Destination B2, Unit 4

A Complete using the correct form of the words in the box.

1. We used to go skating at the ice rink every Saturday.
2. Keith had never seen such a large golf course until he went to Scotland.
3. We all met at the basketball court at half past three.
4. It’s called a boxing ring, but it’s actually square!
5. For the 800 metres race, you have to run round the track twice.
6. The football match had to be called off because the pitch was flooded.
7. Our team was winning until half time, but in the second half the other team scored three goals, and so they beat us. But it was a great match!
8. Adrian got a new fishing rod for his birthday.
9. Can I borrow your tennis racket?
10. Why are hockey sticks such a strange shape?
11. I’d spend houres putting linseed oil on my cricket bat to keep the wood strong.

B Circle the correct word or phrase.

1. The referee blew the whistle and the most important football match I’ve ever played began.
2. We used to play rugby in the winter term, football in the spring team, and we’d do athletics and swimming in the summer term.
3. Do you fancy a game of cards?
4. I only do magic tricks for fun. I’ve never thought of becoming a professional magician.
5. The play was so boring, we walked out during the interval.
6. Coventry City drew 3-3 with Sunderland in the match last Saturday.
7. Viewers who watched last week’s programme will remember we were looking at the history of baseball.
8. We got through to the final, but then lost to Cirencester.
9. Most people prefer films which have a happy ending.
10. Would all competitors please make their way to the starting line?

C Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.

1. I don’t know how you can stand getting up so early to go to the pool. put
   I don’t know how you can put up with getting up so early to go to the pool.
2. I’ve finally started sorting out my postcard collection. round
   I’ve finally got round to sorting out my postcard collection.
3. What did you do at the weekend? get
   What did you get up to at the weekend?
4. I’m not so keen on skiing now I’ve discovered snowboarding. gone
   I’ve gone off skiing since I discovered snowboarding.
5. Why do you continue to have riding lessons if you can’t afford them? on
   Why do you carry on having riding lessons if you can’t afford them?
6. We can’t delay the match any longer. put
   We can’t put the match off any longer.

D Write one word in each gap.

1. Tony never used to want to join in with the other kids in the playground.
2. Look out !There’s a car coming!
3. Simone’s taken to wearing a helmet whenever she goes cycling.
4. I was thinking of taking up scuba diving until I found out how expensive the equipment is.
5. They were knocked out in the semi-final.
6. Maybe we should bring the meeting forward to this Tuesday instead of having it in two weeks’ time.
7. Becca had to pull out of the race when she sprained her ankle.
8. Melissa doesn’t go in for adventure sports.

E Choose the correct answer.

1. Why don’t you have a go? It’s not difficult.
2. Carl wasn’t very good at mountain climbing as he’s afraid of heights.
3. There’s little chance of our getting into the final.
4. Rachel is mad about the Eurovision Song Contest.
5. Just do your best — that’s all anyone can ask of you.
6. It’s high time you learned to swim.
7. Grandma gets a lot of pleasure from gardening.
8. Take your time — don’t rush.
9. Each player takes it in turn to roll the dice.
10. Time passes so quickly when you’re doing something enjoyable.
11. Our new coach is popular with the whole team.
12. She’d spend hours lying on her bed, reading.
13. He’d been planning to leave the team the whole time, and hadn’t told anyone.
14. I’m not siding with her because she’s my sister, but because she’s right.

Essential words

A. In each of the parentheses below you will find two of the new vocabulary words. Pick the one that fits better. Remember, the sentences should make good sense. 

1. It was typical day in July, hot and sticky.
2. I could tell that Matt was coming because I knew his blend of tobacco.
3. Please realize that if you try to climb the icy mountain perial awaits you.
4. The mechanic detected an oil leak in the engine.
5. How could you neglect paying the rent?
6. Felix made a sinister remark that sent chills up and down my spine.
7. Many questions had to be answered before Mrs. Soto could qualify for the job. 
8. I am unaccustomed to receiving gifts from people I don’t know very well.
9. Factory-made goods are plentiful, but farm products are scarce. 
10. When he got to the jail, the people in charge tried to reform him. 

