Look at the following pairs of sentences. In one the noun in bold is used as a count noun and in the other as an uncount noun. Mark the sentences C for count:or U for uncount.
1. Shakespeare's language is magnificent.
It's easier to work with someone who speaks your own language.
2. She's had nine months' experience as a secretary.
The funeral was a painful experience.
3. People spend their lives worrying about money
How's life?
4. Are you in San Francisco for business or pleasure?
He set up a small travel business.
5. She never completely gave up hope.
Ken has high hopes of a promotion before the end of the year.
6. There was general agreement on the problem.
We hope to come to a general agreement on future action.
The invention that swept the world and changed leisure habits for countless millions was pioneered by Scottish-born electrical engineer John Logie Baird. It had been realised for some time that light could be converted into electrical impulses, making it possible to transmit such impulses over a distance and then reconvert them into light.
Motor Car (Late 19th Century)
With television, the car is probably the most widely used and most useful of all leisure-inspired inventions. German engineer Karl Benz produced the first petroldriven car in 1885 and the British motor industry started in 1896. Henry Ford was the first to use assembly line production for his Model Т car in 1908. Like them or hate them, cars have given people great freedom of travel.
Electricity
The name came from the Greek word for amber and was coined by Elizabeth I's physician William Gilbert who was among those who noticed that amber had the power to attract light objects after being rubbed. In the 19th century such great names as Michael Faraday, Humphry Davy, Alessandro Volta and Andre Marie Ampere all did vital work on electricity.
Photography (Early 19th Century)
Leonardo da Vinci had described the camera obscura photographic principle as early as 1515. But it was not until 1835 that Frenchman Louis Daguerre produced camera photography. The system was gradually refined over the years, to the joy of happy snappers and the despair of those who had to wade through friends' endless holiday pictures.
Telephone (1876)
Edinburgh-born scientist Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention of the telephone in 1876. The following year, the great American inventor Thomas Edison produced the first working telephone. With telephones soon becoming rapidly available, the days of letter-writing became numbered.
Computer (20th Century)
The computer has been another life-transforming invention. British mathematician Charles Babbage designed a form of computer in the mid-1830s, but it was not until more than a century later that theory was put into practice. Now, a whole generation has grown up with calculators, windows, icons, computer games and word processors, and the Internet and e-mail have transformed communication and information.
Aeroplane
The plane was the invention that helped shrink the world and brought distant lands within easy reach of ordinary people. The invention of the petrol engine made flight feasible and the American Wright brothers made the first flight in 1903.
— I forgot about it. Sorry, mom/
—почему свет везде включен? старайся не тратить энергию.
—я забыл об этом. прости,мам.
2)—What are we talking about?(О чем мы говорим?)
—We are talking about the environment.Keep yourself informed about environmental problem(Мы говорим об окр.среде. будь в курсе проблем, связанных с окружающей средой.)
5) —I want it. - saied little boy.(я хочу это. - сказал маленький мальчик.)
— If you have a choise avoid buying packagen goods.—
answered his mother.(если у тебя есть выбор, не покупай товары в упаковке).
6)—
It is a beautiful picture. I want to print a lot alike. - said Sara
and took a lot of paper .(Это красивая картинка. Я хочу напечатать много похожих. - сказала сара и взяла много бумаги.)
—Don't waste paper. - answered her father.( Не трат бумагу - ответил отец.)
7)—you get a lot of unnecessary things , Mark. before you throw anything away, stop and think. Might someone else have a use for it?(ты берешь много ненужных вещей, марк. прежде чем что либо покупать, спроси себя, нужно ли тебе это.)
— well, I 'll try(хорошо, я буду стараться).
8)- Today I'll go by bus.(сегодня поеду на автобусе.)
- I would prefer walk or cycle whenever possible.( я бы предпочел пешком или на велосипеде если это возможно.)
9)-
near no trash . which would throw it?( по близости нет мусорки. куда бы выкинуть это?)
-not only on the ground.never drop litter.( только не на землю. никогда не бросай мусор.)