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

  1. Не looks like his mother — he takes after / to / for her.
  2. Do you take me after / in / for an idiot?
  3. The plane could not take off / up / to because of the snow.
  4. He took after / up / in swimming when his doctor told him he needed to more exercises.
  5. The company took in / up / on several new employees to cope with the extra demand.
  6. He took up / down / on everything the lecturer said in his notebook.
  7. She took down / to / in drinking after her husband died.
  8. I took my hat off / on / out when I entered the building.
  9. If you don’t take your books out / back / into to the library on time, you have to pay a fine.
  10. He refused to take what he had said in / back / into even though he knew he was wrong.
  11. 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"

  1. Please take your hat ___ when you go inside a building.
  2. Both my sister and I take ___ our father
  3. He took the car brakes ____ and found the problem.
  4. My grandparents took us ... for dinner and a movie.
  5. I have taken ... going for a five-mile run every morning.
  6. Studying takes... most of my time.
  7. Sophie has just been taken ... with a permanent contract.
  8. She had to take everything... of her handbag before she found her papers.
  9. 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:

  1. What is artificial intelligence?
  2. What do you think of these 'fake people' videos? Don`t they look scaring?
  3. What are the good things about artificial intelligence? And what about the bad ones?
  4. How is artificial intelligence helping us today?
  5. Would you like to have the AI as your own helper? If yes, how would you use it?
  6. Have you ever heard of neural networks? What is that?
  7. Is there a difference between artificial intelligence and neural networks?
  8. 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://en.akinator.com/

https://vc.ru/ml/66670-21-sayt-gde-mozhno-protestirovat-rabotu-neyrosetey

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