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Thot's life! Unrequited love

Thol's life! | need o breok! 43 Sceno l: I like il when you smile!

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Scenq I : Didn't you nolice onything? Sd infelegem Focus

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,,Simple Posf ol verbelor regulote gi neregulole

Focus

Adlectivele

Exercifii Scenq 2: Whqt do you core qbout il?

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Scenq 2: Whot oboui buying q Ferrori?

Sd infelegem

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Sd infelegem

Focus

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Focus

Cum conslruim propozifii negotive gi interogotive

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56 infelegem

cu,,Simple Posf' Exercifii

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Exercifii

Folosireo lui ,,should" penlru o do gi q cere sfoluri Exercifii

Vocqbulqr

Vocobulor

Televison Progrommes Lecfio 5

Thot's life!- An interesling survey 25 Sceno I : Music isn'l the only thing in life! 27 Sd infelegem 28 Focus Recopituloreo,,Simple Posf'

Music

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John Lennon Sd infelegem Focus

Muzico gi englezo

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Exercilii

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Exercifii

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Scenq 2: l'm not your secretory!

Lei's tolk

Sd infelegem

55 67 58

Focus

Expresiile temporole

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Exercifii

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Vocobulor

Bill Gotes Sd infelegem

Focus

Lumeo ofocerilor

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Exercifii

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Thqt's life! Unrequited love

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Troducereo episoodelor Leclio 4

Thot's life! Drogoste neimpdrtogitd 73 Scenq l: N-oi observot nimic?

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Sceno 2: Ce-fi posd?

Lecfio 5

Thoi's life! Un test interesont 77 Sceno l: Nu e numqi muzicq in viof6!!

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Sceno 2: Nu sunl secrelqro lo!

lecfic 6

Thot's life! Am nevoie de o pouzd! 8l Sceno l: imi ploce c6nd zdmbepti! 83 Sceno 2: Ce zici sd cumperi un Ferrori? Progrome de televiziune

Music 85 John Lennon Let's tolk

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Solufiileexercifiilor

Anne ogleoptd cu emofie intoqrcereo lui Jock. E otrosd mult de el 9i o pregdtit o cind romonlicd frugold. Lo gromoticd vedem cum se formeozd Simple Posi ol verbelor regulote 9i nereguloie, precum gi folosireo ouxiliorului,,did".

Didn't you nolice onything? SCENA I Anne: Hi, Jock... (Jack vorbegte lo felefon cu peful lui 9i n-o bogd in seomd

pe Anne.) Jock: ... Yes, thoi's exoctly whot I lold him. I sent him on e-moil osking for more informolion... No, I didn'i... l'm sorry, I didn't hove enough time iodoy... Okoy, okoy, l'll coll him in len minutes! Bye.

Anne: Hi, Jock! So... Did you hove o good doy? Jock: No, I didn't. lt wos o horrible doy, Anne. I hod o loi of work to do... First I mei some clients in the city. We met ol nine o'clock ond finished ol two. After thoi I checked ihe monthly profit ond loss occounts twice ond then I wrote some letlers... l'm so tired...

Anne: Well, now relqx! Hove o gloss of wine... You're lucky... l'm cooking losogno, your fovouriie dish... Jock: No, thonks Anne. I oie losogno qt lunch.

Anne: Oh... But ii's nol o problem.'. l'll prepore something else... And oftei dinner we con wotch Wimbledon on W. There is o men's singles motch. lt should be exciting.

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Jock: l'm sorry Anne, 1... I con'i... I hove some work to finish. And then l'm going io my korole gym. Thol's how I relox!

Anne: Hey, Jock, iusi

o

moment! Didn't you notice

onything? Jock: Did you cleon the kitchen?

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Anne: No, ldidn't... Jqck: Ah... Did you... Receive your ,,morvellous sel of

Anne hos cleoned the kitchen but Jock didn't notice.

E True E Folse

Chinese plotes"?

Anne: No, Jock! Nothing obout

the house...

ll's obout

Focus

me...

Jock: Oh, I seel You bought q new poir of shoes, didn,t you? They're very nice! Well... I hove to go, now. h's lote.

Anne: li doesn't motter! Go! Byel Such o woste of time...

Am invdlot onterior Simple Pqsi ol verbului ,,io be". Acum vom vedeo cum se formeozd trecutul lo celelolte verbe. Jine minie cd Simple Poste corespunde iimpurilor imperfeci, perfect simplu gi perfecl compus din romdnd.

Sd ?nfelegem (Solufii lo pos. 91) Verificd docd oiinfeles, rdspunzdnd lo urm6ioorele intrebdri:

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,,Simple Pqsl" ql verbelor regulqle ti neregulote

VERBE REGUTATE

in limbo englezd exisid dou6 tipuri de verbe: regulote 9i Wh,y did Jqck hove such o ierribile doy?

E o) Becouse he worked very hord

tr

b) Becouse he lost his wollet EI c) Becouse he orgued with Shqron

neregulofe. Treculul verbelor regulole se formeozd oddugdnd

,,-ed" lo formo de bozd o verbului (infinitiv fdrd ,,1o"), dupd cum se orold in schemo urmdtoore:

Formo de bozd q verbului + -ed

H Why doesn'l Jock wont to eot losogno? E o) Becouse he ote losogno for lunch

Ploy (o (se) juco)

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Visit (o vizito\

tr b) Becouse he doesn't like losogno c) Becouse he wonls to eol

o

pizzo tonight

+ -ed ) + -ed )

ployed visiled

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Verbele core se termind in ,,-ic" odougd consoono ,,k" inointe de desinenf e ,,-ed", dupd cum orold urmdtorul exemplu:

Verbele core se termind in ,,e" odougd lo irecut door desinenfo ,,-d" lo formo de bozd o verbului, dupd cum pofi vedeo in exemplele ce urmeqzd:

Picnic (o luo o gusfore * -k + -ed )

in oer liber)

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Live (o frdi)

Hope (o spero)

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lived

VERBE NEREGUTATE

hoped

Verbele core se termind in ,,y" precedoi de consoon6 pierd lo trecul ,y" 9i primesc desinenfo ,,-ied". Doc6 ,,y,, esle precedol de vocol6, nu se foce oceosld schimbore, dupd cum se orol6 tn exemplele urm6toore: Hurry (o se

grdbi)

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Morry (o se cdsdfori) - y Ploy (o (se) juco)

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hurried mqrried ployed

Verbele neregulote formeozd lrecutul fiecore in felul lui. De oceeo, singuro metodd penlru o fi le ominti este s6 le invefi pe de rost unul c6le unul. lotd o listd cu principolele verbe neregulole din limbo englezd: become (o deveni)

become

beqin (o fncepe) brino (o oduce)

beqqn brousht built bouqht come did

build (o consfrui) buy (o cumpdro)

Verbele core se lermind cu o singurd consoond precedotd de o singur6 vocold dubleqzd consoono finold, dupd cum se orotd ?n exemplele urmdloore:

come (o veni)

opri) + -p + -ed ) Plon (o plonificol + -n + -ed )

eol (o m6nco) find (o sdsi) flv b zburol

Stop (o

sropped

plonned

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do (o foce) drink (o beo)

oet (o deveni; o obfine) oive (o do) qe (s pleco)

preferred

hove (o oveo) keeo fo fine)

regretted

moke (o foce)

drqnk ole found flew qol qove

wenl hod keot mode

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I lived in New lost yeor

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sell (o vinde) send (o lrimitel speok {o vorbi) spend (o pefrece)

tell (o spune) think (o odndi) write (o scrie)

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FOTOSIREA SIMPLE PAST Simple Post se folosegte pentru o descrie ocfiuni 9i situofii core s-ou intdmplot ori s-ou incheiot intr-un momeni onume din lrecut. Ago cum om vdzul in lecfio lrecutd, propozifiile sunl ?nsofite odeseo de expresii temporole specifice. They ployed golf yesterdoy Ei/ele au iucol golf ieri She

visited her

friends

in New York losl

summer

Voro trecutd eo gi-o vizilol prielenii lo New York

FORMA AFIRMATIVA Lo ofirmotiv, Simple Post ore o singurd formd lo toote persoonele", dup6 cum orotd tobelul urmdlor:

lwolked You wolked

You gove

He/she/ir wolked

Helshe/it gove

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gove

wolked

We gqve

You wolked

You gove

We

They

wolked

They gove

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Exercif ii

Whst do you core sboul il?

