81 прочтение · 1 год назад
Практика (#7) : Речевые ситуации, перевод, идиомы
Greetings, fellow learners! Новая тройка упражнений уже заждалась вас. Упражнение 1. Выберите более уместную фразу для спикера на каждой картинке: 1. The woman says: A) “I can't wait to start our ceremony!” B) “I didn't look forward to this day! 2. The boy says: A) “I'm eager to study!” B) “The lesson is just 40 minutes long but it feels like 4 hours!” 3. The man says: A) “I can't speed time up, which is really sad!” B) “I am eager to meet my new colleagues!” 4. The wife says to her husband:...
2 прочтения · 3 года назад
My Expectation of Miracle
Our fancy is our unique talent that gives us the inspiration to create, to live, and to love. As any romantic girl I fancied my marvelous Cinderella story with a magnificent happy end. I used to remember this final quotation: "They lived happily forever and ever." But the time passed, and my realistic mind erased the traces of this beautiful image from my memory. My existence was filled with a routine, and I didn't dream any more. I denied my dream, trashed it away from my head, but it returned to me in the moment of my desperate desire of a miracle...