Translate from Russian into English. 1) В России много больших рек: Лена, Обь, Енисей и другие.

1) В России много больших рек: Лена, Обь, Енисей и другие.

2) Город Будапешт, столица Венгрии, стоит на Дунае.

3) В Гааге часто проводят международные встречи и симпозиумы.

4) Греки очень гордятся своей национальной кухней.

5) Муж моей сестры любит ездить отдыхать на Балтийское море.

6) На севере нашей страны лесов больше, чем на юге.

7) Восточная Чехия славится прекрасными озерами и свежим горным воздухом.

8) Когда мы путешествовали по Тибету, нам удалось побывать в Гималайских горах.

Translate from Russian into English.

Норвегия расположена на севере Европы. Площадь Норвегии – 324 тыс. кв. км. Население Норвегии составляет свыше 4 млн. человек.

    Норвегия граничит с Финляндией и Швецией на востоке и омывается Северным и Норвежским морями на западе.

     Климат Норвегии мягкий на западном побережье, но на востоке зима бывает холодной.

    Озера и реки занимают 1/25 площади Норвегии, около 5000 кв. миль. Большую часть территории занимают леса.

В стране имеются залежи меди, железа, никеля и цинка.

Unit 5  THE USE OF ARTICLES IN SET EXPRESSIONS

 

 

Set Expressions with A/AN

 

 

at a time	do smb a favour	have a swim
at a gulp	fly into a passion	have a wash
at a speed of	for a long (short) time	in a loud (low) voice
at a distance	get (be) in a fury	in a whisper
at a glance	give a hand	it is a pleasure
a hell of a fright	go for a walk/ ride/ dance	it is a shame/ pity/ pleasure/ nuisamce
a kind of; a sort of	have a bath/ a shower	make a promise
all of a sudden	have a cold	once a year/week/month
as a matter of fact	have a fever	take a fancy to
as a result	have a headache	take a seat
as a rule	have a look	tell a lie
be at a loss	have a mind	to keep a secret
be in a hurry be on a par with	have a rest have a smoke	many a time ( on many occasions)
be a success	be on a diet

 

Set Expressions with THE

 

 

all the same= just the same	keep the bed /to make the bed
be on the safe side	keep the house
by the way	lay the table
do the shopping	on the one (other) hand
get the sack	on the right/left
in the country	on the whole
in the daytime	pass the time
in the distance	take the opportunity
in the doorway	take the trouble to do smt
in the middle	the day before yesterday
in the morning/afternoon/evening	the other (of two)
in the night(during)	the other day
in the original	the same opinion
in the affirmative/ negative	the right/ wrong side
in the past/ present/ future	to tell the truth
in the singular/ plural	What's the time?
It is out of the question	by the kilo/ dozen …

 

Set Expressions with NO ARTICLE

 

arm in arm		from beginning to end	in time/ on time
ask for permission	from east to west		into consideration
at dawn at daybreak		from head to foot from morning till night	keep house lose control
at dinner		from side to side	lose touch with
at dusk		from time to time	make fun of / love/ war
at first sight		get out of bed/ town	make progress
at noon/ midnight/ night		go down town	move house
at peace/ at war		go on board (a ship)	on behalf of
at present		go to sea/ be at sea	on business
at random		hand in hand	on condition that
at sunrise/ sunset at twilight		have good /bad luck have great fun	on account of on demand
be at home/ school		in addition to	on sale
be/to stay in bed		in charge of	on tiptoe/ on foot
by chance	in (for) fun		out of date/fashion
by heart by mail by means of	in debt in demand in detail		out of order out of place out of sight
by mistake		in fact	pay attention to
by name		in favour of	shake hands with
by order of		in honour of	step by step
day and night		in search of	take care of
do business		in sight	to/at sea
find fault with		in spite of	take notes of
for hours		run risks	take advantage of

 

E x e r c i s e s

 

5.1. Fill in the gaps using a/an or the if necessary.

1) I bought a hat and a pair of shoes at ….. shop. Unfortunately ….. shoes are ….. wrong size. I'll take them back tomorrow.

2) How much are the driving lessons? – Fifteen pounds ….. hour.

3) But I had ….. suspicion that he wasn't speaking ….. truth because ….. meter readers usually wear ….. peaked caps.

4) He said, " As ….. matter of ….. fact, there was ….. explosion in ….. last house I visited; and Mr Smith, ….. owner of ….. house, was burnt in ….. face."

5) By this time I had come to ….. conclusion that he wasn't ….. genuine meter reader; and ….. moment he left ….. house I rang ….. police.

6) ….. fog was so thick that we couldn't see ….. side of ….. road. We followed ….. car in front of us and hoped that we were going ….. right way.

7) I don't know what ….. price ….. owners are asking. But Dry and Pot are ….. agents. You could give them ….. ring and make them ….. offer.

8) ….. postman's little boy says that he'd rather be ….. dentist than ….. doctor, because ….. dentists don't get called out at ….. night.

9) Just as ….. air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handling me ….. cup of ….. coffee ….. plane gave ….. lunch and ….. coffee went all over ….. person on ….. other side of ….. gangway.

10) There was ….. collision between ….. car and ….. cyclist at crossroads near ….. my house early in ….. morning. ….. cyclist was taken to ….. hospital.

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