(Solufii lo pos. 91)

EXERCtTtUT I Completeozd propozifiile, olegdnd formo corecld.

E

Sne ... io her friend on the phone. tr o) speoked tr b) spoke

H they ... qbout tr o)rqlkd

their exom.

tr b) did tolk tr c)tolked

c) spoke

E tte ... it wos difficult. tr o) soyed tr b) soid tr c) soied

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She soid it ... lqte.

E o)wosn't E b)weren't E c)were not

EXERCTTTUL 2 Completeozd propozifiile cu Simple posi ol verbelor dintre poronleze.

2

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Shoron: HeyAnne... Thonks o loiforthetip on lhe bookshop... Oh my GodlAnne!Whot's hoppening here? Moke-up... Lei me see... New hoir-style, new dress... You look greot! Anne: At losi somebody noticed my chonge!

Shoron: li's impossible not to notice it! Anne: Thonks!... Well, whot were you tolking obout?

Shoron: Oh, I wonled lo thonk you for the tip on ihe bookshop! lt's o greol shop. Anne: Greqt. l'm glod you liked it. I love sitting ond drinking o cup of coffee ond looking ot books' Shqron: Yes, ihot's exoctly whot I did: I sot down, ordered o cup of coffee ond reod. And I found oll the books I wonted! Anne: Whol books did you buy?

Shoron: I boughi o biogrophy obout Virginio Woolf ond o book oboui orchoeology. And you... Whoi ore you doing? Anne: l'm trying nol to think obout oll my problems... So, l'm looking oi some piciures.

Peter ond

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We were in Edinburgh! We went for o trip, do you remember?

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o loi of very good fish. (eot)

E Peter

....... o theotre there. (visit)

Shqron: Yes, I do! How funny Alice wos with ihqt Scotlish hoi! Did we go by cor? Anne: Oh, no. we didn't. We went by troin. And ot the very lost moment Peler didn't come becouse of the oudition!

to the Bohomos lost yeor. (go)

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Acum continud sd foci exercifii cu Simple post gi invofd sd distingi verbele neregulole de cele regulote.

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Shoron: Con I see ihem? Anne: Sure! They're pictures of us! Oh, look... Look otthis one!

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Shoron: Yes! As usuol... And who is this? I don't know him! Anne: Oh, lhot's Fronk, o friend of mine. I mei him on holidoy in Norwoy. We hod o good time together.

Sd ?nfelegem

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(Solufii lo pog. 91)

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Shoron: ... And? Anne: Afterwords he went his woy ond I went my woy.

Verificd docd oi infeles sceno, rdspunzdnd lo urmdtoorele intrebdri:

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Shoron: Yeoh, thot's life! Did you hqve on offoir with him?

Anne: No, no, I didn'|... Nothing like thot. We were only good friends!

Shoron: Do you keep in louch? Anne: No, we don't. Well... He wrole me o letter five yeors ogo. He senl me on invitqtion to his wedding. Shoron: Did you go?

Anne: No, I didn't. Well... Unfortunotely, I hod o lot of work ond I couldn't get owoy.

Shoron: Hey, bul this is Jockl How smort he looks in this picture!

Anne:

Yes, yes he does!

Shqron: Do you mind, Anne, if I keep this picture with me? Anne: 1... I do mindl No woy, l'm sorry, Shoron! But no! Shoron: Why not?l Whol do you core obout it? Anne: And you? Whot do you core obout it? (Jock se inloorce pe neogfepfofe in cosd gi le gdsegfe pe cele doud fele cerfdndu-se. . . )

Jock: Hey girls, whoi's hoppening here?l

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Anne: Nothing ot oll! Shorcn: Why?

E Whot did Shoron do in the bookshop? tr o) She lefl becouse she didn'f find the books she wonted tr b) She sot down ond hqd o coffee tr c) She woiled for Peter

E

ln whot woy does Anne try not to lhink obout

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problems? tr o) By cooking o coke tr b) By looking ol some photos tr c) By listening to some music

E the girls wenl io Edinburgh

by cor to see Peter in o

performonce. E True

E

Folse

E Why didn't Anne go to Fronk's wedjing? E o) Becouse she wos in lioly with her sisler tr b) Becouse she wos ill E

c) Becouse she hod lo work

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FORMA INTEROGATIVA

Focus

Sd vedem ocum in ce fel se conslruiesc formele negolivd gi interogotivd o Simple Posl.

Formo negoiivd e unicd penlru verbele regulole gi pentru verbele neregulote, fiind lo fel lo toote persoonele. Se conslruiegte cu ouxiliorul ,,did" urmol de negofio ,,not" gi de formo de bozd o verbului (verbul lo infinitiv fdrd ,,1o"). in limbo curentd se preferd formo conlrosd ,,didn't", dup6 cum orold schemo urmdtoore:

Subiect + did noVdidn't + verb ls infinitiv fdrd ,,to" + determindri ulterioore

' did not/didn'l

month

see lhem Luno lreculd eu nu i-om vdzut

did not/didn't heor me fu nu m-oi ouzit Helshe did not/didn't visit him El/eo nu l-o vizital

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week

lost

month

rqin

Luno lrecutd nu

o plouol

We

did noldidn't buy the Noi

You

did not/didn'l go to

They

yeor

Anul trecut voi nu oli fosf in Scofio

did not/didn'l go to the leri ei/ele nu au fost porty

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consirucfio esle urmdlooreo:

Particulfi inlerogolivd + did * subiect + formE de bszi o verbului {fdrd ,,1o"} + determindri ulterioore + ? At whot time did I go io sleep losi night?

Who

How

whv Whot Where

did you qrrive? did he/she see? did it hoppen?

Lo ce ord m-om dus eu lo

culcore noopfeo lreculd?

C6nd oi sosit? Pe cine o vdzul

el/eo?

Cum s-o intdmplot?

De ce l-orn vdndut noi? did we sell it? did you tqlk obout? Despre ce oli vorbil voi? Unde s-ou dus ei/ele did they go lost week?

sdpfdmdno freculd?

nu om cumpdrot cqso

house

Scotlond lost

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sdptdmdna trecutd

did not/didn'f

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Lo Tntrebdrile introduse prinlr-o porticul6 interogotivd,

When

You

lost

$i peniru propozifiile interogoiive exist6 o singur6 formd penlru verbele regulote gi neregulote; 9i ?n oceostd situofie coniugoreo e identicd lo toole persoonele. Formo interogotiv6 se conslruiegie cu ouxiliorul ,,did" urmol de subiect 9i de formo de boz6 o verbului (verbul lo infinitiv fdrd ,,1o"), dupd cum poli observo Tn schemo ce urmeozd: Did + subiect + verb lo infinitiv fdrd ,,to" + determindri ulterioqre + ?

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yesterdoy

lo petrecere

Fii otent: lo rdspunsurile scurte (cele core cer un ,,do" ori un ,,nu") se repetd ouxiliorul ,did, precedol de subiect (exemplu: Did you toke ii? Yes, I did/No, I didn't ) L-oi Iuot? Da/Nu\.

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wenl oul lost night

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Where did you go?

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sow o good film

Whot film did you

see?

wqs very good Wos it good? After we went to o pizzo ploce Where did you go It

beer drink? We tolked oboul ihe film We dronk some Whqt did you

oboui?

Am vdzut un film bun Ce film qi vdzut?

Didn't you see Alice yesterdoy?

Ero foorle bun

Didn't he/she poy the bill? N-o pldtit el/eo consumafio?

lJnde oli fost dupd oceeo? Eu om luol o pizzo quoltro

sfogioni Ce pizzo fi-oi luol? Noi om bdut nigfe bere Ce ofi bdut? Noi om vorbit despre film Despre

ce ofi vorbit?

Noi om plecof lo 11.30

or

de

.l.30

Whol iime did you

lo redauronl

leove? [o ce ord

oli plecot?

