Сборник упражнений по английскому языку

37. Complete the given phrases. 1. The sooner, ... 2. The longer the day (is), ... 3. The more wc learn, ... 4. The more expensive the wedding, ... 5. The later one goes to bed, ... 6. The better the idea, ... 7. The sunnier the weather, ... 8, The more knowledge you get .... 9. The broader your outlook, ... 10. The richer your vocabulary, ... 11. The less chocolate you eat, ... 12. The farther from home, ... 13. The more kids you have, ... 14. The smarter a person is, ... 15. The longer we study English, ... 38. Compare. 1. two different fruits 2. a cat and a dog 3. two flowers 4, rock music and classical music 5. two academic subjects 6. comedy and tragedy 7 reading and writing 8. being single and being married 9. two of your friends 10. your life now with what it was like ten years ago. 11. your physical appearance now with the way you looked as a child 12. two movie stars 13. two holidays 14. two of your teachers 15. chil ­ dren with parents. 39. Read the text and retell it. Colourful English Colours colour our language - and that is not just pigment of my imagination. Think of the words we use to describe how we feel. At various times we are green with envy, gray with exhaustion, red with embarrassment, or white with rage. We can fall into a black mood, a purple passion, or a blue funk; when things start looking up, we feel in the pink. Even the animal world gets pamted by the colouring of human imagination. Have you ever owned a white elephant? Before you shake your head no, remember that nowadays the expression white elephant means an object of some worth that nobody else seems to want, like a huge out-of-style couch or a pedal-driven sewing machine. White elephant refers back to the albino elephants once considered sacred in Siam (now Thailand). These creatures were so rare that each one bom be­ 18