5. He is the sharpest pen in our redaction.
6. They hate skinheads.
Irony
1. It is delightful to find oneself in a foreign country without a penny in one’s pocket!
2. Stoney smiled the sweet smile of an alligator.
Zeugma
1. There comes a period in every man’s life, but she’s just a semicolon in his.
2. “Have you been seeing any spirits?” inquired the old gentleman. “Or taking any?” added Bob Allen.
Pun
1. – What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine – driver?
– One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
Epithet
1. The room was old and tired.
2. I-am-not-that-kind-of-girl look.
3. The giant of a man.
4. He gave us a marvelously radiant smile.
Oxymoron
1. He was certain the whites could easily detect his adoring hatred of them
2. Welcome to Reno, the biggest little town
3. Parting is a sweet sorrow (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)
VII. PATTERNS FOR PRACTICE
Text № 1.
Aim: present a short summary of the story
Most important hour in a family’s day.
By Harriet Webster. (from reader’s Digest. June. 1995)
1. Reading Exercise.
Read the article carefully making use of the vocabulary which is intended to aid your comprehension of the text.
Consult a dictionary for some other unfamiliar words.
(paragraph 1) to have hectic schedules – быть в цейтноте (о времени)
(prgh. 1) to abandon – отказываться
(prgh. 2) to erode – постепенно разрушаться
(prgh. 3) demise – зд.: исчезновение, отказ от
(prgh. 4) pandemonium of sibling skirmishes – шум сражений между братьями
(prgh. 4) touchstone – критерий, подлинная ценность
(prgh. 4) rehashing today – подведение итогов дня
(prgh. 5) to recapture – вернуть
(prgh. 5) to revitalize – вдохнуть новую жизнь
(prgh. 8) to dominate – доминировать, преобладать
(prgh. 8) interrogation – допрос, опрос
(prgh. 11) to ignore – игнорировать
(prgh. 11) crucial – решающий
(prgh. 13) ritual – ритуальный
(prgh. 13) to imbue – вселять, вдохновлять
(prgh. 13) to say grace – читать молитву
(prgh. 13) blessing – молитва
(prgh. 14) exodus – массовый уход, бегство
(prgh. 14) contemplative – созерцательный, умозрительный
(prgh. 15) to stimulate – побуждать, поощрять
(prgh. 16) to encourage – воодушевлять, вселять надежду
(prgh. 16) to guard against – защищать, оберегать
(prgh. 17) to wrestle – бороться, противостоять
(prgh. 18) to bully – задираться
(prgh. 20) to steer (the talk) – направить (беседу)
(prgh. 21) frustrating – разочаровывающий
(prgh. 22) to clam up – прекращать разговор, замолкать
(prgh. 25) to sulk – дуться, быть сердитым
Recapture that special time when you and your children gather to share today’s news and plan for tomorrow
1 Waiting on the sidelines for my son’s football practice to finish, I was getting anxious “I wish they‘d hurry,” I mumbled to a neighbour standing near by. “We have to get home for dinner.”
“Dinner?” she asked. “You mean a family dinner? You must be joking. We save that for holidays and special occasions.”
2 Unfortunately, this attitude is becoming increasingly common. Like many other families, my neighbour, her husband and children have hectic schedules and rarely find themselves together at dinner time. Yet, by abandoning this daily routine, they’re ignoring its importance.
3 If the traditional family is eroding – and many people think it is - one key reason is the demise of family dinner time. “In the past”, says columnist Ann Landers, “that’s where family members always connected. That’s where children learned most of their values. Sad to say, too many kids now come home to an empty house and find a note saying, “I won’t be home till later. There’s stuff in the fridge for supper”.
Уважаемый посетитель!
Чтобы распечатать файл, скачайте его (в формате Word).
Ссылка на скачивание - внизу страницы.