Вариант 2.
1. Read and translate the text, find English equivalents to the given Russian
words and word combinations:
Брак, заключенный на небесах, любоваться, утешить, консультироваться,
катастрофа, задыхаться, класс, происшествие, надпись, ювелир, незабываемый,
уведомлять, священник, прием, родственники, отпуск, свадьба.
The Big Wedding
Ann and Bob were in love. They were going to get married next year. They had
known each other since they were in the third grade. They were both 20 years old.
True love was something that Ann and Bob knew everything about. There was hardly
anything they disagreed about. Even when they disagreed, they settled the
disagreement in such a way that both were totally happy. This was truly a match
made in heaven.
They had already made plans for the wedding. It was going to be a big wedding.
Every relative from both families had already been notified about the date. All their
friends knew about the big day. The invitations were already printed. The priest, the
church, the reception hall, and the limousine service were ready to go.
Nothing was being left to chance. This was going to be the happiest day of their lives.
Ann had gone to several wedding web sites for ideas and help. Of course, she had
also consulted her mother, grandmothers, aunts, and married friends about how to
plan the perfect wedding.
Each one of them tried to tell her that there was no such thing as a perfect wedding.
There was always at least one thing, or more usually one person, that made the
wedding a seeming disaster at the time. But of course, like the disaster that happens
on your vacation, that incident or person would be what makes the wedding more
memorable.
“Oh, you should have been at my wedding,” said Aunt Mabel to Ann. “My brother
James was in charge of the rings that Kyle and I were going to exchange. On the
wedding day, James presented the ring to Kyle, who put it on my finger. An hour
later at the reception, I took the ring off to admire it and read the inscription. I
gasped. The jeweler had spelled my name ‘Mable’ as in table. My name, as you
know, dear, is spelled Mabel as in label. So I went to the ladies’ room and cried for
almost half an hour. No one could console me.”
“So, the moral of the story, my dear,” chimed in Aunt Prudence, “is to make sure that
Uncle James isn’t in charge of getting your rings engraved. Not that you would have
a problem. How could anyone misspell your name—it only has three letters, and two
of them are the same.”
“Aunt Prudence, you know that isn’t true,” said Ann. “Half the people I know spell
my name with an ‘e.’ But, Uncle James is not in charge of our rings, so I’m not
worried.”
2. Answer the following questions:
1. How long had Ann and Bob known each other?
2. Why did everybody think they had true love?
3. What were the plans for the wedding?
4. What did relatives and friends try to tell Ann?
5. What story was she told by Aunt Mabel?
6. What was the moral of the story?
3. Supply either the Present Simple Tense or the Present Continuous Tense of
the verbs in brackets:
1. Look ! Harry (dance) in the street !
2. He (drink) coffee now.
3. He usually (wear) a blue shirt but today he (wear) a green one.
4. I (watch) TV now.
5. The sun (rise) in the east.
6. What is Mary doing ? She (sleep) in the armchair.
7. I (understand) it now.
8. This house (belong) to my brother now.
9. What the children (do) in the kitchen?
10. My brother never (drink) tea in the morning.
4. Complete the sentences with the appropriate Tense forms: Past Simple or Past
Continuous:
1. The Titanic (cross) the Atlantic when it (strike) an iceberg.