Fii otent: dup6 cum observi, lo formo interogotivd loote verbele primesc ouxiliorul ,did, cu excepfio verbului ,,lo be", core io formo ,,wos" lo primo gi o treio persoond singulor gi ,,were" lo toole celelolte.

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Formo interogotiv-negotivd se folosegle moi qles cu formele controse, dupd cum vezi in schemo core urmeozd:

by cor?

We left lhe reslouront 1

EGATIVA

Didn't lcome

Dupd oceeo orn mers lo o pizzerie

Whoi type ol pizzo did you hqve?

N

Unde oi fost?

Ero bun?

ofter? I hqd o four seosons pizzo

Whol did you tolk

Am iegil ieri seord

FORMA I NTE ROGATIV-

Didn't ii snow

Nu orn venil eu cv mogino? Nu oi vdzuf-o ieri pe Alice?

N-o nins qcum doud zile?

two doys ogo?

Didn't we gel the tickeis?

Nu om lucll noi bilelele?

Didn't you go

Nu ofi fosf ieri seord lo film?

to the cinemo lost night?

Didn't they hove q nice holidoy?

N-ou pelrecut ei/ele o voconld frumoosd?

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Exercif ii

Vocabulqr

(Solufii lo pos. 91)

Acum inceorcd sd exersezi construind propozifii negotive, interogolive gi interogotiv-negotive cu Simple Pqst. Co sd invefi pronunfio corecld o verbelor, te sfdtuim sd te uifi din nou pe DVD 9i s6 osculfi CD-ul.

EXERCtTtUT 3 Tro nsformd

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rmdloo rele propozif ii in propozif ii interogotive.

Peter ond Shoron went to the Bohomos lost summer.

E they hod o good time. H they swom every doy.

E they didn't visit ony other islonds. EXERCtTtUt

4

Trodu in englez6.

E

Cand oi sosit?

E

Ce film oiv6zut oseord?

E

Oe ce s-ou dus eilele lo Poris?

E

N-o nins sdptdmdno trecut6.

qccounl socoteol6, cont

qffqir relofie; ofocere,

fovourile prefero/d finish (to) o iermino,

treobd

o sfdrgi

ofterwqrds dupd oceeo; cq urmore, pe urmd, opoi orchoeology orheologie

friend prieten/6 funny coroghios/oosd,

qs cum

ol lost lo sfOr;it, in cele din urm6, in fine qudition oudilie biogrophy biogrofie buy (to) o cump6ro, o ochizifiono coll (to) o lelefono, o suno pe cinevo lo telefon cqr oulomobil, mogind core (to) o-i pdso, o se intereso, o se Tngriioro, o se preocupo chonge (to) o schimbo, o vqrio check (to) o controlo, o verifico Chinese chinezesc city orog (centru) cook (to) o gdti, o preporo mdncore dinner cind dish forfurie dress rochie eqt (lo) o mdnco exoctly exoct, precis; sirict, riguros

disiroctiv/d glod bucuros/oosd gloss sticl6; pohor God Doomne, Doomne! (excl.)

hoir-style piepldndtu16, coofurd

hoppen (to) o se intdmplo, o se produce, o surveni hol p616rie horrible oribil/6, infiordtor, grooznic, teribil, insp6imdntdtor house cosd impossible imposibil invitqtion invitofie keep (to) o fine, o menfine kitchen bucdtdrie lel (to) o l6so, o permile; o luo cu imprumut letter scrisoore loss pierdere love (to) o iubi, o fine lo cinevo; o-i pldceo lucky norocos/oosd lunch prdnz moke-up ford, mochioi

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Lecfio 5 montellous minunot/d, mognific/d, g rondios/oosd, mdref/eofd mqtch portid6, intdlnire, intrecere, meci moller (to) o conlo meet (lo) o intdlni

monlhly lunor nice drdguf/d, grofios/oos6 Norwoy Norvegio nothing nimic, nul notice (to) o nolo, o observo, o fii olent, o sesizo only door, numoi order (to) o comondo poir pereche plote forfurie prepqre (lo) o pregdti problem problemd profit profit, cdgtig, dobdnd6, beneficiu reod (to) o citi receive (to) o primi relox (lo) o se reloxo, o se odihni Scottish scofion send (ro) o expedio, o lrimiie, o lronsmiie shoe pontof singles meci de simplu/ single (tenis)

smqrt drdguf/d; elegont/6; slrd ucitor/oore; spirituol/d, I

foscinont

somebody cinevo such osem6ndlor, ideniic, o9o, lol ol6t de, co gi tip sfot, pont togelher impreund louch confoct, olingere trqin tren

lrip excursie,

drumefie

try (lo) o incerco, o probo; o guslo; o lotono, o sondo, o polpo lwice de doud ori, dublu unfortunqtely din nefericire, spre nenorocul wosle risip6, pierdere, irosire wqtch (fo) o te uilo, o fi olenl lo; o suprovegheo, o observo woy drum, cole, strod6; direcfie; modolilote, fel, puncl de vedere (no woy: in nici un fel) wedding cdsdlorie, nunld, morioi, cdsnicie

wine vin work serviciu, muncd, lucru

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intdlnim pe Jock 9i pe Peter core disculd informoticd; inlre limp, Alice inceorcd despre muzicd despre 9i despre drogosle. ln porteo cheslionor cu un sd-i deronieze Post 9i vedem core sunt Simple de gromolicd recopituldm prepozifiile gi expresiile lemporole pe core le cere oceostd formd verbo16.

in ocest

episod

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Music isn'f lhe only thing in life! SCENA I Jock: Peler, sorry, could you stop singing? 1... I con't reod..' Peler: Sorry Jock, whot ore you reoding?

Jqck: ll's o book obout invenlions. Peler: Reolly? Con I hove o look? Jock: Sure. l'm reoding oboui lhe compuler. Peter: Oh, Jockl You hove o serious-problem... You work hord oll doy long qnd then you spend your spore lime reoding obout computers.. Jock: The some opplies lo you... With music, I meonl Peter: Are you crozy? How con you compore music wilh compulers? Anywoy, music is my iob. You know... We're performing in o few doys... l'm so neryous...

Jock: I know, I know... But music isn'l the only thing in life! l'm studying for my Europeon Compuler Driver's License. Does thot counl? Peter: Sure it does... But music is more interesiing!

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Jock: Thol's your opinion, Peterl For exomple did you know thqt Bill Gotes founded Microsoft, but the compuier goes bock to the l9rh century? Peler: They builf o computer in ihe l gth century? Jock: No, John Bobboge hod the ideo for ihe first computer in the 19ih century. He colled il the "onolyticol engine"...

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Alice: Did you kiss her immediotely? Jock: No, it took me o long time... She gove me o kiss for my birthdoy in Jonuory!

Alice: lnteresting... Very inleresling... Next quesiion... (Sund

surveys?

Alice: I guess it's o hobby... A little stronge, I know. Anywoy, it's o woy to leorn something new obout ourselves... You know?... l'm curious, oren't you too? Well, ore you reody? Peter: No, no! Not me! Pleose, leqve me olone, Alice. I hove more importont things to lhink oboui! Bye, bye! (Se ridicd 9i pleocd). Alice: Jock? Jock:. Okoy, okoy! Whot ore the questions? Shoot!

