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M i,ntern*ti*ntt,fEnglish Todoy9. Lower intermediole level book one

O 20l0 E-ducoiion.it S.p.A., Florenfo, ltolioAll righls reserved

Director editoriol: Cinzio CqiozzoRedoctor-gef: Meri Borlolocci, Filippo MelliRedoctori: Froncescq Bionchi, Borboro Boddi, Giulio Ricci

Aceqsid edilie 20]0 penlru Ediluro Litero

opore sub licenfo E-ducoiion.it S.p.A., Florenfo, ltolioToote drepiurile rezervoie

Edifie originol6@ 2006 Enslish [email protected]

**.Edituro LiteroO. P.53; C.P.212, seclor 4, Bucuregti, Romdniotel.: 031 425 "16'19; e-moil: [email protected]

Ne putefi vizito pe

Troducere: Morino Loghin (corte)

Editor: Vdrogcu 9i fiiiCoordonore proiecl: llieg CdmpeonuCoperld: Vlodimir Zmeev, Vlod PonfilovTehnoredoctqre gi prepress: Anco Suciu

ENGLIS*d,m)LOWER I NTERM EDIATE Level

COURSEBOCIK ONE

Descriereo CIP o Bibliotecii Nofionole o RomdnieiEnglish Todoy / lrod.: Morino Loghin - Bucuregli:

Litero lnlernofionol, 20,l 0.l0 vol.lsBN 97 8-97 3-67 5-9 44-4Vol. 9 . - ISBN 978-973-675-941-3

l. Loghin, Morino (irod.)

8l l.l llrsBN 978-973-67 5-9 41 -3

Tip6rit lo G.Conole, Bucuregli

Nivel INTERMEDIAR 1

VOLUMUL 9

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Cuprins

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Thot's life! Chilling out7 Sceno I : I qlso enioy doing nothing!

9 Sd infelegem

l0 Focus

Verbele quxiliore ,,be", ,rhdve" 1i ,rdo"14 Exercifii

l5 Sceno 2: Torol cords never liel

17 Sd infelegem

I 8 Focus

Alte utilizdri ole verbelor ouxiliore: cum sd evi;irepetifiile

23 Exercilii

25 Vocobulqr

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Thot's life! The lqtest hoir style

Sceno l: Could you hold o momenl, pleose?

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56 vorbegli lo telefonExercifii

Sceno 2: Green suils you!

56 infelegem

Focus

Alte expresii cq sd vorbegti lq telefonExercifii

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Thot's life! This is my ount Corolino!5l Sceno l: Whol q bunch of nutsl

52 Sd infelegem

53 Focus

Semnificofio intrinsecd o verbelor modoleExercifii

Scenq 2: Nice to meel you, ounl Cqrolino!Sd infelegem

Focus

Folosireo verbelor modole penlru o exprimoposibilitote, probobilitote gi cediludine

59 Exercifii

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Television Programmes

Let's tolk73 The city or the counlryside?

76 Sd ?nfelegem

77 Focus

Orog ori sot?80 Exercifii

Kitchen82 Strowberry Whip84 Sd infelegem

85 Focus

Cu lofii lo mosd!90 Exercifii

92 Solufiile exerciliilor

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NOTA REDACTTET

Deoirece se considerd c6, dupd porcurgereo primelordoud trepte de siudiu (incepdtori gi Elemenlor), cursonfiiqu ocumulot un bogoi suficienl de cunoglinfe de gromoticdgi de vocobulor, melodo ENGLISH TODAY prevede co,incepdnd cu volumul 9 (nivel Intermedior I ), implicoreocelor core invofd englezo sd fie moi morcold gi, tolodotd,moi constructivd, cu un moi more oport individuol. Cootore, s-o renunfot lo lroducereq episoodelor, oflotdpdnd ocum lo sfdrgitul volumului, precum gi lo subtitroreoin rom6nd q textelor de pe DVD.in resl, metodo urmeozd oceleogi principii co gi lecfiileonterioore. Cele trei elemente conslitulive ole pochetului -monuolul, CD-ul 9i DVD-ul - pot fi folosite independent, dorigi g6sesc o mqi more eficienfd doc6 sunt folosite impreun6,ele suslindndu-se gi com pletd ndu-se reciproc.

Lecfio 1

Thot's life! Chilling outAnne, Jock, Shoron gi Peter nu gliu cum sd-gi petreocd ziuo.Sd vedem ce propun.in secfiuneo de gromoticd Tnvdfdm sd folosim verbeleouxiliore ,,lobe", ,,lo do" 9i ,,to hove" Tn rdspunsurile scurte,in ,,question togs" gi in ,,reply queslions".

I qlso enioy doing nolhing!

SCENA I

Alice: Whot horrible weother! I hoie il when it roins! So,

whol ore we going to do todoy?Anne: lt's o p'erfeci doy for tidying up! I enioy puttingthe house in order when the weother is bod. By the woy,look ot the messl We don't often get o chonce lo cleon uptogeiher...

Jqck: You're ioking, righr?l I hote cleoning the house! Don'lyou hove ony better ideos, Anne?Anne: Just o little bit of tidying up. Anywoy, it wos iust onideo... And not o bod ideo ol thot... ln my opinion!

Jock: Sorry, thot ideo is bod. Whot else do you suggest?Personolly, I enioy doing someihing more exciting thonvocuuming ond doing the dusting.Shoron: Why don'i we ploy o gome?

Peler: Whot kind of gome?Shoron: How obout ploying cords?

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Peter: No! I hole ploying cords, it's so boring! Let's see whot's

on TV... (se uitd in progromul f[ Cortoons, soop operos/

politicol tolk shows... There's noihing inieresting on.Anne: Sholl we go for o wolk? I like wolking in the roin.Why don't we loke o wolk to the new bokery in Piccodilly?

Whot do you soy?

Jock: Are you crozy?! lt's roining out! Well, you know whotthe troffic's like when il roins... I certoinly don't wonno get

sluck in o iroffic iom on o Sundoy! Thot hoppens every doy

when I drive to work ond when I drive bock home.Anne: Okoy, okoy! So... Whot shollwe do?

Alice: lf you wont, I con reqd your forlunes using lhe lorotcords. Aren'l you interested in whot the future holds?

Peler: Thot's your fovourite hobby! No, thonks, Alice! Lel's not

hink obout lhe fuiure. I prefer the fulure lo remoin o mystery!

Shoron: Well, I prefer to be prepored if someihing is going

lo hoppen. I don't like surprises...Alice: So, sit here! l'll tell you who you ore ond whot your

future holds!

Jock: You know whot I like to do on doys like this? Nothing!Totolly reloxing, doing nothing!Peler: I ogree with you, Jock. Totol reloxotion. Now, thot's

o greol ideo!

Jqck And moybe eoting something nice ond tosty... Hem,

Anne, why don'f you prepore us one of your lovely lunches?

Anne: No woy, guys! You don'l wonl to go oui, you hoie

cleoning the house, you don'i like ploying gomes... So in

other words, you wont to do noihing while I hoveio cook?!And do you know whot I soy? I olso enioy doing nothing!Thot's whol l'm going to do. Wotch oul couch! (inlinzdndu-1ipicioorele pe mdsufd). Here I comel

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Acum inceorcd sd vezi cdt oiinfeles din diolog, rdspunzdndlo intrebdrile core urmeozd. Docd fi-e greu, le pofi uitodin nou lo episodul video de pe DVD sou pofi consuhovocobulorul de lo sfdrgitul lecfiei.

I Whot's the weother [ike?tr o) lt's roiningtr b) lt's snowingtr c) lt's fine but cold

H Whot doy is it?tr o) Fridoytr b) Soturdoytr c) Sundoy

H Whqt does Anne like doing when il's bqd weother?tr o)Wotching Wtr b) Shoppinstr c) Cleoning the house

E Whot does Peier think obout the future?tr o) He likes to be preporedtr b) He prefers not to know onythingtr c) He likes io control the future

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Auxiliorele ,,be", ,rhove" 9i ,rdo"in englezd se disting trei tipuri de verbe: ouxiliore, modole 9i

restul verbelor. in oceostd lecfie vom ?nvdfo verbele ouxiliore 9i

moi opoi le vom vedeo pe cele modole. Penlru o invdfo toole

celeloite verbe, e nevoie, in schimb, door de mult exercifiu 9i

de mult studiu. Verbele ouxiliore suni in numdr de trei: ,,be",

,rhove" 9i ,,do". Ele ,,oiutd" verbele pe core le insofesc (ocesteo

Jin urmd pol luo formo de gerunziu, de porticipiu trecul sou de

infinitiv f6rd ,lo") pentru o conslrui formele verbole compuse

gi formele negotive gi interogotive. Acum insd, sd le vedem

omdnunfit pe fiecore in Porte.

AUXITIARUL ,,TO BE"

Verbul ,,to be" precede formele in ,,-ing" lo formele verbole

cu ospect duroliv. Am invdfoi deio Present Continuous,'formol

din dimple Present ql ouxiliorului ,,lo be" 9i din gerunziul

yerbului principol. Cu toote ocesleo, exisid 9i olte timpuri

verbole ce confin ospectul durotiv sou progresiv, dor pe core

incd nu le-om intdlnit. Le vom menfiono pe scurt oici, ins6

le vom inv6fo moi pe lorg in lecfiile ce vor urmo. 56 vedem

in exemple diferitele timpuri verbole construile cu ouxiliorul

,rlo be":

To be * gerunziu

l'm looking ot youEu md uit lo line

They were sleepingEi/ele dormeou

(Present Continuous)

(Post Continuous)

She's been woiiing for two hours (Present Perfecl

Ea ein ogleplore (ogfeopfo) de doud ore Conlinuous)

We'll be working ot 4 o'clockNoi vom luqo lo ora 4.00

You must be ioking!frebuie cd glumegfi!

(Future Continuous)

(lnfiniiive)

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To be + porticipiu lrecut (+ complemenl de ogent|

These guilors ore mqde in Spoin (Simple Presenl)

Chilorele ocesfeo sunt fobricote in Sponio

My house wos built in '1981 (Simple Post)

Coso meo o fosf consfruitd in 1981

The computer hos been repoired (Present Perfect)

Colculqtorul o fost reporol

The dog hodn'l been fed (Posl Perfect)for two doys

Cdinele nu fusese hrdnit de doud zile ,

I wont to be left olone

Vreou sd fiu ldsaf/6 in poce

(lnfinirive)

AUXTHARUL ,,TO HAVE"

Verbul ,,lo hove" se folosegte co ouxilior impreund cuporticipiul lrecui ol verbelor principole pentru o construiformele compuse ole verbelor. Nu te ingriioro doc6 inc6 nucunogli oceste limpuri verbole, le vom studio pe loote moiidrziu. Sd vedem pur gi simplu exemplele:

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To have + porticipiu trecul

Hove you ever been to Sicily? (Present Perfect)

Ali fost vreodotd in Sicilio?

I hqdn't bought thot CD yet (Post Perfect)

Eu incd nu cumpdrosem ocel CD

l'll hove finished lunch by 2 p.m (Future Perfect)

Eu voi fi terminol de mdncotla oro 14.O0

She seems to hqve gone mod (lnfinitive)

Ea pore sd-pi fi iegit din minli

AUXILIARUL ,,TO DO''

Auxiliorul ,,to do" se folosegte pentru o construi formele

negotive gi interogotive ole Simple Present 9i Simple Post

lo ioote verbele, cu excepfio verbului ,,lo be" 9i o verbului

,,hove gol". insofegie formo de bozd o verbului principol

(infinitiv fdrd ,,to"). Tn mod porticulor, formele ,,do" 9i ,,does"(oceosto din urmd numoi penlru persoono o lreio singulor)-sunt folosite pentru prezenl, in timp ce formo ,,did" (unicd

pentru loole persoonele verbole) e folositd peniru trecut'

To do + verb lq infinitiv l6rd ,,1o"

They don'f study ot nightEi/ele nu invofd noopteo

(Simple Presenl)

Does he like going to concerls? (Simple Preseni)

ii ploce lui sd mergd lo concerle?

I didn'l vote for himEu nu om volol cu el

Did they know whot to do?Au gfiut ei/ele ce sd facd?

(Simple Post)

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FOTOSIREA PREDICATIVA A VERBELOR AUXITIARE

Verbele ,rbe", ,rhove" gi ,do" nu ocoperd door rolul deouxiliore, ci poi fi folosite gi in colitote de verbe pur gi

simplu, odicd predicotive, cu respectivo lor semnificofie:,ro fi, o exisio", /ro oveo/ o posedo" gi ,ro foce":

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I've been to Londonmony limes

He hqs o lovely dog

She does the shoppingonce o week

Fii otent:

How do you do?

