1) How do you say these numbers in English?
1) 561; 9) 2'/2;
2) 2.345; 10) 6.75;
3) 0.25; 11) 317;
4) 1.750.000; 12) 8.14;
5) 48 %; 13) 20 October;
6) 9 July; 14) 690 8755 (phone number);
7) 10 centigrade; 15) in 1903.
8) in 1973;
2) Answer these questions. Write your answers in words.
1. When were you born?
2. How much do you weigh?
3. What is the number of the fl at or house where you live?
4. Is that an odd or an even number?
5. What is the population of your town?
6. What is the population of your country?
7. What is the normal temperature of a healthy person?
8. How many kilometers are there in a mile?
3) Read the text. Analyze the power of number “13”. Give other examples.
Number power
Some people say it makes no sense, but numbers play an important part in
many lives. That's why the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre has decided not
to allow the number 666 on car number plates because it is the mark of the devil.
Other numbers have great superstitious power – just ask triskaidekaphobics
– people who fear the number 13 and Friday 13th in particular. Thanks
to them, elevators all over the country jump from fl oor 12 to fl oor 14. On
Concorde, you won’t fi nd Row 13, and many hotels have no fl oor 13.
At the Savoy Hotel, they are very careful. If there are 13 guests to dinner,
the waiters bring an extra “guest” – a small black cat made of stone called
Kaspar – to make the numbers up to 14. According to the story, a South African
businessman, Wool Joel, went ahead with a dinner for 13 people in 1898 after
the 14th guest cancelled. Joel was murdered soon afterwards.
People who study numbers say that each number relates to one of the
planets and that your birthday has a special meaning. To fi nd out what numbers
are important to you, write down your birth date. The day describes your outer
personality, the month is your inner self and the year is your future. Where there
is more than one fi gure, add them together to get a single fi gure. For example,
1965 = 1 + 9 + 6 + 5 which is 21. Then add 2 + 1 to get 3.
4) Translate the words in brackets.
1. (По утрам) he has a light breakfast.
2. Don’t be late. Come (в четыре часа).
3. He finished school (в прошлом году).
4. He’ll be back (через две недели).
5. I saw him (два года назад).
6. ( В пасхальный день) people do not work.
7. (В рождественский день) we (часто) have a Christmas party.
8. He was born (двадцать четвертого декабря).
9. He went to see a doctor (в четверг вечером).
10. I called him (вчера вечером).
11. (Сегодня) is (двадцать первое апреля 2007 года).
12. The company began its work (пятого июня 1998 года).
13. They celebrated Bob’s birthday (в прошлом месяце).
14. He was born on (в 1986).