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Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Read the following transcriptions. Write them in words and give their Ukrainian equivalents.

['xgqTq 'krIstI], [pe'lE:], ['mxrIlIn 'mqn'rqV], [er'kjHl pwar'qV], ["mIs'mRpl], ['lAndqn], [DI"LrI'ent(q)l Iks'pres], ['ten 'lItl 'nJgrqVz], [Dq'bE:trqm hqV'tel], [Dq'kLps"InDq'laIbr(q)rI].

II. Give English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations.

Захоплюватися читанням; відомі люди; сучасники; формувати характер; цінувати; зарубіжна література; сценарій; детективи високого класу; символ футболу; стати відомим якимсь дивом; освіта; медсестра; військовий шпиталь; “королева детективу”; шумний Лондон; затишне село; скоїти вбивство; замкнутий простір; пасажири літака, потяга; несподіване місце; тропічна риба; отрута; смерть.

III. Substitute the words in bold type by a word or a combination of words from the text.

1. As a rule I take books from the library, but I have manyof them at home, too.

2. The name of Agatha Christie is a synonym for high-quality detective story.

3. Unexpectedly Agatha Christie became well-known as if by wonder.

4. Having lost her father at a young age, the future author didn’t receive schooling.

5. Killings in the books of Agatha Christie are committed in the most unpredictedplaces.

6. Agatha Christie’s booksare well-liked now.

IV. Read the following information about Agatha Christie. Complete the sentences by choosing appropriate prepositions from those in the brackets.

Some Facts about the Queen of Crime

· Agatha Christie is the most-translated fiction author (in/on) the world, according (for/to) the UNESCO. Her works have been translated (on/into) more than 70 languages.

· (In/At) 2000 Agatha Christie was voted the Best Writer (of/to) the 20th Century.

· Christie’s success wasn’t limited (for/to) writing novels. The initial production (of/by) her play “The Mousetrap” has been running (from/for) 55 years and counting. That’s more than 20,000 performances.

· The author presented the rights to “The Mousetrap” (to/at) her grandson Mathew for his ninth birthday but a toy train made “much more of an impression” (on/at) the time.

· Agatha never went (in/to) school. She was educated (at/on) home (of/by) governesses.

· In her teens she studied to be a classical musician but had to give it (up/down) because (by/of) stage fright.

· (In/At) 1917, aged 24, she qualified as a dispensing chemist thus acquiring a useful knowledge of poisons.

· A pile of all of the editions of “Murder (on/under) the Orient Express” would stretch (to/by) the moon.

· Along (with/at) the Bible and the works (from/of) William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie’s novels rank (between/among) the best-selling of all time.

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