Daily English Lessons

Overweight blonde A blonde was terribly overweight, so her doctor put her on a diet. - I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you will lose at least 5 pounds. When the blonde returned she shocked the doctor by losing nearly twenty pounds. - Why that’s amazing!" the doctor said. - Did you follow my instructions? The blonde nodded. - I’ll tell you though, I thought I would drop dead on the third day. - From hunger you mean? - No from skipping. VOCABULARY at least – по крайней мере drop dead – упасть замертво hunger – голод to skip – 1/ пропускать 2/ прыгать со скакалкой

The stakes are high and it’s more dangerous. Ставки высоки и это еще опаснее. the stakes are high – ставки высоки; большой риск Даже если вы не играете в азартные игры, то вам попадалось это выражение. Несколько примеров в контексте: The stakes are high and if you fail you might lose everything. – Ставки высоки и если ты проиграешь, то ты можешь потерять всё. Be careful what to say, the stakes are high! – Будь аккуратен с тем что говоришь – ставки высоки.

A bad mark A girl came home after school and showed her mum her test score. Mum: Why is your test score so low? Daughter: Because of absent. Mum: You were absent? Daughter: No, the girl next to me was.

В английском языке есть идиомы, связанные с национальностями. Например, датчанами: "going Dutch" разделить счет в ресторане, кафе и т.д. TOM: "Hey, do you want to grab dinner tonight?" BILL: "Sure, sounds good! But let's go Dutch, I prefer splitting the bill." ТОМ: Может сегодня вечером пообедаем? БИЛЛ: Отличная мысль! Но каждый платит за себя, я предпочитаю разделить счет. Аналогичное значение имеет выражение Dutch treat – каждый платит за себя TOM: "I'd love to go out for drinks after work!" BILL: "Sounds fun! Let's make it a Dutch treat and everyone can get their own rounds." ТОМ: Я бы выпил после работы! БИЛЛ: Хорошая мысль! Но тогда каждый платит за себя и покупает что хочет! Dutch courage – выпить для храбрости JACK: "I can't believe you went skydiving! Weren't you scared?" GEORGE: "I was terrified, but a little bit of Dutch courage helped me take the jump. ДЖЕК: Не могу поверить, что ты прыгнул с парашютом! Тебе не было страшно? ДЖОРДЖ: Страшно не то слово! Но я выпил для храбрости и это помогло! PS Конечно, никто вам не даст прыгать с парашютом после того как Вы выпьете.

QUICK THINKING One night a hotel caught fire and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes. Two men were standing near the hotel and looking at the fire. "Before I came out," said one of them, "I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money there. People don't think about money when they are in panic. When paper money gets into a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the paper money that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took it." "You don't know me," said the other man, "and you don't know what I am." "And where do you work?" "I'm a policeman." "Oh!" cried the first man. He thought quickly and then he said, "And do you know what I am?" "No," said the policeman. "I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never took place." VOCABULARY caught fire to catch fire - загореться stories about things that never took place."

Идиома 🌉Water under the bridge используется в значении что было, то прошло, уже не важно. 1️⃣ We did have our disagreements but that's water under the bridge now. У нас действительно были разногласия но все это в прошлом. 2️⃣ Don't worry about it. It's water under the bridge. Не беспокойся об этом. Что было, то было.

I always want to get back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods. During the early years of the war, I had my first New York apartment in a brownstone in the East Seventies. It was one room with old furniture, a sofa and big red velvet chairs. Everywhere, in the bathroom too, there were prints of Roman ruins brown with age. The single window looked out on a fire escape. Even so, I was happy whenever I felt in my pocket the key to this apartment; with all its darkness, it still was the first place of my own, and my books were there, and jars of pencils to sharpen, everything I needed to become the writer I wanted to be. It never occurred to me in those days to write about Holly Golightly, and probably it would not now unless I had a conversation with Joe Bell that awoke the whole memory of her again. Holly Golightly had also been a tenant in the old brownstone; she had occupied the apartment below mine. As for Joe Bell, he had a bar around the corner on Lexington Avenue; he still does. VOCABULARY brownstone -особняк из коричневого камня furniture - мебель prints - картинки fire escape - пожарная лестница first place of my own - мое первое собственное жилище to occur - происходить, случаться tenant - арендатор sharpen - заточить

You can count on me. No worries. Ты можешь рассчитывать на меня. Не волнуйся. No worries about anything. Just be yourself. Не волнуйся ни о чем, просто будь собой. No worries – не волнуйся, нет проблем, все нормально. Выражение, которое стоит переводить исходя из контекста. Его говорят, когда хотят успокоить собеседника. - I am afraid I will fail the exam! - No worries! You will pass with excellent marks. - Я боюсь, что я не сдам экзамен! - Не волнуйся! Сдашь с отличными оценками. No worries! I will definitely find a place where to stay. Спокойно! Я точно найду место где мы сможем остановиться.