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L8.1/T4: Kielteisellä sanalla aloittaminen

2020-02-20T13:42:51+02:00

1. Seldom, if ever, does it rain in the Rub al Khali desert.
Harvoin, jos koskaan, Rub al Khalin autiomaassa sataa.

2. No sooner had I arrived in Sana’a than Abdul came to see me at my hotel.
Heti kun olin saapunut Sanaahan, Abdul tuli tapaamaan minua hotelliini.

3. Not until we drove to Jabal an Nabi Shu’ayb, did I realize/realise how high the mountains in Yemen
were.
Vasta kun ajoimme Jabal an Nabi Shu’aybin vuorelle, tajusin, kuinka korkeita Jemenin vuoret ovat.

4. Nor did I know that Yemen is bigger than California, about the size of Thailand.
En tiennyt sitäkään, että Jemen on isompi kuin Kalifornia, suunnilleen Thaimaan kokoinen.

5. Little do you understand / does one understand about life in other countries until you visit them yourself.
Vähänpä sitä ymmärtää muiden maiden elämästä, ennen kuin itse käy niissä.

6. Nowhere have I seen such interesting dinosaur footprints as in the village of Madar north of Sana’a.
Missään en ole nähnyt niin mielenkiintoisia dinosauruksen jalanjälkiä kuin Madarin kylässä Sanaasta pohjoiseen.

7. Not only is the history of Yemen / is Yemen's history interesting but also its present political situation intrigues
me.
Ei vain Jemenin historia ole mielenkiintoinen, vaan myös sen nykyinen poliittinen tilanne kiinnostaa minua.

8. Only recently did I read in a history book that Yemen was a Christian country until 630 AD.
Vasta äskettäin luin historian kirjasta, että Jemen oli kristitty valtio vuoteen 630 saakka.

9. Never can we be quite sure about the reasons why there’s still unrest in Yemen.
Koskaan emme voi olla aivan varmoja syistä, joiden vuoksi Jemenissä on yhä levotonta.

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L8.1/T5: Reagointi (so/neither)

2018-04-22T17:45:58+03:00

1. I am a keen fan of The Hunger Games. (my sister)
So is my sister.

2. I have read all the books. (my sister)
So has my sister.

3. Hunter Parrish, Luke Mitchell and Grant Gustin weren't accepted in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. (Garrett Hedlund)
Neither was Garrett Hedlund.

4. Jena Malone sought the role of Johanna Mason. (Kristen Bell)
So did Kristen Bell.

5. Sam Claflin was very clumsy and fell at least once in every scene during filming. (Jennifer Lawrence)
So did Jennifer Lawrence.

6. Suzanne Collins couldn’t imagine a better actor than Jennifer Lawrence to play Katniss. (the
producers)
Neither could the producers.

7. Parents of young children don't like the books because of their violence. (my grandmother)
Neither does my grandmother.

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Practise with your partner 2 A: Ratkaisu

2018-08-04T12:43:28+03:00

A. I have started to do snowboarding. So has my brother.

2. Ella and Luca took a trip to Lapland. (we)

A. Luca is very good at half pipe. So are you.

4. He has practised in Innsbruck. (Ella and Pippa)

A. We need better equipment. So does Darren.

6. Darren goes to work at weekends. (Luca and Pippa)

A. I don't see how they manage to save enough money. Neither do their parents.

8. My parents can't afford to pay for my hobbies. (yours)

A. My brother and I never ask them for money. Neither does Pippa.

10. Darren told his parents nothing about his plans. (Luca)

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Practise with your partner 2 B: Ratkaisu

2018-08-04T12:43:03+03:00

1. I have started to do snowborading. (my brother)

B. Ella and Luca took a trip to Lapland. So did we.

3. Luca is very good at half pipe. (you)

B. He has practised in Innsbruck. So have Ella and Pippa.

5. We need better equipment. (Darren)

B. Darren goes to work at weekends. So do Luca and Pippa.

7. I don't see how they manage to save enough money. (their parents)

B. My parents can't afford to pay for my hobbies. Neither can yours.

9. My brother and I never ask them for money. (Pippa)

B. Darren told his parents nothing about his plans. Neither did Luca.

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Practise with your partner 3 A: Ratkaisu

2018-08-04T12:56:24+03:00

A. Never have I seen a skyscraper that high. (En ole koskaan nähnyt noin korkeaa pilvenpiirtäjää.)

2. We can find a better restaurant nowhere.

A. Hardly ever do we eat such fancy meals. (Syömme tuskin koskaan niin hienoja ruokia.)

4. Eating out seldom costs so much.

A. Little did we know of their price setting policy. (Vähänpä me tiesimme heidän hinnoittelupolitiikastaan.)

6. I didn't realise how poor I was until today.

A. Only yesterday did I hear of this place. (Kuulin tästä paikasta vasta eilen.)

8. People never check the prices beforehand.

A. But nowhere does the food taste better. (Mutta missään ei ruoka maistu paremmalta.)

10. We have rarely had more delicious salmon.

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Practise with your partner 3 B: Ratkaisu

2018-08-04T12:55:32+03:00

1. I have never seen a skyscraper that high.

B. Nowhere can we find a better restaurant. (Mistään ei löydy parempaa ravintolaa.)

3. We hardly ever eat such fancy meals.

B. Seldom does eating out cost so much. (Harvoin ulkona syöminen maksaa niin paljon.)

5. We knew little of their price setting policy.

B. Not until today did I realise how poor I was. (Vasta tänään tajusin, kuinka köyhä olen.)

7. I heard of this place only yesterday.

B. Never do people check the prices beforehand. (Ihmiset eivät koskaan tarkista hintoja etukäteen.)

9. But the food tastes better nowhere.

B. Rarely have we had more delicious salmon. (Olemme harvoin saaneet herkullisempaa lohta.)

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