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Nor is Japan alone in displaying its ancient genetic heritage so openly. Italy
provides another striking example. By testing blood groups and other genetically
determined features scientists have found significant differences between
regions in the south, established by ancient Greeks, and further north round
Orvieto which was the center of the Etruscan civilization. In other words, the
genes of ancient Greeks and Etruscans still flow noticeably – through the veins
of modern Italians. It is even possible to determine differences in spoken dialect
between natives of these two regions, ones that exactly correlate to their separate
genetic histories.
Scientists now believe that all countries display such characteristics. “There
are certainly noticeable differences in blood groups and other genetic features
between modern Scots, English and Welsh – for all the intermingling that has
gone on over the ages,” said Dr Jones.
The next exercise is referred to the phenomenon which is known to you as
“Complex Object”. Actually, we’d rather call it objective infinitive construction.
Here you are to deal with this construction after verbs of perception. You should
remember that the following verbs can be followed by a noun or pronoun object
+ bare infinitive or the - ing form: feel, hear, listen to, look, notice, observe,
perceive, see, smell, watch, taste. The bare infinitive generally refers to the
complete action, whereas the –ing form generally refers to an action in progress.
Task: join these pairs of sentences.
a) John was cycling down the street. I saw him.
b) He promised to take the children to school this morning. I heard him.
c) The children were coughing all night. I could hear them.
d) The factory was burning. I went out to watch it.
e) The raindrops were dripping under my collar. I felt it.
f) She looked around a few times before she tapped on the door. The
neighbor watched her.
g) Something very tasty was being cooked. He smelt it right away as soon as
he walked in.
Give the opposites of the adjectives in the following sentences:
a) Her behavior is very agreeable.
b) Isn’t this court order legal?
c) What you’re asking me to do is just possible.
d) I can’t imagine he’s honest.
e) Is a state of war really thinkable?
f) I think his behavior is quite moral.
Before you do the next exercise it would be a good idea to highlight the
difference between prepositions “to” and “at”. The former after a verb often
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