| It’s a big day today. We have a new neighbour, and we’re all very excited. Well, Jane and I certainly are. Are you ready? It’s a quarter to seven. What time does the film start? Half past seven. OK. He’s nice. He’s very nice. But not good-looking. He is good-looking. |
Сегодня важный день. У нас новый сосед, и мы все очень взволнованы. Ну, Джейн и я точно. Вы готовы? Сейчас без четверти семь. Во сколько начинается фильм? Воловине восьмого. ОК. Он милый. Он очень милый. Но не красивый. Он красивый. |
| It’s nearly ten to seven. — Who’s that? — The new neighbour. That’s a nice car. I bet it’s fast. That thing? No, it’s slow. It’s very expensive. It’s cheap. Is it? Oh yeah. And it’s horrible. Let’s say hello. — Now? — Yes! |
Почти без десяти семь. — Кто это? — Новый сосед. Какая хорошая машина. Я держу пари, она быстрая. Вот эта? Нет, она медленная. Она очень дорогая. Дешевая. Неужели? О, да. И ужасная. Давайте поздороваемся. — Сейчас? — Да! |
Enough and too
(a) Место enough в предложении:
Enough стоит после прилагательных и наречий:
— He didn’t get job because he wasn’t experienced enough.
(но не `enough experienced’)
— You won’t pass the examination if you don’t work hard enough.
— She can’t get married yet. She’s not old enough.
Enough стоит перед существительными:
— He didn’t get the job because he didn’t have enough experience.
(но не `experience enough’)
— I’d like to go on holiday but I haven’t enough money.
— Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren’t enough chairs.
Вы также можете употреблять слово enough само по себе (без существительного):
— I’ll lend you some money if you haven’t got enough.
(b) После enough и too можно сказать for someone/something:
— I haven’t got enough money for a holiday.
— He wasn’t experienced enough for the job.
— This shirt is too big for me. I need a smaller size.
Однако, обычно мы не говорим `enough/too…for doing something’.
Мы употребляем to + infinitive после enough и too.
Так мы говорим `enough money to do something’,
`old enough to do something’, `too young to do something’ и т.д.:
— I haven’t got enough money to go on holiday. (но не `for going’)
— He wasn’t experienced enough to do the job.
— She’s only sixteen. She’s not old enough to get married.
(или She’s too young to get married.)
— Let’s get a taxi. It’s too far to walk.
— There weren’t enough chairs for everyone to sit down.
— The weather wasn’t nice enough to go swimming.
— He spoke too quickly for us to understand.
(c) Мы говорим:
— The food was so hot that we couldn’t eat it.
и: The food was very hot. We couldn’t eat it.
или мы говорим:
— The food was too hot to eat. (without `it’)
Вот еще несколько примеров, как этот:
— That picture is too heavy to hang on the wall.
— I had to carry my wallet in my hand. It was too big to put in my pocket.
— The water wasn’t clean enough to swim in.