10. The years teach much which the days never know.
16.1.3. Listen, look, say. Pay attention to the difference between the sounds [S] as in shop, [s] as in seem, [¶] as in chop.
I
A. The Chairman shouted at Miss Chase.
В. Shouted at Miss Chase! Oh, a Chairman shouldn't shout, should he?
A. No, he shouldn't.
B. Not even at Miss Chase.
II
A. Will you watch Sheila for me while I finish shopping? I must fetch some fish and some cheese and — oh, yes —1 must ask the butcher for some nice chops. Watch her, won't you?
B. She seems to need a wash. Shall I wash her?
A. I wish you would.
B. If I can catch her! Sheila! Come for a nice wash, Sheila! Sheila! Oh! Ouch! She scratched me!
A. Sheila! I'm ashamed of you, Sheila!
B. Oh, it's only a small scratch.
A. Are you sure?
B. Fortunately, she's only a small cheetah.
Word-building
(Compound adjectives)
16.2.1.Translate the following compound adjectives:
a paper-white face, a sky-blue car, apple-red cheeks, steel-grey eyes, life-long history, rustproof metal, silk-soft hair, knee-high boots.
16.2.2. Make compound adjectives according to the following word combinations. Translate them: hair that is as brown as honey; water as cold as stone; man as deaf as stone; a vest that is proof against bullets; wood as hard as iron; a confe rence that continues through a week (long); a son who is one year old.
16.2.3. Translate the following sentences:
1. The sun was blood-red behind the thin trees some distance off. 2. The scooter was secured by a thief-proof device. 3. His face whisky-red, was handsome. 4. Her eyes were soft, cat-green. 5. Crime in Detroit had arisen alarmingly in recent years and now even suburban Birmingham — once considered crime-free — had armed robberies.