VI. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1. What did Union Road Fire Chief Frankie Capps immediately request?

2. What did Firefighter Steve Brown see when he arrived on Thompson Road?

3. Where was the female transported when she was rescued?

VII. Переведите на русский язык слова и выражения:

Motor vehicle accident, swift water rescue equipment, swift water gear, a set of hydraulic rescue spreaders, clutches of death, to lay one’s life on the line

Вариант X

I. Переведите предложения. Определите видовременную форму и залог сказуемого.

1.The mail is usually brought at 9 p.m.

2.Who has been appointed the head of the delegation?

3.The experiment will be described in several journals.

4.A conference on this problem is being held now.

5.The matter was settled easily.

6.A driver was fined for exceeding the speed limit.

7.The reason hasn’t been found yet.

II. Преобразуйте предложения, сделав дополнение подлежащим. Внесите соответствующие изменения. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1.Mary thought about the children.

2.The headmistress sent for the pupil’s parents.

3.Everybody laughed at John.

4.Nobody lived in the house.

5.Nurses looked after patients.

6.You must listen to the lecture.

7.We have paid for these books.

III. Переведите следующие предложения. Подчеркните герундий.

1.Mary has just finished writing.

2.He talked without stopping.

3.She thought of going to the country for the weekend.

4.She disliked living in her old house.

5.My mother likes cooking and she is very good at it.

6.Do you mind my asking you a difficult question?

7.He postponed going to New-York as he felt ill.

8.This city is really worth visiting.

IV. Переведите предложения. Подчеркните инфинитив.

1.Here are some tablets to relieve your headache.

2.Would you like to go to England?

3.It is high time for you to go to bed.

4.The child was happy to have been brought home.

5.I am sorry to have kept you waiting.

6.He expected me to come to see him off.

7.We must wait to hear the examination results.

8.Don’t promise to do something if you are not sure that you can.

9.He is sorry to have said it.

V. Переведите текст:

TSUNAMI

You've probably never seen a tsunami, and you can count among your blessings the fact that you have not. The tsunami, or tidal wave, is one of nature's most destructive forces. The devastating force of a tidal wave can match in fury just about any other catastrophe caused by nature.

The term "tidal wave" is actually a misleading one because tsunami are not caused by the tides. These enormous waves are caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. They may also originate as a result of hurricane storms that occur far from land.

Tidal waves can travel thousands of miles, at speeds between 400 and 500 miles per hour. They move not only with great speed, but with great power. When a tsunami strikes land, successive waves pile up on the shore. As a result, waves develop to an extremely great height. These waves have been known to reach a height of 100 feet or more.

It's difficult for a person to comprehend the speed, size, and potential for destruction and violence that the tidal wave brings with it. To get an idea of what one would be like, think of a tsunami as an express train as high as an apartment house traveling with the speed of a jet airliner.