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Try this exercise.
1. I worked (at the office, hard, today).
2. I’m travelling (every summer, by bicycle, to my native village).
3. He studied (last year, a lot, at university).
4. I drive (every morning, to work).
5. The friend walked (through the park, home, this afternoon).
6. The orchestra performed (at the concert, magnificently, last night).
7. She translated the text (quickly, yesterday, at the lesson).
8. The engineers return (by plane, to France, every weekend).
TEXT 4
WORD-STUDY
Exercise 1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed
below:
survival, media, arena, wholesale, hover, blur, view, advertise, competitive,
shrinkage.
Exercise 2. Read and translate the collocations:
the edge of a new era, confronted with a technological revolution, buy into cable
television companies, to put more emphasis, go down the road, the television
network, to be updated.
Exercise 3. Match the antonyms.
Verbs
1 2
1. increase
2. push
3. buy
4. drop
a) keep
b) sell
c) go up
d) decrease
e) compete
f) absorb
Nouns
1 2
1. wholesale
2. shrinkage
3. customer
4. subscriber
5. distinction
a) vendor
b) retail
c) likeness
d) growth
e) publisher
f) circulation
g) emphasis