B. Opposites. In Column I are ten words taught in Lessons 1-6. Match them correctly with their opposite meanings, which you will find in Column II. 

1. Approach — leave
2. Expensive — cheap
3. Visible — unseen
4. Popular — hated
5. Vacant — filled
6. keen — dull
7. descent — climb
8. humid — dry
9. Vanish — be seen 
10. essential — not needed

C. Which of the vocabulary choices in parentheses fits best in these newspaper headlines? 

1. Sailors Abandon Sinking Ship 
2. Congress Votes to Raise Minimum Wage 
3. Dense Fog Covers Bay Area 
4. Unfit Parents Arrested for Child Neglect 
5. Escaped Convict Continues to Evade Police 
6. College Campus Quiet After Demonstration 
7. Mayor Takes Oath of Office on Steps of City Hall 
8. Rescuers Descend into Mine to Find Lost Workers
9. New Apartment House to Rise on Vacant Land 
10. Poll to Predict Outcome of Election 

D. From the list ofwords below choose the word that means: 

1. in large amounts as well as less costly — wholesale
2. an evil doer, but originally meant someone who lived on a farm — villain
3. more than half as well as the legal age at which persons can manage their affairs — majority
4. search or investigate either by means of an instrument or simply by questioning — probe
5. cheat and also deprive someone of rights or property — defraud
6. give up on a plan as well as neglect one’s post — abandone
7. gather (data) or just get together — assemble
8. reject and also expel — eliminate
9. leaving out little or nothing and is related to the word for “understanding” — comprehensive
10. skill in dealing with people as well as a fine touch or cleverness — tact

E. Letter of Complaint. The following business letter uses 10 words that appeared in Lessons 1-6. Fill in the blanks with those words, selected from the group below: 

Dear Sirs: 
Three weeks ago, I bought a 20 Royal TV set (Item #996R) from your catalog, which had featured an annual clearance sale at enormous savings. I am enclosing a copy of the $200 money order that I sent to you. 
When my father and I unpacked the set, we deteched several defects, including a scratched screen and a broken volume dial. Since that was not my fault, I believe that I am entitled to receive a new set. 
It was a hardship for me to save part of my weekly allowance for six months in order to pay for the lV , and I would appreciate your help in this matter. Even though it is not an expensive set, and I was getting it at a wholesale price, I still feel that the merchandise should be perfect. 
Obviously, one ofyour employees had neglected to do an comprehensiveinspection before the lV was shipped to my home. 

The internet in my life. The advantages and disadvantages of media education

All of us can’t live without internet, because we get information from social media, share our life on instagram or facebook etc. But I think that it has some advantages. One of them is that we can be informed about everything, we can talk with our friends or relatives who live abroad.

Media eduation is a good idea, because it makes our life more easier.But it also has one common disadvantage, that our vision deteriorates or communication with our friends or relatives is becoming harder.

Fun facts about technology

• The first alarm clock only rings at 4 a.m.
• Nokia’s first product is toilet paper.
• The ‘fox’ in the Mozilla Firefox logo is a red panda.
• Google’s name was the fruit of a spelling mistake.
• The world’s first computer mouse was wooden, not plastic.
• Xerox is not a verb for photocopying but is a name of a company that creates and sells xerographic technology.
• Japan has the fastest Internet speed of 319 terabits per second.
• Facebook was originally a directory of freshmen with their names and pictures.

Study problems — help is here

Match the sentences

▪ A. Nowadays it is quite common for

 ▪ B. The first curry house in England was

 ▪ C. Fish and chips is the oldest kind of British food

 ▪ D. It is common to find British restaurants that

 1 բացվել է (գործարկվել է) մի հնդիկ ներգաղթյալի կողմից:

 2 դեռ ուտում են այսօր էլ։

 3 երկու ծնողների աշխատելը։

 4 որը վերջերս է հայտնագործվել:

 5 ունեն ուտելիքներ այլ մշակույթներից:

 6 երեքանգամյա սնունդ օրվա մեջ։

Destination B2, Unit 4

Ex A, p 25

1. We used to go skating at the ice rink every Saturday.
2. Keith had never seen such a large golf course until he went to Scotland.
3. We all met at the basketball court at half past three.
4. It’s called a boxing ring, but it’s actually square.
5. For the 800 metres race, you have to run round the track twice.
6. The football match had to be called off because the pitch was flooded.
7. Our team scored until half time, but in the second half the other team beat three goals, and so they won us. But it was a great match!
8. Adrian got a new fishing rod for his birthday.
9. Can I borrow your tennis bat?
10. Why are hockey stick such a strange shape.
11. I’d spend hours putting linseed oil on my cricket racket to keep the wood strong.

