Exercise 50 Decide which descriptions go with which sentences.

1. I might go out later on. 2. You must wait in the queue. 3. I’d rather cycle than walk. 4. Yes, of course you can borrow my bike. 5. We ought to write a letter of thanks. 6. We could all meet up next weekend. 7. I daren’t look down. 8. This phone number must be wrong. 9. Shoes must not be worn in the gym. 10. The café should open soon. 11. Could you dry these dishes?

a) giving permission; b) making a suggestion; c) making a request; d) saying something will probably happen; e) saying something is necessarily true; f) expressing an uncertain intention; g) saying what is the right thing to do; h) forbidding something; i) saying you are afraid to do something; j) saying you prefer one thing to another; k) ordering someone to do something.

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Exercise 51 Read and translate the following funny story. What would you do in such a situation if you were:

1) an old-fashioned English conductor, or

2) a young Ukrainian railwayman.

An old lady on her first railroad trip noticed the bell cord overhead and was told by a naughty boy that it was to ring when she wanted anything to eat.

Shortly afterwards the old lady reached up with her umbrella and gave it a pull. The whistle sounded, the brakes were put on, and the train stopped. In a few seconds the conductor came rushing through the train and asked:

‘Who pulled that bell?’

‘I did,’ replied the old lady. ‘You may bring me some ham sandwiches and a cup of tea, if you will.’

Do you know that …

the word University (Latin universitas) like the word College (Latin collegium) meant originally a society of people with a common employment; it was only later that it came to be associated with scholarship (here: knowledge obtained by study)?

Tripos is a degree examination at Cambridge? In the past, when the student went for his degree examination it took him some time to show his knowledge of three subjects (Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric). So he was allowed to bring a small stool or ‘Tripos’ to sit on, and to this day the degree examinations at Cambridge are called ‘Tripos’ examinations.

‘Town and Gown’ Battles took place in the past and especially in the 14^th century, when there were a great number of quarrels between townsmen and students? The University was anxious to be independent of the Town, and the Town was anxious for authority over the new student population. The biggest quarrel broke out in 1354 which turned into a three day fight during which many students were killed.

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