Alice: So, this questionnoire is obout love... Firsi question: when wos the firsi time you kissed someone? Jock: Oh... Thol's on inleresling question... I kissed o girl for lhe firsl time two yeors ogo. Alice: Come on, you're ioking! Jock: Yeoh, I guess I om. No... I kissed her in 1982. Alice: How did you know it wos I982? Jock: I remember it well. I met her during the summer holidoy... I wos riding my bicycle ond when I sow her I fell off... She wos so beoutiful! 26

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(lnlrd Alice cu un zior in mdnd.) Alice: Hey guys! Whot ore you tolking obout? I've

got o questionnoire for you. Are you reody? Peter: Not ogoin! Why do you like onswering oll these

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Sd ?nfelegem (Solufii lo pos. 92) R6spunde lq urmdtoqrele intrebdri:

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tr tr tr

Whot is Jock reoding? o) The newspoper b)A love slory c)A book obout inventions

E When wos the computer invented? tr o)When Bill Gotes creoted Microsoft tr b) ln the 1 9th century thonks to on iiJeq of John Bobboge tr c) During lhe First World Wor H Whot is Alice's questionnoire obout?

tr o) Friendship tr b) Love tr c)Work E When did Jock first kiss someone? tr o) Two yeors ogo tr b) ln 1982 during the summer holidoys tr c) ln Jonuory 1982, on his birthdoy

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Recopitulqreq,,Simple Pqsl"

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VERBE REGUTATE Simple Posl se folosegte penlru o descrie ocfiuni gi situofii core s-ou ?ntdmplot ori s-ou incheiot inlr-un momeni onume din trecut. in cozul ocesio corespunde perfectului simplu gi perfectului compus din romdn6. in unele siluofii poote fi irodus gi cu imperfeclul, oiunci exprimdnd in romdnd o oc,tiune durotivd in lrecut. Verbele regulole formeozd irecutul prin oddugoreo desinenfei ,,-ed" lo formo de boz6 o verbului (infinitiv fdrd ,,to") gi lo tooie persoonele ou oceeogi coniugore, dupd cum qrotd schemo ce urmeozdl

Formo de bozd o verbului + -ed

juco) Wonl (o vreo) Ploy (o (se)

+ +

-ed ) -ed )

He ployed lennis with his friends yesterdoy They wonted to visit us lost yeor

ployed

wonted

build (costruire) buv {o cumpdro)

come cosl cul

do (o foce) drink la hpa) eol lo rn6nco) find (o odsi) flv b zburo\ aal lrt davoni. n ahtinal oive (o dol oo (o rneroe) hove fo oveo) know (o gti, o cunoogte) leove (o pleco) moke (o foce) meet (o intdlnil poy (o pldti) pui (o pune)

did dronk ole found flew qol

reod (o cifi)

leri, elo iucot lenis cu prietenii lui

soy (o spune)

vizill onul

sell (o vinde)

Voiou sd ne focd o

lrecul

see (o vedeo)

send (o lrimitel speok (o vorbil spend (o petrece)

VERBE NEREGULATE ti$lflilff-,1 be (o fi) heoin la inccnel breok (o ruoe. o.sooroel hrinn la .lrr.o n ^.Jrr.ol

come lo venil cosl (o cosfo) ai (a lfria\

toke (o luo)

wqs/were beoon broke brouohl q construi bouoht

teoch (o predo, o invdlo oe cinevol

tell (o spune) think (o gdndi) understond (o infelege) write (o scrie)

oove

wenl hod knew left mode mel poid put reod sqid sqw sold senl spoke spenl took tought

told lhoughl underslood wrole

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FORMA AFIRMATIVA

FORMA INTEROGATIVA

Lo ofirmotiv, Simple Posl ore o singurd formd de coniugore

lq tooie persoonele.

o o

Construcfio propozifiilor ofirmotive

e foorte simpld:

Subiecl * verb lo Simple Post expresii de timp determinot

f

determindriulterioqre +

They visited their ount lost weekend

La sfdrgitul sdpfdmdnii frecufe s-ou dus in vizild lo mdlugo lor

The secrelory

Secreforo i-o f dcut o pro g ra ma re

mode o reservoiion for him losl month

luno treculd

$i formo inlerogolivd este uno singurd ot6l pentru verbele regulote cdt gi pentru cele neregulole, ior coniugoreo e identicd lo looie persoonele. Se construiegte cu ouxilioiul ,,did,, urmoi de subiect 9i de formo de bozd q verbului:

Did + subiect + verb ln infinifiv f6rfi ,,fo" + determindri ulterioore + expresie de timp determinqt + ? Did you wotch Wimbledon Te-oi uitqt ieri seord lo on TV yesterdoy? televizor lo Wimbledon? Rdspunsurile scurle conslruiesc osffel:

FORMA NEGATIVA

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lo inlrebdri cu verbul lo trecul

Formo ofirmolivd

Formo neoolivd

cdt gi pentru cele neregulote gi esle identicd lo ioote

Yes,fsubiect+did

persoonele. Se conslruiegie cu ouxiliorul ,,did" urmot de negofio ,,not" gi de formo de bozd o verbului, dupd cum se poote vedeo din schemo urmdtoore:

No,fsubiect+didn't

-

Did you reod thoi

-

Yes, I did

Formo negotivd e uno singurd otdt pentru verbele regulote

Subieci + did + not * verb lo infinitiv fdr6 o,to', + determindri ulterioore + expresie de timp determinot

/

No,

book? - Ai citit corteo I didn't - Do/Nu

se

oceeo?

Lo intrebdrile introduse cu o portituld

inlerogotivd,

construclio e urmdiooreo: Suson did not buy thoi book yeslerdoy

Suson nu

o cumpdrot corteo

oceeo ieri

FORMA NEGATIVA CONTRASA

When did he get bock home losi night?

Construcfio propozifiei e urmdioqreo: Subiect + didn'f + verb lo infinitivfdre",,to"

Lo ce ord s-o fnfors ocosd ieri

noopte?

* determindri

ulterioore + expresie de timp determinqt Jone

Forliculd interegativd + did * subiect + verb lo infinitiv fdr6,,lo'n + determindri ulterioore + expresie de timp delerminqt + ?

didn't come yesterdoy Jone nu o venil ieri

FORMA INTEROGATIV.NEGATIVA Formo interogoliv-negotivd e folositd moi oles cu formele controse, oto cum o orqld exemplele core urmeozd:

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N-o venif eo ieri sd le vodd?

Didn't she visit you yesterdoy?

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Didn't they go doncing

N-ou fost ei/ele ieri seord

I

losi night?

sd donseze?

l'm nol your secrelory!

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SCENA

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Jock: Hello? Yes... Just o moment' Alice, it's for you"' Tom on lhe phone... Alice: Oh... No, no! Jock, con you tell him l'm oul,

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Exercifii

pleose?

(Solufii lo pos. 92)

Jock: No, Alice! I lold him you were ot home! Alice: Oh, mqke somelhing up, pleose! I don't woni io lolk to him... l-'ie', so boring! Tell him l'm ill or someihing else"' Whotever you like!

Esle momenlul s6 exersdm Pufin.

EXERCITIUL I

Jock: Uh... Hello? Tom? Hello? Tom, I con't heor you!

Rescrie propozifiile lo lrecul.

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Hello? (Se prefoce cd nu oude 9i intrerupe convorbireo')

Wfry don't you chonge Your iob?

Alice: Thonks, Jock! Okoy, well, where were we? Let me

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ln the office people go for o coffee ot I

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Oo you think it is o good ideo to buy thot dress?

EXERCITIUL

2

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Alice: Well, nol reolly! Anywoy, let's go on"' And why did

Rm cilit corteo oceeo de trei ori cdnd erom l6ndr'

H Nu s-o dus eo lo schi sdptdmdno

Alice: Right! Did you enioY school? Jqck: I eiloyed universiiy, yes. I enioyed.it very much' Excuse me, Alice...'But do you reolly find this questionnoire ollthot inleresting?

Trodu in englezd:

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see... Ah! When did you stort school? Jock: Whot does school hove to do with love? And whot o stupid queslion... I storted school when I wos six yeors old' Everybody siorls school ot six yeors of oge"'

lrecutd?

Elleo mi-o dot o inldlnire pentru mdine'

you enioy universitY? Jock, de.orse we hod porties every Soturdoy night!

Alice: Ho, ho! No, reollY, whY?

Jock: Weli... I leorned q lot. And I mode o lot of new friends. I lived on my own ond..' (Sund din nou lelefonul') Oh, iust o moment!

Jqck: Hello? Just o minute. Alice, it's John on the phone"'

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Alice: Oh, Jock! Pleose, iell him thol'.. Jqck: I know... Thot you ore not ot home... Or thot you ore ill, I know the story...

Focus

Expresiile temporqle

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Alice: Thonks Jock! Jock: Hello? John... Hello? John, I con't heor you...

Alice: Right! Now... Where were we? Jock: Woii o minute, Alice! Now il's my turn!

ADVERBE DE FRECVENTA CARE ir.rsolrsc ADESEA StMPLE PRESENT

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hove

o queslion for you...

