Language to Go.pdf

LANGUAGE TO GO

LESSON 1

Interested in

Steve

Are you interested in Shakespeare?

Visitor

Yeah, I think the family is genuinely.. sort of.. interested in …

the children are. We try to give them as much about it as

we can.

Steve

Personally no, I’ve not studied it at all – I’ve read bits and

pieces and I suppose recent things, like ‘Shakespeare in

Love’ have got us… you know… more interested in the

actual Shakespeare itself.

to be interested in - być czymś zainteresowanym

genuinely - prawdziwie

sort of … - (potocznie) trochę, nieco, jakoś

not at all - wcale nie

bits and pieces - tu: urywki, kawałki, fragmenty; również: drobne

rzeczy, drobiazgi

recent

- niedawny

actual

- faktyczny, rzeczywisty

objaśnienia:

zwróć uwagę na różnicę między

to be interested in something – być czymś zainteresowanym

to get somebody interested in something – zainteresować kogoś czymś

uzupełnij zdania:

1. If you make somebody interested in something, you (get, got, gotten) them

interested.

2. If you are really interested in something, you are (genuine, genuinely, sort

of) interested.

3. Small objects, items and parts of things are often called in colloquial

English (pieces and bits, bits and pieces, bites and pieces).

odpowiedzi:

1. get

2. genuinely

3. bits and pieces

Visitor

Have you read or studied much of his work?

LESSON 2

Been to see

Steve

So tell me, have you been to see a film recently?

Woman

Yes, ‘Gladiator’.

Steve

Is that a film you would normally go and see?

Woman

So why did you see this one?

Woman

Because my husband wanted to see it.

Steve

And what did you think of it?

Woman

It was okay – better than I thought it was going to be.

Steve

And what is your favourite film of all time?

Woman

Probably ‘Grease’, yeah.

Steve

Why was that?

Woman

What did you like about it?

Woman

It was just from when I was young…it’s just a favourite film,

really.

favourite

- niedawno

objaśnienia:

favourite film of all time – najbardziej ulubiony film

(have) been to see – Have you been to see a film recently?

Czy widziałeś ostatnio jakiś film? – pytanie w czasie Present Perfect

(Czynność odbyła się niedawno, recently , w niesprecyzowanym bliżej momencie)

went to see – I went to see ‘Grease’ last week.

Poszedłem zobaczyć ‘Grease’ w zeszłym tygodniu – zdanie w czasie Simple

Past (podajemy konkretny ‘moment’ przeszłości).

I oto jak pytamy o opinię na temat obejrzanego filmu:

What did you think of it? ( również : What did you think about it?)

What did you like about it?

uzupełnij zdania:

1. The film you like most of all is your (favourite, favour, favoured) film.

2. If you favour something, you (prefer, flavour, ignore) it.

3. Your favourite person or thing is, in colloquial English, your (fave, rave,

crave).

Steve

No.

Steve

Oh, I don’t know.

recently

- ulubiony

odpowiedzi:

1. favourite

2. prefer

3. fave

LESSON 3

What is your job?

Steve

Okay, so first of all, tell me what is your job?

Man

I sell glass for a company in the West Midlands.

Steve

What do you like or dislike about the work?

Man

I like the flexibility of the work .. it’s a pressure job as,

because I sell glass I think er.. any selling job is pressure in

that if you don’t sell it, you’ve not got a job.

Steve

What would you really like to do if you had the chance?

Man

Play football.

Steve

I’d do it for nothing.

job

- praca, zajęcie, zawód

to sell

- sprzedawać

company

- firma, przedsiębiorstwo

West Midlands

- rejon środkowo-zachodniej Anglii

dislike

- nie lubić

work

- praca

flexibility

- elastyczność

pressure

- presja, nacisk, stres

chance

- szansa

to play football

- grać w piłkę nożną

for nothing

- tu: za darmo

objaśnienia:

Kiedy chcemy się dowiedzieć: Co robisz? ( w sensie : jaki masz zawód) – możemy

zapytać:

What do you do?

What do you do for a living?

What’s your job?

work – to praca (ogólnie), również : zakład pracy, np.

I’m going to work

I like my work

Man

Professionally?

glass

- tu: szyby

job – to wykonywana konkretnie praca, zajęcie, (potocznie) zawód,stanowisko,

np.

I like my job

What’s your job?

profession – zawód, profesja. Występuje w określonych konstrukcjach, z

przyimkiem by, np.

She’s a doctor by profession

He’s an electrician by profession

What’s your profession? (brzmi formalnie)

uzupełnij zdania:

1. A person who sells goods in a shop is called a (seller, salesman, vendor).

2. A person who travels around selling the company’s goods to shops is

called a sales (person, man, rep).

3. If something is available to be bought, it is for (sold, sale, sell).

odpowiedzi:

1. salesman

2. rep (=representative)

3. sale

LESSON 4

Is this what you normally wear to work?

Steve

I’m in the offices of Deep-end, a new media company.

These offices are very informal in both design and layout.

Most people are wearing t-shirts, open shirts, denim and

even combat trousers. I’m going to speak to some of them.

Steve

Now here’s somebody who’s looking really relaxed. You’re

barefooted, you’ve got a blue sweatshirt on, black slacks,

and you look really relaxed today. Is this what you normally

wear to work?

Man

Yeah, pretty much. In fact probably with the trousers I’m

probably smarter than I usually am.

Steve

And what’s your job here?

Man

I’m design director of Deep Group. So I’ve been with the

company since it started. I work with my friends and come in

and enjoy myself every day, it’s great ...the better the

atmosphere, I think, the more the work improves.

So it’s all part and parcel of the way we run the place.

to wear

- nosić, mieć na sobie, być ubranym

office

- biuro

media

- media

informal

- nieformalny

design

- plan, układ, rozkład

t-shirt

- t-shirt

open shirt

- rozpięta (pod szyją) koszulka

denim

- materiał dżinsowy

denim trousers

- dżinsy

combat trousers

- ‘bojówki’

barefooted

- bosonogi, (chodzący) na bosaka

sweatshirt

- bluza

slacks

- spodnie (AmE)

pretty much

- przeważnie, raczej tak

trousers

- spodnie

sart

- tu: elegancki

to enjoy

- lubić, cieszyć się czymś/z czegoś

to improve

- polepszać się

part and parcel

- istotna/ważna część

way

- sposób

to run

- tu: zarządzać

objaśnienia:

W co jesteś ubrany? Co masz na sobie?

Możemy to powiedzieć na dwa sposoby:

What are you wearing?

What have you got on?

im… tym

the better … the more

the more … the better

the way we run the place – tu: sposób, w jaki kierujemy firmą/zarządzamy

przedsiębiorstwem

uzupełnij zdania:

1. When you decide how something will look by drawing plans, you (design,

designate, desist) things.

layout

- plan, projekt

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