I hove got o brother, bulI hqven'l got o sister

Am fost de multe oriIo Londra

El sre un cdine odorobil

Eo foce cumpdrdlurio dold pe sdptdmdnd

Am un frote, dor nu emo sord

Ce foci/Cum te simfi?/(lo prezentoreo unor persoone) E o pldcere

Whot do you do? Ce lucrezi?

Acesle doud propozifii confin omdndoud cdle doi ,,do":primul esie ouxiliorul tipic formei interogolive o PresenlSimple, pe cdnd ol doileo esie formo predicotivd o verbului,,lo do" , cu semnificofio proprie rro foca, o se simfi" (in primopropozifie) gi ,,o lucro, o foce" (?n ceo de o douo).

I hove o broiher, but I don't Am un frofe, dor nu omhoveosister osord

in primo frozd, cele doud forme ,,hove" sunt folosite cusemnificofio /,o oveo, o posedo", ogodor, lo formo negotiVdse folosegte ouxiliorul ,,do". ln o douo frozd, in schimb,

,,to hove" e folosit co ouxilior. Co otore, formo negotivd seconslruiegte cu verbul ,,hove", gi nu cu verbul ,,lo do".

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EXERCITIUt I

Compleleoz6 ProPozifiilecorectd.

IWh"re... Alicegoing tomorrow?tr o) doestr b) hostrc) is

E She reolly ... like Shoron.E o) hosn'tE b) doesn'tE c) don'i

cu ouxiliqrele Pe core locmoi

urmdtoore olegdnd formo

E Anne ... got onY brolhersnor sislers.E o) doesn'tE b) hosn'tE c) isn't

E Jock ... been inviiedto the portY.

El o) hosn'lEl b) isn'iE c) doesn't

Torol cords never lie!

SCENA 2

Copiii se odihnesc in su{rogerie: Peler cifegte o cerfe, Anne iifoce un portrel lui Jock 9i Alice ii dd in cdrfi lui Shoron.

Alice (privind cdrtjle de forot): Yeoh... I see... You ore veryshy ond sweel-tempered... Yel you ore somewhot moodyond somelimes ii seems you prefer lo sloy by yourself...Shoron: Yeoh, thot's right! Someiimes I enioy solilude, iustme ond my thoughts...

Alice: Yes, indeed, I see thot you ore worried oboutsomething... But thot's not cleor... I fhink it hos somethingto do with o boy... Or...Shqron: Or?

Alice: Or moybe il hos something to do with your iob...Yes! Moybe you qre going lo get o new iob!Shoron: Wow, definitely I like this second oplion muchbetlerl

Alice: But... I don't know... Acluolly'this cord meons thotlove troubles ore on lheir woy... Sorry Peter, but I see theshqdow of qnother boy in your Shoron's heort!Shqron: Don'l be silly Alicel Tell me more obour this iobinsieodl

Alice: Okoy, if you like... (privind din nou cdrlile de forot).So, you ore very coreful in your work, even if it seems youdon't like it thot much.Shoron: Yeoh, thot's rightl I like doing things right. lf I con'twork well I prefer doing nothing ot oll. Whot's more l'mvery punctuol, I hote being lote!

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Pune ouxiliorul corect.

I Where Jock's Porents live now?

H they living in Bologno losl Yeor'

tr............. .... Alice hove ony ltoliqn relotives?

A ............. Alice ever been to ltoly?

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Alice: Yes, ond you ore olso very modesl"'

Siiiont Thonks Alice! Well, ociuolly I con't stond people

*ho ,ho* off, they moke me uneosy"' Your iorot cords

seem lo know me very well!

Alice: Well, you know... Torot cords never lie! Thot's why

I wont to invesligole more oboul this mysterious boy!

Shqron: Come on, dorling, they don't"' They oren'i olwoys

right, ore lhey?!

Alice: Y", ih"y ore! I sweor itl They olwoys tell the truth!

Jqck: Oh, come on girls, stop it! How con you spend the

whole ofternoon tol[ing nonsense?! Why don't we .dosomelhing more interestlng? Why don't-we oll stop doing

;;hi;g ind, ond go out?! (Se uird pe fereostrd') Look'-it

h"t iri stopped roining! How qbout strolling in the pork?

Shoron: Yeoh! Thoi's o greot ideo! Let's go!

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Verificd docd oi infeles scenq, r6spunz0ndintrebdri:

E Whot do the cords soy oboui Shoron?E o) She's extroverl ond cheerfultr b) She is timid ond reservedtr c) She is creotive ond ortistic

E The torot cords soy ihot:E o) Love problems ore comingtr b) Shoron is going lo chonge towntr c) Peler doesn't love Shoron ony more

E Shoron doesn'l like:tr o) People who ore modestEJ b) People who show offtr c) People who ore punctuol

E Jock suggesls:tr o) To go to the new bokery in Piccodillytr b) To go for o wolk in the porktr c) To ploy cords

lo urmdtoorele

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Alte utilizdri qle verbelor quxiliqre:cum sd evifi rePetifiile

in oforo funcfiei de ,,oiuior" lo construireo formelor verbole

compuse, posive, negolive 9i interogotive pe core locmoi

le-om vdzul, verbele ouxiliore ou 9i olie roluri' Este vorbo

despre numeroose utilizdri foorle comune 9i tipice limbii

"ngl"t" core, ins6, nu sunt ugor de identificot de cursonlii

striini. Logico oflotd lo bozo ocestor conslrucfii gromoticole

e simpld il t" uo oiuto sd le invefi pe de rost: se folosesc

intotdeouno pentru eviioreo repetifiilor inuiile' Sd le vedem

pe fiecore in porte.

QUESTION TAGS

Verbele ouxiliore se folosesc, de exemplu, in ,,question iogs"'

intrebdri folosite penlru o cere confirmoreo unei informofii

-pe core o definem' ,,Queslion logs" se conslruiesc cu ocelogi

quxilior co 9i propodio principol6. Docd verbul din propozifio

principold e io Simple Present sou lo Simple Post, ,,question

logs"'se construiesc cu ,,do/does" 9i, respecliv, cu..,,did"'

Sd ne omintim slrucluro o;o-numilelor,,question togs":

Propozilie ofirmqtivd + ' + "question

tcg" legaliv*lropoziiie negotivd + , + ,,qu€stion log" ufirmctivfi

You ore going io moveto lrelond, oren'l you?

They don'i live obroqdony more, do they?

He wonls lo leorn English,doesn't he?

fe pregdfegti sd te muli?n lrlondo, nu-i oqo?

Ei/ele nu moi locuiescin strdindfole, ogo-i?

El vreo sd invefe englezo,nu-i ogo?

We lost mei in July,didn't we?

She doesn'l wonl to go,

does she?

Fii otenl:

Ullimo oord cdnd ne-eminitdlnit q fosf in iulie,nu-i ogo?

Ea nu vreo sd se duc6,ogo-i?

- verbul ,,to be" reprezinld o excepfie fiindcd, in cozulpropozifiilor core-l confin, ,,question togs" se construiescinlotdeouno fdrd ouxilior, repetdnd pur gi simplu verbul ,,tobe" (You ore o cook, oren't you? - fu egfi bucdfor, nu-iogo?);

- ,,queslion tog" pentru ,,1 om" este ,roren't l?" gi nu ,roffiI not?" (exemplu: I om lote, oren't l? ) Sunf in intdrziere,nu-i ogo?);

- dupd un imperotiv (ofirmotiv sou negotiv) in corecerem cuivo sd focd un lucru pentru noi, ,,question tog"se construiegie cu verbul modol ,,will you?" gi nu cereconfirmoreo unei informofii, ci folosegle pentru o otenuolonul peremptoriu ol ordinului (exemplu: Cleon up thebolhroom, will you? ) Curdfd boia, vrei?; Don't touch il,will you? ) Nu-l atinge, bine?l;

- dupd o expresie introdusd de ,rlet's", ,,queslion tog" se

construiegte cu verbul modol ,,sholl we?". Nici oici nu esievorbo de o cere confirmoreo unei informofii, ci pur gi simplude o sublinio propunereo (exemplu: Lel's hove o breok,sholl we? ) Sd focem o pouzd, bine?).

RASPUNSUR! SCURTE

Verbele ouxiliore sunt folosite gi lo conslruireq,,rdspunsurilor scurte", foorle comune in limbo curentd.Esle vorbo despre rdspunsurile lo ocele intrebdri cqre cerun ,rdo" sou un ,,nu". A rdspunde door cu un ,rdo" sou

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cu un ,,nu" esie odeseo nepoliticos, de oceeo se preferd

,."p"foi"o subieclului gi o ouxiliorului cuprins in inlrebore,

"uit6nd repetoreo verbului. in cele ce urmeozd oi slrucluro

rdspunsurilor scurte, volobil6 pentru loote iimpurile

verbole:

Yes +, * subiect + ouxiliErNo +, f subiecl * suxilior * nol

Are you coming lo visit me? Vii sd md vizilezi?

Yes, lom./No, I'm nol Do/Nu

Does she like flowers?Yes, she does./No, she doesn'l

Do you hove o col?Yes, ldo./No, ldon'f

ii ptoc ei florile?DolNu

Ai o pisicd?DolNu

I think this iso wonderful cityI do too, but Sorohdoesn'l

l'm hungry.Are you? l'll moke yousomething to eot.

El esfe un bdiot inleleptNu, nu esleEI nu ascuhd pe nimeni

Cred cd ocesfo e un orotfoorle frumos

$i eu, dor Soroh nu e deocord

Mi-e foome.i ntr-odevdr? iti pregdfesccevo de mdncore.

He is o wise guyNo, he isn'tHe doesn't listen toonybody

He didn't phone me bock EInum-ornoisunotlqtelefon.Yes, he did. He colled Bo do. A sunof c6nd eroiwhen you were qt work lo serviciu

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Did you enioy Thoilond? fi-o pldcut Thoilondo?

Yes, ldid./No, I didn't DolNu

Cu verbul ,,to hove", r6spunsul scurt se schimbd in funcfie

de exisrenlo sou de lipso lermenului de occenluore "gol":

REPTY QUESTIONS

Altd utilizore o ouxiliorelor privegte ogo-numitele ,,replyquestions": nu esle vorbo despre intrebdri ?n odevdrotul sens

ol cuvdniului, ci despre propozifii inierogotive folosite cordspuns penlru o-fi ordto inleresul gi otenfio fofd de ceeo ce

spune inierlocutorul. De mulie ori, ,,reply questions" comunicdsurprizd gi sunt folosite in loc de ,,reolly?" (odevdrot?|, dor potoveo gi ohe semnificofii, de lo mdnie lo sorcosm, in funcfie deintonofio core se dd propozifiei. ,,Reply questions" ou oceeogi

structurd co'9i propozifiile lo core se referd: docd propozifioore verbul lo qfirmqtiv, tol ogo vo fi gi cel din intrebore gi

invers:

Propozifie ofirmotivd + ,,reply queslion'n ufirmalivdPropozifie negotivd f .,reply queslion" negotivd

Hove you goi o coi? Ai o Pisic6?

Yes, I hove./No, I hoven'l Do/Nu

Docd intreboreo esle formotd din dou6 sou din moi muhe

ouxiliore, Tn r6spunsul scurt se folose9le door primul dintre

ocesteo:

Hove you been woiting long? Ai ogleplot mult?

Yes, lhove./No, I hoven'l Do/Nu

R6spunsurile scurle se folosesc 9i pentru q controzice sou o

.i-"nto ofirmofio cuivo, evitdnd Tns6 repeloreo Tnlregului

verb principol, co in exemplele urmdtoore:

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She con't svim Eo nu gtre sd inbote

Con't she? She should leorn! Chior o9o? Ar lrebui sd invefe!

Docd ofirmofio principold este olc6tuii6 din doud sou din

moi multe ouxiliore, in ,,reply queslion" se folosegte numoi

primul dintre qcesteo:

Exercif ii(Solufii lo pos. 92)

Este momentul s6 exersezi pufin.togs" gi cu rdspunsurile scurteinvdfot.

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I hoven't been outfor o long time.Hoven't you?Why don't you loin me?

Nu ies de multd vreme

Chior aga?De ce nu vii cu mine?

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Rdspunde lo urmdloorele intrebdri cu formo scurtdcorect6.

I Oia you phone the office?Yes, ..........

E Are you going to work todoy?No,....-......

ll lsn'f it ierrible weolher todoy?Yes, ..........

H Shoron didn'r phone me.Yes, .......... ... Bul you were in lhe bothroom.

Fii qlent: cdnd se doregte comunicoreo unui qcord sou

o unei simple porticipdri, se pooie rdspunde lo o propozifie

ofirmotivd cu o ,,reply question" cu verbul lq formo negotivd'

in oceosl6 situofie'ins6, trebuie sd fii otent sd dqiinlrebdrii

o inlonofie descendentd (exemplu: A: lt wos o greoi porty'

B: Wosnit it? We musl hove onother one os soon os possible!