Alice: Okoy! Shoot! Jqck: Could you pleose onswer the phone next time? You know, l'm not your secreiory!...

So Tnlelegem

lO}o/o

(Solufii lo pog. 92)

Verificd docd oi infeles sceno, rdspunzdnd lo urmdloorele intrebdri:

E Wny doesn't Alice wont to speok to Tom? E o) Becouse she is ongry with him tr b) Becouse Tom is so boring EI c) Becouse she is wotching o film on

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Jqck thinks thot the questionnoire is very interesting. True Folse

E Wt"'y did Jock like going to university? E o) Becouse there were o loi of porties tr b) Becouse he leorned o lot ond mode new friends E 34

c) Becouse he mel Shoron

Simple Presenl se folosegle moi oles penlru descriereo unor ocfiuni hobituqle gi in curs. De oceeo, propozifiile sunt insofite deseori de odverbe de frewenfd. Acesie odverbe indicd de cdte ori ore loc o ocfiunein timp gi suntfolosiie penlru o descrie octivitdfi ce se desfdgoord in fiecore zi ori cu reguloritole. Schemo ce urmeozd orotd cu oproximofie grodul de frewenfd o diferitelor odverbe:

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olwoys every dqy usuolly often somelimes

mereu

in fiecare zi de obicei odeseo

cdfeodofd, din cdnd

in cdnd

occosionolly ocozionql, uneori

seldom rorely never

roreori

rar niciodold

Adverbele de frecvenfd se pun in mod obignuii Tntre subiect gi verb, cu excepfio lui ,,every doy", core se pune lo inceputul propozifiei, inointeo subieciului. Observd schemo gi propozifiile core urmeozd: Subiect + odverb de frecvenfd + verb Every doy + subiect * verb

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She olwoys goes lo

of 8

school Eo mereu se duce lo gcoold

o'clock

lo oro

I

in fiecare zi ei/ele

Every doy they drive to work

*

*

odverb de frewenfd

They're never ol home before 6 o'clock

Ei/ele nu sunt

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EXPRESII TEMPORATE CE iITISOICSC SIMPLE PAST Simple Posl se folosegte in englezd pentru o descrie ocfiuni 9i situofii core ou ovut loc ori s-ou incheiot Tntr-un momenl din trecui. De oceeo este odeseo insofit de referinfe temporole specifice. Sd vedem core sunt ocesteo:

Losl (trecut/d): indic6 s6pl6mdno, seoro, luno, onul ori onolimpul precedent. They went on holidoy

lost month I couldn't sleep losl

night

Ei/ele ou fost in voconld luno treculd leri noople nu am putul sd dorm

Yesterdoy (ieri): se folosegte pentru o vorbi despre zruo precedenl6. Adeseo este insofit de pdrfi ole zilei'

friend ofternoon.

I visited my best

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leri dupd-omiozd l-om vizilot pe cel moi bun priefen al meu

We flew to Clevelond

Acum lrei sdptdmdni om zburol

lhree weeks ogo

lo Clevelond cu ovionul Acum mulli oni de zile om sfudiot lo New York

I studied in New York

mony yeors qgo

When (cdnd): e urmol de o propozilie lo trecut. I enioyed myself very

when I wos in

much M-om dislrat mull cdnd om

London.

fosf lo Londro.

pREPOZTTil CARE POT Fl FOIOSITE CU SIMPIE PRESENT tr CU SIMPtE PAST Unele prepozifii, cele core indicd momente bine determinote, pot insofi otdt Simple Presenl cdt gi Simple Posl, o9o cum vedefiin continuore:

At (lo, in, del: se folos'egte pentru ore, pentru

momentele

exocte ole zilei 9i pentru numele sdrbdtorilor.

ot l0 o'clock inlilnireo'e Io oro zece. Ne-om dus lo culcare Io We went to bed miezul nopfii. ot midnighl Jock o plecotin voconfd de Jock went on holidoy Crdciun ot Christmos The meeting is

On (pe): se folosegte cu zilele sdptdmdnii sou cu dote onume. He's olwoys ol home on Soturdoy I

wos born on July

2,1973

EI mereu e ocosd sdmbdto Sunf ndscut pe

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se duc cu

mogino lo serviciu

verb ,,lo be"

Ago luni, oni gi minule. Dupd cum observi, ,,ocum" urmeozd mereu oceste referinfe temporole.

in schimb, Tn interiorul propozifiilor consiruile cu verbul ,,to be" pozifio odverbelor de frecvenfd este diferiid' ln ocesle situofii, odverbele de frecvenfd se pun dup6 verbul ,,o fi", cum indic6 schemo urmdtoore: Subiect

(ocum, ?nainle cu): se folosegte dupd zile, sdpidmdni,

2 iulie 1973

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(in): introduce numele lunilor, onilor, onotimpurilor, secolelor gi ol pdrfilor zilei. Alice sludies in the

morning

bought o new cor in 2003 She

I like iogsing

in the summer

Alice invold dimineolo

in 2003 eo o cumpdrol

or fi ,,todoy" (ostdzi),,,lhis week" (sdpfdmdno oceosio), ,,ihis monlh" (/uno oceosto) etc., dupd cum orotd exemplele de

moi ios:

l'm sludying English

todoy

Azi invdl lo englezd

Voro imi ploce sd md duc sd olerg

She's reoding o new

book

Sdpfdmdno osfo eo cilegfe o carte noud

Fii qtent: foce excepfie cuvdntul ,,nighl", core e precedot

week

in cozul ocfiunilor viiloore progromote onterior, propozifiile sunt odeseq ?nsofite de odverbe de timp, cum or fi ,,lomorow,,

de prepozifio ,,e1" (exemplu: I usuolly go to bed lote ot night ) De obicei, seoro md duc lo culcore tdrziu).

(mdine), ,,next week" (sdpfdmdno viiloare) eic., dupd cum orot6 exemplele de moi ios:

ADVERBE DE TrMP CE iNSOTESC ADESEA PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We're flying to the meeling nexl week

Sdpfdmdno viitoare ludm ovionulsd ne ducem lo

She's hoving o porty

Vinereo viiloore eo yo do o pefrecere

Present Conlinuous se folosegle penlru o exprimo ocfiuni durotive core ou loc Tn momenlul in core se vorbegle, ocfiuni ce se desfdgoord intr-o perioodd limitotd de limp gi ocfiuni

viiloore plonificote onlerior. in cdzul ocfiunilor gi ol situofiilor core se desfdgoord in momeniul vorbirii, propozifiile sunt odeseo insofite de odverbe de timp, cum or fi ,,now" (ocum), ,,ot lhe moment" (in ocesl mo menf, i n clipo oceosfo),,,cu rrentl y" (octu ol me nte) etc., ogo cum o orotd exemplele urmdtoore. He's cooking dinner ot lhe momenl She's speoking

lo

on lhe telephone

Dovid now

Acum elpregdtegfe cino Acum eo vorbegfe lo lelefon cu Dqvid

in cozul ocfiunilor ce ou loc inlr-o perioodd limitot6 de timp, propozifiile sunt insofite odeseo de odverbe de limp, cum

next Fridoy

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Fii otent: - indicofiile lemporole (exprimoie ori subinlelese) sunl foorte imporlonte deoorece ne oiuld s6 infelegbm diferenfo dintre Simple Present 9i Present Confinuous. pentru o gti docd trebuie sd folosim uno sou ceololtd formd verbold trebuie sd ne intrebdm cdnd se petrece ocfiuneo despre core se vorbegle; - formo gromoticold de Presenl Conlinuous prin core se exprimd in englezd o ocfiune durotivd, odic6 in desfdgurore in momenlul vorbirii, nu ore un echivqlenl morfologic in romdnd. in englezd se folosegle verbul ouxilior ,;J be" (o fi), plus formo in ,,-ing" (gerunziu) o verbului de coniugot. Refinefi cd, Tn englezd, folosireo Presenl Conlinuous e obligotorie cOnd este vorbo despre ocfiuni core ou loc ?n momentul vorbirii.

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EXERCTTTUt 3 Compleieozd propozifiile cu formo corectd o verbelor dintre poronteze.

