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Exercise 10. Translate into English:
1.İlin dörd fəsli var: yaz, yay, payız, qış. Qış ilin ən soyuq, yay
isə ən isti fəslidir.
2.Qış idman üçün ən yaxşı vaxtdır. Çünki qar yağanda uşaqlar
qarda oynamağı xoşlayırlar.
3.Azərbaycanın yayı çox yaxşı olur.
4.Bəzi uşaqlar Xəzər dənizində çimməyi çox sevirlər.
5.Yayda Bakı çox isti olur.
6.Noyabr payızın sonuncu ayıdır.
7.Bu gün hava buludlu olacaq.
8.Onun saçı qar kimi ağdır.
9.Ölkəmizdə ən gözəl şəhər hansıdır?
10.Sənin ən sevimli fəslin hansıdır?
LESSON 6
[see: §41, 42 of Grammar reference for details]
Time
It is not very difficult to tell time in English. First of all let’s
deal with the hours: we say, it’s one o’clock, two o’clock, three
o’clock and so on. Twelve o’clock may refer to midnight or to
midday. Then for the quarters we say for instance, it’s a quarter
past eight, half past eight, a quarter to nine. Sometimes people
just say eight-fifteen, instead of a quarter past eight, and
eight-thirty, instead of half past eight. We say other times as
follows: five minutes past eight, or simply, five past eight.
Similarly, ten past eight, twenty past eight, twenty-five past eight,
twenty-five to nine, twenty to nine, five to nine.
We can tell the time by a clock or a watch. A clock is big; it is
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usually on the wall, or it stands on the table. A watch is small; we
can put it in our pocket or wear it on our wrist with a leather-strap,
ribbon or watch-band.
Watches and clocks have figures
on their faces, and two hands, a long
hand which points to the minutes and
a short hand which points to the
hours. Some clocks have three hands,
a long hand, a short hand and very
short one to point to the seconds.
If a clock or a watch tells the right
time, we say that the watch is right.
If a watch gains, we say that the
watch is fast and if it loses we say that it is slow.
When a watch goes wrong we take it to a watchmaker and
have it repaired, cleaned and regulated.
You must not forget to wind you watch up regularly. If you
don’t do it, it may stop. We usually set our watches by the
radio-time signal.
Dialogues
Sevil: It’s getting late. Where is Lala? Doesn’t she know (that) we
are waiting for her?
Lala: She does. But she never comes on time and always find a
good excuse. Oh, here, she is late as usual.
Sevil: Why are you so late Lala?
Lala: Am I? Have a look at my watch. It is a quarter past three by
mine. I am only five minutes late. It’s so difficult to come
always on time.
Sevil: This is the last day of winter. We must put our clocks on to
summer time.
Lala: Must?
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Sevil: Oh, of course. Everyone must put his clock on one hour in
summer.
Lala: I see. You really must get up one hour earlier.
Sevil: Yes, the sun rises earlier and sets later, and we want to get
all the sunlight we can.
Lala: So you get a nice long afternoon and evening for play
during the light.
Sevil: That’s just it!
Lala: I suppose they do it in many countries. Do they?
Sevil: Yes.
Active vocabulary
hour – saan (60 dəqiqə)
o’clock – saat (vaxt)
for refer – 1) istinad etmək,
əsaslanmaq; 2) göndərmək (to);
3) müraciət etmək; 4) aid olmaq,
həvalə etmək
for instance – məsələn
quarter – 1) n. rüb, çərək, dörddə
bir, 2) 15 dəqiqə
instead of – əvəzində;
... etməkdənsə
pocket – 1) n. cib; 2) cibinə
qoymaq, mənimsəmək;
oğurlamaq
Remember
An hour in the morning is
worth two in the evening.
– Gecənin xeyrindən
gündüzün şəri yaxşıdır
(It’s) as clear as day
– Gün kimi aydındır.
Better late than never
– Heç etməməkdənsə,
gec etmək yaxşıdır.
Never put off till tomorrow
what you can do today
– Bu cünün işini sabaha
qoyma.
Times flies
– Vaxt uçur.
Time and tide wait for no man – Vaxt gözləmir.
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wear (wore; worn) – geymək
wrist – bilək; ~ watch – qol saatı
leather-strap – dəri qayış
ribbon – lent, bafta
watch-band – saat bağı (qayışı)
figure – 1) n. fiqura, boy-buxun;
2) şəxsiyyət; 3) rəqəm
be fast – qabağa getmək (saat)
watchmaker – saatsaz
repair – 1) n. təmir; 2) v. təmir
etmək, süzəltmək
regulate – 1) tənzim etmək;
qaydaya salmaq,
2) uygunlaşdırmaq
to lose (lost; lost) – 1) gecikmək,
2) itirmək, 3) uduzmaq
gain – 1) gəlir, xeyir, mənfəət,
2) qazanmaq, əldə etmək
what’s the time (danışıq forması)
– saat neçədir?
what time is it (neytral forma) –
– saat neçədir?
to come (be) in tie (for
something) – vaxtında gəlmək,
gecikməmək
to come (be) on time – vaxtında
gəlmək
to find a good excuse – haqq
qazandırmaq, üzürlü səbəb
it’s getting late – artıq gecdir
late as usual – həmişəki kimi
gecikmək
later than usual – həmişəkindən
gec
EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Write the following verbs in the third person singular
of the present Simple and use them in sentences of your own:
read, write, finish, march, rise, dress, study, lie, go, say, have, see,
copy, take, explain, wash, be, know, do, play
Exercise 2. Put the following sentences into the interrogative,
negative and negative-interrogative forms:
1.Dilara always brings some flowers with her.
2.They want to buy some new chairs.
3.We do some exercises in writing.
4.He likes to speak English to her.
5.In the evening my parents watch TV or listen in.
6.She knows how to tell the time in English.
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