germany for between €200 and €250. Mr Szmolinsky (7) ________________ (to contact) by the North Korean Embassy in Berlin after Robert (8) ________________ (to attract) press coverage. “They want to boost meat production. They (9) ______________ (to arrange) for me to go to Pyongyang next April to advise them on setting a breeding farm,” he said. An attaché from the embassy came to his door and asked to see his rabbits. The diplomat so (10) _______________ (to impress) that he placed an order for eight females and four males, which (11) _____________ (to ship) to North Korea a few weeks later at a prize of €80 each.

Robert was among the first consignment. “I don’t know how many more they (12) __________________ (to want) and whether I (13) _______________ (to get) any new orders,” Mr Szmolinsky said.

The North Korean Embassy in Berlin could not be reached for comment, but the state-run news agency reported that people (14) ___________________ (to encourage) to breed rabbits for food. Mr Szmolinsky’s 12 rabbits could produce 60 babies in a year – which presumably (15) __________________ (to make) little impact on the high malnutrition rates in the country of 23 million.

The rabbits are also voracious eaters, which is why Mr Szmolinsky said that he (16) __________________ (not to boost) his own animal production because feeding them (17) __________________ (to be) too expensive.

(From the ‘Times’, abridged)

 

Role play

Role 1. You are David Crossland, the author of the article given above. A year has passed since it was published. Now you are at the Berlin airport and you’ve just met Mr Szmolinsky who is returning from North Korea. Find out how “the rabbit story” developed.

Role 2. You are Karl Szmolinsky. Your cues: You – to go to Pyongyang as – to arrange; when you – to arrive, 7 rabbits – already to die; the attendants – not to feed them properly; they – to give them leftovers from a local café instead of carrots and cabbages; they said you – to sell sick animals; you – to detain; you – not to allow to get in touch with anybody; when you finally managed to get in touch with the German Embassy, the authorities – to investigate your case for months; you – to live in terrible conditions all the time.

 

Focus on Grammar 2:

Adjectives and Adverbs

11. Study Grammar Reference p. … and analyze the following examples.

1. My brother speaks English well.

He speaks good English, and it is good.

2. The girl was singing happily. She felt happy.

3. Granny cooks well. All her dishes taste fine.

She brought a plate of finely carved beef.

4. The girl looked happy.

She looked at him happily.

5. He was so tired that he could hardly breathe.

The sick man was breathing hard.

6. The plane was flying high.

Your apology would be highly appropriate in the given situation.

7. They set you free.

You can walk about town freely now.

8. Don’t bother me. I feel low.

The helicopter was flying low.

9. I’ll phone you right away.

You aren’t coming. Did I get you right?

The head of the delegation rightly assumed that his proposals were not wanted.

10. This word is used widely.

She opened the door wide.

Choose the correct form of the words given in italics.

A.

1. Your idea sounds nice/nicely, mostly because it was nice/nicely put.

2. I’m in a hurry. Speak short/shortly.

3. The criminal was arrested short/shortly after the investigation started.

4. It seems the boys have just had a dead/deadly quarrel. – You are dead/deadly right. It did happen.

5. I was dead/deadly tired and I could hard/hardly move.

6. She tried hard/hardly not to cry, but she could hard/hardly control herself.

7. If you are going to apply for this job, you should speak direct/directly to the personnel manager.

8. Does this train go to Glasgow direct/directly?

9. Don’t worry! He got you right/rightly. Your arguments were right/rightly chosen.

10. She was standing by the window deep/deeply in thought. She was deep/deeply hurt by his words, and couldn’t take it easy/easily.

11. Still waters run deep/deeply.

12. You must dive deep/deeply to reach the bottom. The lake is quite deep/deeply.

13. You are free/freely to choose whatever you like in this shop and you’ll get it free/freely.

14. They talked free/freely for hours without being afraid of being overheard.

15. You must be real/really sorry that you’ve lost that ring. – Not at all. Easy/easily come, easy/easily go.

16. There’s no time to lose. You must be quick/quickly. – Don’t worry. I’ll do everything as quick/quickly as possible.

17. The girl was pretty/prettily dressed. – Yes, and the dress was pretty/prettily expensive.

18. The boy climbed so high/highly that he had difficulty getting down.

19. This writer is very popular, and his works are wide/widely known.

20. Everyone thinks that John is arrogant. – It’s because he holds his head high/highly when he walks but he’s real/really rather shy.

21. The works of this chemist are high/highly valued in the scientific world.

22. She opened the door wide/widely for me to carry in the suitcases.

23. The boy remembered his mother vague/vaguely, only her face stood out clear/clearly in his memory.

24. Do you understand the problem? – It seems clear/clearly.

25. This can be done quite simple/simply. – It only sounds simple/simply.

B.

Susan Walker knocked at the door (1) light/lightly and entered the room. James was sitting (2) silent/silently at the dinner table. He looked (3) moody/moodily. Susan was (4) dead/deadly certain he was going to say something (5) unpleasant/unpleasantly. It was (6) good/well that she knew him so (7) good/well. When he seemed so (8) calm/calmly and quiet/quietly it meant that he felt (9) miserable/ miserably. They have been living (10) happy/happily for 3 years, but something has gone (11) wrong/wrongly (12) late/lately.

S: Do you feel (13) low/lowly, James?

J: It is (14) wrong/wrongly put, my love. I feel (15) dead/deadly tired and (16) awful/awfully upset. I feel (17) terrible/terribly.

S: I’m (18) terrible/terribly sorry. But why? I can (19) hard/hardly understand. What’s going on?

J: Think (20) hard/hardly. I’ll (21) high/highly appreciate that.

S: Well, something must be wrong. Did I get you (22) right/rightly?

J: Can I speak to you (23) free/freely and (24) direct/directly?

S: Of course.

J: That suits me (25) fine/finely. Will you answer (26) honest/honestly?

S: Well, I’m (27) most/mostly honest, but not all the time, I must admit. Have I done something (28) wrong/wrongly?

J: See what I’ve found (29) right/rightly in the middle of your bedroom.

(Her eyes opened (30) wide/widely as she saw the object in his hand, and then she began to laugh (31) happy/happily.)

J: I’m (32) deep/deeply hurt by your reaction. Remember that our family is (33) high/highly respectable.

S: Well, I think (34) high/highly of you, James, but …

(He cut her (35) short/shortly.)

J: I’ll be (36) most/mostly grateful to you if you don’t interrupt! Examine it (37) close/closely and think (38) hard/hardly. Is it your lover’s gift? Have you been cheating on me?

S: You (39) right/rightly assumed that it is a gift, but you (40) wrong/wrongly suspect that I’ve been cheating on you. It is my grandmother’s ring, and I thought I had lost it. I was (41) terrible/terribly upset at first, but then I thought: (42) “ Easy/easily come, (43) easy/easily go.” But jealousy is a (44) dead/deadly poison, James, and I can’t stand it any more. I’m leaving you (45) right/rightly now.

(His mouth opened (46) wide/widely with surprise.)

J: Take it (47) easy/easily, Susan! It doesn’t look (48) serious/seriously.

S: I’m talking to you quite (49) serious/seriously, and I’ll be seeing my lawyer (50) short/shortly about the divorce.