Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with the proper words. 10 There were the With a baby in our compartment, so we decided to go to the to have a cup of tea and to talk. 7 The platform was rather crowded as many people were waiting for an train to the suburbs. 8 When we got on the train the checked our tickets and showed us the way to our 11 We the train early in the morning. We finally reached our destination. 4 We decided to take the underline , tram, not a one, as we were to be in London early in the morning. 9 We had the tickets for the ...,and right-hand 5 The train was not direct and we had to the trains in Manchester. 2 When we arrived at the station, we bought the tickets at the 3 Then we had to wait in the for our train to arrive. 6 Soon the train arrived at the 9. 1 We decided to ... the 8.45 train to London. Topic: On the train Focus words
Verbs: to catch a train, to take a train, to get on/off the train, the train will arrive in/at, to change trains. People: (engine) driver, passenger, ticket collector, conductor, guard, porter.
Places: railway station, platform, waiting room, ticket office, signal box.
Kinds of trains: passenger train, freight train, local train, express, electric (suburban) train. Parts of the train: sleeping-car, buffet, restaurant-car, compartment, lower bunk, upper bunk.
1. What is money?
c) a medium of exchange
2. Why can money serve as a standard of value?
c) it determines the relative cost of goods and services
3. Is private production of money legal?
a) no
4. What is necessary in a barter economy?
a) double coincidence of wants
5. What is the essential condition for survival of token money?
b) restriction to the right to supply it
6. What is token money?
c) coins and banknotes
7. What is the distinctive feature of production of paper money?
c) tiny cost
8. What does money determine?
a) relative cost of different goods and services
9. How did people get goods in primitive societies?
b) they exchanged one thing for another
10. What was each person in a barter economy?
c) a seller and a buyer
2. Мы провели наши каникулы вместе с ними
3. Моя сестра и я хорошие друзья
4. Это "он"
5. Она пишет ему каждый день
6. Мы наслаждаемся игрой в теннис
7. Ты ей и мне?
8. Хелен и они соседи
9. Моя тетя Сьюзан сестра моей мамы
10. Наши родственники приезжают сегодня
11. Расскажи мне о нем
12. Это твоя собака? У него что то не в порядке с ухом
13. Спроси его,его ли это машина?
14. Джордж и Карл ужинают
15. Он дал мне свой автограф в котором я не мог признать его
16. Мы были удивленны увидеть их на платформе,они пришли чтобы увидеть нас