Вариант 19

2. Rewrite the 2^nd, the 4^th and the 5^th paragraphs and translate them into the written form:

Ethnic Minorities in Britain

1) Members of ethnic minorities may experience more social disadvantage than other groups. Their children may be more likely to need special help in education, and unemployment is high among the ethnic minorities. The collection and examination of statistical information on ethnic origin by employers and those providing services is an important means of checking whether equal opportunity policies are being put into practice effectively.

2) Ethnic monitoring practices have been adopted by the Civil Service, the armed services and the criminal justice agencies, including the police, probation service, prison service, crown Prosecution Service and courts' services. Since September 1992 the Home Secretary has been required to publish annually statistical information relating to treatment of ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system.

3) The Race Relations Act of 1976, which applies to England, Scotland and Wales, makes racial discrimination generally unlawful hi a wide range of circumstances. Under the Act, two kinds of conduct are racially discriminatory:

• direct discrimination means treating a person less favourably on grounds of colour, race, nationality or ethnic or national origins; and

• indirect discrimination is treatment which may be described as "equal in a formal sense as between different racial groups, but discriminatory in its effect on one particular racial group". The Act makes racial dis­crimination unlawful:

• in employment, training and related matters;

• in education;

• in the provision of goods, facilities and services; and

• in the disposal and management of premises. It is also unlawful to pursue "discriminatory practices" such as discriminatory advertisements, instructions or pressure to discriminate or aiding discrimination. Segregation on racial grounds is regarded as racial discrimination.

4) The Act does not generally permit discrimination in favour of a person of a particular racial group. It does not generally apply to employment in a private household. In certain circumstances it is not unlawful to discriminate in selection for jobs where membership of a particular racial group is a genuine occupational qualification.

5) Efforts have been made by successive governments and by local government authorities, increasingly in partnership with voluntary groups and private bodies, to tackle the problems of racial disadvantage. The main sources of funds which channel extra resources specifically to ethnic minorities are Home Office grants and the Urban Programme.

Under the 1966 Local Government Act, the Government can pay grants to local authorities to help them employ extra staff to meet the special needs arising from language or cultural barriers of local communities of Commonwealth origin.

The Urban Programme (UP) provides funds for urban regeneration projects in 57 urban priority areas in England in order to strengthen and revive the local economy, foster enterprise and improve the environment.

The UP is targeted on priority groups and areas through local strategies drawn up by the local government authorities in consultation with the private sector and local voluntary groups. Ethnic minorities have been identified as a priority group for the UP.

2. Fill in with another or different:

1) The teacher tried to explain the rule in a … way and I understood it at once.

2) The schoolboy returned the book he had read and asked for … book, but of a … kind, he said, as he wanted to have a rest from detective stories.

3) I asked for a pair of shoes of a … kind, but the shop-girl said that the rest of the shoes were not my size.

3. State the function of the Infinitive in the following sentences and translate them into Russian:

1. The British Museum is much too big to be seen in an hour or so.

2. Father decided to take a holiday from his office so as to help in celebrating the day.

3. A railway station is the most difficult of all places to act in.

4. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund of the verbs in brackets:

   1. (to speak) without (to think) is (to shoot) without aim.

   2. Do you know what is peculiar about the English rule of (to drive)?

   3. She denied (to see) me at the concert though I’m sure I saw her in the stalls.

5. Use the appropriate form of the First Participle of the verbs in brackets:

   1. (to return) home in the afternoon, she became conscious of her mistake.

   2. He couldn’t join his friends (to be) still busy in the laboratory.

   3. (to finish) his work, he seemed more pleased than usual.

6. Fill in the blanks with can, may, should, need, must or have to in the correct form:

   1. We … go somewhere. We … not wander about for ever.

   2. She … be picking cherries in the orchard, tell her to come into the house.

   3. Yesterday’s rain spoilt my hat completely; I … buy a new one.

   4. He … not have thought of this himself. Who suggested it to him?

   5. You … tell me what he said! I have a right to know.

   6. It is strange that you … remember the place.

7. Translate the sentences into English paying attention to the use of the Subjunctive:

   1. Он подумал, что было бы куда лучше, если бы она к нему не обращалась.

   2. Ты теперь уже почти взрослый, и я буду говорить с тобой как со взрослым. А ты должен мне в этом помочь.

   3. Кто-нибудь обязательно бы заметил, если бы ее там не было.

8. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary:

   1. I liked the cake you treated me … . How do you make it?

   2. He turned … a very good story-teller. I enjoyed his stories immensely.

   3. We shall discuss the matter … our way home.

   4. The father had promised to take the boys … a drive … the country on Sunday. But unfortunately the weather changed … the morning, and they had to stay … home.