Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 28 стр.

Task II                                                                             – Oh, bad luck!
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Practise the dialogues trading roles. In dialog 1 you are to go through             – I haven’t. It was sunny in the morning, wasn’t it?
three-steps. Step one: complete the dialogues matching parts A - C with
parts a-c. Step two: act out the dialogues. Step three: engage in a longer
conversation for which you may need to use some sentences / phrases             b – ................................................................................
from Task I.                                                                      – Good morning, Ms Cook!
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                  1. What’s the Weather Today?                                    – Yes, it’s just lovely / gorgeous! Who will stay indoors in such
                                                                                      weather?
A. – It’s very cold today, isn’t it?                                              – ……………………………………………………
   – ……………………………                                                                  – Heaven knows! But I feel as if we are in for some rain.
   – What’s the temperature, I wonder?
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                                                                                c   – ……………………………………….
   – Oh, is it (really)? You don’t say so! It’s awful!
                                                                                    – Oh, yes! I’m simply freezing!
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   – You know, I can’t stand such cold!
                                                                                    – It’s about fifteen degrees below zero / minus fifteen degrees.
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                                                                                    – Yes, that’s what they said on the radio / on TV.
B. – Hello! Isn’t it terrible weather?
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                                                                                    – Neither can I. But nothing doing – you’ll have to put up with it.
   – Yes, it’s raining cats and dogs!
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   – Why? Haven’t you got an umbrella or a rain-coat?                                                      2. Holiday Weather
   – ………………………………..                                                                    A: How did you enjoy your holiday?
   – Yes, it was. But as for our weather you can never tell! Let’s hope it’ll          B: On the whole, it was a success.
      clear up soon.                                                                   A: What sort of weather did you have?
                                                                                       B: It varied but, to begin with, it was pretty hopeless.
C. – Good morning, Mrs. MacDonald!                                                     A: It soon improved, though, didn’t it?
   – …………………………………                                                                     B: Oh yes, we had a glorious spell (1).
   – Going for a walk? Lovely day, isn’t it?                                           A: Which accounts for your tan, I suppose?
   – ………………………………………                                                                   B: Oh yes, I just love the way I tanned. We just lazied about, lay in
   – I wonder, how long it will last?                                                      the sun, swam and sailed.
   – ………………………………..                                                                    A: Lucky as ever, weren’t you?
                                                                                       B: Not quite. Towards the end we had plenty of rain and chilly
a – ………………………………                                                                           wind.
  – Oh, yes, it’s just dreadful. You know, I’m shivering with cold. Is it                   Or: (1) … a number of sunny days
    still raining?
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