Вариант 2

1. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните глагол-сказуемое в Present Continuous:

   1. What is the assistant doing now? He's arranging the new furniture in the office.

   2. My grandmother is watching the new teenagers' pro­gram now.

   3. My studies are getting more difficult but at the same time more interesting.

2. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните глагол-сказуемое в Past Continuous:

   1. When he came, we were just finishing the discussion.

   2. I couldn't call you at two, because I was having visitors.

   3. While the manager was talking on the phone, the secretary was getting the documents ready.

   4. He was meeting his British counterpart when we saw him at the airport.

   5. John was looking through the morning mail when his boss called him.

3. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните глагол-сказуемое в Future Continuous:

   1. I'll be waiting for you near the underground station. Don't be late.

   2. Computers will be taking decisions for us in the future.

   3. Don't phone me at seven. They'll be showing my favorite movie on TV, and I'll be watching.

4. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните модальные глаголы или их эквиваленты:

   1. Не had to stay at home because he didn't feel well.

   2. She won't be able to go there until Sunday.

   3. I told him that he might use my books.

   4. Could you book two airplane tickets for us?

5. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните модальные глаголы, выражающие должен­ствование или их эквиваленты:

   1. Since our childhood we are taught what we ought to do and what we oughtn't.

   2. - May I smoke here? - No, you mustn't.

   3. You didn't have to complete that work within two days.

   4. We'll have to put this theory into practice in future.

6. Перепишите следующие глаголы, переведите их, образуйте от них причастие I (Participle I):

   1. to defend to specify

   2. to increase to stipulate

   3. to testify to lend

   4. to pay to lease

   5. to bring to deliver

7. Перепишите следующие причастия II. Укажите инфи­нитив глаголов, от которых они образованы, переведите его:

   1. transferred prescribed

   2. operated postponed

   3. built found

   4. violated brought

   5. broken acquired

8. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните глагол-сказуемое в Present Perfect.

   1. We cannot answer your fax at once. We have not taken a final decision yet.

   2. They have recently solved this problem.

   3. «Have you already introduced the new collaborator?» -the deputy asked.

9. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните глагол-сказуемое в Past Perfect:

   1. He had come from a small town, and nobody had heard of him before.

   2. When the fire brigade arrived, a large part of the building had been destroyed by the fire.

   3. I didn't join you for lunch, because I'd had a snack in a cafe and wasn't hungry.

10. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните глагол-сказуемое в Future Perfect:

    1. Will you have graduated from the college by the end of June?

    2. I think, the contract will have been signed before the end of the week.

    3. We'll have come up to the conclusion upon the beginning of the discussion.

11. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их, подчеркните глагол-сказуемое. Укажите, в каком време­ни и залоге он употреблен:

    1. Не doesn't think the machine will be reliable.

    2. I've got an appointment with Dr. Floyd at three o'clock in the afternoon, but I won't be able to keep it, I'm afraid.

    3. I hope, you won't have any trouble with the new car.

    4. In my opinion the talks were just a waste of time.

    5. Various problems of industry and agriculture were discussed at the meeting.

12. Перепишите следующие сложноподчиненные предложения, переведите их. Укажите тип придаточного предложения. Подчеркните союз или союзное слово, вводящее придаточное предложение:

    1. The man who rang you this morning didn't leave any message.

    2. Can you tell me where the yesterday's mail is?

    3. Can I speak to a representative of the firm, which sells these computers?

13. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст «Main Concepts of American Business». Выучите следующие слова и словосочетания из текста:

    1. profit - прибыль, доход;

    2. private - частный, личный;

    3. governmental - государственный;

    4. share - акция, пай, доля;

    5. shareholder - акционер, пайщик;

    6. non-profit institutions - некоммерческие организации;

    7. charitable - благотворительный;

    8. competition - конкуренция;

    9. responsibility - ответственность;

    10. employee - работник, сотрудник.

MAIN CONCEPTS OF AMERICAN BUSINESS

«The business of America is business», said President Cal­vin Coolidge (1923-1929) and these words remain true today. The principle aim of business is to make financial profit.

There exist in the United States two main kinds of business institutions - private and governmental. Private businesses in­clude large companies whose capital is represented in shares, which are held by individual shareholders who earn dividends from their shares. In addition, there are non-profit institutions. These are called charitable organizations. Americans tend to have more respect for private businesses than for government agencies which they consider more bureaucratic.

Americans believe that in private business they can express ideals of free competition, individual freedom and equality of opportunity. But many Americans understand that very often business does not live up to these principles. There are some problems in realizing the high ideals of fair business practice. One of them is unequal starting opportunities. It is obviously easier for someone who already possesses considerable capital to begin a business venture than it is someone who does not. But nevertheless the legend of the poor boy who rises «from rags to riches», the entrepreneur who creates something out of nothing still exists in America. The entrepreneur who loves individual freedom and independence from authority, who built the industrial riches of the nation is the symbol of hero businessman.

In the course of time a new type of businessman appeared This is the «organization man» who works within already estab­lished structure and is at the top. But unlike the entrepreneur he shares responsibility with others. Though in America today the road to success lies often through established large business, the entrepreneurial ideal inspires many. A great number of small businesses exist in the USA today. There are a lot of companies with fewer than 20 employees. These companies account 60% of American business. Today most Americans believe that the free-enterprise system based on profit - making is the one that best promotes welfare of the nation.