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7. Let’s remember how to read the following dates.

1997 = nineteen / ninety-seven

1801 = eighteen / oh-one

1700 = seventeen hundred

2000 = (the year) two thousand

2005 = two thousand and five

a decade = 10 years (декада = 10 годам)

the Twenties, the Thirties

a century = 100 years

the nineteenth century, the twenty-first century… .

BC = Before Christ (до Р.Х.) AD = Anno Domini (после Р.Х.)

8. * Match the dates with the corresponding events.

1.

The Euro is given its name.

2.

Creation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).

3.

Change from “old” francs to “new” francs in France.

4.

D-day – England goes “decimal”.

5.

New York Stock Exchange crash – Black Thursday.

6.

Founding of the biggest bank in the word (IBRD).

7.

Creation of the US$.

8.

Most European countries join the EMS.

9.

Founding of the Paris Stock Exchange “La Bourse”.

10.

Setting up of the GATT.

a)

5th February nineteen seventy-one

b)

24th October nineteen twenty-one

c)

seventeen twenty-four

d)

nineteen seventy-nine

e)

seventeen ninety-three

f)

1st January nineteen sixty-three

g)

December nineteen ninety-five

h)

nineteen forty-seven

i)

27th December nineteen forty-five

j)

eighteen eighty-four

IBRD = World Bank (International Bank of Reconstruction and Development)

GATT = General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

EMS = European Monetary System, with its ERM = Exchange Rate Mechanism

9. Give Russian interpretation of the following English phrases.

DAYS

a)

today

____________________

b)

tomorrow

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c)

the day after tomorrow

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d)

yesterday

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e)

the day before yesterday

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f)

last night

____________________

g)

on Friday

____________________

h)

this weekend

____________________

i)

next weekend

____________________

j)

every day of the week

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k)

during the night of Wednesday to Thursday

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l)

every two days in June

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m)

three days ago

____________________

WEEKS / MONTHS

a)

next week

____________________

b)

last week

____________________

c)

from Monday to Friday

____________________

d)

every other week

____________________

e)

in a fortnight’s time / in a fortnight

____________________

f)

in four weeks

____________________

g)

in two weeks’ time

____________________

h)

a week from today

____________________

i)

once a week in December

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j)

two weeks ago today

____________________

k)

twice a month

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