Английский разговорный шутя. 100 анекдотов на все случаи жизни. Отсутствует
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сленг girl девушка
ma'am разг.madam мадам
pretty excited разг. сильно возбужденный
here is how it works вот как это работает
in a nice orderly fashion чинно; стройными рядами
feeding time время кормления
Hang on! разг. Погоди!
a few more еще немного
is gonna разг., сленг is going to
this is gonna work это будет работать
to show respect показать (выказать) уважение
Sure! Точно! / Конечно!
to make sure удостовериться, делать наверняка
1. Answer the questions to the text:
1. How many bulls were there?
2. What were their names?
3. Why was George pretty excited?
4. Where did he want to go and why?
5. Why did Sam suggest that they wait until the heifers were lined up at the feed trough?
6. Where did Sam and George plan to meet?
7. Did they meet?
8. Wasn't Sam a real gentleman?
9. Wasn't George a gentleman, either?
2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text:
1. There were two bulls, a young _______ named George and an old _______ named Sam.
2. It was that time of year _______ the local female population.
3. Young George was _______ excited.
4. George, _______.
5. We'll wait _______ they're lined up at the feed trough.
6. Feeding time came and all the heifers were _______ up.
7. Now, George, here is how this is _______ work.
8. One more important thing _______.
9. He remembers Sam's instructions about _______ polite.
3. Match the two parts of each sentence:
4. Match the words and expressions in the left column to those in the right one:
5. Translate from Russian into English:
1. Молодой Джордж был здорово возбужден.
2. Пришло время кормления.
3. У Сэма было еще несколько советов.
4. Вот как это будет работать.
5. Встретимся в середине.
6. Погоди, Джордж. Стоит запомнить еще одну важную вещь.
7. Окажи им уважение и будь вежлив.
В предложениях There were two bulls… It was that time of year… мы имеем дело с конструкциями, в которых в качестве формального подлежащего используются местоимения there и it, сочетающиеся как со сказуемым с глаголом to be.
Проверьте, правильно ли вы используете эти конструкции в утвердительных и отрицательных предложениях (при необходимости см. грамматический комментарий; раздел 6).
6. Fill in the blanks:
1. How many bulls (was, were) _______ there on the farm?
2. (It, There) _______ was that time of year when bulls were pretty excited.
3. (It, There) _______ was the heifers that were lined up at the feed trough.
4. There (was, were) _______ a bull and some heifers there.
5. (There, It) _______ is one more important thing to remember.
6. (There, It) _______ was spring and the bulls were pretty excited.
7. (There, It) _______ was George who well remembered Sam's instructions about being polite.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into appropriate forms:
1. Two bulls (to want) _______ to satisfy all the local female population last year.
2. Sam (to go) _______ down to those heifers over there yesterday.
3. We (to wait) _______ until they're lined up at the feed trough.
4. We (to have) _______ our way with the ladies in a nice orderly fashion in five minutes.
5. Feeding time (just to come) _______. Line up!
6. Sam (to start) _______ at one end, and George started at the other.
7. We (to meet) _______ very soon. You'll have to wait a little.
8. Are you (to show) _______ respect to these ladies?
8. Find English equivalents to the Russian words in the scanword:
1. (p…) население, 2. (t…) кормушка, 3. (s…) удовлетворять, 4. (r…) расслабляться, 5. (f…) кормление, 6. (r..) уважение, 7. (f…) особь женского пола, 8. (е…) восклицать, 9. (а…) позволять, 10. (р…) молиться.
9. Render the joke.
Section 7
Pig farm
A farmer got a good deal on a dozen pigs at an auction. When he got them home he realized they were all females so he talked to his neighbor to see if he could bring his girl pigs over to meet with his boy pigs so this man could get some babies. The neighbor agreed and so the farmer loaded the girl pigs in his truck to visit the neighbor's pigs.
That night he went back to pick them up and he asked his neighbor, «How will I know if they are going to have little pigs?» The neighbor said that they would start acting real different and that he could just tell. So next morning he went and checked his pigs and they were just acting normal so he took them back to the neighbor's again. Next morning same thing no change so he took them back.
Next morning