June, 11, 2020 Ways of walking	
Key walking collocations (1)	
collocations	examples	
go on foot- идти пешком
go for a walk- идти гулять 
take a stroll -прогуливаться
go running- бегать
go for a run- отправляться на пробежку
brisk walk- быстрая ходьба
pace up and down - расхаживать (туда и обратно)	Cathy always preferred to go places on foot rather than driving. She loved going for a walk in the
park in the early morning. There were always a surprising number of people around. Some were
taking a stroll with their dogs, while more energetic people chose to go running. Cathy preferred
to go for a run in the evenings. In the morning she liked a brisk walk. Today she was surprised to
see a man pacing up and down beside the lake. He was taking long steps as if he was measuring
the length of the lake. Cathy was puzzled but thought little more of it at the time.	
Adjectives and adverbs associated with walking (2)	
collocation	example	comment	
an easy / a gentle walk -легкая прогулка	It’s an easy walk into town
from here.
	Gentle walk suggests going slowly; easy walk suggests it’s neither long nor difficult.
Gentle walk предполагает медленное движение; easy walk предполагает, что процесс недолгий и нетрудный.	
heavy/light steps -тяжелые/ легкие шаги	I could hear his heavy steps
coming down the corridor.
	Heavy can suggest either that the person walking is large or that they are sad, angry or tired.
Heavy может свидетельствовать либо о том, что идущий человек большой, либо о том, что он грустит, сердится или устал.	
a leisurely/gentle stroll - неспешная прогулка	We can go for a leisurely stroll
around the park later.
	Go for a stroll is more common in speech than take a stroll. 
Go for a stroll более распространенное выражение, чем  take a stroll. Оба означают отправляться на прогулку.	
 walk briskly/swiftly - идти быстро, стремительно	The nurse walked briskly over to
the bed.
	Use these adverbs sometimes instead of quickly.Периодически используйте эти наречия вместо quickly	
 pick your way cautiously- выбирать путь с осторожностью
	She picked her way cautiously
along the icy pavement.
	= walked carefully across a dangerous or difficult area.
Идти осторожно через опасную или трудную территорию.	
 wander aimlessly - бесцельно бродить	I didn’t know what to do, so I just
wandered aimlessly around
town all morning.
	Both wander and aimlessly suggest having no particular purpose.Оба слова wander aimlessly предполагают значение "бесцельный"	
 stride angrily/ confidently/purposefully- шагать сердито, уверенно, целенаправленно
	The president strode
confidently across the room.
	We can also say took confident/angry/
purposeful strides. Striding suggests large steps.Мы можем также сказать took confident/angry/
purposeful strides. Striding предполагает большие шаги.	
Walking through life (2)	
Walking collocations are often used metaphorically. Notice the examples in this text.	
collocations	examples	
walk exam-легко сдавать экзамен 
walking encyclopedia- ходячая энциклопедия
run into problems - столкнуться с проблемами
different walks of life - разные сферы жизни
rush headlong into - броситься в какое-либо  дело сломя голову
take first faltering steps-делать первые шаги
make great strides-делать большие успехи
run up against some opposition- столкнуться с непониманием
get off on the wrong foot- произвести с самого начала плохое впечатление	Jack always did very well at school. He walked every exam he ever went in for. His teachers used to call him a walking encyclopedia. It was only when he left school that he began to run into problems. He couldn’t decide what job to choose. Many different walks of life appealed to him. He didn’t want to rush headlong into something that he would later regret. Eventually he decided he most wanted to become a writer. The next day he took his first faltering steps at writing a novel. After only a month or two he had made great strides and was ready to take his book to a publishing house. It was here that he ran up against some opposition. He seemed to get off on the wrong foot with the publishers, who didn’t like him and turned his book down. They’re sorry now! A second publisher accepted his novel and it’s already a best-seller world-wide.	
Exercise 1. Read the sentences in the box, then say if the statements below are true or false. 

Polly strode confidently into the boss’s office and asked for a pay rise. Mick just wandered aimlessly round the shops. Jade picked her way cautiously across the muddy field. Harry walked briskly towards the exit. Karen took a leisurely stroll through the park.

1 Jade moved quickly and cheerfully. true / False
2 Karen walked nervously and quite quickly. true / False
3 Polly walked quite quickly. true / False
4 Mick walked without any real purpose. true / False
5 Harry walked fairly slowly. true / False	
Exercise 2. Complete B’s responses using the words in brackets to make suitable collocations. Дополните беседу словами в скобках, составляя с ними устойчивые выражения.

1 A: Is everything going OK?
B: no, I’m afraid we’ve ................................................ some problems. (run)
2 A: Is David making progress with his maths?
B: Yes, he’s making ................................................ . (stride)
3 A: Did Ed pass his exam?
B: Yes, he simply ................................................ . (walk)
4 A: What sorts of people play golf? Is it just rich people?
B: no, not at all. There are people from all ................................................ . (walk)
5 A: So James is not taking up Marta’s off er of starting a business together?
B: Well, he said he needs time to think. He doesn’t want to ................................................
into it. (headlong)
6 A: Is the town centre far from here?
B: no, it’s only ten minutes. It’s ................................................ . (walk)	
Все материалы из  книги "English Collocations in Use" by M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell.