November 21, 2022
Lesson 60. Phrasal verbs. To take
Take along – брать с собой (в дорогу), приводить, привозить.
She took her sister along to the hospital. – Она привела свою сестру в больницу.
Take me along. – Возьми меня с собой.
Take apart – разбирать, анализировать, раскритиковать (отругать, отчитать кого-либо).
He spent two days taking his car apart. – Он два дня разбирал по частям свою машину.
The director will take her excuses apart. – Директор быстро разберется в ее отговорках.
Take back – возвращать, взять обратно (признать, что ваше мнение неверно).
It’s not easy to take back everything I said but I will do this. – Нелегко взять назад свои слова, но я это сделаю.
Take this bag back to the shop and change it. – Отнеси эту сумку назад в магазин и поменяй.
Take down – снимать (откуда-то), снять (одежду), сносить, записывать, разобрать (машину), сбить спесь (с кого-либо); снизить (цену), уничтожить.
Did you take down his speech? – Ты записал его речь?
She took down the picture from the wall. – Она сняла картину со стены.
The building was taken down. – Здание снесли.
Take your coat down. – Снимайте пальто.
Take in – вносить; ушивать (одежду), убирать (паруса) ; включать; усваивать; обманывать; давать приют (брать жильцов); брать работу на дом; осматривать, посещать.
It was a boring lesson and I didn’t take in the essence of the new theme. – Это был скучный урок, и я не понял суть новой темы.
You could earn some extra money by taking in students. – Ты можешь заработать дополнительные средства, если будешь предоставлять жилье студентам.
She takes in sewing. – Она берет на дом шитье.
She took in her skirt. – Она ушила свою юбку.
We were completely taken in. – Нас здорово провели.
Take off – снимать (одежду), уводить, увозить, уносить; копировать, имитировать; взлетать; снимать запрет; приобрести популярность, пользоваться успехом; сделать перерыв в работе (взять отгул).
Take your hands off the table. – Убери руки со стола.
I had a lot of work and now I’m going to take two days off. – У меня было много работы, а сейчас я хочу взять два выходных.
The plane took off in time. – Самолет взлетел вовремя.
He took off his cap. – Он снял кепку.
Task 1. Choose the correct option
- Не looks like his mother — he takes after / to / for her.
- Do you take me after / in / for an idiot?
- The plane could not take off / up / to because of the snow.
- He took after / up / in swimming when his doctor told him he needed to more exercises.
- The company took in / up / on several new employees to cope with the extra demand.
- He took up / down / on everything the lecturer said in his notebook.
- She took down / to / in drinking after her husband died.
- I took my hat off / on / out when I entered the building.
- If you don’t take your books out / back / into to the library on time, you have to pay a fine.
- He refused to take what he had said in / back / into even though he knew he was wrong.
- I couldn’t put the radio back together after I had taken it off / out on / apart.
Task 2. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate phrasal verb "to take"
- Please take your hat ___ when you go inside a building.
- Both my sister and I take ___ our father
- He took the car brakes ____ and found the problem.
- My grandparents took us ... for dinner and a movie.
- I have taken ... going for a five-mile run every morning.
- Studying takes... most of my time.
- Sophie has just been taken ... with a permanent contract.
- She had to take everything... of her handbag before she found her papers.
- We were all taken ... by the news.
Watching and discussing
https://www.ted.com/talks/supasorn_suwajanakorn_fake_videos_of_real_people_and_how_to_spot_them#t-425414
Discussion questions:
- What is artificial intelligence?
- What do you think of these 'fake people' videos? Don`t they look scaring?
- What are the good things about artificial intelligence? And what about the bad ones?
- How is artificial intelligence helping us today?
- Would you like to have the AI as your own helper? If yes, how would you use it?
- Have you ever heard of neural networks? What is that?
- Is there a difference between artificial intelligence and neural networks?
- Do you know any particular neural network programs?
Here are some quite popular neural network services:
https://www.thispersondoesnotexist.com/
https://www.thiscatdoesnotexist.com/
https://vc.ru/ml/66670-21-sayt-gde-mozhno-protestirovat-rabotu-neyrosetey