He started reading the book.

3. как предложное дополнение: lam fond of reading.

как прямое дополнение: Do you mind my reading here?

как обстоятельство времени: After reading he closed the book.

как обстоятельство образа действия: Instead of reading he went to the movies.

Активная форма герундия: giving, beating и т. д. Пассивная форма герундия: being given, being beaten и т. д.

 

Exercise 8.4. Open the brackets using the gerund, translate into Russian:

1. The grass in the garden is very dry, it needs (water). 2. It's very warm outside. You don't need (put on) your coat. 3. The house is old, and it wants (repair). 4. Famous people don't need (introduce) themselves. 5. The carpet is covered with dust, it needs (sweep). 6. The shoes are very dirty, they need (polish). 7. These shoes have a hole, they want (mend). 8. The table cloth is quite clean, it doesn't want (wash) yet. 9. The room needed (clean). 10. (learn) foreign languages is very useful. 11. I know my hair wants (cut) but I never have time to go to the hairdresser's. 12. John needed (cheer up) when he heard that he'd failed his exams. 13. You should tidy up the garden. — Yes, it needs (tidy). The roses want (water), the peaches want (pick), the grass wants (cut).

 

Lecture 9

 

Text 1: MY PLANS FOR FUTURE

Hi, there! Here is Katya again. I am afraid this will be my last meeting with you because I need to get ready for my trip home. I am leaving for Sochi tonight. Not only to enjoy our warm southern sun and to swim in blue waters of the Black Sea, but to see my family. Besides, I have nothing to do here anymore because I have passed all the exams successfully and I'm free till the 1st of September.

As you might have already understood this my story devoted to my plans for future. It would be honest to say that I don't have any yet. But still, of course, I often think about my future and my goals in life.

One of the things I would like to do in the future is to do a research in medical psychology. After I finish my University I want to apply for a graduate school in Moscow. Education is better there and there are more opportunities for work. I also might want to study abroad. But it is not as easy as it sounds. You have to know English well enough to pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language exam. Then, you should always remember that education is not free in most of the countries. And it may be very expensive! Up to many thousands dollars a year. So, you need to find a source of finance to pay the tuition fee. And, besides, you always need some money to support yourself.

But I want you to know that I don't want to leave the country forever. I strongly believe that economy in our country will be better soon and leaving it will not make me happy. As a psychologist I understand that there are more things in life than just being not hungry and have nice clothes. But traveling and living abroad broadens your horizons and gives you food for thought.

I am a very practical person. So I think about the employment opportunities in my field. It is still difficult to find a well paid job in psychology. Most people still don't realize the importance of psychology and hire them just because it is a fashion.

But you can always start your own business and have your private practice. You only need a license and a working experience. Private psychologists and psychoana-lysists are very popular and well-paid abroad!

And, like I wrote already I want to help people with their problems.

In conclusion, I would like to say that university gives a very good background knowledge of subject. But this knowledge is too general! Most graduates are only theoretically prepared for work. We don't have many practical courses and those we have are very weak. The only opportunity to work somewhere is during summer vacation. But of course, one wants to rest a little after a whole year of studies and a hard exam session. That is what is called a dilemma.

See you in September!

 

Vocabulary:

besides — зд. кроме того

successfully — успешно

to devote — посвящать

to do a research — проводить исследование

to apply — подавать заявление

graduate school — аспирантура (магистратура, докторантура)

to sound — зд. звучать

source of finance — источник финансирования tuition fee — плата за обучение to broaden — расширять horizon — горизонт food for thought — пища для ума employment opportunities — возможности для работы

to realize — отдавать отчет, понимать to hire — нанимать fashion — мода

private practice — частная практика well-paid — хорошо оплачиваемая general — общий weak — слабый dilemma — дилемма

Add то your active vocabulary:

a) prestigious job (work) — престижная работа well-paid job — высокооплачиваемая работа employee — наемный рабочий employer — наймодатель

enterpreneur, businessman — предприниматель state-employed — государственный служащий white-collar worker — «белый воротничок», работник умственного труда

blue-collar worker — «синий воротничок», работник физического труда

skilled worker — квалифицированный рабочий unskilled worker — неквалифицированный рабочий experienced worker — опытный работник

с) to be hired for a job — быть нанятым на выполнение работы

to look for a new job(work, position) — искать новую работу

to apply for a new job — претендовать на какую-либо должность

application for a position of — заявление на какую-либо должность resume — резюме

C.V. (curriculum vitae) — автобиография

to be fired — быть уволенным

to retire — уходить на пенсию

to be unemployed — быть безработным