Pairs of words. 1. a teacher and aprofessor 4. a term and asemester 2. a primary school and asecondary school 5. a graduate in britain and agraduate in the usa 3. a fee and agrant 6. a state school and apublic school task 3. idioms, colloquialisms and other expressions look at these sentences and decide which of the idioms and colloquialisms in bold is correct. in each sentence, there are two expressions which we do not use in english. 1.he gets up early to go to college, and comes home late. i keep telling him he shouldn't buy a dog with two tails / burn the candle at both ends / try to wear two pairs of trousers. 2.sally always does her homework on time and buys the teacher little presents. the other children hate her. she's such a teacher's toy / teacher's jewel / teacher's pet. 3.he'll have to pull his socks up / polish his head / empty his washing basketand work harder or he'll fail his exams. 4.she didn't work hard enough and flunked / splodged / squidged her exams. 5.they didn't go to school, but chased the tiger / emptied their heads / played truantand went fishing instead.

Vocabulary

Task 2. Complete the sentences. Use: save, transmit, download, communicate, land, compilation, contact, spacecraft, heating, solar.

1. Will inhabitants of other planets ever try to contact us?

2. The solar system includes the sun and the planets that go around it.

3. Satellites transmit signals back to Earth.

4. When did the spacecraft land on the moon?

5. Peter made a compilation of rock songs and burned it onto a CD.

6. Make sure you save any important files so that you don't lose them.

7. It was cold in the house because the heating wasn't working.

8. The Internet makes it easy for us to communicate with people from all over.

9. Yuri Gagarin travelled in a spacecraft called Vostok I.

10. Why don't you download some pictures for your project from the Net?

1) That was a lovely meal, but I wish I (had not eaten) so much.

2) I wish I (had studied) harder for my exams. I'm not going to pass.

3) I wish you (did not leave) your dirty shoes in your bedroom!

4) I'm afraid I have no idea where Diana has gone. I wish I (knew)

5) I really enjoyed our trip to the theatre. I wish we (went) more often.

6. If I (did not/have) to work tonight, I would go with you to the restaurant.

7. I (would have enjoyed) the play if the lady behind me hadn’t been talking all the time.

8. You won’t have indigestion if you (avoid) spicy food.

9. If only I (were) skinner!

10. If we (had not/got) lost, we would have been here long ago.