Упр.1 Юнит 4 Урок 6 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 9 класс
What opportunities does the teacher tell her pupil Penny about?
— In Years 10 and 11, you’ll study compulsory and optional subjects. And you will prepare for GCSE exams. There are around 50 GCSE subjects.
— Really? But I’m afraid I can’t choose the right subjects for me.
— You really needn’t worry about it. The schools will organise a few lessons in the “new” subjects, to give you some idea of what they are like.
— Am I supposed to take exams in all the subjects?
— No, you can choose some of the subjects.
In the conversation find:
- how to calm and reassure someone;
- how to ask if you must/should do something.
Here are some other ways of expressing these functions. Replace the phrases in the conversation with the phrases from the box.
ASKING IF YOU MUST DO SOMETHING
Do I (really) have to …
Do I (really) need to …
Aren’t I expected to/supposed to (От меня ждут/я должен …?)
CALMING AND REASSURING SOMEONE (Успокоить и подбодрить кого-либо)
There is nothing to worry about. (Не о чем беспокоиться.)
You (really) needn’t worry about …
I shouldn’t worry/get upset if I were you. (На твоем месте я бы не беспокоился.)
I’m sure things will turn out fine in the end. (Я уверен, всё будет хорошо.)
Try and look on the bright side. (Попытайся смотреть на вещи оптимистически.)
Complete the conversations using the functions from ex. 1.3). Listen to check.
In Years 10 and 11, pupils will study compulsory and optional subjects and prepare for GCSE exams. There are around 50 GCSE subjects, and the schools will organise a few lessons in the “new” subjects to help pupils choose.
To calm and reassure someone: “You really needn’t worry about it.”
To ask if you must/should do something: “Am I supposed to take exams in all the subjects?”
Asking if you must do something:
Do I really have to …? / Do I really need to …? / Aren’t I expected to / supposed to …?
Calming and reassuring someone:
There is nothing to worry about. / You really needn’t worry about … / I shouldn’t worry if I were you. / I’m sure things will turn out fine in the end. / Try and look on the bright side.
1) — There are 50 subjects to study! Aren’t I supposed to study all of them? — There’s nothing to worry about. You have to study only 5 compulsory subjects and you can choose the others.
2) — I’m really afraid that I’ll fail the test again. — I shouldn’t get upset if I were you. Wait until you get the results of the test.
3) — Science is one of the most difficult subjects for me. Especially I hate Chemistry. I am scared to take an exam in it. — Try and look on the bright side. You can choose what exam to take: Science as a whole subject or three different exams in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
