Разговорные темы по английскому языку. Яшина Е.А. - 29 стр.

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4. The top coffee-drinking country in the world is Finland where 1,892 cups
per annum are consumed per head of the population.
5. The tallest church in the world is the Chicago Methodist Temple which is
173 m or 568 feet high.
6. The country with the most telephones in the world is Monaco. It has 733
telephones per 1,000 population.
7. The smallest country in the world is the Vatican City with an area of 0.4
sq km.
3. Number and quantity
Number is used for countable nouns, amount for uncountables.
Here is the line of adjectives useful for expressing the number and quantity:
tiny small average large/considerable huge/vast
Add just a tiny ammount of chilli pepper, or else it may get too hot.
A considerable number of people failed to get tickets. (formal)
Vast amounts of money have been wasted on this project.
Were there many people at the airport? – Oh, about average, I’d say. (informal)
Comment on the following numbers and quantities using adjective-noun
combinations.
Example: The government will only give us a grant of 200 $. – But that’s a tiny
sum of money. How mean!
1. $ 5 billion was wasted on developing the new rocket.
2. Over 50 people came to Sally’s lecture yesterday. We were pleasantly
surprised.
3. We have 120 students most years, and we’ll probably have about that this
year, too.
4. There was only five pounds in my purse when it was stolen.
5. We’ve wasted over 100 hours in meeting and got nowhere.
Listening
Dictation of numbers and prices
Pre-listening task
1. Look at the way English people write and say the following prices.
Written Spoken
£1 a pound
50p fifty p/pi:/
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            4. The top coffee-drinking country in the world is Finland where 1,892 cups
               per annum are consumed per head of the population.
            5. The tallest church in the world is the Chicago Methodist Temple which is
               173 m or 568 feet high.
            6. The country with the most telephones in the world is Monaco. It has 733
               telephones per 1,000 population.
            7. The smallest country in the world is the Vatican City with an area of 0.4
               sq km.

            3. Number and quantity
            Number is used for countable nouns, amount for uncountables.
            Here is the line of adjectives useful for expressing the number and quantity:

            tiny      small        average      large/considerable           huge/vast

         Add just a tiny ammount of chilli pepper, or else it may get too hot.
         A considerable number of people failed to get tickets. (formal)
         Vast amounts of money have been wasted on this project.
         Were there many people at the airport? – Oh, about average, I’d say. (informal)

         Comment on the following numbers and quantities using adjective-noun
         combinations.

         Example: The government will only give us a grant of 200 $. – But that’s a tiny
         sum of money. How mean!

            1. $ 5 billion was wasted on developing the new rocket.
            2. Over 50 people came to Sally’s lecture yesterday. We were pleasantly
               surprised.
            3. We have 120 students most years, and we’ll probably have about that this
               year, too.
            4. There was only five pounds in my purse when it was stolen.
            5. We’ve wasted over 100 hours in meeting and got nowhere.

         Listening
         Dictation of numbers and prices
         Pre-listening task

            1. Look at the way English people write and say the following prices.
         Written           Spoken
         £1                a pound
         50p               fifty p/pi:/

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