Ex. 15. Read the following sentences aloud and translate them into Russian paying special attention to the parts in italics.

 

1. Am I to understand that your scientific adviser is on leave now? 2. I was told that he was going ore a sight­seeing tour of Novgorod. 3. For all I know he is on an expe­dition to the North. 4. While on his trip to the Crimea he visited Chekhov's house.

 

 

Ex. 16. Answer the following questions using the expressions be on leave, be (go) on an expedition (to), be (go) on a tour (of), go on a trip (to).

 

1. Where is the secretary? (leave). 2. Where is your scientific adviser? (expedition to the North). 3. Where is the head of your laboratory? (tour of England). 4. When did you see Chekhov's house? (trip to the Crimea).

 

 

Ex. 17. Translate into English.

 

1. Он в отпуске. 2. Она поехала в экспедицию на се­вер. 3. Правильно ли я вас понял (Am I to understand), что вы собираетесь в поездку по Англии? 4. Я не поеду завтра на экскурсию по Ленинграду. 5. Ездили ли вы в экспедицию в прошлом году? 5. Во время моей по­ездки в Киев я познакомился (get acquainted with) с работой их лаборатории.

 

 

Ex. 18. Read the sentences aloud and translate them into Russian.

 

1. I was greatly impressed by what I heard in your talk. 2. We were greatly impressed by the way he conduc­ted his experiment. 3. The audience was greatly impressed by what the speaker said. 4. He was deeply impressed by what he had seen during his trip.

 

 

Ex. 19. Answer the following questions. Use the Passive Voice instead of the Active, adding adverbs greatly or deeply.

 

Model:

1. Did the sights of Leningrad impress you?

2. Yes, I was greatly impressed by the sights of Leningrad.

 

1. Did the story impress you? 2. Did the report of the new discovery impress you? 3. Did the results obtained by your colleague impress you? 4. Did the spea­ker impress the audience with his data?

 

 

Ex. 20. Translate into English using be impressed by.

1. На меня произвело большое впечатление пре­красное оборудование этой лаборатории. 2. Доклад произвел большое впечатление на слушателей (audi­ence). 3. Поездка в Новосибирск произвела на ино­странных ученых большое впечатление. 5. Фильм про­извел на меня большое впечатление.

 

 

Ex. 21. Describe briefly what impressed you a) during your trip to...; b) while visiting a research centre in...; c) when you heard the lecture by professor....

 

Ex. 22. Read the following sentences aloud and translate them into Russian paying special attention to the link-verb.

 

1. Are you familiar with modern views on atomic structure? 2. I got familiar with Darwin's theory while at school. 3. Am I to understand that he is interested in mechanics? 4. He got interested in dynamics when a boy of 14. 5. He wasn't acquainted with my work when he wrote his thesis. 6. She got acquainted with our work after she had read our paper.

 

 

Ex. 23. Answer the following questions.

 

1. You say you are acquainted with the theory of.... When did you get acquainted with it? 2. You seem to be greatly interested in this problem. When did you get interested in it? 3. When did you get inte­rested in...?

 

 

Ex. 24. Translate into English.

1. Знакомы ли вы с современными гипотезами о про­исхождении планет? 2. Когда вы познакомились с тео­рией происхождения видов? 3. Почему вы заинтересо­вались нашей работой? 4. Он очень (greatly) интересу­ется нашими результатами. 5. Правильно ли я вас понял, что вы не знаете наших работ?

 

 

Ex. 25. React to the following statements. Use the expressions in one's opinion, be of the same (different) opinion on,...

 

Model:

1. I think this theory works well.

2. a) I am of the same opinion.
b) I am of a different opinion. In my opi­nion this theory does not work at all.

 

1. To my mind this approach will give reliable re-suits. 2. I am afraid we must use some other approach. 3. There are no opponents of Darwin's theory today. 4. Darwin collected most of his data during his expedi­tion.

 

 

Ex. 26. Insert prepositions where necessary and read the sentences aloud.

 

1. Charles Darwin devoted much time... the study of natural history. 2. He went... a geological expedi­tion. 3. He was much impressed... what he had learned. 4. He is familiar... modern views... the origin... our Galaxy. 5. He consulted... an English botanist... this point. 6. They differ... opinion... this sub­ject. 7. He based his theory... reliable facts. 8. I was greatly impressed... the sights... the city. 9. My fellow-worker and I are going... a scientific expedition... the south. 10. We devote much effort... experimental work. 11. I got familiar... the theory... the descent... man while... school. 12. Is Dr. Brown here? No, he is away... leave. 13. He is... the opinion that these facts are reliable. 14.... my opinion their ap­proach is quite wrong.