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17. Выражения It takes long, It takes a long time и вопрос How long does it take?

Выражения It takes long и It takes a long time имеют значение занимать (требовать) много времени.

Подлежащим в них является местоимение it. It takes a long time употребляется в утвердительных предложениях, a It takes long в отрицательных предложениях и вопросах. Вопрос Сколько времени нужно (уходит и т. п.) переводится "How long does it take?"

1. It takes a long time to learn a foreign language well.	Чтобы хорошо выучить иностранный язык, требуется много времени.
2. It doesn't take me long to get to college.	У меня не уходит много времени на то, чтобы добраться до института.
3. Does it usually take you long to do your homework?	У вас обычно уходит много времени на домашнее задание?
4. It doesn't take long to ask a question, but It often takes a long time to answer it.	На то, чтобы задать вопрос, не требуется много времени, но много времени часто занимает ответ.

1.	It always takes a long time to do your work carefully. • to learn a foreign language well • to explain things carefully • to answer difficult questions
2.	It doesn't take me long to do my homework. • to get to work • to get home by bus • to get to my place in the country • to look through the morning paper •
3.	How long does It take you to get home? • to do your English homework • to get to your college • to make lunch •

A. Do you often go to the country for the weekend?
B. Oh, yes, in the spring we do. We've got a summer cottage in the country, and we stay there quite often.
A. Oh, do you? Is it far from Moscow? Does it take you long to get there?
B. No, not very. It's just a forty-minute drive. Come with us next timel
A. Oh, thanks! That's very kind of you.

Какие вопросы нужно было задать, чтобы получить эти ответы?

1. It takes thirty minutes to get to Green Street from here.
2. It usually takes me an hour and a half to do my English homework.
3. My brother knows three foreign languages.
4. You can get to my office by underground.
5. The station's about half an hour's drive from here.
6. The car park's to the left of that hotel.
7. My daughter's eleven years old.
8. They've got two children.
9. He speaks English very well.
10. I usually play tennis twice a week.

1. — Аэропорт далеко отсюда, а у нас мало времени. — Сколько времени нужно, чтобы доехать туда на автобусе? — Около часа. — Тогда давайте возьмем такси.
2. — Вы живете далеко от вашей работы? — Нет, не очень. — Как вы туда добираетесь? — Иногда я иду туда пешком, если у меня достаточно времени, но обычно я еду на машине. — Здесь движение не очень сильное, не правда ли? — Нет, оно очень сильное, но не в это время. В шесть часов у нас пробки на дорогах. Я не люблю водить машину в это время.
3. — Сколько времени у вас обычно уходит на то, чтобы сделать домашнюю работу по английскому языку? — У меня уходит много времени, если я работаю тщательно.

Ответьте на вопросы о себе. Расскажите друг о друге на основании полученных ответов.

a.	1.	What time do you usually leave the house In the morning?
	2.	How long does it take you to get to work (to college, to school)?
	3.	Is your work (college, school) a long way from your house?
	4.	How do you get there? Do you sometimes have enough time to walk?
	5.	How long do you stay at work (at college, at school)?
	6.	Where can you have a meal if you're hungry?
b.	1.	How many foreign languages do you know?
	2.	Do many of your friends know foreign languages?
	3.	Do you need foreign languages for your work?
	4.	Is English difficult for you, or is it easy?
	5.	Is it interesting to learn a foreign language?
	6.	How often do you have English lessons?
	7.	What time do your classes begin?
	8.	How long does it take you to do your homework carefully?
	9.	Do you sometimes listen to the radio news in English? Is it very difficult for you to understand?
	10.	Do you watch any television programmes in English? How do you like them?
c.	1.	Where do you usually spend the weekend?
	2.	Do you sometimes go out of town?
	3.	How often do you spend the weekend in the country?
	4.	Have you got a cottage out of town?
	5.	How far is it?
	6.	How can you get there from town?
	7.	How long does it take you to get there?
	8.	What kind of place is it?
	9.	Do you take any friends with you?
d.	1.	Are you married?
	2.	How old is your wife (husband)?
	3.	How many children have you got?
	4.	Do your children go to school?
	5.	Is their school near your place?
	6.	Is your house in a street with a lot of traffic?
	7.	Can your children walk to school alone, or do you take them there?
	8.	Do they cross any streets on their way?
	9.	How much time do you spend with your children?

Прочитайте текст вслух и задайте друг другу вопросы по его содержанию. Перескажите текст от лица каждого из персонажей.

As you know, my name's Alex Dale, and I'm an economist. I live in the country, but I work in town.
I get up very eariy on weekdays, have breakfast at half past seven, look through the morning papers and leave the house at eight.

I usually go to work in my car. On my way to town I stop at the house of Alfred Ross, my friend and colleague. We work for the same company, and always go to work together. Alfred gets into my car and I drive on. The price of petrol's very high in this country, so we use our cars in turn. That's very convenient, and helps us to save money.
It usually takes us half an hour to get to the office, but if the traffic is very heavy, it takes us about an hour, and we always try to leave the house in good time so as not to be late for work.
I'm not married yet, so I sometimes spend the weekends with Alfred and his family. The Rosses have got three children. Sammy and Nick go to school (Sammy's twelve years old, and Nick's fourteen). Their daughter Judy's twenty-one and she goes to college. She studies medicine at a medical school. Alfred's wife Nancy is a trained nurse, but she can't go out to work, because she's too busy about the house.
Alfred's an excellent accountant, and he works hard. He earns enough money to keep such a large family, but it isn't easy, of course. "Life's full of problems!" he often says. I've got a problem too: Shall I get married? I've got a girtfriend. Her name's Deb Fennell. I'm sure you remember her. She's a lovely young gin, and I'm always happy to see her.

petrol ['] Syn. gas (ani.)	бензин
petrol station	бензозаправочная станция
petrol pump	бензоколонка
save	1. спасать 2. экономить
... to save money (time)	... чтобы сэкономить деньги (время)
a trained nurse	квалифицированная медсестра
train (гпаг.)	обучать, обучаться, тренировать, тренироваться
go out to work	работать, состоять на работе, поступать на работу (преимущественно о женщинах)
accountant [']	бухгалтер

together ['()]	вместе
price	цена
a high price	высокая цена