| Sorry. Sorry. Hello? Jane? It’s Alison. Where is he? Isn’t he there? What does he look like? He has dark hair and a beard. Hang on. Is he wearing a black leather jacket and black jeans? Yes. |
Простите. Простите. Алло? Джейн? Это Элисон. Где он? Разве он не там? Как он выглядит? У него темные волосы и борода. Подожди. Он одет в черную кожаную куртку и черные джинсы? Да. |
| It’s OK. He’s here. See you later. Bye. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Just go away! Sorry. I think there’s some mistake. Matt, I’m Alison. Nice to meet you. Oh, I’m so sorry. Hi. I thought … It’s OK. Let’s go. Sorry about that. |
Все в порядке. Он здесь. Увидимся позже. Пока. Простите. Простите. Простите. Пошёл прочь! Извините. Я думаю, здесь какая-то ошибка. Мэтт, я Элисон. Очень приятно. О, мне так жаль. Привет. Я думал … Все в порядке. Пойдем. Простите за это. |
Adjectives and adverbs (2) (good/well, fast/hard/late, hardly)
(a) Good/well
Good — является прилагательным. Наречие — well:
— Your English is very good. You speak English well.
— Susan is a good pianist. She plays the piano well.
Мы часто употребляем well с причастием (dressed/known и т.д.):
well-dressed (но не `good dressed’) well-known well-educated
Однако, well бывает также прилагательным со значением `в хорошем здравии’:
— `How are you now?’ `I’m very well, thanks.’ (но не `I’m very good’)
(b) Fast/hard/late — эти слова — и прилагательные, и наречия:
прилагательное наречие
He is a hard man to please. Children like hard-boiled eggs.
She travels by fast trains only. Don’t speak so fast!
You are late, as usual. He got up late in the evening.
Наречие lately = недавно:
— Have you been to the cinema lately?
(c) Hardly имеет значение полностью отличное от hard:
Hardly = почти не. Изучим примеры:
— I’m so tired,I can hardly walk. (=I’m so tired,I can walk but only with a lot of difficulty.)
— I hardly know her. (=I almost don’t know her)
Мы часто употребляем hardly с can/could.
— Your writing is terrible. I can hardly read it.
(= I can read it but only with a lot of difficulty)
— My leg was hurting me. I could hardly walk.
Мы также употребляем hardly с any/anyone/anything/anywhere:
— Hardly anybody came to the meeting .
(= very few people came to the meeting.)
— Hardly ever = almost never.
Отметьте, что можно сказать:
— She ate hardly anything. или She hardly ate anything.
— We’ve got hardly any food. или We’ve hardly got any food.
Hardly ever = почти никогда:
— I’m nearly always at home in the evenings. I hardly ever go out.