Закончите следующие предложения:

1. If I had the money,... lend it to you.

2. If she spent a few months in the USA.

3. If he were really hungry,....

4. If I were a firefighter,....

5. If I were a bird............

6. If I took my exam tomorrow,....

7. If I had a dog,....

8. I f my watch broke...........

9. If they got married,....

10. If I went to Washington............

 

Переведите на английский язык.

1. Если бы я был пожарным, я бы помогал людям.

2. Если бы начался пожар, то я бы вызвал пожарных.

3. Если бы произошел несчастный случай, я бы вызвал скорую помощь.

4. На твоем месте я не стал бы ставить свечу на пластик.

5. Если бы у меня была собака, я научил бы ее искать про­павших (missing) людей.

6. Если бы я получил образование, то я бы нашел хоро­шую работу.

7. Если бы ты был спасателем, я бы вышла за тебя замуж.

 

Unit 13

Выучите следующие слова:

1. ceiling — потолок

2. tile — кафель, плитка

3. neighbour — сосед

4. flame — пламя

5. board — правление, руководство, совет, коллегия (лю­бая организация, управление которой связано с заседа­ниями: группа людей, участвующая в таких заседаниях, и т. п.)

6. leak — утечка

7. wiring — проводка

8. destroy — разрушать

9. damage — ущерб

10. insurance — страховка

11. escape — избавление, спасение

 

2. Прочитайте следующий текст, стараясь минимально исполь­зовать словарь, и озаглавьте его.

I never did like polystyrene ceiling tiles. Apart from the fire haz­ard, they don’t look very good. So when I moved into a house whose previous owner covered every ceiling with polystyrene tiles, I really intended to take those tiles down. Now I can tell you nothing is more urgent.

For there’s the other thing about polystyrene tiles. They can turn the small fire into a killer.

Saturday, May 16, began in a usual way. I got up at about 7 o’clock, took my wife Jean a cup of tea in bed, then set off for the south coast on business, Jean rose shortly afterwards and left the house to do some shopping.

It was just as well that she did, for within an hour the house was filled with lethal smoke and fumes. Burning plastic dripped from the ceiling starting little fires in carpets and furniture. A neighbour spot­ted the smoke pouring out of the window and called the fire brigade. Another neighbour located Jean, and she and the firemen arrived simultaneously.

It was a piece of good luck, because they didn’t have to break down a door to get in. Once inside, they put out the flames in a re­markably short time and without a mess.

They also called the electricity and gas boards, who sent repre­sentatives to check the safety of respective installations.

'The wiring is all right, it must have been a gas leak," the man from the electricity board said. "There’s nothing wrong with the gas — it must have been an electricity fault" the gas man said. Both were right. The trouble started on the electrical wiring of the cooker clock.

One thing is certain: without those ceiling tiles it would have been a very localized fire. It might even have gone out by itself. However, the lire spread to the dining room. The heat shattered seven panes of glass. Two armchairs in the dining room were destroyed, but the sofa was not. The fire brigade put out the flames before they reached the hall and staircase or it might have been a more serious matter.

But the smoke damage...

Everything in the house was covered with an oily black film, al­most impossible to remove. There seemed to be nowhere the smoke hadn’t penetrated.

The insurance company paid up for the damage in the house and the interior decorations. The ceilings have been covered with the ornamental plaster which has been approved for its fire resistant qualities.

Now, four months later, things are slowly returning for normal. But nothing can make us forget that we had a very lucky escape. The fire could have started at any lime. If it had broken dining the night, we would have been killed by the fume. The discovery that you aren't fireproof is really frightening.

 

3. В соответствии с содержанием текста определите, истинны или ложны следующие утверждения.

1. Polystyrene tiles are dangerous.

2. The author and his wife realize they were wrong to put them on the kitchen ceiling.

3. One day they were both out a fire broke out.

4. It started with a gas leak in the cooker.

5. A neighbour saw flames coming out of the window and called the fire brigade.

6. Another neighbour told Jean that her house was on fire.

7. The firemen had to break the door down.

8. The firebrigade didn't make a mess.

9. Two armchairs in the dining room escaped damage.

10. Most of their possessions were ruined by smoke.

11. They were lucky the fire didn’t start at night.

 

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