Учебное пособие по темам "SEASONS AND WEATHER" и "TIME". Волошина Г.Н - 54 стр.

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I’m in no hurry. I have time to kill.
There wasn’t much traffic so we got there in good time.
1.1. Vocabulary. National Concepts
A. Periods of time
-words and typical contexts.
The Ice Age, the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the age of the computer (major
historical / geological periods)
1) After the war, a new era
of peace began (long period, perhaps several
decades).
2) The doctor said I needed a period
of rest and relaxation, so I’m taking three
months’ unpaid leave (very general word).
3) A spell
of hot weather. He’s had a couple of spells in hospital in the last
two or three years (indefinite but short).
4) During the 1950s I lived in Cork for a time
(vague, indefinite).
5) D’you want to borrow this book for a while
? (indefinite but not too long)
B. Useful phrases with time
:
1) The doctor says you should stay in bed for the time being
(not specific).
2) He can get a bit bad-tempered at times.
3) By the time
we get home this pizza will be cold!
4) One at a time,
please! I can’t serve you all together.
5) We got there just in time
for dinner.
6) I expected you to be late, the trains are never on time
.
7) I’ve told you time and again
not to ring me at the office.
C. Verbs associated with time passing
:
8) Ten years have passed / elapsed
since I last heard from her.
Elapse
is more formal and is normally used in the perfect or past, without ad-
verbs. Pass
can be used in any tense and with adverbs. E.g. Don’t worry, the
time will pass
quickly. Time passes very slowly when you’re lonely.
9) It takes
12 hours to fly to Singapore.
10) The batteries in this radio usually last
about three or four months.
11) This videotape lasts / runs
for three hours.
12) This meeting went on
for two hours (suggests longer than expected or de-
sired).
Note
also: Take your time, you don’t need to hurry.
D.
Adjectives describing duration (how long something lasts):
1) He is a temporary
lecturer; the permanent one’s on leave.
2) Could we make a provisional
booking now and confirm it later?
3) Venice has a timeless
beauty.
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