Idioms and Proverbs on Personal Issues
Учебное пособие
Александра Александровна Егурнова
© Александра Александровна Егурнова, 2017
Preface
The textbook is intended for students of higher educational institutions.
It contains varied exercises (gap filling, error correction, translation, speaking and writing full-answer activities, etc.), which are intended for the development of socio-lingual competence and improvement of an ability to make an indirect translation of idiomatic expressions and proverbs in English texts.
The material used in exercises is taken from the authentic books and grouped into twelve sections on personal issues, which are sure to help students overcome translation problems in different communicative situations as well as to boost their professional growth by developing critical and creative thinking, original opinions, abilities to analyze, compare and abstract.
The Key section gives students the opportunity to self-check.
Введение
Предлагаемое учебное пособие предназначено для студентов ВУЗов всех форм обучения.
Книга содержит разнообразные упражнения (заполнение пропусков, исправление ошибок, перевод, устные и письменные задания с развернутым ответом и др.), которые направлены на формирование социолингвистической компетенции и закрепляют практические навыки опосредованного перевода выражений и текстов, содержащих идиоматические обороты и паремии английского языка.
Материал для упражнений подобран из аутентичных книг и сгруппирован по 12 разделам личной тематики, которые призваны помочь обучаемым в различных коммуникативных ситуациях избежать трудностей перевода, а также способствуют их профессиональному росту, развивая критическое и творческое мышление, самостоятельность суждений, способность анализировать, сравнивать и обобщать.
В пособии имеется раздел «Ключ» (Key), который предоставляет возможность самопроверки.
UNIT 1 HAPPINESS
Guess Russian equivalents of the idioms by the pictures given
Other useful idioms and their explanation
To be full of the joys of spring to be glowing and cheerful, full of optimism and energy
To do smth (just) for kicks to do smth because it is exciting, often dangerous
To get a (real) kick out of smth to enjoy doing smth very much
Smth blows ones mind smth makes a person very excited
Smth is a dream come true smth desired, but not likely to be realized, has actually happened
Smth is music to ones ears smth that makes a person feel better, happy
Smth makes ones day smth makes a person feel very happy
Proverbs
He is happy that thinks himself so счастлив тот, кто себя счастливым считает.
He is happy who finds peace in his home зачем и клад, коли в семье лад.
Every man has his delight у всякого барона своя фантазия.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune всяк своему счастью кузнец.
The fewer the better cheer меньше народу больше кислороду.
EXERCISES
1.1 Combine the words from the box below to make sixidioms. Use each word once only.
1.2 Which idioms do the given pictures make you think of?
1.3 Complete each idiom in the following sentences.
1. Have you heard the news about Tom and Jill? They have won $1,000,000 on the lottery. They are .. moon.
2. Sallys at the greengrocers now buying exotic fruit. Finally her diet is over, and shes thrilled . As she can eat almost anything she wants.
3. Ted is king because hes finally got his driving license.
4. Yesterday John proposed to Helen, and, though she said shed think it over, Im sure she was in .
5. Dont try to talk Claire into studying German abroad with you. Every man .. fortune.
6. The news about Helens miraculous recovery was ears of her family.
7. Tim tried many times to get into that culinary TV show, and, when he did, he was . world.
8. Nancy lost her first child and miscarried a second one. Thats why she was .. nine after giving birth to her third baby.
9. William is so weird; he never eats his lunch without licking his index fingers first. Really, .. delight.
1.4 Replace the underlined part of each sentence with an idiom.
1. Our teacher loves asking very difficult questions to fail his least favorite pupils. If he gives two or more bad marks during the lesson, it makes him feel very happy.
2. Joanna was very excited when her family came from Mexico to see her new place in Australia.
3. Michael enjoyed very much tackling tasks in Maths.
4. I wanted to visit France so much that, when I was selected as an exchange student from our school, I couldnt believe it had actually happened.
5. My dream of having my own big house has finally come true. Theres no one in the world who could be happier than me. Im in seventh heaven.
6. Jumping from an aircraft by parachute, climbing mountains without any safety equipment are just a few activities Frank does for fun.
7. At the training, Ive learnt to value myself and my family. Now my motto is «Believe youre happy and youll be happy.»
1.5 Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.
1.6 Correct the mistakes in these idioms and proverbs.
1. Fred doesnt earn much money. But every morning he greets the sun so enthusiastically. Its really true that he is happy who thinks himself such.