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1. In your opinion, does the author bring up a rather serious problem
in his article?
2. Would you agree with the author to every point of it?
3. What is the author’s manner to describe the essence of the
problem?
4. Which passages or separate sentences (words) make you
desperately discontent?
5. Which passages or separate sentences make you ponder over them?
6. Can you quote the proverb, which is defined as an obscure one in
the article? Why, do you think, it is defined so?
7. How often, according to your watching yourself, do you doze
during a day?
8. Would you like to give up this habit or, quite on the contrary, take
to it?
9. The author’s statement: “There is an exquisite pleasure in giving
oneself over to drowsiness, particularly if you ought to be doing
something else,” puts you on the wrong line, making you idle and
awfully irresponsible, doesn’t it?
10. Would you like to share all these points with someone else?
After so hard thinking and probably intensive debates you are offered to switch
on a simple exercise. Task: suggest meanings for the phrases with off, the
example is given. You should keep in mind that this preposition has a basic
sense of “removal”, “detachment” or “separation” and this meaning is apparent
in the many phrases it occurs in.
a) Well, see you later on. We’re off. (We’re leaving).
b) Have you heard about tomorrow’s match? It’s off.
c) I’ve checked the cooker. It’s off.
d) I’d like fish, please. – I’m afraid it’s off.
e) Just smell this meat. It’s off.
f) His behavior is a bit off, isn’t it?
g) Where’s Nelly? – She’s off today.
h) John’s off sick.
i) She’s off her head.
j) Another button’s come off my jacket.
k) We live well off the main road.
l) Are you off your food?
m) Our new neighbors seem to be quite well off.
n) Which direction is off? Up or down?
o) Can you help me get my boots off?
p) She put it in her bag and just walked off.
q) We manage to get to the theatre off and on.
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