The deep south states gergia

In 1733 the new colony of Georgia spread all the way from the marshy islands of the Atlantic coast to the banks of the Mississippi. Exotic and virtually tropical in the eyes of the English, Georgia also held promise as a place to produce the spices, silk and wines needed by the mother country. Soon it was evident that those commodities would never materialize – but the land was rife with other possibilities. The marshes along the coast were ideal for growing rice. The earth would also give up marble, granite and even gold.

The central part of the state is Piedmont. It was here that Georgians would eventually make good – both by mining the region’s bedrock of granite and by turning its gentle slopes into the cotton fields that would become the basis for Georgia’s first great industry.

A railway hub established in the Piedmont in the 1830’s grew into the city of Atlanta. In the Civil War, Union General Sherman reduced most of its ashes. Today, some 130 years later, the shimmering skyscrapers of the resurrected city rise like monuments to Georgians’ initiative and enterprise.

South of the Piedmont, the land becomes lower and flatter toward the coastal plain. Much of this part of the state is fertile farmland where wheat, soybeans, and still more cotton are grown. Peach trees fill the flats south of Macon, while the town of Vidalia considers itself the onion-growing capital of the world. Macon boasts more cherry trees than any other U.S. city.

Of the islands preserved in their natural state, Cumberland is the largest and widest. Even today wild horses roam there. Cumberland Island seems caught in time – a lovely remnant of the exotic Georgia that greeted the first fleet of settlers more than 250 years ago.

In 1788 Georgia ratified U. S. Constitution and became the fourth state.

КОНТРОЛЬНОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ №2

ВАРИАНТ 2

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите видовременные формы глаголов и залог; укажите их инфинитив. Переведите предложения на русский язык /см. образец выполнения 1/.

1. Many interesting novels were written by Theodore Dreiser.

2. I will come back at 4 p.m.

3. Everybody knows that it is cold in winter.

4. Mother was cooking supper at that moment.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык причастий (Participle I и Participle II). Подчеркните причастия. Помните, что причастие в предложении может выполнять функции определения, обстоятельства или составной части глагола - сказуемого /см. образец выполнения 2/.

1. It was not a big house built in 1830 year.

2. Reading English books write down interesting expressions.

3. You must learn all the words given on page 15.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения. Подчеркните в каждом из них модельный глагол или его эквивалент; переведите предложения на русский язык /см. образец выполнения 3/.

1. You shouldn’t speak about it now.

2. Could you help me?

3. My mother was sure that her son was to win in that competition.

IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на многозначность - it, that, one.

1. One must never forget the lessons of the past.

2. The climate of Britain is warmer than that of Finland.

3. The Internet began in the USA in 1969 as a military experiment. It was designed to survive a nuclear war.

V. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык текст.