Сегодня уже четвёртый текст с идиомами из серии бесплатных материалов...
И конечно же, мы сегодня возьмём тему слухов - как же в ней не быть большому количесвту идиом - и они, как всегда в наших уроках - именно те, что нужны каждый день.
Итак, повторяю процедуру занятий в рамках этой платформы:
- прочесть вслух
- понять каждое выражение исходя из контекста
- ещё раз прочитать текст вслух
Обидно, что здесь нельзя сделать полноценный урок - поэтому - для лучшего усвоения, лучше прослушать аудио, прочитать объяснения когда используется каждое выражение и выплнить упражнения интерактивные - но это есть только на сайте, а не здесь.
'If you ask me, there's something wrong with Mark,' remarked Liz. 'He seems very depressed and he's usually so cheerful'
'If you ask me, there's something wrong with Mark,' remarked Liz. 'He seems very depressed and he's usually so cheerful'
'Come to think of it, he's not been looking very happy for some time,' said Carol. Do you think he could be ill?'
'I don't think he's physically ill, but he could be suffering from stress,' replied Liz. 'He's been working very hard recently and staying in the office until very late. He must be very tired.'
'The boss asked to see him yesterday but Mark told me it was no big deal, that he just wanted to ask him something' said Joe. 'Do you think that's likely?'
'No way!' replied Carol. 'It sounds serious. The boss never usually sends for people unless he wants to make a complaint about them or sack them.'
'Funny you should say that, because I've just heard a rumour that there are likely to be some redundancies in the firm,' said Peter, 'but I wouldn't have thought that they'd want to get rid of Mark. He's one of our best workers.'
'Don't bank on it,' replied Joe. 'It's often difficult to see why they keep some people and get rid of others when redundancies are called for. Sometimes they want to lose the highly paid workers and save money.'
'Too true!' said Liz. 'That happened to a friend of mine when he was too old to get another job and too young to retire. It was really sad.'
'Talk of the devil!' said Carol. 'Here's Mark coming now. Start talking about something else, quickly!'
Liz ignored the suggestion and rather tactlessly asked Mark if he had heard anything about redundancies.
'No, that's news to me,' said Mark, 'and the boss didn't mention it yesterday when he asked me to work overtime again this month. It's probably just a rumour. They're not exactly uncommon around here, are they?'
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Сегодня я решил добавить, чтобы было понятно, что ещё есть в уроке, помимо текста, пару разъяснений к использованным выражениям:
no way
You use no way to emphasize that you are not going to do something or that something is not likely to happen:
1. – Are you going to accept the job?
– No way! It's very badly paid.
2. – Do you think that Bob will come on holiday with us?
– No way! He never has any money!
3. There is no way that Jim would give Pete a job. He really dislikes him.
not exactly
You use not exactly to mean that something is not all true:
• The neighbours are not exactly friendly. They all ignore us.
• Property is not exactly cheap in this area. I'm amazed that Lucy was able to afford a flat here.
You can also use not exactly in reply to something which is not completely true:
1. – Was Jack happy to be transferred to the London office?
– Not exactly, but he didn't complain because he thought the transfer would lead to promotion.
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