Ex. 3. Insert a preposition and translate.

PHRASAL VERBS

IDIOMS

POLYSEMANTIC NOUNS

STARTING UP

Writing a Summary

UNIT 3

Write an abstract for your bachelor paper and a critical annotation for a book or article recently read. Follow the instructions given in the text above.

SKILLS

Ex. 1. Look at these sayings. What do they mean? Which of the ideas do you agree with?

• Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.

Barbara Kingsolver (b.1955), American novelist

• Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC), Greek philosopher

• Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882), American poet

VOCABULARY [13]

Ex. 1. What is a point? Study some meanings of the noun. Translate the sentences below using the most suitable Russian translation from the list:

пункт, момент, вопрос, точка, главное, суть, смысл, «соль».

point

1. any small dot or mark on a surface e.g.a full point, a decimal point
2. the essential thing, the most important thing (in a speech, story, etc.)
3. a detail, question, item

1. I can easily see your point.
2. His temperature is 38.1.
3. I’m sorry you’ve missed the whole point.
4. Now – another point. Have you supported your dissertation with an abstract?

Ex. 2. Study some word combinations with point. Match Russian translations to the English phrases. Translate the sentences below.

to come to the point –to pass over to the main topic	мнение, точка зрения
to keep/ be to the point –to speak directly referring to the subject	собираться сделать что-либо, быть на грани
to be on the point of (doing smth) –to be about to do smth	говорить по существу, кстати, уместно
a point of view – fig. opinion	дойти до главного, до сути дела

1. Your answer is not to the point.
2. Will you keep to the point, please?
3. I wish he would come to the point at once.
4. I was on the point of leaving when the telephone rang.
5. I’d like to hear your point of view about it.

Ex. 3. Fill in the gaps with a suitable Russian translation from the list:

вмешиваться в, прерывать, выключить, отключить, кроить, перестать, исключить, бросить делать ч-л. Translate the sentences below.

to cut down –	to make smaller or shorter	сократить
to cut in –	to interrupt	перебивать, …, …
to cut off –	to separate, to interrupt, to stop abruptly	разъединять, прерывать
to turn off, to switch off	…, …
to cut out –	to omit, to leave out	сократить, выбросить,...
to remove or shape by cutting	вырезать, …
to stop (or give up) doing or using smth	…, …

1. I wish I could cut out smoking.
2. Children like to cut out pictures from books and magazines.
3. “I might cut out love and just leave kisses. After all, she knows that I love her”, thought Briggs filling in the telegram form. ”So why waste threepence writing it?”
4. Jennifer was raptly listening to what he was telling her when her husband cut in.
5. In the middle of their conversation they were suddenly cut off.
6. The rope was too long, so we cut off about two feet of it.
7. Why have you cut out so many details?
8. Because of the storm the electricity was cut off for several hours.

1. I was …… the point …… submitting my dissertation when I received an e-mail from my advisor where he asked me not to do it.

2. I’ll have to cut…… eating so much bread, I’m afraid. I’m putting ……. weight.

3. He has been speaking …… ten minutes but hasn’t come ……. the point yet.

4. If he goes ……. speaking so slowly, he will never come ……. the point.

5. When we say “You must cut….. smoking” it means you must stop smoking, when we say “You must cut ….. smoking”, it means you must smoke less.

6. You are not keeping ……. the point but, please, don’t begin your story from the very beginning. It is too long.

7. From a common point …… view, master students are more motivated ……. their research than bachelor students.

8. For how long was the water cut…… yesterday? – For a whole day, and though they warned us, we were very annoyed…… it.

9. Cut the story …… to two or three short paragraphs. I’ll give you about ten minutes….. it.

10. Bobby has spoiled the book again! He has cut ……several illustrations.

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