Стр.54 Unit 5 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 11 класс
GRAMMAR 1 Read the article and match visuals 1-4 to texts A-D. Which was NOT a success story and why? The Rich and Famous Whotasks Sorry Now?
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GRAMMAR
1 Read the article and match visuals 1-4 to texts A-D. Which was NOT a success story and why?
The Rich and Famous
Whotasks Sorry Now?
Ittasks often difficult to imagine that immensely successful people ever had a momenttasks doubt or rejection in their lives. Read on …
A Eighteen-year-old Norma Jean Baker applied to the Blue Book Modelling Agency in 1944. However, Emmeline Snively, the agencytasks director, gave her some friendly advice: taskWhy dontaskt you learn secretarial work?task She also suggested that she should get married. Norma Jean ignored this and eventually became the sensational Marilyn Monroe.
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When Fyodor Chaliapin was 15, he came to the Kazan opera theatre to audition for a choir. But the commission was not impressed and picked instead … Maxim Gorky! Many years later Chaliapin got acquainted with the author Maxim Gorky and told him the story of his first failure. On hearing the story Gorky laughed: taskThat was me! By the way, they kicked me out very soon, because I had no ear for music and always sang out of tune. We both lost some time.task
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After discovering The Beatles playing in a Liverpool club in 1961, Brian Epstein became their manager. Among the rejections he received from record companies was one from a Decca executive, who said: taskYoutaskre wasting your time, Mr Epstein. Four-member groups are out. Give up and go back to Liverpool.task
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March 1996
Dear Ms Rowling,
Thank you for sending your manuscript. We are sorry we are not able to publish your book, but ittasks far too long for children. If you cut it, wetaskll look at it again.
Yours sincerely,
A Publisher
Books - News
Worldwide Bestsellers 2005
1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J K Rowling (300+ million copies)
2 Match the sentences to texts A-D in the article. Who do you think regretted their actions and why?
1 She suggested getting a job as a secretary.
2 Publishers criticised her book for being too long.
3 She advised her not to become a model.
4 He admitted that he was not good at singing.
5 He explained that four-member bands were out.
6 They apologised for rejecting her book.
7 He wared him that he was wasting his time.
Work it out
3 Add the underlined verbs in Exercise 2 to the table according to their patterns.
Reporting verb patterns
+ (that) + reported sentence
promise, admit, agree, regret, 1) explain, admit
+ object + (that) + reported sentence
remind, 2) warn
+ infinitive
agree, promise, 3 –
+ object + infinitive
recommend, 4) advise
+ gerund
admit, advise, regret, recommend, 5) suggest
+ preposition + gerund
insist on, object to, 6) apologise
+ object + preposition + gerund
congratulate sb on, accuse sb of, 7) criticise
4 Choose six verbs in the table in Exercise 3 that have more than one pattern. Then rewrite sentences 1-6 using a different pattern from the table.
1 She admitted giving Norma Jean the wrong advice.
She admitted (that) she had given Norma Jean the wrong advice.
2 The executive recommended him to give up.
3 He regretted losing some time.
4 The publishers promised that they would look at her book again.
5 He advised taking the money as they wouldntaskt get a better offer.
6 Epstein agreed that he would become their manager.