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5. My life is not as easy as many think it is. I work 9 to 5, dont earn much, study in the evening to get a degree havent got a minute for myself. (ROSES)
6. Please do me a favor and help me with these heavy bags. (HEART)
7. Youd better go to your grandmothers with Henry. He is a decent and good-natured guy; your trip wont be long and tiresome. (ROAD)
2.5 The words jolly and joy are used in many different combinations. Find at least four of them in a dictionary and explain their meaning. Provide proper translation and make up sentences of your own. See the example below.
2.5 The words jolly and joy are used in many different combinations. Find at least four of them in a dictionary and explain their meaning. Provide proper translation and make up sentences of your own. See the example below.
Example: Jolly Roger is a pirates flag with a white skull and crossbones on a black background.
The 18th century pirates roamed the seas and attacked merchant ships to steal their goods and treasure.
A joyrider is a person who steals cars in order to drive around in them at high speed.
My mother doesnt want me to be friends with Kevin and says he has a negative influence on me because hes a joyrider.
2.6 Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.
2.7 Correct the mistakes in these idioms.
1. Mandy got each conceivable pleasure at the shop retailing womens clothing, shoes, and accessories created by cutting edge designers.
2. The arts gallery housing all handwork silk embroidery picture and oil painting did my soul good.
3. Chris is always looking for some drawbacks in people as well as in himself. He who is ill to himself will be good to nobody.
4. When my pen ran out of ink, Andrews spare one was down a treat.
5. I left my homework at home, didnt manage to catch the school bus, had to walk in a heavy rain, but, looking on the light side of things, I got an A for my essay.
6. Next month William is going to visit his grandparents he hasnt seen for ages. The boy is as please as Punch.
2.8 Give appropriate and full answers to the following questions.
1. Do you believe that joy shared is joy doubled? Why?
2. Have you ever been in alt all day long? What was the reason for joy?
3. How do young people get their jollies in your town/ city?
4. Can flattery make you quite out of breath for joy?
5. What should happen to make a poor mans life a bed of roses?
6. Would you be bursting with joy if you won or lost something?
7. Have you ever forgotten anything in your joy? What?
8. Good company upon the road is the shortest cut, isnt it?
9. How do celebrities enjoy their lives?
10. Is it possible to get every conceivable pleasure? How?/ Why not?
2.9 Fill in the gaps with the information about you and your environment.
1. Seeing does heart good.
2. My friends usually make good cheer
3. goes down a treat when I
4. I love to my heart content.
5. is as jolly as a sandboy every time s/he
6. is a fair treat for
7. I try to look on the bright side of things when
2.10 Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Елена, побывав в столице и посетив почти все достопримечательности, была вне себя от радости.
2. Если человек живет только в свое удовольствие, он черствеет и перестает обращать внимание на окружающих его людей.
3. В последнее время Борис изучает турецкий язык, в прошлом месяце он брал уроки скалолазания, завтра он займется еще чем-нибудь увлекательным. Его жизнь бьет ключом.
4. Андрей постоянно всем недоволен. Из-за этого у него нет друзей. Верно говорят, себе не в сладость, другим не в радость.
5. Иван любит повеселиться всласть.
6. Цирк с клоунами, дрессированными животными и воздушными гимнастами прекрасное зрелище для детей.
7. Семен работает в компании, которой владеет его отец. Поэтому работа для него приятное времяпрепровождение.
8. Надеюсь, весь класс пойдет на выпускной. Повеселимся на всю катушку.
9. Родные были очень рады, что приз достался Николаю. А Коля был рад вдвойне.
2.11 Write a letter to your pen-friend of about 150 words describing some jolly event or situation of yours. Find a proper place for at least 3 idioms.
Unit 3 SADNESS
Guess Russian equivalents of the idioms by the pictures given
Other useful idioms and their explanation
A misery guts a person who complains all the time and is never happy
Smth holds no joy/ pleasure for smb smth doesnt make smb happy
Sour grapes jealous about smth one cant have
To be black as night to be joyless and cheerless
To be down in the dumps to be unhappy
To be in low spirits to feel sadness and despondency
To be in no mood for/ to do smth not to feel like doing or experiencing smth
To be in/ get/ have the blues to be depressed, to have a fit of spleen
To be out of humor to be sad and unhappy
To be out of sorts to be slightly unhappy or ill
To have a bad hair day to have a day when everything seems to go wrong
To just grin and bear it to accept a situation one doesnt like
To kick oneself to be annoyed with oneself for doing smth foolish or missing an opportunity
To knock smb for six to shock or upset smb very much