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Yesterdoy

Jock

Alice how lo use lnlernet. (teoch)

H Sfre

whol on icon wos. (not know)

H At the moment Alice .........

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for on exom. (study)

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EXERCTTTUL 4 Completeozd propozifiiJe cu formo corecld o verbelor dintre poronleze gi pune prepozifio sou coniugoreo polrivitd.

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Soturdoy 12.0'1.1982 (be born)

the evening. (sludy) ........ 8.30. (hove) E this evening we ............ dinner

H this yeor Alice rorely

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oge vdrstd olone singur/d, de unul singur, solilor/d onolylicol onolitic/6 onswer (to) o r6spunde opply (to) o foce o oplicofie beoutiful fru mos,/oosd bell clopofel, clopol (soved by the bell: solvot/6 de clopofel, Tn exiremis) bicycle biciclei6 birlhdoy zi de nogtere boring plicticos/oos6,

plictisitor/oore cenlury secol compore (lo) o comporo, o confrunto counl (to) o numdro, o socoli croiry nebun/d, trdsnit/6 driving licence cornel de conducere

during in timpul, pe cdnd engine mosin6, molor enloy (to) o se bucuro, o se distro; o degusto (to enioy oneself: o se disiro) Europeon europeon everybody fiecore, unii, tofi exomple exemplu fEll off (to) o cddeo found (to) o intemeio, o creo

go bock (to) o reveni; o se inioorce, o cdutq in urmd go on (lo) o continuo, o merge moi deporte guess (to) o ghici; o crede, o presupune hord greu/o, dificil/ 6, onevoios/oosd, problemolic holidoy sdrbdioore, zi de s6rbdtoo re(holidoys: voconfd, concediu) ill bolnov/d immediotely imediot, ocum, brusc inleresting interesonl invention invenfie Jonuory ionuorie ioke (to) o glumi kiss sdrut kiss (lo) o sdrulo leorn (td) o invdfo live (to)o trdi; o locui love drogosle music muzicd opinion pdrere, opinie ourselves noiingine oul oford perform (to) o recito, o iuco un.rol phone (obreviere de lo telephone) telefon questionnoire chestionor reody golo, pregdtit/d

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I like it when you smile! SCENA I Jock

ia micul deiun

Shoron inlrd in bucdtdrie cu o volizd in

mdnd.

Jock: Hi, Shoron? Whot's up? Shoron: Hi, Jock. l'm okoy! Don'l worry! Everything is iust

investigofie tolk (to) o vorbi, o converso

fine!

thing lucru lurn rdnd; tur6, tur; curbd,

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cotiturd

university universitote

hoppening... Some problems with Peter? Shoron: No! Well... Yes! But I don't think you ore the right person to tolk wiih!

Jock: Moybe you're right. But I con't stond seeing you so sodt (Ardtdnd spre volizd) And this? Whot does it meon? Shoron: Don'tworry! l'm nol leoving for ever! My colleogue Lucy inviied me lo spend the weekend qt her house. She hos o cottoge in ihe counlryside, neor Brighion. We're leoving in the evening, right ofter work!

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witi mei,,Shoron,

con you poss me the solt, pleose?"'

Jock: I like it when you smile! I ihink o weekend in the countryside is exoclly whot you need! Shoron: I didn't know you liked the country so much"'

Jock: Are you ioking? I love the counlryside' lt's so quiel ond reloxing. Shoron: A lot of people think it's boring' Jock: Well... They don'i know whot they ore missing"' Shoron: Whot, Jock!? Are you using clich6s now?

Jock ... Like: the counlryside is sofu ond the city is dongerous? Shoron: ... Or: lhe couniry is cleon ond the city is dirty? Jqck: And don't forgel the country is cheop, too! Shoron: Yes, lherets thol, too. The city is very expensive' is for this oportment! iust think how much lhe renl

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hove to poy mine tomorrow

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Jock We were... We ore... A wonderful couple! Don,t forgei Shoron: Alright!

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ADJECTTVE CE DESCRIU PERSOANE

in limbo englezd, odiectivul e invoriobil in funcfie de gen gi de numdr, odicd ore oceeoti formd penlru mosculin

gi

feminin, penlru singulor gi plurol. De obicei, odiectivul se pune inoinle de substontivul lo core se referd, cu excepfio propozifiilor conslruite cu verbul ,,to be". in oceosld siluofie, odiectivul vine dupd verb. Observd ocum exemplele core urmeozd: The countryside is This is o cleon

beoutiful Violo

city

Io lord e frumoosd

Acesfo este un orog curol

ADJECTTVE CE DESCRTU SATUr

tl ORAtUt

Sd vedem ocum principolele odiective folosite pentru o descrie sotul gi orogul. Cum pofi observo, multe dinlre ocesie odieclive ou fost folosile de prienlenii nogtri in primo scend o episodului.

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IUCRURI

Sd lu6m in considerore ocum cele moi comune odiective ce descriu persoone gi lucruri. Dup6 cum observiin tobelul de mqi ios, unele dintre ocesie odiective (de exemplu ,,old" gi ,,thin") se pot folosiTn ombele cozuri.

young (fdndr)

new (nou)

old (bdtrdn) fot (gros) thin (slob)

old

thick (sros)

tqll (inolf) shod (scund)

bis (more) little (mic)

ALTE ADJECTIVE

thin

(vechi)

(sublire)

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lotd Tn conlinuore o list6 cu cele moi comune odiective ontonimele lor:

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beoutiful (frumos) quiel (linigfif)

ugly (urdf)

difficult (dificill

eosy (ugor)

noisy (zgomofos)

righl

wrong

sofe (sigur)

dongerous (periculos)

cheop (iefrin)

expensive (scump)

chorming (foscinont)

modern (modern)

hot (cold)

cold (rece)

boring (plictisifor)

interesting (inferesonf)

horrible (urdl, oribill

lovely (frumos)

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Adiective de colitole

nice (delicote)

Adiective de dimensiune

smqll

Adiective de vdrstd

old

Adiective de culoore

red (rosii)

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Adiective de nofionolitote

English (englezepti)

horrible girl over lhere.

Adieclive de moterie

iron (de fier)

Substontiv

boxes (cutii)

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E Acum f6 exercifiicu odiectivele colificotive 9i?nvofd sd construiegti propozifii core descriu locuri, persoonc ai lucruri. r

poronleze. We stoyed in o hotel. (iefiin)

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new fosi cor.

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SCENA

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Oo you like thot mon? (tdndr, lnolt)

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Anne: Con I osk you o queslion? Jock: Sure, how con I help you?

Anne: Well, I need your odvice. I woni to buy o new cor. Jock Ah, you should buy o fost, expensive sports cor!

Anne: Come on, I cqn'l offord o sports cor. My cor's old, il's too big ond it's difficult to drive. Jock: Very good reosons lo buy o new cor.

Jock: Yes, she is... Anne: Whot obout me, Jock? Do you think looking?

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smoll, stylish cor lhot's not ioo

expensive...

Sd ?nfelegem

Anne: ... And for young people! Jock: Of course, you shouldn'l buy o cor for old people.

Anne: So, whol cor should

I buy? I don'l understond

onything oboul cors! Jock: Well, whol qbout buying o Ferrori?

Anne: Are you ioking? Jock Just kidding... Lel me ihink... Oh... Con I hove o look? How oboul this cor?

Anne: ll's nice! lsn'l ii expensive? Jock All cors ore expensive lherc doyr. Jock: By the woy, did you heor oboul Shoron? Anne: Yes! I met Peter in lhe ofternoon. Hr told me they hod o quorrel... But I don'i think we should worry oboul itl Do you?

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E Whot does Anne wont lo buy? tr o)A computer tr b) A new dress tr c) A new cor E Whot is Anne's cor like? [1 o) lt's o sports cor tr b) lt's old ond too big ft c) li's smoll ond eosy to drive

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Jock: Hmmm... Moybe we should.., Whol do you lhink of Shoron. Anne? Anne: She's very pretty...