Ex B

1. The referee blew the whistle and the most important football match I’ve ever played began.
2. We used to play rugby in the winter term, football in the spring term, and we’d do athletics and swimming in the summer term.
3. Do you fancy a game of cards?
4. I only do magic tricks for fun. I’ve never thought of becoming a professional magician.
5. The play was so boring, we walked out during the half time.
6. Coventry City drew 3-3 with Sunderland in the match las Saturday.
7. Spectators who watched last week’s programme will remember we were looking at the history of baseball.
8. We got to the final, but then lost to Cirencester.
9. Most people prefer films which have a happy end.
10. Would all opponents please make their way to the starting line.

“504” lesson 5

Fill in the Blanks. Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below

1. I left the city for a peaceful rural farm.
2. Professor Dixon liked the atmosphere of the university campus.
3. He tried to evade questions he didn’t know how to answer.
4. The majority of people wanted him to be president.
5. The guests began to assemble for Thanksgiving dinner.
6. Christmas trees are a popular tradition for many people.
7. Making a living for his family was too much of a burden.
8. I want to explore all the cities I haven’t visited.
9. If Gene doesn’t reform, he will get into serious trouble.
10. He had to do research on the topic of biology for a school report.
11. Historians will probe the causes of the war in Iraq.
12. Whether or not eighteen-year-olds should be allowed to vote was in debate for a long time.

Vano Siradeghyan (Project)

• Quotes and thougs (translation)

Armenia isn’t a country of high speeds. Speed ​​makes the country smaller. In case of a peaceful course, Armenia is a great motherland. Armenia dictates a quiet process. Armenia is a country with its depth. Armenia is a homeland of loving in detail, and if you love in detail like that, you won’t waste ten lives. But there’s no need to hurry up. Even more, there is no need to compare.

• •

In armenian life devoid of ceremonies, eating khash is the only complete ceremony that is not related to funerals, genocide and other atrocities.

• •

Whether the day gets dark late or dawns early, whether the moon is full or not, artificial accents are needed to break up the tedious process of time. The day after the first cup of coffee, Saturday before Sunday, light Tuesday after heavy Monday…

• •

Earth’s gravity is enough to keep a person upright, but not enough to maintain mental balance in the unbroken flow of time. A person cannot flow silently in the flow of time and be plastered with the unevenness of the universe.

• •

The opposite of non-existence cannot be suffering. No one came into this world of his own pleasure, and therefore life cannot be a punishment, because punishment does not come to the innocent. No one has come of his own free will, therefore, has not come for him to be painfully conscious of going.

• •

Your spicy-tongue presence poisons their rest, because everyone has a question of bread, which they solve by stuttering, gesticulating, and also by being dumb every day and every hour, but the most unbearable is your sarcastic presence, which is the same as privacy. Being in a herd, being in a group, they are still insecure, you, oh, what are you the owner of, that you are so self-sufficient?

Nersess Shnorhali (Project)

Riddles

Is born and grows up
And died on the same day.
Then came to life again
Wears bright clothes.

(Sun)

Staying at home all day
Sleeping on a pillow
As soon as he sees a mouse suddenly,
Hunts like a hawk.

(Cat)

The soil enters, dies,
Then comes to life again
Eyes fixed on the sky,
Spreads, multiplies.

(Wheat)

It has four legs, but it is not a dog.
It is laying, not a bird.
Eats grass like a cow
It has a case, but no house.

(Turtle)

The house is white, spacious,
Black chickens perched in it,
They talk and have a conversation.
Just like a human.

(Book)