) A: A fost o petrecere minunold. B: E odevdrol' Irebuie sd

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Arot6 docd propozifiile sunt corecie (righf) ori gregite (wrong)

9i rescrie-le corecl cdnd e nevoie'

RWtrtrll Let's go for o beer,

willwe?

E She wonts to wolchthe TV, doesn't she?

HWe hod o pizzo

yeslerdoy, hodn't we?

!l l'm reolly lozy, om l?

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ocluolly cu odevdrot; chiorogo, bineinfeles, negregitqgroe (lo) o fi de ocord;o lncuviinfo, o occeptoql oll minim; (not ot oll:nici mdcor, deloc)bokery bruldrie, potiseriebil pufin, un piccord bilet; cord; legitimofie,corlel6; (lo plurol) cdrfi de

ioccqreful olen/d. prudent/dcqrloons desene onimolecrrtoinly desigur, firegtechqnce ocozie; inl6mplore,soorld, norocchilling out o se reloxo,o se odihnicleon (to) o curdfo, o spdlocleon up (lo) o foce ordine,o foce curolcleor clo116cook (to) o gdii, o fierbecouch conopeo, divonrl,lary nebu n/6, tr6snit/6dorling drog/ 6, scump/6,odorot/ddefinitely definitiv, certdrive (to) o ocfiono,o conduce (un vehicul);o pune in funcfiune;o impinge, o duce lo (fig.)dust (to) o glerge proful

else (precedot de pron.inter. gi compus cu some,ony, no) oltul/olto, olfii/oltele; oltfelenloy (to) o se bucuro;o gusto, o sovuro (to enioyoneself: o se disiro)even 9i , incd, pdn6 gi,

chior; (in prop. negotive)nici mdcor, nici chiorevery fiecore, lofifovourile preferoVdforlune noroc/ destin,soorld; polrimoniu, overegome iochoppen (to) o se inldmplo,o surveni, o se isco,o op6reo, o se ivihote (to) o uf, o nu pldceo,o nu iubiheqd inim6hold (to) o fine; o confine;o rezistohorrible oribil/6,in grozitor/oore, ieribil/6,inspdim0ntdlor/ooreif doc6indeed cu odevdrol,Tntr-odevdr, efectivinsteod ?n schimbinvesligote (to) o cerceto;o studio in on'16nunl,o exomino, o purico

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iusl door, numoi; obio,chior, otdt; exocl, Preciskind specie, gen,liP(subst.); omobil/d,curtenitor/oore, Prietenos/oosd, fndotoritor/oore (odi')

lie (to) o zdceo, o suferi;

o lenevimoybe Pooiemeqn (lo) o insemno,o semnifico; vosdzicd

mess confuzie, dezordine,hoosmodest modest/6, umil/6,simplu/6moody Prod disPus;

lunotic/6, oiurit/dmysterious misierios/oos6myslelT mister, secrel

nonsense tdmPenie,nonsens, Proslie, neghiobie,

nerozienothing nimicopinion oPinie, Pdrereoption olternqlivd; oPfiune,

voriontd, versiune; Preferinfdorder (to) o comondopork Porc, gr6din6 Publicdperfect perfect/dpersonollY Personol,in persoondploy (to) o (se) iuco; ocdnlo; o recito, o interPreto

politicol politicprefer (lo) o Preferoprepore (to) o PrePoropuncluol punctuol/6relqxotion odihn6,relqxorereloxing reloxont/dremoin (to) o rdmdne;

o se opriseem (to) o P6reoshqdow umbrd (9ifig')show off (lo) o-;i do oere,

o se TmP6uno; q fi ostenlotiv

shy iimid/d, rezewolfisilly zdnotic /a; frivol/asir (b) o sto Pe cevo,

o gedeo

solitude singur6lotesomewhol cumvo; moi

cur0ndspend (to) o Petrece;o dedico; o cheltuistond (to) o sio in Picioore,o se ridico; o rezisto, o sto

pe loc, o induro, o suPorlo;

o susfinestroll (to) o merge hoi-hui,

o se plimbo, o foce o turd

stuck blocot/6suggesl (lo) o sugero,o propunesurprise surPriz6sweqr (lo) o iuro

lwcel-lempered potolit/6,liniglil/6, pognic/dlorot cords cdrfi de toroi(pentru ghicit)lorty guslosfoos6,sovuros/oosdlhought gdnd, ideetidy up (to) o oronio,o pune in ordinetogelher impreundlololtotol, complel;obsoluttotolly in mod obsolut;compleltroffic lom blocoifn lrofic,ombuteioilrouble ingriiorore, griid;sOcdiold, supdrore, bucluclrulh odevdrugly urdl/d, nepl6cut/duneosy nelolocul lui;si6nieni/d, nelinigtit/d,onxios/oosdused obipnuit/d; folosil,uzol, de mdno o douovqcuu m/vocuum-cleon (lo)o do cu ospirolorulwolk (to) o merge pe ioswotch out (lo) o fi otentwhile in limp cewhole totfioold, intreg/intreogdword cuvdnt

worried (to be) o fiingriiorot/d, i mpocienloi,frdmdntotyel inc6, ior (in prop.negotive); do, ogo (in prop.interogotive)

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life!Thot'sThe lotest hoir styleAnne dA un telefon de serviciu foorte importont, insd esletnlreruptd de Shoron core cdntd distrold. De oceeo oreo iegire exogerotd fofd de prieleno ei. De ce?Apoi, vedem in lecfie cum sd vorbim lo telefon, cum sdprimim gi sd l6sdm mesoie. Sd fim otenfi ce expresiirc folosesc in mod obignuit lq ielefon.

Could you hold o momenl, pleose?

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Anne (lo felefon): Hello, this is Anne Boxler from Red

Beor Publishing. l'm looking for occommodoiion for onAmericqn wriler ond his ogent.-They're coming lo Londonin two weeks'lime. Hmmm... Could you tell me o little bitobout your hoiel, pleose? Our, our clients ore used io thevery besl... And do you olso hove o'swimming pool? Oh...A souno? Greot! And os for os eniertoinmenl is concerned,do you hove o lounge with live music?

(Shoron conlinud sd fredoneze din ce in ce moi fore.)

Anne: Could you hold o momenl, pleose? (Adres6ndu-i-selui Shoron). Shoron, stop humming, pleosel (Shoron nu ooude gi Anne oruncd dupd eo cu un morker co sd-i otrogdotenfio.) I con't heor onylhing! (Reludnd convorbireofelefonicd) Hmm... Ok, well... Thonk you very much foryour help, l'll lel you know os soon os possible. Right.Goodbye. (inchide lelefonul.)

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Shoron: Whot ore You doing, Anne?

Anne: My boss osked me io book two rooms for two of our

;;;t d;"nding clienis' Thev would like o quief holel' neor

our publishing hlouse, ond, of course' with oll the creoture-

;;.il;t. So i;m moking o few ielephone colls'

it orort Anne, listen rJ this song for o moment' lt's Roy

Chorles' lqsi recording"' lt's fontostic!

Anne: l've gol o lot to do, Shoron!

Sitlron, Juit for one minute, Anne"' Come on!

Anne: l'm ofroid I con'i now' Why don'l you go over to

Alice's?Sioron, She's hoving o shower"' You know"' When Alice

dtt f^ the bothroo- th" tokes ot leost two hours!

Annr: The photogroph... The one where you ond Jock orekirsingl3hqron: lt's not whot you think, Anne!

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Annr: A-ho... So you tell me! Youmora lhon o thousqnd words!3hsron: Thot photo is from lhreeangoged.

know, o piclure soys

yeors ogo. We were

Anne: Well,of this room!

do whotever you wont"' Just pleose' get out

Annr: Oh, whot? You ond Jock were engoged?thoron: I know, I know... lwonied to ovoid stupid gossip...And olso becouse of Peter.

Anno: So now you're telling me... Well... I cqn't believe it!thoron: I know, I didn't wonno huri your feelings. See, nowyou ore ongry with me! Thot's why!

Annr: Well you're right, Shoron! I om mod oi you! Andnow I look like o fool!Shoron: l'm sorry Anne, reollyl

(Sa oude cum lipd Alice.)

Alicc: Oh, my hoir!!thEron: Whot's going on?! lt's Alice...

Allce: Oh, my God!!Shoron: Come on, let's go see whol's hoppening!

Shoron: Anne, whot's ihe

lreoting me so bodlY?

motter todoY? WhY ore You

Anne: Thot's enough Shoron! I know everything oboui it!

Shoron: EverYthing oboul whot?

Anne: Thoi You've got o lover!

ll;;;t, A lover? Aie vou goins crozY' Anne?

Anne: Oh, don't iry ond pretend with me' Shoron! And I

coll you o friend!il;;;t But it's the truth! And who is my romoniic lover'

by rhe woY?!

Anne: You know... l'm tolking obout Jock!

Siit""t Jock? Whoi ore you tolking obout?

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Sd Tnfelegem(Solufii lo Pos.94)

Acum inceorcd sd vezi cdt oiTnfeles din diolog' rdspunzdnd

lo intrebdrile core ur*eo'd' boc6 fi-e greu' ie. ptli "illJn nou lo episodul video de pe DVD sou poft consullo

vocobulorul de lo sfdrgitul lecfiei'

il Anne is colling:tr o) A publishing house

tr b)A hoteltr c)An Americon writer

E Anne is looking for o room for:- o) Some very demonding PeoPIe.

tr b) Some PeoPle who ore eosy-gorng

El c) Herself ond Shoron

E Wf'y is Anne ongry?

E;i d".;"r" shor.-o'iwon't help with the telephone coll

E ;i B;;.rse Shoron stole o photo from her

tr ;i ;;;;"se she tiinks thot'shoron ond Jock ore hovins

on offoir

E Whot does Shoron soY?

E of fnoi she ond Jock ore hoving o secrel offoir

E [i rh"r she ond Jock were engoged three yeors ogo

U .irn* she ond Peter ore breoking up

Focus

Sd vorbegli lo telefon

56 susfii o convorbire ielefonicd este unul dinire cele moi grelelucruri penlru cine Tnvofd o limbd strdind. Dificultoleo consid?n foptul cd nu se ofld intr-un context comunicoliv ,,fofd infof6", deci nu-gi poote vedeo inlerloculorul gi, co otore, estelmposibil sd beneficieze de limboiul corpului, de expresiilefqciole gi de migcoreo buzelor, pentru o umple evenluolelocune de informofie sou penlru o sugero semnificofii.Pulem depdgi ugor dificuhdfile dintr-o convorbire telefonicdfAcdnd multe exercifii. Sd vedem ocum onumite situofiitipicedin conversofiile telefonice gi sd invdfdm expresiile celemoi utile.

A RASpUNDE rA TETEFoN, A sE pREzENTA StA INTREBA cu clNE sE voRBEtrE

Se poote rdspunde lo telefon in diverse feluri: cu un simplu,,hello", repetdnd propriul numdr de telefon sou propriulnume urmol de ,,speoking". in cozul birourilor sou olcobinelelor, de obicei se r6spunde cu numele societdfii9i cu o ofertd de oiutor:

Hello. 321560

Hello, Donnq (speoking|

Good morning. Red BeorPublishing. Anne Bqxlerrpeoking.How con I help you?

Alo? 321560

AIo? Donno (la lelefon).

Bund dimineofo. RedBear Publishing. AnneBoxler Io telefon.Cum vd pol fi de folos?

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Odot6 ce inlerloculorul o rdspuns lo telefon'.cel.core o sulot

tr"U"i" sd se prezinie' $i oici se pol folosi diferite expresrr:

Hello, it's Soroh (colling) Bun6' sunl Soroh

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;;;;.Jr" info"nolii privitoore lo identitoieo ocesluio

ostfel:

Hey,lhis is Louise

Hello, Anne sPeoking

Sqlut, sunf louise

Bund, Anne lo telefon

Egti tu, Peler?

Vorbesc cu domnul Mislry?

Vorbesc cu domnul Mislry?

Do, eu sunt/Nu'Aicie Joshuo Porker

ls thol Peter sPeoking?

ls thql Mr MislrY?

Lo qceste intrebdri se r6spunde cu ,,speoking":

ls thqt Mr MistrY?

Speoking./No, il isn'lThis is Joshuo Pqrker

Docd ins6 nu qvem idee cine esie persoono cu core vorbim'

pulem intrebo:

Who's colling, Pleose? Cu cine vorbesc. vd rog?

Excuse me, who is this? Md ierlofi' cine esfe?

i'iii "tt who is colling, Pot ;ti cu cine vorbesc?

pleose?

Fii orenl: in englezd te prezinli spundnd ,,this is'..,, sou

,it i"..; t"tt") li n'u ,,11....i (trojucere literold din romdn6)'

f" .""f"ii fei,'pentiu o intrebo cu cine vorbim' se spune

,,is thot...?" 9i nu ,rore yov"'?". (exemplu: Hello' this is

Roberi. I Solut, ,rni Rob""; ls thot Mrs Smith? ) Suntefi

doomno Smilh?).