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sugero cevo se folosesc expresii speciole: ,,why don'i we/ you...?" (de ce nu...?),,,how obout...?,' :;i,,whoi obout...?', (ce spui/crezi de...?1. O olta formd foo*e obignuitd pentru o_cere gi o exprimo pdreri e ,,should,, (or lrebui sd). Lo formo o-firmoiivd gi negotivd, ,,should,, e folosit penlru o do sfoturi gi sugestii, ?n timp ce lo formo inlerogoiivd e folosit pentru o cere sfoluri.

Subiecl + should + nof (sou shouldn't| infinitiv fdrd ,,io" f determindri ulterioore

FORMA AFIRMATIVA

so much

Propozifio ofirmotivd se construiegte cu subieclul urmot de ,should" gi de formo de bozd o verbului (infinitiv fdrd ,,to,,), dupd cum orot6 schemo ce urmeozd:

FORMA INTEROGATIVA

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should study

doy

English

should toke on ospirin He should slop eoling sweeis She

They should see

o doclor

shouldn't go to bed

He

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or lrebui sd io o ospirind

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shouldn'l smoke

so much She

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shouldn't work

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EI n-or trebui sd fumeze otdt de mult

Eo n-or lrebui sd rnunceoscd otdl de mull

Lo formo interogolivd se folosegte,,should,, peniru o solicito sugestii. Precede subiecrul, fiind urmot de verbul lo infinitiv fdrd ,,to":

$hould * subiect + verb determindri ulterioqre * ?

lo infinitiv ffird ,,to',

Should I see o dentist? Ar trebui sd md

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duc Io un

dentist?

mdn0nce dulciuri Ei/ele or trebui sd meorgd

Should we proctise

la un doclor

in

Dupd cum vezi din exemple, ,,should,, ore oceeogiformd lo loole persoqnele verbului.

+ verb

English every doy?

Ar trebui sd focem in fiecore zi exercilii lo englezd?

propozifiile introduse printr-o porticuld interogoiivd,

consirucfio este urmdtooreo:

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Ar lrebui sd-i lrimit nigle flori lui Anne? DolNu).

FORMA I NTE ROGATIV.

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EXERCTTIUT 3

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Trodu in romdnd.

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Shouldn'l we study

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horder?

mult?

You should lough more oflen.

I don't ihink ihey should buy ihot new cor. They con't offord il.

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Shouldn't we look for o cheoper cor?

FO rOS I RE

d St"'e reolly should be more coreful.

,,Should" este folosit peniru: o) o cere sou o do sfoturi: You shouldn'l go

to lhot film

Should I buy o new cor?

N-or trebui sd te duci sd vezi filmul ocela

Ar trebui sd cumpdr o mogind noud?

b) o foce recomonddri:

You should toke o rest

EXERCTTIUt 4 Trodu in englezd.

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N-or trebui sd fie preo greu.

dti/ele

or trebui sd se ducd sd viziteze Londro.

Ar trebui sd fe odihnegti

E

Ar trebui sd zdmbegti din cdnd tn cdnd..

E

N-or trebui sd pierdem lrenul ocelo.

c) o exprimo o dotorie morold:

You should be honest towords your children

Ar frebui

sd

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corect fofd

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io. lough (to) o rdde mile mild mind minie miss (to) o se pierde, o-i scdpo din vedere; o simfi lipso cuivo, o-i fi dor neor oproope, l6ngd neryous nervos/oosd, ogitot/d once cdndvo, odol6 poss (to) o do; o Tntinde, o lrece cevo cuivo people lume, persoone, oomeni, ingi person persoond, ins, lip, om

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Music: John Lennon

oosd

quorrel ceorld, pricind, conlroversd reoson motiv, couzd, lemei remind (to) o ominti rent rentd, chirie

sod trist/6, meloncolic/6 soh sore seem (to) o pdreo smile (to) o zdmbi, o surdde somelimes cdteodol6, uneori, din cdnd in cdnd sporls cor mo9in6 sporl stond (to) o sto in picioore, o se ridico; o rezisto, o suporlo, o susfine stylish elegont, lo modd use (to) o folosi, o uiilizo weekend weekend, sfdrgit de sdpl6m6nd wonderful foorte frumos/ oos6, minunot/d

Un nou episod din ,,Music World'. Prezentotoareo Lucy il intdlnegfe pe Tony Moore, expert in muzicd, sd discufe despre unul dinlre cei moi mori cdntdreli pop din toote limpurile, John lennon. De lo coriero lui in grupul Beofles, lo ceo de solrst gi lo premaluro lui disporfie. Un episod core nu trebuie rotat! Lucy: Hello, hello ond welcome lo ,,Music World", ond welcome to Tony Moore, our music expert! ln lhis week's edition we woni to celebrole the life of o greot musicion from Liverpool, moybe the greolest pop musicion of oll time... Right, Tony? Tony: Yes, thol's right. And of course we're tolking oboui John Lennon! Lucy: Yes, John Lennon, o fomous singer ond songwriter, but olso sometimes o controversiolfigure. OkTony, let's look

ot the importont moments of his short but very successful coreer! Tony:Well, Johnwos born on October9th 1940 in Liverpool. He hod o difficult childhood, his porenli seporoled ond John lived with his ount Mimi. She wos very, very slricl ond she didn't like John spending oll his lime ploying the guitor!

Lucy: So, John hod o difficult childhood. And whot oboul The Beoiles? When did this omozing pop group slort ploying

together?

Tony: ln 1958 John mel Poul McCortney ol orl school in Liverpool. This wos the beginning of their musicol iourney togelher. Shortly oflerwords George Hqrrison ioined lhem. At the beginning the bond wos colled lhe ,,Quorrymen", but

in 1959 ihey chonged ihe nome to The Beotles.

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Lucy: Ah... thot hoirstyle! They were cqlled moplops, weren'l ihey? Tony: Yes, thol's right. Lucy: Whot wos their firsl number one single? Tony: The single Pleose, pleose me; it wos on immediole success ond went to the lop of the chorts!

Lury: Thot's righl! Tony: Well... the 4 lods from Liverpool ployed logelher os ,l970. The Beoiles until Their lost qlbum wos Abbey Rood. Then the bond broke up. Lucy: To the disoppoinlment of oll iheir fons! And then? Whor did John do next? Tony: He storted o successful solo coreer. lmogine ond Plosfic Ono Bond were populor olbums.

Lucy: Did John ever try lo re-unite the Beotles? Tony: Oh No! His relolionship with Yoko Ono becqme veryt yery importoni for him. John ond Yoko storted to get involved in politics, ihey begon to spreod o messoge of world peoce. Lucy: And when wos he killed?

Tony: John wos killed on 8ih December 1980 outside his New York oporlmeni in the Dokoto Building.

Lucy: Who killed him? Tony: Mork Dovid Chopmon, o Beotles fon. Lucy: And why? Tony: Well he wos crozy, he wos mod, he soid Lennon hod betroyed the ideols of his generolion!

Lucy: Yes, well, John wos only 40 when he died, bui he certoinly isn't forgotlen. Tony: No, he certoinly isn'i forgotten. At todoy's lhere's o gorden in Centrol Pork colled Strowberry Fields to remember John's life; it's neor ihe Dokoto Building.

Lury: Ok, so... John Lennon... John Lennon, perhops the greoiest pop musicion of oll time. Thonks lo our expert Tony Moore. Tony: Thonk you, goodbye.

Lucy: Goodbye... See you ogoin next week for onother edition of ,,Music World"! Goodbye!

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John Lennon wos born on

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John met Poul McCortney ol orl school in Liverpool.

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E the bond wos olwoys colled

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Mulfi dintre lermenii limbii engleze foc porte din limboiul obignuit ol limbii romdne. Agodor, o porte dintre cei core urmeoz6 ifi vor fi fomiliori. Sd-i revedem impreund:

:

Grup muzicol

Singer Songwriler Musicion Jozz bond Pop group Rock group

Cdnldre!

The Beotles.

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John wos killed inside his oportment in New York.

