Согласитесь или опровергните утверждения. Начните свой ответ с одной из речевых моделей.

Models:

In my opinion - По моему мнению

To my mind – По-моему

I dare say – Осмелюсь сказать

To tell the truth – По правде говоря, …

I take it for granted that … - Я считаю само собой разумеющимся, что …

As far as I know – Насколько мне известно

1.Plagiarism is defined as close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

2. Plagiarism is considered to be a criminal offence by most people.

3. Plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered as academic fraud and offenders are subject to corporal punishment.

4. Journalistic ethics allows plagiarism so many journalists plagiarize very often.

5. It is impossible for a student to write down any term-paper or a report without plagiarizing.

6. There are five different kinds of plagiarism.

7. Plagiarism detection is the process of locating instances of plagiarism within a work or document.

8. The widespread use of computers and the advent of the Internet has made plagiarism detection much easier.

9. Plagiarism detection can be only manual.

10, Computer-assisted detection allows vast collections of documents to be compared to each other.

 

Следующие предложения содержат идиоматические выражения. Из трех объяснений только одно правильное. Выберите правильный ответ. Подберите к ним русские идиомы там, где это возможно. Придумайте мини-ситуации или диалоги с этими идиомами.

 

1. Wait a moment! It’s on the tip of my tongue.

a) Something is hurting my tongue.

b) I can’t speak for a moment.

c) I shall remember it in a moment.

 

2. That will put the cat among pigeons.

a) That will cause a lot of troubles.

b) The cat will have to stay outside the house tonight.

c) Then we shall have as many cats as we have pigeons.

 

3. We’re going to get into hot water when we arrive home.

a) We’re going to take a nice hot bath.

b) We’re going to have a trouble.

c) The water will have become hot then.

 

4. The boss is like a bear with a sore head today.

a) He has a very bad headache.

b) He is in bad mood.

c) He badly needs a haircut.

 

5. What’s happened? You look as if you’ve been in the wars.

a) You look like an old soldier.

b) You are wearing a lot of medals.

c) You look as though something unpleasant has happened to you.

 

6. My fingers are all thumbs!

a) I am extremely clumsy.

b) My fingers are all very thick.

c) I’m trying to attract your attention.

 

7. The Jacksons are terribly hard up.

a) They live a very long way up the hill.

b) They are extremely poor.

c) They are very cruel people.

Воспользуйтесь толковым словарем или Интернет-ресурсами и составьте устойчивые словосочетания из слов, данных в двух колонках. Переведите их на русский язык. Составьте свои предложения с получившимися идиомами.

1. cock and …	a. blood
2. cut and …	b. bull
3. flesh and …	c. chattels
4. goods and …	d. cons
5. hard and …	e. dried
6. head and …	f. ends
7. hide and …	g. fast
8. high and …	h. mighty
9. odds and …	i. nail
10. prim and …	j. proper
11. pros and …	k. seek
12. sick and …	l. shoulders
13. spick and …	m. span
14. tooth and …	n. tear
15. wear and …	o. tired

6. В идиоматических выражениях часто используются сравнения человеческих качеств с различными животными, посредством сравнительного оборота as … as …. Воспользуйтесь толковым словарем или Интернет-ресурсами и составьте устойчивые словосочетания из слов, данных в двух колонках. Переведите их на русский язык. Составьте свои предложения с получившимися идиомами.

1. as white as …	a. a mule
2. as red as …	b. a hunter
3. as ugly as …	c. honey
4. as hungry as …	d. a mouse
5. as light as …	e. hills
6. as firm as …	f. a feather
7. as obstinate as …	g. a sin
8. as old as …	h. a sheet
9. as quiet as …	i. a rock
10. as sweet as …	j. a lobster