Unite 5. page 186

When children are doing nothing they are doing mischief. (H. Fielding)

        

         I fully agree with this quotation and I think that it concerns not only children, but also adults.

         We all know that a normal man’s state, if only he is not sleeping, is an active state. During man’s life he always occupies himself with some sort of activity – he works, goes in for sport, plays, reads, and communicates with other people and so on. It is just impossible to imagine a man’s life without some activity.  Personal development and the process of socialization, i.e. assimilation of social experience by a person, takes place when the person is involved in some activity, which provides him not only with knowledge and useful information, but also which contributes to his perception of the outward things, creation of vitally important conditions without which he can’t live – food, clothes, dwelling. In the course of activity a man changes surrounding reality, with its help he converts everything in order then to make the most of these reforms. Man’s activity moulds, changes and influences on the man himself, his will, character and abilities. Besides activity develops such mental processes as attention, memory, thinking, perception and imagination.

         So speaking about the child’s activity we must admit that since childhood parents should inspire him to different kinds of work. Of course, these activities shouldn’t be thrust on the child, but parents ought to set him on the right track taking into account his entire propensity, tastes and faculties. If a child is doing nothing, he is not developing either physically or mentally. He is doing considerable harm to himself, as he remains in the same level of development and subsequently he will not be able to fulfill himself, attain to his goals.

         Besides, if a child is doing nothing and their parents ignore it, I can say that hereafter such parents will regret their negligence and lack of parental supervision. These children grow into dependent, inert and infirm. Does any parent want their children to be like these? I am entirely sure that nobody wants.

         Accordingly activity is a way and a condition of a child’s development. The parents are responsible for their children and that’s why they must exercise due concern and attention to this problem.

         Being a future parent I ought to pay attention to this issue, as I don’t want my children to suffer from my own mistakes.

Unite 5. VOCABULARY EXERCISES

4. a) Give the Russian equivalents for:

airway – 1) воздушная линия, воздушная трасса, авиалиния 2) вентиляционная выработка, вентиляционный штрек 3) дыхательные пути  

archway – 1) арка; свод 2) проход под аркой; сводчатый проход

carriage way – проезжая часть дороги 

doorway – 1) а) дверной проём, пролёт, раствор двери б) вход в помещение; портал  

driveway – дорога, проезд, путь,

gangway – 1) проход (в театре, церкви и т. д.) 2) проход, разделяющий палату общин на две части 3) сходня; продольный мостик 4) рабочие мостки 5) штрек

getaway – 1) бегство; побег 2) старт 3) место для отдыха, отпуска 4) краткий отпуск

highway – 1) большая дорога, большак; шоссе, магистраль 2) главная линия связи, основной путь 3) прямой путь к чему-л.; верная дорога

midway – 1) полпути 2) (Midway) выставка; ярмарка; центральная улица, на которой располагаются главные экспонаты или увеселения; дешевое развлечение

motorway – автострада, автомагистраль

railway – железная дорога; железнодорожный путь,

runway – а) тропа к водопою; тропы, по которым обычно бегает то или иное животное б) подкрановый путь в) подъездной путь г) узкая платформа, помост, соединяющий сцену с залом, подиум 2) а) взлетно-посадочная полоса  б) спуск для гидросамолетов в) дорожка разбега 3) а) ложе, русло реки б) паз 4) загончик, огороженное место (для домашней птицы и т. п.)

sideway –  

stairway – лестница, лестничный марш; ряд ступеней; пролёт лестницы

waterway – 1) водный путь 2) судоходное русло, фарватер 3) ватервейс, водопроток 4) водоспуск – 1 a navigable channel. 2 a route for travel by water. 3 a thick plank at the outer edge of a deck along which a channel is hollowed for water to run off by..

b) Give the opposite of the following statements using combination with the word "way":

1. He didn't stir a finger to help us getaway.

2. The car will clear the  motor-way.

3. I'm sure he is at a loss and doesn't know what to do.

4. Do you think they will never agree to a compromise?

5. What you suggest is quite common.

6. Are you going in the opposite direction?

7. The pictures are similar in every way.

8.  Review the essential vocabulary and translate the following sentences into English:

1. The boy was shifting his feet , not knowing how to answer the question. 2. It is no good to dispute with you as you are changing your opinion all the time.3. When Lizzy got to know  that she had been taken into the university, she was running all the way home to let her mother know it as soon as possible. 5. One should not to concentrate attention on the child’s fault . 6. Why have you evaded direct answer to my question? 7. Mr Broun is in prison for tax evasion. 8. His behaviour at the court has confirmed my suspicions. 9. The Agreement will be ratified after the Summit talks. 10. He always  holds in store all sorts  of funny stories and jokes. 11. At the beginning of the  competition the jury set little   store by the competitor but he won first place. 12. He had a way with children. 13. Martin was very nice himself about  the situation and knew, what future has/holds in store. 14. Do not give way to despair, all will come round 15. You have lost sight of the  nuts and bolts.

Unite5. READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

Ex 4. Complete the following sentences:

a)  1. I can't possibly have done it alone. 2. How can I possibly  do it? 3. We couldn't possibly be in our bread-and-milk. 4. You can't possibly jump into the icy cold water. 5. How could we possibly meet a ghost? 6. Translate it without a dictionary if you possibly can.

b)  1. This textbook is meant for us to be very difficult 2. I wonder who may be meant for? 3. He is evidently meant to be an engineer. 4. She wasn't meant to be a girl of few ideas.

c)  1. That part of the house was nice if small. 2. The lecture was educational if difficult. 3. The meeting was useful if long.

Ex. 7. Translate the following sentences and word combinations into English:
A) 1. How can I possibly have done it if you refuse to help me? 2. Please, do the dishes. – I am afraid I cannot have possibly done it. 3. I cannot possibly keep them waiting indeed, they have a great other demands. 4. We cannot possibly leave right  now because of not all has been bought by me yet. 5. You   know after all that I cannot possibly do two things at the same time, wait a little. 
B)  a woman with of good taste, a man of action, a woman of temper, a man of courage, a man of feeling, a man of words, a woman of means, a woman of learn, a man of experience, a man of briefness/conciseness, a man of genius, a man of verbosity, a woman of few ideas, a man of property.

C)  1. There are many different/various exercises, intended for the spoken language skills to develop. 2. This house is not intended for living, an institution is located in it. 3. Here is the money for you to buy a new overcoat. This money is meant to be paid for your new overcoat. 4. They were meant to each other. 5. He was meant to be a pianist.7. The lesson was good if  bored. 8 The flat was comfortable if small.

Ex. 11.  Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations:

1. I did would not like to talk with Bob as he had been in disgrace for his bad behaviour. 2. What is your trade for the most part of the your free time? 3. James complained that nobody spoke anything to him but he was actually up well posted on all the events. 4. The student read Pushkin in the original for the first time and the beauty of the poet’s verse attracted his attention. 5. Jane tried to imagine the man, which was  known to her only on his correspondence (under his letters). 6. When she had seen him, he did not justified her expectations. 7. First, he was rather old, and second, he was fussy and irritable. 8. I can detail write up everything happened. 9. At this time I stood a few steps away, nearby  from the place where there was an accident happened. 10. The windows of my room faces/gives on the court yard. 11. Who is that girl who looks towards us in our direction? 12. This house seems absolutely tiny in comparison with the new one. 13. I have rummaged all in searching the theatre ticket, where I could put it indeed? 14. In haste of departure nobody noticed that the old man had remained on the bridge.