Programme 8 - Turn on/off/up/down


Hi, my name is Soumitra. I grew up in Berkshire with my mother, who went to an English speaking school in Delhi. However, when she moved to London a lot of her contacts didn’t have the same privileges as she did.

POUČENÍ • Cizinci se nejčastěji potýkají s frázovými slovesy

(The)Mistakes they tend to make with English – just translation problems. Things that frequently do get said for example would be: “If you could turn the light up” when you go into a dark room, even though the light is not already on. To turn up.


to turn on - zapnout, pustit (radio, televizi, vodu, plyn), rozsvítit
to turn up - zesílit (zvuk)
to turn down - zeslabit
to turn off - vypnout, zhasnout
to switch on - zapnout (elektrický/ elektronický přístroj)
to switch off - vypnout, zavřít (elektrický/ elektronický přístroj)


If you want to use this computer you need to turn it on first.
Turn off the light and go to bed. It’s late!
He turned the radio on, but forgot to turn it off when he left the flat. (pause).
She turned the hot water on, had a shower and then turned it off. (pause).
Our kitchen has no window, so you always need to turn the light on when you go there and turn it off when you leave it.
Can you turn up the radio? I can’t hear what the presenter is saying!
It’s too bright in this cinema, they should turn the lights down a little.
I turn the heating up when I’m at home in winter, but after a few hours it’s too hot and I need to turn it down a bit. (pause)
She always turns the radio up for the weather forecast, but then turns the volume down again when the adverts are on.


WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ELECTRICAL THINGS, YOU CAN ALSO USE THE VERB ‘TO SWITCH’. SO YOU CAN SWITCH SOMETHING ON AND THEN SWITCH IT OFF. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WATER OR GAS TAPS, YOU NORMALLY USE TURN – TURN ON AND TURN OFF.



Přeložte:

1. Prosím tě, zapni počítač!
2. Mohl byste ztlumit topení?
3. Mohl bys zesílit rádio?
4. Vypni, prosím tě, všechna světla!

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