A CIRE SA VORBEtTT CU CTNEVA

€6nd vrem sd cerem sd vorbim cu o persoond diferitd deCaq core o 16spuns se pot folosi diferite expresii. lo ominielo oxcmplele urmdtoore:

Hl, lr Nick in?

Hrllo, is Potricio in theofficr/ol home?

Hl, lr Polly there?

Hrllo, l'd like to speoklo Kim, pleose

Could you put me throughlo Mrs Smith?

Con I speoMolk to John,pbose?

Bund, e Nick ocolo?

Bund, Potricio e lq birou/ocosd?

Bund, e Polly ocolo?

Vd solul, og vreo sdvorbesc cu Km, vd rog

Mi-o puteli do la lelefonpe doomno Smifh?

Pot vorbi cu John,te rog?

Could I speok to Mr Yorke, Ag pufeo vorbi, vd rog,plrose? cu dgmnulYorke?

Moy I speoklo the monogingdlreclor, pleose?

Md iertofi, ot puleovorbi cu odministroloruldelegol?

lli otent:- oceste ultime trei expresii ou oceeogi semnificofie, insdc importont s6 observi diferenfele in ce privegte grodul depolitele o intrebdrilor, in funcfie de verbul modql folosit:,,con" e tipic penlru coniexle fomiliore gi se folosegte cuparsoone cunoscule; ,rcould" esle versiuneo neutrd, core sepoote folosiin looie situofiile; nney" e foorte politicos gi deo€eeo se folosegie cu persoone core nu sunl cunoscuie;

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- doc6 sundm lo o cenirold de intreprindere 9i vrem sd

vorbim cu o persoo"A l"'" tAtpundg lo un onumil interior'

se folosegre cuvantul ;;*t";;"" (exemplu: Con I hove

extension 217? '

'pli -uo'Ui lo interio'rut 217?\' Cdnd

inieriorul cu core vrem sd vorbim esie ocupot' se poote

;#il; "r*"f , ih" tin" is busy ) Linio e ocupotd.

Cdnd cerem s6 vorbim cu cinevo' inierlocutorul 1e qoo]e

;-r*"d";stfel (schimbul de replici .dintre A 9i B este cu

:i;ffi; -.i p"ii" t'rmol decdt celdintre C ei D):

A: Hi, is Polly there? A: Bund' e Polly ocolo?

;, ili; t;c. l'll ser her' B: o clipd'-fi-o dou'

Hong on one second Rdmdi pe fir pulin

C: Could I sPeoktoMrYorke, Pleose?

D: Jusl o momenlr l'llpuVl'm Putting Youlhrough lo himOne momenl, PleoseCon You hold the line?

Con You hold on q

momenl?

C: Ag puteo vorbi cu domnul

Yorke?Dt: Un momenl, viJ douNd

foc legdluro.

Un momenl , vd rog'

Rdmdnefi Pe fir'Agteptofi, vd rog, o cliPd

Fii qtent: cdnd vrem s6 tronsferdm ohcuivo convorbireo' in

Americo, tn loc de u"'U'ilpu ttougl".' 19 ot"f"td'folosireo

verbului ,,connect" (;;;;i'' Yes'-Mr Yorke is here' l'm

triyng to connect Vo" i do' domnul Yorke esle oici'incerc

sd vi-l dou imediot)'

Doc6 persoono cu core cerem sd vorbim nu poote rdspunde'

nu e disponibild sou nu e ocolo' interlocutorul nostru poote

olege uim6loorele formule:

l'm lorry, Kim's nol heregl lhe momenlCon I osk who's colling?

l'm ofroid Mr Moore is notavqiloble ot the momenl

Mrr Gordon isn't in

Mr Shelleylr out ot the momenl

It.Imi pore rdu,^ in clipo ostoKim nu e qici.lmi puleli spunecine o could?

Domnul Moore nu esfedisponibil penlru moment

Doomno Gordon nu e ocos6/Io birou...

Domnul Shelley o iegitmomenlon

A PRrMr tr A rAsA MESAJE

Cdnd persoono pe core o cdutdm nu esle ocos6 soulo birou, ori nu esle momenton disponibild, pulem ldso un

mosoi persoonei core ne-o rdspuns lo telefon. lo ominlelo propoziliile urmdtoore:

Could you lokeo messoge?

Conlleoveomessoge?

Could you osk her tocoll/phone/ring me bqck?

Ali puleo prelua un mesoi?

Pot ldso.un mesoi?

ii puteli spune sd md sune?

Docd, in schinib, noi suntem ceicore trebuie sd recepfiondmun mesoi penlru oltcinevo, vom spune:

Con I loke o messoge? Pol sd preiou un mesai?

Would you like to leove Vrefi sd ldsofi un mesoi?

o messoge?

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Acum inceorcd s6 exersezi cu formulele.lingvisiice folosite

;;;;ffitlle relefoni"e, pe core iocmqi l-oitnv6fot'

EXERCITIUL I

Compleieoz6 propozifiile urmdtoore cu formulo corect6'

E Good morning. This is the British School' "'E o) l'm John

tr b) John sPeoking

tr c) I om John

8... Jomes?El o)Are Youtr b) SPeokingtr c) ts thot

E Con I osk ...?

tr o)who ore Youtr b)who You ore

tr c)who is colling

E Con I ...?tr o)toke o messoge

tr b) hove o messoge

tr c) osk for o messoge

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;l rarcrie-le corect cdnd e nevoie.

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! Con you holdlhr phone?

! Could you osk Jomesls coll me bock?

! rH"llo, is ihot John?"

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SCENA 2

Anne gi Shoron sosesc grdbife in folo ugii de lo boie' Alice

iese ?n coPof 9i cu un ProsoP in coP'

Shoron: Whot's hoPPening?

Anne: Alice, whY qre You screomlngf

Alice: My hoir... Look! (scofdndu-gi prosopul de pe cop

si ordtdndu-giPdrul)irt"."^t ritl..'ri r""kt"' Your hqir is"' Green!

Alice: lknowllAnne: But how?

Alice: Okoy, imogine this: l'm woshing my hoir"" Well'

colouring my hoir,'ottuolly' I wgnr 19 chonge my look"'

Mv mobile rings"' lt't i;" He's tellino me oll obout ihis

orlot portv veste'dov"eu;;i;;"' it listenfns to his siory ond

ii."'lt".i|it" iioitit" fliesiMore thon on hour!

St oron, lt's olwoys the some old story' Alice! Anywoys"'

Green suits you..'- lt iooks' ii looks very originol' very

unique... Just like You!

Anne: Well, Alice, don't be offended' but"' You look like

o frog!Alice: Thonks Anne, thot,s the nicesi compliment! Whot

sholl I do?

Anne: Well... Why don't you"' Coll o hoirdresser ond moke

il';;;i;i."nra nni, in future' try to ovoid chonging

your lookl

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Vrrificd docd oi infeles sceno, rdspunzdnd lq urmdtoorelelnlrcbdri:

! Wtrv is Alice screoming?E o) Becouse her hqir hos turned green

El b) Becouse Tom is boringEl c) Becouse she heord Anne ond Shoron orguing

E Ai." didn't notice thot her hoir wos turning green

blcouse,El o) She wos lislening to Shoron ond Annetr bl She wos chotting on the phone to Tom

El c) She wos thinking obout lost nighl's porty

E Shoron tells Alice thqt:El o) She looked better with dqrk hoirEl b) She looks like o frogEl c) Green suiis her

! Ann" odvises her:

El o) To chonge look more oflenEl b) To go to the hoirdresser'sEl s) To hove qn offoir with Mr Frog

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Focus

Alte exPresii Penlru q vorbi

lq telefon

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I €rr: cutvA sA neprrr 9l sA NorEzE cEVA

EAnd nu infelegem ce spune inlerloculorul, Ti putem cere

t€ repete, s6 vorbeoscd moi ror squ sd explice moi bine:

CAn you ropeot thot, pleose? Vd rog, puteli repelo?

Itould you mind Mi-ofi pufeo spune pe

fprlllng thot for me? lilere, vd rog?

Ceuld you speok up o little, Nj puleovorbi moi tore,

ilrort? vd rog?

Continudm s6 invdf6m expresii utile pentru o vorbi lo

telefon'

A iNTRERuPE tl A cERE sA AtTEPTE

Pentru o-l Tntrerupe pe interlocutor 9i pentru - o-i cere

sd ogiepte un rno*"n',"* pttUtsi urmdtoqrele formule:

Rdmdne'fil rdmdi Pe fir

Rdmdne'li/ rdmdi Pe fir

Door o cliP6, vd rog

Rdmdi Pe fir (colocviol)

Doc6, lo un momenl dot' vrem sd cerem cuivo sd ogtepte

;;; "a lipti. o clip6 de lo ielefon' putem spune:

Just q minute,I'll be right bock

O cilip6, revin imediol

Lo Tnioorcere, ii putem cere scuze inierlocutorului

spundnd:

Sorry to keep you woiting i:' '.",:

rdu cd v-om- fdcul/le-om f6cut sd

ostePtoli/sd ogfePfi

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Con you speok o littlellowtr, pleose?

Afi puteo vorbi mai ror,vd rog?

Hold on

Hold the line

Just o moment' Pleose

Hong on

My English isn't very good Englezo meo nu esfeprea bund

lll olcnt: cdnd se cere repetoreo unor informofii folosind

verbul ,,repeot", e bine sd odougiintotdeouno dupd verb un

Eomplement obiect, eventuol exprimot prinlr-un pronume

dgmonstrotiv. in romdnd, ocesl lucru nu este necesor(dremplu: Sorry, I didn't understond. Could you repeot

lhgl, pleose? > Md scuzofi, nu om infeles. Puteli repelo,vE rog?1.

Eoc6, ulterior, vrem sd ne notdm cevo in timpul convorbirii,pulem spune:

Hold on o minute, I'll mqke Un momenl vd rog,o note of thqt sd notez

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$i, odotd ce om noloi sou om ?nfeles ce ne-o spus

inierlocutorul, putem confirmo spundnd:

CONVORBIRI IITNTRUPTE SAU DERANJATE

Cdnd esle deroniotd comunicoreo, cdnd lipsegte semno

$nir-o convorbire intre telefoone mobile), sou. c^on!.-co

iinio, exisrd cdlevo expresii pe core este ulil sd le invdfdm:

You're breoking uP.

Con you coll me bock?

Sorry, we were cul off

Fii olenl:

Nu se oude bine/ e linio'

deroniold.

Okoy, l've gol it oll down

Let me rePeol lhot iust tomoke sure

Did you soy 33 BlockMountoin Sl.?

Bine, om scris tolul

Dofi-mi voie sd repet,

co sd fim siguri

Afi spus 33 BlockMounloin Sl.?

Pofi sd md suni din nou?

Scuzd-md, a cdzul linio

- cdnd sunt dificult6fi de comunicqre, in englezd nu

spune ,,lhe line fell" (o cdzul liniol, nu se vorbegte des

,,iini"" co in romdn6, ci se folosegte verbul ,,lo be cul

(literol, o fi izolofi, intreruPfi\;

- ,,r"l"ion mobili' se spune diferit in funcfie de-locul in

se'folosegle oceslo: in Moreo Britonie, de obicei, se vorl

despre ,,mobile phone", pe cdnd in Americo se preferd

lxcxErEREA coNVoRBrRn

lEl6 ocum cdtevo expresii utile pentru o incheio o convorbirehlafonic6:

Thonkr for colling.tyt lor now

I hovr lo let you go now.

I hqvr onother cqllCgmlng through.

I brilor run.

Itll tolt to you ogoin soon.lyr

Mullumesc de felefon.Po

Trebuie sd fe los.

Md sund ollcinevo.

Trebuie sd inchid.

Ne ouzim curdnd.Po

IITE EXPRESII

F€rmulo corectd pentru o spune c6 suntem ,,lo telefon,, esteren lhe phone" (nu ,,ot lhe phone"):

tgrry, now I con't come. Iorfd-md,. acum nu potf'm on the phone Sunf /o telefon

ven,.

