Speaking Giving bad news & reacting
7 10.5.8 Use the headlines in Ex. 1b
and the language in the box to make
exchanges, as in the example.
Giving bad news
Reacting
Did you hear? There's been It's awful, isn't it?
Did you see/hear about the
Oh no! That's awful/
... on the news?
terrible!
Have you heard?
Really? How horrible!
Guess what happened!
I don't believe it!
You'll never guess what's That's so sad/
happened!
depressing, etc.
Look at this!
A: Did you hear? There's been a major train crash
and 50 people have been injured.
B: It's awful, isn't it?
So we decided that we'd make it a great day, a holiday for all the family, and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father decided to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in celebrating the day, and my sister Ann and I stayed home from college classes, and Mary and my brother Will stayed home from High School.
It was our plan to make it a day just like Christmas or any big holiday, and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers. We asked Mother to do it, because she always does it.
The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our best for such a big occasion, and so they both got new hats. Father had bought silk ties for himself and us boys. We were going to get Mother a new hat too, but it turned out that she liked her old hat better than a new one.
After breakfast we decided that we would hire a motor car and take Mother for a beautiful drive away into the country. But on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a little bit. We all felt that it would be nicer to have a definite purpose. It turned out that Father had just got a new rod the day before, and he said that Mother could use it if she wanted to: in fact, he said it was practically for her, only Mother said she would rather watch him fish than fish herself.
So we got everything arranged for the trip. Mother cut up some sandwiches and packed all up in a basket for us.
When the car came to the door, it turned out that we couldn't all get in. Father said that he could stay at home and work in the garden. The girls said that Mother had only to say the word and they’d gladly stay t home and work.
In the end it was decided that Mother would stay at home and have a lovely restful day round the house. It turned out anyway that Mother didn't care for fishing and also it was just a little bit cold and fresh out-of-doors, though it was lovely and sunny, and Father was afraid that Mother might take cold if she came.
We had the loveliest day. Father and the boys fished, the girls met quite a lot of people. We all had a splendid time.
It was quite late when we got back. We sat down to dinner. It was grand. When it was over all of us wanted to help clear the things up and wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much rather do it.
When we all kissed Mother before going to bed, she said it had been the most wonderful day in her life and I think there were tears in her eyes.
The United Kingdom or The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the island state in the Western Europe.
The capital of Great Britain is London. It`s the cultural center of the country. There is an International London Heathrow Airport, a famous Tower Bridge over the river Thames, a Westminster Abbey, the National Gallery of Art and many other beautiful places to visit.
London is situated on the British islands and it is settled down on a zero meridian which is also called Greenwich.
The English sometimes callLondon The Big Smoke or The Great Smoke.
The are about 60 million people living in Great Britain. Most of them are English, Scottish and Irish.
They also have many traditions,like wearing kilts in Scotland and cooking special food for festivals. They celebrate many events in different ways. But all the members of the family take part in it.
People in Great Britain are kind and polite.
Many famous people was born and lived in Great Britain.
William Shakespeare is one of them. He wrote many plays like "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "Macbeth" and others. Most of them are tragedies.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. He lived in Stratford - on - Avon with his wife Anne Hathaway and his children.
The best writer of his time was as good actor as a writer. He appeared in his own plays at the Globe Theatre and other London theatres.
I know Great Britain is by the right considered The state of the future and I would like to go to London and see the most beautiful sights in the capital of this country. I hope my wish will come true.
Перевод:
Соединённое Королевство или Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии - островное государство в Западной Европе.
Столица Великобритании - Лондон. Это культурный центр страны. Основные воздушные ворота страны - международный аэропорт Хитроу, знаменитый мост Тауэр через реку Темза, известное во всём мире Вестминстерское аббатство, Национальная Галлерея Искусств и множество других достопримечательных мест для посещения туристами находятся в Лондоне.
Лондон расположен на Британских островах, находится на нулевом меридиане, который также называют Гринвичским.
Англичане иногда называют Лондон Большим Дымом.
Приблизительно 60 миллионов человек проживают в Великобритании. Большинство из них является англичанами, шотландцами и ирландцами.
У них много традиций, таких, как надевание клетчатых юбок "килтов" в Шотландии и приготовление особой пищи для фестивалей. Люди празднуют различные события по-разному. В этом принимают участие все члены семьи.
Люди в Великобритании добры и вежливы.
Много выдающихся личностей родились и жили в Великобритании.
Уильям Шекспир - является одним из них. Он написал много величайших пьес, как "Ромео и Джульетта", "Гамлет", "Макбет" и другие. Большинство из них - трагедии.
Шекспир родился в 1564 и умер в 1616. Он жил в Стратфорде - он-Эйвон с его женой Энн Хэтэвэй и его детьми.
Лучший писатель своего времени был столь же хорошим актером, сколько и автором.
Он появлялся в собственных пьесах в Театре Глобус и других Лондонских театрах.
Я знаю, что Великобритания по праву считается Страной будущего, и я хотела бы поехать в Лондон и увидеть самые красивые достопримечательности столицы этой страны. Я надеюсь, что мои желания осуществятся.