July, 7, 2020 	
NOISY NEIGHBOURS(from Streamline English III by B. Hartley)	
Sybil: Sidney! Sidney! Wake up!
Sidney: Eh! What? What’s the matter? It can’t be eight o’clock already!
Sybil: No, it’s half past one. It’s those people next door again. Listen!
Sidney: Oh, yes. They must be having another party.
Sybil: Listen to that! They must be waking up the whole street. And they’ve got three young children. They can’t be sleeping through that noise. It’s disgusting! Somebody should call the police! Sidney, wake up!
Sidney: Eh? I wasn’t asleep, dear. They’re all laughing. They must be having a good time! They never invite us, do they?
Sybil: Sidney!
Sidney: Yes, dear. What is it now?
Sybil: Listen! They must be leaving.
Sidney: Thank goodness for that! Maybe we’ll get some sleep.
Sybil: I hope so. It’s nearly three o’clock. Good night, dear.
Sidney: Oh, hell! They’re having a row, now.
Sybil: I’m not surprised. They always have rows after parties. Oh, they must be throwing the pots and pans again.
Sidney: No, I think that was a plate, dear, or maybe the television. They will be sorry in the morning.
Sybil: Sidney! Wake up!
Sidney: Eh? Oh, what’s that?
Sybil: He can’t be hammering at this time of night.
Sidney: What time is it?
Sybil: Four o’clock. What can they be doing at four o’clock in the morning?
Sidney: I can’t hear any voices. Go back to sleep, Sybil.
Sybil: Sidney! Listen. There’s someone in the garden next door.
Sidney: Eh? It must be the milkman.
Sybil: No, it can’t be. It’s too early. It’s only quarter to five. Who could it be? You’d better have a look.
Sidney: All right. Ooh! It’s Mr Sykes, and he’s carrying a spade.
Sybil: Oh, no! You don’t think he’s killed her, do you?
Sidney: Well, we haven’t heard her voice for a while. No, she’s probably sleeping.
Sybil: But what can he be doing at this time of night?
Sidney: If he had killed her, he might be burying the body!
Sybil: What? You don’t think so, do you?
Sidney: Well, he can’t be planting potatoes, can he? I suppose you want me to phone the police?
Sybil: No. Ask him what he’s doing first!
Sidney: Hello, there, Mr Sykes. You’re up early this morning.
Mr Sykes: I haven’t been to bed yet. We had a party last night. I hope we didn’t keep you awake.
Sidney: Oh, no. We didn’t hear anything, nothing at all.
Mr Sykes: Well, it was a pretty noisy party. My wife knocked over the goldfish tank while we were clearing up. The poor fish died. I’m just burying them before the children wake up.	
VOCABULARY

next (adj)
1. coming after in order or time – следующий
•	Take the next turning to the right.
•	I’ll go there next Friday.
•	Mr Green was the next to come.
2. рядом с кем&либо, чем&либо
•	Come and sit down next to me.
3. next door – not far from – по соседству, рядом
•	The people next door were very noisy.
4. next to nothing – almost nothing – почти ничего
•	She eats next to nothing, no wonder she is often ill.
wake (v) (woke, woken)
1. просыпаться
•	What time do you usually wake up?
•	I woke late yesterday.
2. wake smb up – будить
•	This noise can wake up the dead.
•	The incident woke up the memories of his childhood.
3. keep smb awake – мешать спать
•	I hope we didn’t keep you awake.
call (v)
1. cry, shout – звать
•	She called to her father for help.
2. call on smb/at a place – pay a short visit – зайти, «заглянуть», «заскочить»
•	Mr Green was out when I called on him.
•	I called at Mr Green’s house.
3. give a name – назвать
•	His name is Richard, but we call him Dick.
4. send a message – вызвать
•	Please, call a doctor/a taxi.
•	The doctor was called away to an accident.
5. telephone smb – звонить
•	My brother called me up from Leeds last night.
leave (v) (left) – go away – уходить, покидать, оставлять
leave alone – оставить в покое
leave a lot to be desired – оставлять желать лучшего
sleep (slept)
1. (v) спать, (n) сон
•	He sleeps well/badly.
•	Do you ever talk in your sleep?
2. go to sleep – fall asleep – уснуть
•	I couldn’t go to sleep last night.
3. put smb to sleep – усыпить, уложить спать
•	His voice put me to sleep.
•	It’s late, put the baby to sleep.
carry (v)
1. take from one place to another – нести, переносить
•	He was carrying a box on his shoulder.
•	The boat was carried by the waves to a small island.
2. have, possess, wear – иметь при себе, брать/носить с собой
•	Do you always carry an umbrella?
3. carry smth out – fulfil, complete – выполнить, провести
•	carry out a promise/plan/threat
•	carry out an experiment/a test
•	Every possible test was carried out to decide the nature of her illness.	
Exercise 1. Find in column B the translation for the words in column A.

 A	
B	

1. wake up 
2. next 
3. call 
4. sleep 
5. carry 
6. plant 
7. knock 
8. while 
9. wake
10. call on 
11. carry out 
12. wait 
13. knock down 
14. call up 	
a. a friend 
b. at the door 
c. trees 
d. reading 
e. early 
f. an old barn 
g. an experiment 
h. the post-office
i. a basket 
j. well 
k. a while
l. a taxi 
m. well 
n. door	

Exercise 2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following phrases.

1. Что случилось? 2. соседи; 3. устраивать вечеринку; 4. вся улица; 5. спать при таком шуме; 6. прекрасно проводить время; 7. уходить; 8. ссориться; 9. удивляться; 10. кастрюли и сковородки; 11. жалеть; 12. забивать что-либо/стучать молотком; 13. голоса; 14. молочник; 15. взглянуть/посмотреть; 16. лопата; 17. хоронить; 18. сажать картошку; 19. аквариум с золотыми рыбками; 20. убирать.	
Exercise 3. Translate the words in brackets.

1. He ran as fast as his legs could (нести) him. 2. He decided (осуществить) his plan alone. 3. I never (имею) much money with me. 4. The girl gracefully (несла) a basket on her head. 5. The party was so noisy that the people (рядом в квартире) (позвонили) and asked what was going on. 6. The police were looking for the witnesses who had seen the accident when a man (был сбит) by a run-away car. 7. Her house was full of green (растений) which
made it very cosy. 8. The hostess put him (рядом) to Mrs Ramsey. 9. His name was Mr Kellada but everybody (называли) him Mr Know&all. 10. She asked the maid (вызвать) the doctor immediately, she (позвонила) but the doctor was out visiting his patients. 11. My father works at (заводе). 12. The child usually (будит) her at 6 o’clock but it again (засыпает) at 10 o’clock.	
Retell the conversation in any tense, see lesson 60.	
Все материалы взяты из книги "Read and speak English" Дроздова Т. Ю., Маилова В. Г., Николаева В.С.