Flnlru o spune /,o suno pe cinevo lo telefon,, se pot folosiGhlsr trei verbe diferite: ,,lo cclll", ,,to ring,, gi ,,lo phone,,.Fll oient lo ocest ultim verb, o cdrui construilie esteslo phone somebody" (o lelefono cuivo), unde, in englezd,at pune complement direct, in vreme ce in romdnd folosim€enrplemeni indirect:

l'll eoll/ring/phone youfgntorrow morning

Te voi suno/ifi voi do telefonmdine dimineold

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des folosifi

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Answer (to)

Answering mochine

Busy

Diol (lo)

Hong uP (to)

Hong on (to)

Hold on (ro)

Poger

Phone boorh/Poy Phone

Pick uP (lo)

Ring

A rdspunde lo telefon

Robot felefonic

OcuPot

Afoce/formo numdrul

Ainchide

A rdmdde Pe fir

A rdmdne Pe fir

Poger

Cobind felefonicd

A rdsPunde lo telelon

Sonerio telefonului

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Vocgbulor

occommodotion locui nfd

ofroid (ro be) o se teme'

o-i fi fricdogenl ogentongry mdniot/d,supdrot/d, f u rios/oos6os for os cdt desPre

ot leost mdcor, cel Pufin

ovoid (to) o evito

bodlY rdu, de rdu

bqthroom (comerd de)

boieconcern (lo) o Privi,o oveo legdturd cu

engoged logodit/6, oflot

inir-o relofie cu cinevo

be offended (to) o se

supdro, o fi ofensoi,o fi iignitbe uied io something(fo) o fi obignuii/d cu cevo

becquse of din couzo

believe (to) o crede

boss gef, coP; conducdtor;

director, Potroncqll convorbi re telefonicd;

convocore; oPel telefonic;

viziidchonge (lo) o schimbo'

o vorioclienl clientcolour (lo) o coloro'o Picto, o sPoi

comPlimenl comPlimenicretrlure'comfortscomoditdli moteriole,

Tnlesniridemonding exigent/d(despre o Persoond); core

cere' efort (desPre lucruri)

"i"ugtt suficient/d; destul'

indeoiunsentertqinment disirocfie

few Putini, cdfivo; unii

flv (to) o zburo (9i fis')

fooi prostul/6, tdmPit/d

frog brooscdoel oul (to) o ieli

Jo ott (lo) o se intdmPlo;

o continuo; o urmo

go over (io) o controlo

gossiP bdrfd, concon'

inirigdgreen verdehoir pdr

hoirdresset coofor/coofez6heod coP

heor (lo) o simfi

hum (lo) o zumzdi;

o fredonoimogine (to) o imogino'

o-9i inchiPuikiss (to) o sdruiolook for (lo) o c6uio

lot mult; conliiote more

leurtge ,'erld de inlrunire;etlhtll, ';ttla de ogtePtoreleryrr rrrbil/6tlud r r,rlrun/d; furios/oqsdlrtGt!!€r lr oobd,' orgumenl(wlret'r the molter?:I rre tr problemo? Ce nu

nr.rr gn?)

tn€rl e oo moi more porteel course firegieerlginol originolphotogroph fotogrofiepiclure imogine; fotogrofie;lnlrkru

;rclend (to) o se prefoce,n lrrt'lindequlel colm/d, linigtit/dreslice (to) o infelege,u 9i rlo seomo/ o reolizorreordi ng in regislro re,Irrrllr irrroreromonlic romonlic/drcreqm (lo) o urlo, o fiporong cdntecteon repede, curdnd,pe.;ler pufind vremerlupid stupid/d; plicticos/ilt t"Oruit (to) o-i sto bineI il CeVo

rwimming pool piscindthousond o mie, miorlroot (to) o lroto

try (fo) o probo, o incerco;o tento; o gustounique unic/6, singur/dwosh (to) o sp6lowhqtever oricine, orice(pron., odi. pron.); oricumwriter scriitor/scriitoo re

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ot's life!is is my ount Corolino!

h pdmo scen6, Anne 9i Alice se inldlnes-c lo micul deiunfrdnto de q tnfrunto o noud zi de lucru. in o douq scend,

te ?ntorc ocosd, gdsesc o surprizd. Core? in porteogromoticd invdfdm verbele modole ,,fiey", ,,might" gi

, folosile peniru o exprimo posibililote, probobilitotetartiludine.

s bunch of nuts!

INA 1

Good morning, everybody! Con I osk you o question?loy evening, I got...Sorry, Jock! lcon'l listen now... l've golto gettowork.o meeling ot 9.30 with my ediior qnd l'm lole.

But I only need o minute. lt's in1portonl...: Nothing is more importonl lhon this meeting. lf I

lote, my boss will kill me. Ring me loter if you wonl!bye... (lese repede.)

Greol. Alice... Alice! Con I osk you o queslion?

lllcr: No, Jock, I con'l! l'm reolly sorry, but I hove to gel

folng loo...

Jeck: But you never leove before I I in the morning! WhyErt you in such o hurry todoy?Allcr: l'm storling o new yogo course lhis morning...My horoscope soys I hove lo do some exercise!

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Jock: Well, if your horoscope soys so"' Anywoy' I only need

o second...Alice: No, Jock! My teocher told me not io be lote!You cqn

;i;;";"oll loteil (lese rePede')

Jock (lipdnd dup6 eo): But Alice' woii! lt's imoortont! (cdtre

sine) whot o uuntr'''ot";;tii;;;der whoi mv ount will

rhink..'

5o Tnfelegem(Solufii lo Pos' 94)

Acum inceorcd sd vezi cdt oiinfeles din diolog' r6spunz0nd

lo tntreb6rile core "tt"ttu' boc6-!i-e greu' ie pofi uito

din nou lo episodui'"iJ"t-a" pe DVD sou pofi consulio

Jo.ouulotur je lo sfdrgitul lecfiei'

il Whot does Jock osk the two girls?

E o)To hove lunch with him

n Ui rt there is onY coffee

; ;i ff h" .on oskthem o quesiion

E Ann" hos to rush becouse:

E;l ;i" is soins to miss her troin

; ;i;h; no", on-i'p"toll bu:'n"::-Tpointmenr

n cj Sne hos to go io do the shoPPtng

E Whot did Alice's yogo ieocher soy lo-her?

E o) Thot she needs to toke more exercrse

E [irn"t she must be Punctuol

tr c)To coll loter

!l Whot does Jock think obout Anne ond Alice?

tr o) Thot iheY ore verY nice

E ui rn.t iheY ore verY boring

n .jrhot theY ore o bit crozY

Focus

hmnificofio proprieE Ylrbelor modqleYgrbgla modole sunt: ,,con", ,,could", ofret'', rrmight", ,,will",gt€Uldn, ,,gholl", ,,should", ,,must" 9i ,,oughl io". Este vorbo,ifi CcnlA, lol despre verbe ouxiliore deoorece ,,oiut6" verbul

ff eore ?l tnsofesc, ins6, spre deosebire de odevdroteleEgrlllora, modolele ou oproope loole o semnificofie proprie

fdl crarnplu, ,,cen" exprimd ideeo de copocitole gi ,,must"p eeeco de obligotivitote). Verbele modole pot exprimo o

EEmE lorgd de semnificofii, de lo intenfie lo copocitote de

E fuec un lucru, de lo obligofie lo interdicfie, de lo sugestie

lE Facceitote gi promisiune. in oforo ocestor semnificofii, pot

hClce pi grode diferite de certitudine, de probobilitote 9i de

S[flbllitote. Agodor, fiecore verb modol ore mereu cel pufin

€Fu€ semnificofii. Compord cele dou6 propozifii:

lnurt hurry up! {: obligolie) Irebuie sd md grdbesc!

bek ot her foce... t t , .,.. , , IJild-le Io chipul ei...

h murt be ongry! t: proooorrrloTel lrgbuie sd fie mdnioosdl

T€gls verbele modole ou urmdtoqrele corocleristici:

I €u o formd unicd lo loote persoonele verbole (inclusiv lo

€ lraio singulor, core nu primegte ,,s" finol): She con swim

lEe ilia sd ?noote), I musl go (Irebuie sd plec);I nu folosesc ouxiliorele do/does/don'/doesn't pentru for-mtlc negotive gi interogolive: Moy I speok to Mr Chomsky,pleoae? (Ag pufeo vorbi cu domnul Chomsky, vd rog?1,

Fhould I stoy? (E nevoie sd rdmdn?\;! loole preced un verb lo formo_de bozd (infinitiv fdrd ,,to"):Wa ought lo be on holidoy (Ar trebui sd fim in voconf6), He

eeuld do better (El or puteo foce moi bine);

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. sunr verbe defective, odicd nu ou forme Propriu-zise p:"lt-l

irecui, infinitiv 9i gerunziu' Pentru o exprimo ocesie modurt 9t

iimpuri, se inrrebuinp:;;;;.11i ", ott" verbe: l'd like io

be oble io speok AJ;iMi-;' pia""o sd pot vorbi orobd)'

Verbele modole exprimd o luo-re de pozifie' opinic

;#'d";; tului tL" vorbeqte fold de ceeq ce spune

Compord, a" """tplu' urmdtoorele propozifii:

A: Who's mokingolt this noise?

B1: lt's little Angie

82: li moY/might/"'lmust be little Angie

Ferrncr de lrecut o lui ,,con" e ,,could" (ior formo negotivd

E ,,r nuldn'i") gi se folosegte penlru o exprimo copociloieogerrerrrl6 de o foce cevo in lrecut:

A: Cine foce toqtd gdldgio

osto?

B1: Este micufo Angie

62i., Poote/ or Puleo/ frebuie

sd fie micufo Angie

I could rkote when I wos6 yenrr old

My gtturdrnolherCguld rprok ltolionenel (.roolion

Cdnd oveom gose oni. gfiom

sd polinez

Bunico meo putea vorbiitoliond gi crootd

Tofi ou fosf in sfore sd ioexamenul

Au reuqit sd-l oscundd pe

fugor

Noi nu om reuEil sd-i solvdmviolo

Eu torrte ocesleo, co s6 vorbim despre o obilitote specificd

lB ltat.ul, despre cevo ce o fdcut cinevo Tntr-un momenlgtlsrl€, se folosesc formele lo trecul ole verbelor ,,to be

Ehlp tu" (o fi in slore sd), ,,to monoge" (o reugi) sou ,,loqueretl" (cr reugi):

Evrtybody wos qble

It potr lhe sxom

Thay monoged to hideihc ralugce

We dldn't rucceedIn ravlng his life

Fllatrnt:-= lE flef€rd folosireo verbelor ,,to monoge" 9i ,,lo succed"

€€nel eale vorbo despre ocfiuni greu de dus pdnd lo copdt.

ktlnlagle-fi cd ,,lo monoge" se construiegte cu infinitivul

vErbului (tu,,lo"), in timp ce,,lo succed" cu formo in,,-ing"g velhrrlrri (oxemple: I monoged to orgonise o greol porty tAm terrpil td orgonizezo pefrecere minunotd; They succeeded

in elirnlrirrgl Everesl ) Ei ou reugif sd escolodeze Evereslul);

= ee fnlnsegle formo ,,could" cu verbele de percepfie sou

de rrpilrie, co ,,to see" sou ,,lo understond", 9i olunci cdnd

E€le votlrrt clespre ocfiuni specifice ce ou loc intr-un onumit

nrerrrerrl (exernple: I could see ihe lroin opprooching )

in primul coz (81) esie vorbo despre un fopt obiectiv: cine foce

enuntul gtie cd '" '"*ur,l"tJi*" ft d6 vesieo neutru' in cel de

ol doileo coz lB2\,in' ]thitUl t"l to'" vorbeste vehiculeozd

si proprio pdrere *";;;;;i;'luole !9 pozfie (core' in funclie

de context, poote tl m6nie' incertiludine.eic')'

s6 vedem ..r* di::-ii;;";*"",.u;;odole unul cdte unul'

;;;;;ui'emnificofio lor sPecificd

A EXPRIMA CAPACITATE tl ABILITATE:

,,Cll'f " tl ,,COULD"

Peniru o exprimo concepiul-de copocilote sou de obilitote

se folosegte modolul "tll;l r"tt"o negotivd o lui "con" este

,,connot" (sou,,con't'i', ;;it"l"tmo negotivd controsd)'

lcqn drive, but ldon't hove $tiu sd conduc' insd nu om

o cor o rnottno

You cqn'r reqd oloud Nu pofi citi cu glos tore

Con she use the computer? $tie eo,sd ?ntrebuinleze

corn Puterul?

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A DA tl A cERE PERMISIUNEA:

,,cAN" , ,cou'ol]''nno"" 9l "MlGHT"

Pentru o cere permisiuneo se poi folosi verbele modole

,,con" ,,,could" ,' "lJ'Y''

i; t^ t;;"ti extrem de formole' 9t

Pot luo cu imPrumul corleo to?

imi pofi imPrumuto corlea lo?

A,g Puteo Pleco moi devreme

ssl6zi?

Pofi rdmdne, docd vrer

Pot Pune ointrebare?Do, Po'!i

You orc not ollowed Nu moi poli fumoin locoluri

lg tmoke in pubs ony more

lll otrnt: cdnd vrei s6 le referi lo posibilitoteo de o focegn lucru intr-un onumit momenl din lrecul, trebuie folosit

*woa/were ollowed lo" gi niciodotd ,,could" (exemplu: Lost

ffionlh we were ollowed to stoy home from school becouse

ef thc snow ) Luno trecull am pulut sd stdm ocosd de lo

lceold din couzo zdpeziil.