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True

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Bond

John Lennon is one of the greolest musicions ever

E True E Folse

Folse

Muzico gi englezo

Compozilor Muzician Formofie de iozz

Grup pop Grup rock John Lennon esle unul dinfre

cei moi mori muzicieni din loote timpurile Album

Album Single To record

A?nregistro

The Beotles recorded mony successful olbums os well

Beotles ou inregislrol mulle olbume gi single-uri

os singles

de succes

Chorr

Closornenfulftopul celor

Single'

moi vdndufe discuri

60

To go lo the top of the chorts

Afi

The Beotles wenl mony times on ihe top of the chorts from oll over the world

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one of lhe Beolles' number one singles

Performonce To give o performonce

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Concert Solo qrtist

guitor,

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dintre single-urile de fop ole Beofles

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este polisemontic, odicd ore moi muhe sensuri, lroduse in romdnd prin termenii ,,o cdnlo", ,,o ivco" gi, dup6 cum vom vedeo moi i6rziu, ,,o recilq".

Execufie, i nlerprelate

A cdnlo (in direct), a da Concerf Solisf

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John Lennon lineo concerfe

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Corierd de so/rst

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Do you ploy ony instrument?

Cdnli lo vreun instrumenl?

Whqt inslrumenl do you ploy?

[o ce insfrumenl cdnfi?

Exercifii (Solufii lo pos.95) EXE RC

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Cunogteoi deio ocegti termeni, nu-i ogo? Aiunci, sd vedem omdnunfitin ce constd munco unui muzicion (musicion):

E Someone who wriles songs is colled ... tr o) o singer tr b) o musiciqn tr c) o songwriler

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Let's tolk: Bill Gotes in ocest nou episod din ,,Lel's folk", Eric esle cu Morie 9i cu Iom co sd discufe despre violo celui moi bogol om din lume, Bill Gotes: geniu ol PC, exlrem de muncilor, om cu mii de ombifii, insd gi cu o inimd de our.

Eric: Good evening ond welcome to this week's edition of ,,Let's tolk". ln the studio with me this evening ore our commenlotors Morie qnd Tom. How ore you? Mqrie ond Tom: Fine,lhonks, Eric.

b) broke up

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Eric: Very good! Todoy let's tolk... let's tolk obout one of the world most fomous men in the world. I meon, Bill Gotes: ihe world's top businessmon ond the richest mon in the world. I hove o question: how did he become so successful? Mqrie: I con onswer thot question wilh one word: ,,Windows", lhe mosl widely used computer operoiing system in the world.

Eric: Yes, yes, thot's true. h's olmosl every compuler in the world uses ,,Windows". Let's go bock in time o little! How did Bill Goles orrive ol where he is todoy? Tom: l'd soy ihonks to his business skills! At the end of the 80's when he founded Microsoft he understood where the computer industry wos going.

Morie: Thol's right! At thot time computers were very big, very expensive ond only lorge componies could use them. Goles understood lhoi smoller, personol compulers, ihe PCs we use lodoy, were lhe future. Of course, he wonted oll these PCs to use his softwore. Tom: So he understood 20 yeors ogo howwe use compulers

todoy... lhot's q good businessmon.

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Tom: But thot's not olll Bill Goles wos very ombitious loo! Do you know he wonted to be millionoire by the oge of 30?

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Yes, ond he worked yery, yery hordl For mony yeors

he only slepi six hours o doy, he wos o reol workoholic... Eric: Ah, oh... so he olso helped coffee producers too!

Tom: Ah, oh, I guess so.

Eric: After he become o multi-millionore with ,,Windows,, whoi did he do next? Morie: He turned his oftention to the lnlernef. lnitiolly he didn't think fhe lnlernet wos importonl; this wqs o business mistoke. Microsoft developed ,,lnlernei Explorer 4,, ond lhree yeors loler Microsoft won lhe browser wor ond destroyed ils compelitors. Tom: So todoy olmosl every compuier in the world uses o Microsoft progromme. Eric: Thol's right! Well, Bill Gotes is o very, very successful businessmon. ls there onything oboul him to moke him likeoble or jusi o bit humon? Tom: Well, his chority work, this is very importont for him... Morie: Bill ond his wife Melindo now work for ,,The Bill ond Melindo Gotes Foundotion"; in 2000 Bill gove holf his fortune to lhe foundolion to fund chority work.

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Eric: This is foniostic. Bill Goies, o successful mon, wilh very good business skills, but with o big heort tool Well, rodoy

we hove leornl oboul one of the mosl imporfont business leoders of our oge. Thonks very much, Morie, ond thonk you, Tom! Goodbye. Tom e Mqrie: Goodbye.

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Bill Gotes o pus bozele firmei in onii 1980 Si ocum finonleazd opere de binefocere

To do chority work

A foce opere de binefocere

Foundotion

Fundolie

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To run o business

A gestiono/o conduce o firmd

Bill Gotes runs his businessvery well!

Bill Gofes igi gestioneozd/ conduce firmo foorte bine!

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A creo o piold

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Sfrofegie ontreprenoriold

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Exercifii

Bill Gotes hos destroyed his

Bill Gofes gi-o disfrus rivolii gi

(Solufii lo pos. 95)

competilors ond now he is o millionoire... even more... o multimillionoire!

ocurn esfe un milionor... bo mai mult... un muhimilionor!

EXERCTTIUT I

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Penlru o oYeo succes, trebuie sd fii un sfohonovisl

cooliq sfohonovisf

El b) runs

Fii otent: termenul ocesto uzuol e formol din cuvdntul ,,worK (muncd) 9i sufixul ,,-oholic". Acest tip de sufix se

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Dependenf de internet

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Thot's lifel Drogoste neim pd rtdgitd N-qi obserutrl nimic? SCENA I Anne: Bun6, Jock...

Anne: Bund, Jockl Agodor... Ai ovut o zi bund? Jock: Nu. Am ovul o zi grooznicd, Anne. Am ovul mult de lucru... Lo inceput, m-om intdlnit cu nigte clienfi in orog.

Ne-om intdlnit lo nou6 gi om terminot lo dou6. Dup6 oceeo om verificot conturile lunore de pierdere gi de profit, de doud ori gi opoi om scris nigte scrisori... Sunt ot6t de obosit...

Anne: Ei bine, qcum reloxeoz6-te! Beo un pohor de vin... Egti_norocos... gdtesc losogne, mdncoreo lo preferotd... Jock: Nu, mersi, Anne. Am mdncol losogne io prdnz.

Anne: Oh... Dor nu e nici o problemd... O s6 preg6lesc ohcevo. $i, dupd cind, ne putem uitq lo Wimbledon lo

TV. E un meci de tenis mosculin lo simplu. Ar trebui sd fie polpitont.

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Ce-fi posd?

reloxez!

SCENA

Anne: Hei, Jock, sloi un pic! Nu oi observol nimic? Jock Ai f6cut curot in bucdidrie?

Shoron: Hei, Anne... Mullumesc muh pentru pontul cu libr6rio... Oh, Dumnezeule!! Anne! Ce se intdmpld oici? Mochioi... s6 vdd... Coofurd nou6, rochie nou6... ordfi

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Shoron: E imposibil sd nu o observi! Anne: Mersi! Ce spuneoi? Shoron: Oh, voiom s6-fi mulfumesc pentru pontulcu librdrio! E un mogozin minunoi. Anne: Perfea. M6 bucur cd fi-o pl6cut. Ador sd stou 9i sd beou o ceogcd de ceoi gi sd m6 uit lo cdr,ti. Shoron: Do, exocioslo om f6cut: m-om ogezol, om comondoi o ceogcd de cofeo gi om citit. $i om gdsit toote c6rfile pe core le voiom! Anne: Ce cdrfi oicumPdrot? Shoron: Am cumpdrot o biogrofie o VirginieiWoolf 9i o corte despre orheologie. $i tu... ce foci? Anne: in."t sd nu m6 gdndesc lo toole problemele mele"' ogo cd md uit lo nigte Poze. Shoron: Pot sd le vdd? Anne: Sigur! Suni poze cu noi! Oh, uite... Uitd-te lo osto! Erom in Edinburgh! Am fost intr-o excursie, ifi ominteqti?

Shqron: Do, imi omintesc! Cdt de coroghioos6 ero Alice cu oceo pdldrie scofiond!Am mers cu mogino? Anne: Oh, nu. Am mers cu trenul. $i, in ultimul moment, Peter nu q moiven'rt, din couzo oudiliei.

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