A:xPRlMA OBtIGATIE tl NECESITATE:sMUST'" "HAVE TO"

'I ,,NEED"

Fgntru o exprimo o obligofie sou o necesiioie se folosesc

verbele ,,musl" gi ,,hove lo". ,,Must" se folosegle penlru

Ff€z€nt, gi, fiindcd nu ore forme penlru lrecul, penlru viilor,pantt, gerunziu gi peniru infinitiv, in toole situofiile in core

bvam nevoie de oceste forme trebuie sd recurgem lo cele

G€nlugote cu ,,hove lo". Verbele oddugote dupd ,,musl" 9i

shovr lo" se pun intotdeouno lo formo de bozd (infinitiv

f€r6,,to").

Y€u must stop phoning me frebuie i6incelezi sd md moisuni lo felefon

lWlll hove to work hord if Vo lrebui sd lucrez din greu

lwent to finish lhis on time co sd lermin Io timp

He hotes hoving lo work El urdgfe sd lucreze pdnd

lAta tdrziu

When lwos o leenoger Cdnderomodolescent, trebuio

lhgd to come bqck home sd md inlorc seorq ocosd

Vefy eorly ot night foarle devreme

,,might"):

Cqn I borrow Your book?

Could You lend me

your book?

MoY I leove eorlier todoY?

You con stoY if You like

MoYloskoquestion?Yes, You moY

Dintre cele trei .u"'!" sus-menfion:i:' :lili ;' ;::Jil':

Lin'Ltli ,,csn", cel moi informol' tnsd

Ir^i."1"niiudine cele moi comune'

Peniru o do 9i o cere o permisiun'" '':"'P"t folosi door "co6"

il;;r; i,ii.jodota ,could" ei "mishi"):

c6nd esie vor.b1 o"j:?:"ot1li jff l;" "J:?:,i;iT; T:

inierdicfii, se foloseg

qllowed to":

rn Americo vou con't drilk i: !T:i'::;"fi:l ;ff''"H'il"i..h"f

before You ore 21 ';"';:'"::'

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oceste ProPozifii:

I musi so to bed (becouse ',nbl?.::;:#J;'J'"'T;i *ont t-o set uP eorlY) f"T#:i'I hqve to so i9 bed (becous " T:b*.:: ;ii':J:r'Jffi';;;;;fftold me so)

1o;?Xl*'

I hove to trovel often :53iff:cdldtoresc/

€o16 ou o forfd medie gi, moi mult decdt o obligofie, introduc

un sfot; sunt folosiie pentru o vorbi despre ce e corecl 9i

daspre ce e gregil. Cele doud sunl oorecum sinonime, chiordocd se preferd ,,oughl to" pentru o exprimo legi, norme 9i

lcl ceeo ce derivd dinir-o formd de outoriiote. Dintre cele

doud, ,,should" este, fard indoiold, cel moi folosit.

€ltegte exemplele urmdtoore:

You rhould stop Ar lrebui sd incetezi

bahoving like o child sd te comporli co un copil

You ought to stop smoking Ar lrebui sd nu moi fumezi

ln finol, sd vedem formele negotive qle lui ,,musl" 9i

sh€vc lo". Folosim ,,mustn't" pentru o exprimo obligofio(porcmplorie) de o nu foce un onumil lucru. ,,Don'i hove

b', ln schimb, e folosit penlru o spune cd nu e necesor sd

*i fgcd un lucru - se poote foorle bine decide sd se focd sou

Fg, Acgeo$i semnificofie o ou 9i ,,don't need lo", ,,needn't"

fi ,hoven't got to". Compord exemplele urm6toore:#:iti:f";:T:*,* *

:::"{":',,i* #*fl}jj fi,"";;i;'tituolii moi pufin formol: S.:' '':;";;i[i ,,hove

ili"'r"'"-o;n'-::::l *: l'"ll$"i: liffi r"n.i: 1"qoi to" este restron

iromentur prezenr, iff i#" il, ::*,lJi$: ;"1"|1l;momentul prezenlf. ln vlErrre vv' r- veto". Compor6

:ffi;;; ,i.u's". tot lo forme ole lui "ho'

exemplele de mouo'"i.,^J" lrodu""'"o este identic6' dor

.""J"f de folosire difer6:

Y€u murtn't hurt onyone

Ygc don't hove lo Pretend€ be brove

Ygu don'r need tolneedn't

Hmath: hotn't gol to get uP

@Qfly tomorrow

Hlnfmt ,,Don'l need" e urmot de ,,to" 9i de formo de boz6

€ v:rbului (infiniriv fdrd ,,to"), in iimp ce formo olternotivd

*FeEd'f" e urmold door de verb (fdrd ,,to") (exemple:

lne:dn't sludy hord/l don't need to siudy hord ) Nu qm

Ftreie sd inv6f mult).

Nu frebuie sd foci rdunimdnui

Nu e nevoie sd fe prefocicd egti curojos

Nu e nevoie sd md pldliti

Nu e necesor co eo sd se

lrezeascd devreme mdineShe hos lo sloY here Eo trebuie sd rdmdno

(formol)

she,s eor io sroy here td"l,.,"jffisd rdmand

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ttll,'ff jJ.llHiH""'r,lH::s jlifr rli$:fi;#;; ""'" 9'1 o ocordo Permrsrunr'

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Arqtd docd propozifiile sunl corecle (right)ori gregite (wrong)

fl rlcrie-le corect cdnd e nevoie.

! Yo, needn't to worktamorrow. Toke o

halldoy.

I Oo I moy help you?EXERcITIUL r

Completeozd propozifiile urmdtoore olegdnd

corect6.

E Jock ... speok liolion very well when he wos o boy'

El o) con

tr b) couldE c) could to

E ,,Could I osk you o question?" "Certoinly you "'"'

El o) con

tr b) couldtr c) should

E on Sundoys you "' poy to go into the museum'

E J'***n't'Elb) cqn'iE cj don't hove to

El l,m sorry. You ... speok to the monoger'

E o) musin't io

E b) hoven't to

tr c) ought to

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Nice lo meet You' ouni Corolino!

SCENA 2

E seord. Anne 9i Ajice se odihnesc in -sufrogerie'

Jock inlrd

il";;t;;;oi", od'"ond cu el o surPrtzo'

iiil:, il:i::,';,li;liHti"1'"'" ki'ins me! whot is

there io eot, Anne(

Anne: Well, we con moke o sondwich' thot's obout ii' The

ttan"- tt ProcticollY emPtY!

(Se oude curn se deschide ufo')

Anne: Jock? ls thot you? (Adresdndu-i-se lui Alice) Who's

thoi with him?

r qck: H i ev" o!:dllJ;':;t :: tf il"ilff""tl:'ffi", *the woy from Bologn

Anne: So thot's how you describe us!

Jock: Come on, ounl Corolino is only ioking. Right?

Aunt Cqrolino (uifdndu-se in jur): And this is the wonderfulhouse...Anne: Hmmm, well, yes! But it's usuolly iidy.'.

Aunt Cqrolinq: lt's still very chorming!Anne: Thonk you! Moy I offer you something? Would you

like to hove o gloss of wine, moybe?

Aunt Cqrolino: Yes, thonk you. I would.Anne: Alice, could you gel o bottle of wine, pleose?

Alice: There isn't ony wine! Anne, lhere isn't ony wine, there

isn't ony beer. We hove to do ihe shopping!Anne: Umm, l'm terribly sorry... lt's nol usuolly like rhis...

But todoy wos very busy!

Jock: Do you know whot?! Lei's go out for dinner! Whot doyou soy, ount Corolino?Aunt Corolino: Thot sounds good to me! (Privind

lmbrdcdminfeo fefelor) Excuse me... Do you go out dressed

like rhot? Moybe you should get cleoned up o bit?

Anne: Yeoh, you're obsolutely right!Alice: Lel's get reody to go out on the townl

(Fetele ies din comerd.)

Aunl Corolino: Moy I osk you o question, Jock?

Jock: Well, of course, ounl Corolino. Shoot!

Aunt Corolino (ludnd in mdnd un sufien uitot pe un scoun):

Do you reolly think ii's such o good ideo to live togeiherwith oll ihese women?

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ll Why did ount Corolino come?tr o) To see how Jock is monogingtr b) To meel Anne ond Alicetr c) To hove dinner wilh them oll

H Oia Jock coll Anne on har mobilc?tro) No[J b) Yes, but she didn't replyE c) Yes, but her mobile woe off

H Whot does qunt Corolino think of the hnuec?tr o) Thor it's untidytr b) Thot it's very spocioustr c)Thot it's chorming

B Whot do they decide to do?tr o) To go ond buy some foodtr b) To go oul for dinnertr c)To go shopping

Focus

Folosireq verbelor modqle Pentruq exprimo posibilitote, probobilitqtegi certitudineAcum sd ne ocupdm de ceo de o douo funcfie o verbelormodole, respecliv folosireo lor penlru o exprimo certitudine,probobilitote pi posibilitote.

A EXPRIMA POSIBILITATE:,,MAYu, ,rMlGHT" tl ,,co uLD"

Pentru o vorbi despre posibilitali prezenle ori viiloore se

folosesc verbele modole ,,mQf", ,,might" 9i ,,could". A se

observo cd ocesle trei verbe modole nu sunt perfect sinonime,ci fiecore comunicd diverse grode de certitudine: ,,moy''exprimd o certitudine moi more, ior,,could", o incertitudinemoi more, Tn timp ce ,,might" se situeoz6 exoct intre celelolte

doud. Toote sunt urmote de formo de bozd o verbului (infinitiv

fdrd ,,to"). Compord propozifiile urmdloore:

There's someone ol the door.li moy be Justin

They might meet holfwoy

Louis could be ot home(but l'm not sure)

E cinevo lo ugd.

O fi Justin

S-or puteo inlllni lo miiloculdrumului

Louis or puteo fi ocosd (dornu sunt sigur)

Se poole folosi formo negoiivd o lui ,,moy" 9i ,,mighl", insdnu gi ceo o lui ,,could":

She moy nol be working Poole cd eo nu lucreozd

He might nol come bqck Poofe cd el nu se vq intoorce

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Drinking ond drivingcon be dongerous

E periculos sd bei gi sdconduci

Se poole folosi gi modolul ,,con" pentru o exprimo ocfiuniori situofii generole gi ?ntoideouno odevdrole gi core, dinpunct de vedere logic, sunl ?ntoldeouno posibile:

I should finish Arlrebui sd fermin lrqducereqthe ironslolion by 5 o'clock p6nd lo gose

They ought to foll oul ogoin. Probobil se vor cerlq din nou.They con'i stond eoch other Nu se suporld

C6nd ,,should" gi ,,ought to" sunl urmole de ,,hove" gi deporticipiul trecul ol verbului principol, ocfiuneo ori situofio locore se referd s-or fi pulut inldmplo, dor in finol nu sunlemsiguri cd s-o intdmplot. Aceeogi structurd se poote folosi cosd vorbim despre ocfiuni ori despre situofii ce s-or fi pulutinldmplo, dor core in cele din urmd nu ou moi ovut loc.Compord urmdloorele propozifii:

Subiect + should/oughl to + hsve + purlicipiu lre€ut+ eventuole determindri

They should hqve bought Ei trebuie sd fi cumpdrolthe tickets (but I don't know biletele (dor nu gliu dacdif they found them) /e-ou gdsif)

They ought to hove bought Ei or fi trebuit sd cumpereihe tickets (but they weresold out)

biletele (dor se ferminoserd)

A EXPRTMA CERTTTUDTNE tt DEDUCItE:,,MUST" tl ,,CAN'T"

,,Musi" gi ,,con'i" exprimd siguronfo lotold o celui corevorbegle fofd de o onumild ocfiune gi situofie: deducfio sebozeozd pe dovezi core permil s6 se ofirme cd un lucru eposibil (ori imposibil) sutd lo sut6. ,,Must" se folosegte pentruo ordlo cd suntem siguri de cevo, in timp ce ,,con't" (9i nu

,,mustn't") se folosegte olunci cdnd se deduce cd un lucrueste imposibil. Citegte exemplele urmdloore:

Penlru o exprimo o posibilitote in lrecut se folosesc cele lreimodole pe core iocmoi le-om vdzul, de dolo osto urmolede ,,hove" gi de porticipiul trecul ol verbului principol:

Subiect + may/might/could + hove + porticipiu trecut* evenluole delermindri

She moy hove spenl Eo lrcbuic sd-gi fi petrecutihe whole ofternoon ploying foofd dvpd.amiozo iucdndvideo gomes vidco iocurlThey mighl hove gone Poah tau dur lo o pefrecereto o university porty ctudrnfrercCl

Where is he? Undt dHe could hove left Poefr q pbeol

Fii qient: ,,might" gi ,,could, (nlclcdoi6 rffi€y,,) urmote de,,hove" 9i de porticipiul trrcut pet fl lcledlr 1l cOnd spunemcevo ce s-or fi puiui tntOmplo ?n lneul, dgr nu r.o lntdmplotniciodoid (l could/might hovr denr b$rr * Af fi putut sdfoc moi bine).

A EXPRIMA PRoBAIIIITA?II rIHou!D,tt ,,oucHT Toz

in oford de o do sfoturi (verl ndlunr€ ffihrloarE), ,,should',gi ,,ought to" se pot folosi 9i ptnlrs e yoAl dttpre ocfiuni oridespre situolii probobile ln prulnl tEU h vll€rr

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The lights ore off, so they Luminile sunf sfinse, deci eimust be oul lrebuie sd fi iegit

She is on holidoy now. She kum eo este in vaconfd.must be feeling better Cu siguronld se simte/ hebuie

sd se simfd moi bine

She con'l be hoppy obout it: Nu poofe sd fie fericitdshe's cryingl in legdlurd cu osto: pl6nge!

Pentru deducfii privind ocfiuni din lrecut folosim ,,must"gi ,rcon't" urmote de ,rhove" gi de porlicipiul trecut:

Subiect f musVcsn't + hqve + porlicipiu trecut *eventuqle determindri

They're not here. Ei/ele nu sunl sici.They must hove left frebuic sd fi plccotShe cqn'l hove gone Nu sc pootr cs to sd se fiio South Americol dus ln Amrrlcq de SudlShe hosn't got ony moneyl Nu orc nlcl un bqnl

,,Cen" gi ,,could" se pol folosi lq formo lntlrogofivd, ot6t loprezent (in oceostd siluofie sc poota,fglorl door ,,con"), cdtgi lo trecut:

The phone is ringing.Who con it be?

Where con/could theyhove gone?

Sundl hltbns,,Clnr peolr fil/eha o fi?

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Continud s6 foci exercifii cu verbele modole gi cuexprimd certiludine, posibi I itote 9i i m posibi I itote.

EXERCTTTUL 3

Trodu in romdnd.

lI Peter con'l be ot home todoy, he's reheorsing.

E tte ought lo be home by six o'clock.

H tte might be lote.

H ne could hove telephoned.

EXERCTTTUT 4

Arotd dqcd propozifiile sunt corecle (right) ori gregite (wrong)gi rescrie-le corecl cdnd e nevoie.

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ioking! ) Nu poate fi odcvdrEh dgrffilt iiery con't hoveleft! ) Nu se poofe co Mary d flpl*#[,

E Aunt Corolino con't lobe coming tonight.

H Sne moy hoveielephoned when wewere ouf.

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obsolutely obsolutqll the wqy pe tol lrqseulqrrive (to) o sosiounl mdtugdbeer berebotlle sticldbunch grup, grdmoddbusy ocupot/d, plin delreobdchormi ng incd nldlor,/oo re,foscinont/ddescribe (lo) o descriedo the shopping (to) o focecumpdrdturidress (lo) o (se)imbrdcoempty gol/gool6everybody oricine, oricore;tofiexcuse (to) o (se) scuzoexerc'ise exercifiuexhousted obosit/d,epuizol/6fridge frigiderget olong (to) o sedescurco; o fi de ocordgloss pohor; slicldguess (to) o ghici, o credo,o presupunehoroscope horoscophouse-keeper cosnicdhurry grobdkill (to)o ucide, o omod(rifig.)

lohr rnoi l6rziu, dup6,ultcriorlcovc (to) o l6so; o renunfo;o plcco, o so ducemoy cr puleo, o oveo voies6, o fi se permitem.cl (to) o inldlnimollng Trrtdlniremurela rrrupchi

naad (lo) o oveo nevoienul rruc6, rrlun6; lrdsnit/6(fcrrrr,)

off clina/6; nbsent/d;orn6nnl/fl , suspendot/d (dqyotlz ei libero)offar (fo) rr oferi, o propuneonly dntrr, rrurnoipbo:urn plrrc.ere

PrscllcsllY pr oclic; oproqpequttllon ltrlreborell|ody gerlo

rhqru (to) tr iiirpdrfithooi (lo) tr lrrrpugco (9ifig.)tound (io) tr rrrrrcr, o rdsuno;o poras, o rki inrpresiorturl (to) n ftrrelro, o porni,o inlflrrrlllllnri (lrr prop.ofirnralivc)lUGh e tr, rrlpnrfrrrtilor, lo fel,tol $isllrrlbly teitlrrllfdy ot,l.,rr, il/n, axucl/6

lown orog; (into town:in centru); (lo go lo lown:o merge ?n orog sd tedislrezi)woit (lo) o ogteptowine vinwonder (to) o se intrebowonderfulfoorlefrumos,/oos6, minuno/d,splendid/d

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Let's to lk:The city or the countryside?ln ocest nou episod din ,,Let's tolk't cei doi comentoloridezbot diverse idei filosofice despre viofd: sd trdiegti looraS, cufundot in frenezio lui Si in lrafic, sou lo ford, inlregrddindrit gi plimbdri prin pdduri.

Eric: Good evening. Welcome to this week's edition of ,,Let'stolk", our discussion progrqmme with our commeniqtorsTom ond Morie. How ore you?

Tom: Fine Eric.Morie: Fine, good to see you ogoin.

Eric: Well, did you hove o good weekend?Mqrie: Very good, thonks! I reloxed in the country. I hoveo house there, il's so peoceful!

Eric: Mmm... o heolthy weekend! And you Tom?Tom: Well, I hod o greot weekend tool I stoyed in ihe cityond it wosn't peoceful, I went out o lol ond mode some newfriends.

Eric: Sounds like o good weekend lo me! So, the some oldstory... o reloxing, peoceful life in lhe country comporedwilh on exciting life in the ciiy. Where's the best ploce to be?ln the city or in the country? Let's discuss this more.Mqrie: Surel l'll convince you thot gordening's moreinteresling lhon the pollution ond choos of the city.

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Tom: Moybe o liftle, yes, bul I love city life. The city offers somony things, il's fontostic!Morie: I don'l ogree with you! Life in the city's too stressful.You rush oround oll doy long. And then there's the troffic ondfinding o porking spocel Wolking in the woods is for betterthon being stuck in troffic ioms! l'm reolly thinking of movinglo the country.

Tom: I don't think I could ever live in the country, l'd die ofboredoml li would be o problem for my work loo.Mqrie: You're wrong, Tom! You con work from homel A friendof mine does this! He works from home, he uses lhe lnlernelfor e-moil ond virtuol meelings. He goes to lhe office in the city2 or 3limes o monlh. He's got three children ond life in thecounlry is greot for ihe fomily. And he loves gordening, too!

Eric: And gordening is difficult in the city, isn't it?Tom: Sure, bul country life is so isoloting, you don'l meet newpeople. Well, ok, lhe city is more polluled, more stressful,but counlry life's so boringl I like mecting n.w people ondmoking new friends ond in ihe city il'r cory lo meet newpeople.

Mqrie: l'm noi so sure qboul lhotl Whcnovcr l'm in thecounlry lots of my friends come to visil mo. Thoy oll comploinobout ihe slress of city life ond they rcolly onioy the peoceond quiet of the counlry! l'm sure lhol roonor or loler you'llorrive too! Let's bet on il!Tom: Ah, Ah, Ahl But if I do come, l'll bring o fow friendsond moybe we'll hove o porty!

Morie: Ok, l'll be woiting for you! Of course you,re invitedtoo, EriclEric: Thonks, Morie! Ok, this is o good compromise!A less siressful weekend for Tom ond o more exciling onefor Moriel Well, the city or the country? I think it,s difficultto soy where il's besl to live! lt depends upon your losie, lhecountry life is more reloxing whereos the city life is moreexciting! Well, time to soy goodbye! Goodbye, Morie, ondgoodbye, Tom.

Tom: Goodbye, Eric.Morie: Goodbye, Eric.

Eric: And goodbye to you. And see you ogoin next time on,rlel's lolk"!

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Verificd docd oi infeles sceno, rdspunzdnd lo urmdtooreleintrebdri:

lI Mqrie hod o boring weekend.E TrueE Folse

E Tom stoyed ot home oll weekend.E TrueEl Folse

H Lost weekend Tom wenl to o concerl.E TrueE Folse

H Morie is thinking of moving to the country.E TrueE Folse -

El Morie's friends don'l visit her in ihe counlry.E TrueE Folse

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Orog ori sot?

Ago cum om vdzut, Morie gi Tom ou descris foorte bine viofode lo orog gi pe ceo de lo ford. Sd revedem Tmpreund cdfivotermeni core in mod sigur ifi vor fi utili intr-o conversofiedespre ocest subiecl.

Sd incepem cu cdfivo lermeni privitori lo orog:

City life

Exciting

Pollution

Stressful

Trqffic

Troffic iom

City life is very exciiing,but it con olso bevery stressful becouseof the lroffic ond thepollulion

To rush qround

You rush oroundoll doy long

Viold in orog/viofd de orog

P ol pilanl, e nt uzi o smo nl

Poluore

Sfres

Trafic

Blocoj in lrofic, ombuleioi

Violo in orot e foarlepolpitanti, dor poole fi gi

foarte obosifoore din couzolroficului gi o poludrii

A, olergo de colo, colo.

Alergi de colo, colo foof6ziuo.

Egti 9i tu de ocord? $i ce gdndegli, in schimb, despre viololo ford? Sd vedem cdlivo termeni:

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Gountry life

Boring

Reloxing

For some people, couniry Penlru unii, violo lo lardlife is boring, for other e plicficoosd, penlru olfii,il's reloxing esle reloxontd

Fii otenl: in englezd nu se spune ,,lhe citty life" sou ,,thecountry life", ci ,,citty life" gi ,,counlry life", fdrd orticolulhotdrdt ,,lhe".

Sd continudm.

ADJECTIVE +.ING/.ED

Multe odiective folosite lo descriereo obiectelor, o persoo-nelor sou o locurilor se termind cu sufixul ,-ing". Pe uneledintre ocesteo locmoi le-om vdzul:

Porking

Porking spqce

Porking lot (USAI/Cor po_rk (UK|

To pork

Wood

Gordening

Viold in satViold lo lord

Plictisifor

Reloxonf

Percore, porcai

loc de parcore

Zond de porcore

A porco

Pddure

Grddindrit

The city is exciting.The country is reloxing,but boring

BoringPlictisilor

lnterestinglnteresonf

ReloxingReloxonf

ExcitingE m ofi o n o nt / El ect r i zo nt

Orogul este polpifont.Sotul esfe reloxont,insd plicfisifor

BoredPlictisit

lnleresledlnferesof

ReloxedReloxot

ExcitedEmolionot/Eleclrizol

Adiectivele core descriu sloreo de spirit o unei persoone,in schimb, se termind de multe ori in ,,-ed", in moi multesituofii fiind vorbo despre porticipiul trecui ol unui verbregulol.De exemplu:

incd nigie termeni pe core ii pofi gdsi in lexl:

ln lhe counlry you con go Lo lord poli foce plimbdrifor wolks in the woods prin pddure gi te pofi dedicoond do lhe gordening grddindritului

Tom is bored in ihe country, while Morie is reloxed in thecounlry ond slressed in the city.

forn se plictisegte lo ford, pe cdnd Mqrie se sirnfe reloxoldIo lord gi stresotd in orog.

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EXERCTTTUL I

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E When something mokes you nervous it is ...tr o) boringtr b) stressful

E When something is not inleresling it is ...tr o) boringtr b) stressful

E the country is ...tr o) reloxedtr b) reloxing

E the ploce where people pork their cors is colled ...EJ o) o pbrkingtr b) o cor pork

d to rush oround meons to do everything ond goeverywhere...D o) quicklytr b) slowly

E Tom ... like the country.D o) don'tE b) doesn'l

E People ... in the city.E o) rush oroundtr b) rushes oround

E ... she live in ihe city?tro) ls

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E ... is very bod for your heolth.tr o) Pollutiontr b) Polluled

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fi s-a intdmplot sd trebuioscd sd doi o cind in ullimo clipdpenlru oospefi neogtepfofi gi sd nu gtii ce sd oferi lo deserf?liso ne explicd felul ?n core sd pregdlim repede o prdiiturdfoorte bund cu cdpgune.

Noncy: Welcome to ,,Cooking Todoy"! Todoy l'd like tointroduce you lo o very speciol guest, Liso French. She's thepopulor oulhor of the bestseller ,,A PhD in Homemoking".Liso, thonk you so much for inviting us into your home.

Lisq: ll's my pleosure.Noncy: lf you're wondering whot to moke for lunch,if you hove lo prepore o losl-minute dinner, lhen, Liso is iheperson to osk for help.

Noncy: Listen Liso, l'm hoving o dinner on Solurdoy. Couldyou give me o lip on o quick ond tosty dessert?Lisq: Of course. You con prepore on eosy-to-moke dishwith fresh sfrowberries. The slrowberry seoson only losis ofew weeks, so it's worthwhile moking the best of in-seosonberries. And it con be mode in o iiffy.

Noncy: Oh! Strowberriesl I obsolutely go mod oboulstrowberries! So, lel's gel storted, iust the ideo of strowberriesmokes my mouth woter.Liso: Firsi wosh, d roi n ond hu I I slrowberries for fou r servi ngs,lhen, mosh them io o pulp.

Noncy: All of them?Liso: No. You hove to put oside some good ones fordecorotion.

Noncy: Ok, then whot?Liso: Next, whip obout holf o pint of creom, then whisk twoegg whites stiffly ond fold inlo lhe creom. Add the strowberrypulp ond stir in two toblespoons of cosior sugor.

Noncy: Does il need cooking?Liso: No. All you need lo do is pour the mixture intoindividuol goblets.

Noncy: ls thot oll?Lisq: Don't forgel lo decorote eoch one with o bit of whippedcreom ond the whole slrqwberries you put oside. Now yourdessert's reody to servel

Noncy: Oh, it looks delicious! Lel me hove o toste rightnow!Yummy! This is sensolionol!

Noncy: lf ony of you hove o request regording homemoking,then pleose conlocl us ot our studio: 800 - 33 22 I I or sendon e-moil to [email protected]: Thonk you, Liso, we hove so much lo leorn fromyou.

Lisq: Thonk you for coming!

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Sd Tnfelegem(Solufii lo pos. 95)

Verificd doc6 oi infeles sceno, rdspunzdnd lo urmdtooreleinlrebdri:

Il Lisq hos written o best-selling book.E TrueE Folse

E the slrowberry seoson losts five weeks.E TrueE Folse

E Noncy loves strowberries.D TrueE Folse

H You shouldn'l mosh oll the strowberries.E TrueE Folse

E You need o pint of creom io moke this desserl.E TrueE Folse

Focus

Cu tofii lq mqsd!

$i fie fi s-o fdcut pofta gdndindu-te lo c6pgune, lo fel colui Noncy? Bine, olunci sd recopitul6m impreund cuvinielecele moi importonte din text, de lo cel moi cunoscut lo cel

moi deosebit, penlru o preporq pi noi un desert excelentcu cdpgune, cum o fdcut Liso.

Sd vedem ocum olli termeni moi pufin cunoscufi, dor core,

cu siguronf6, ne vor puteo oiulo lo prepororeo desertuluinoslru:

Food

To cook

I love to cook ony kindof food for my friends

To wqsh

To droin

To hull

Droin the posto whenii is reody

Mdncore

A gdti

Ador sd gdtesc orice fel demdncore pentru prietenii mei

A spdlo

A scurge'

A olege boobele/o decortico,o curdlo de coojd

Firsl wosh, droin ond hull MoiTntdi, spold, usucd

the sirowberries 9i curdfd cdpgunele

Scurge posfele cdnd sunfgofo

Hull beqns ond peos before Decorficheozd fosoleo gi

you cook lhem mozdreo inointe de o lefierbe

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Continudm cu pregdtireo refetei noostre:

To mosh

Pulp

Then mosh the strowberriesto o pulp

Mqshed pototo

TO WHIP - TO WHISK

A zdrobi, o poso

Pulpd/postd

Zdrobegte opoi cdpgunelepdnd devin o posfd

Piure de corlofi

foorte ugor, nu? 56 mergem

AIbug

Frigcd, cremd

Frigcd bdtutd

Ador frigco!

Cupd, polir

Verbele ,,lo whip" (o bofe) gi ,,to whisk" (o mixo, o ornes-teco rneconic) ou o semnificofie foorte osemdndloore.Aminlegte-fi insd c6 primul se folosegte pentru frigcd, ior oldoileo penlru ou6.

Now whip the creom, Acum bote frigco gi pe urmdthen whisk two egg whites bote doud olbuSuri

Cum merge desertul? E

deporte;

Egg whire

Creom

Whipped creqm

I love whipped creom!

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TO POUR - TO SPItt

Exisid doud modoliteli diferite de o ironspune in englezdconceptul de o ,rlurno". Verbul ,,lo pouf", pe core tocmoi

l-om vdzut, indicd ocfiuneo volunlqrd de o lurno un lichidinlr-un pohor sou inlr-un uot. in schimb, cdnd ocfiuneo eoccideniold, se folosegle verbul ,,lo spill". Compord celedoud exemple:

He spilled some woler when A vdrs ot pulind opdincercdndhe tried to pour it bock into sd o toorne in sticldlhe bottle

Don't forget lo decoroteeoch goblei with o bit ofwhipped creom ond somestrowberries

Nu uifo sd ornezi fiecore cupdcu pulind frigcd gi cu cdlevocdpgune

Ai vdzul cdte verbe se poi folosi pentru o refetd simpldco oceosto? Sd revedem ocum cdtevo, moi Tn om6nunt.

TO STIR IN

Verbul ,,to siir" inseomnd ,,o omesleco un lichid". C6ndinsd vrem sd oddugdm ingredienie omestecdndu-le inlr-unlichid se folosegle verbul ,,lo slir in". Compord exemplele:

Stir the milk

Heot lhe milk ond slir inihe cocoo powder

Sou,

Add the cocoo powder lothe milk ond stir it in

Amesfecd loptele

incdlzegte laplele gi odougdcocoo omesfecdnd conlinuu

Adougd cocoo in loplegi ornesfecd

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TO FOID IN

Verbul ,,to fold in" inseomnd ,,o omesleco, o oddugo,,lo un oluot. Verbul implic6 foptul cd ocfiuneo se foce delicot,pentru co oluotul sd iosd moole gi crescul.

Cel moi folosit termen in bucdtdrie penlru o exprimoo uniiole de mdsurd este ,,porfio,,:

Seruing/helping porlie

Con I hove onoiher serving Pot oveo o oltd porlieof meot? de corne?

I olwoys hove two servings lou mereu doud porliiof vegetobles de legume

Would you like onother Ai moi vrect o porliehelping of dessert? de deserf?

loid, ocum prdiiluro noostrd e golo pentru o fiserviid! Le vol6so guro opd tuluror! Apropo... gtii cum se spune,,o ldsoguro op6"?

To mqke somebody/s A-lt ldso guro opdmouth woler

Toke lhe whipped creomond fold in theslrowberry pur6e

Then you fold theslrowberry pur6e intolhe whipped creom

lo frigco gi odougd cremode cdpgune

Apoi odaugd crernode cdpgune lo frigcd

UNITATI DE MAsURA

in incheiere sd vedem cdlevo unitdli de m6surd, penlrucozul ?n core le-oi ocupo de o oltd refeid.Sd ?ncepem cu o curiozitole: in lext se vorbegte despre,,holf o pint of creom". Vrei sd gtii cdt inseomnd? Sd vedemimpreund. -

Termenul ,,pinl", trodus in romdnd cu ,,pinld"/ esle unitoleode mdsurd pentru lichide. Cu toote cd este folositd ot6l inMoreo Britonie cdt gi in Americo, exprimd contitdfi diferitein cele doud fdri. Pinto corespunde cu 568 ml ?n MoreoBritonie 9i cu 550 mlin Stotele Unite.

$i linguro poote fifolosiid co unitoie de mdsurd in refete:

Docd desertul le-o pldcut, vd vor spunei cd e:

This desserl mokes mymoulh woter

Tosty

Delicious

Yummy

Mouth-wolering

imi losd guro opd dupddeserful ocesfo

Gusfos

Delicios, soyuros

Sd tei /ingi pe degefe

Cd-fi losd guro apd dupd el,foorte opelisont

Toblespoon

Add o toblespoonof sugor ond stir

Lingurd

Adougd o lingurd de zohdrgi omesfecd

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Exercifii(Solufii lo pos. 95)

EXERCtTtUT I

Alege cuvdntul corect in ocest exercifiu.

E When the posio is reody you ... it.tr o) drointr b) hullEIc) mosh

E When you crush poiotoes inio o posle you ... ihem.tr o) drointr b) hulltr c) mosh

H lf something is inedible it ... be eoten.E o) conE b) con'f

E When you mix o liquid with o spoon you ... it.tr o)foldtr b) stirE c) pour

E When you tronsfer o liquid from o bottle into o glossyou ... it.tr o)foldtr b) srirE c) pour

E tutv wife ... very well.EI o) cooktr b) cooks

d ... your husbond cook well?tro)Dotr b) Does

E We usuolly ... o pizzo on Soturdoy nighis.fl o) ore orderingtr b) order

E Con I hqve onother ... of posto, pleose?tr o) servingtr b) dish

Ell'- so sorry, I hove iust ... some wine on the floor!tr o) pouredtr b) spilt

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Sol ufii le exercifii lor

Lecfio ITHAT'S IIFE! CHITTING OUT

Sceno 1: I olso enioy doing nothing!

Sd infelegem (pog. 9)1) s;2) c; 3) c; 4) b

Exercifii (pos. 14)

EXERCTTTUT I1l c;2) b; 3) b; 4) o

EXERCTTTUL 2l) do; 2lwere; 3) Does; 4) Hos

Scenq 2: Torol cords never lie!

Sd infelegem (pog. l7)1)b;2)o;3)b;4)b

Exercilii (pos. 23)

EXERCTTtUT 3l)Yes, ldid2) No, l'm not3) Yes, it is4) Yes, she did

EXERCTTtUT 4l) Wrgng (Right; Let's go for o beer, sholl we?)2) Risht3) Wrong (Etght; We hod o pizzo yesterdoy, didn't we?)4)Wrong (Righf; l'm reolly lozy, oren't l?)

Lecfic 2THAT'S LIFE! THE IATEST HAIR STYLE

Srens l: Could you hold o moment, please?

Sd infelegem (pog. 32)1\b; 2) o; 3) c; 4) b

Exerci;ii (pog. 38)

EXERCTTTUL rl)b;2)c;3)c;4)oEXERCTTTUT 2

Jusl o momenl, l'll put you lhrough.)'l) Wrong (Right; Jusl o momenl, l'll put 1

2)Wrong (Right; Con you hold the line?)2)Wrons (Risht;3) RishtaiWTong (Right; ,,Hello, is thd John?" ,,Speoking".)

ScenE 2: Green suits you!

5d infelegem (pog.41)l)o;2)b;3)c;4)bExercilii (pos. 47)

EXERCTTIUt 31) Risht2) Wiong (Right; Would you mind spelling thot for me?)3) Wrong (Right; Sorry to keep you woiiing)4i Wrong (Right; Hold on o minute, l'll moke o note of thot)

EXERCTTTUL 41) this; 2) through; 3) off; 4) on

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Lecfiu 3THAT'S LIFE! THIS IS MY AUNT CAROLINA!

Scenu l: Whol o bunch of nuls!

Sd infelegem (pog. 52)1)c;2\b;3)b;4)cExerci;ii (pog. 60)

EXERCITIUL I1)b;2)o;3)c;4)cEXERCTTIUL 21) Wrong inight; You needn't work lomorrow. Toke q holidoy)2)Wrong (Right; Moy I help you?)3) Right4) Wiong (Right; You reolly should osk Shoron io help you)

Scens 2': Nice lo meel you, cunl Cqrolino!

Sd infelegem (pog. 64)1)o; 2)c;3)c;4)bExerci;ii (pog. 69)

EXERCTTIUt 3'l) Peler nu pooie fi ozi ocos6, dd nigte probe.2) Ar trebui s6 oiungd ocosd pdnd lo oro Fose3)Ar puteo fiin int6rziere.4) Ar fi putut lelefono.

EXERCTTIUL 4'l

) Wrong'(Right; Aunt Corolino con't be coming tonight)2) Right3i Wiong (Right; Shouldn't we buy some food, iust in cose?)4) Rieht

Television ProgrommesLET'S TALK

The city or lhE counlryside?

Sd infelegem (pog. 76)1) Folse; 2) Folse; 3)True; 4)frue; 5) Folse

Exerci;ii (pos. 80)

EXERCTTTUt I1) b; 2) o; 3) b; a) b; 5) o; 6) b; 7) o; 8) b; 9) o; 10) b

Television Programm€sKITCHEN

Strawberry Whip

Sd infelegem (pog. 84)I ) TrJe; 2) Folse; 3) True; 4) True; 5) Folse

Exerci;ii (pog. 90)

EXERCITTUL r1) o; 2) cj g) U; a) b; 5) c; 6)b; 7) b; 8) b; 9) o; l0) b

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Fotmule Si expresii ca sti uorbe;ti' la lelefon

Lecfia 3 - That's life! * This is my aunt Carolina!

Se.mniJicalia uerbelor rnod,ale . lbl.osirea lor pentru a exprima posi,bilitate, probabilitate $i certitudine

Programe TV - Let' talk: The city or the countryside?Programe TV - Let's talk: Strawberry Whip

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