Вариант №3

I. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык. Выпишите из каждого предложения глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и глагол. В разделе б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций.

1. 1. Tasmania's isolation has helped preserve its rich colonial heritage.

2. During the 1830-s the number of free settlers was increasing.

2. 1. In 1851 the colony of Victoria was formed and separated from New South Wales.

2. Tasmania's population is concentrated mainly on the north and south east coasts.

II. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык. Выпишите Participle I (причастие настоящего времени) и Participle II ( причастие прошедшего времени) и установите функцию каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола – сказуемого.

1. In 1870 the area became part of the region known as the Northwest Territories.

2. Australia's aboriginal people were tribal, living in extended family groups or clans.

3. Being a principle centre of state government and culture, Sydney the chief commercial industrial centre.

4. The Northen Territory was, formerly, administered by New South Wales and then by South Australia.

III. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык; определите в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент.

1. Slaves were able to survive because they developed a strong culture of their own.

2. Slaves had to work long hours in the fields.

3. I think the government should do more to help homeless people.

IV. Переведите предложения на русский язык следующие придаточные обстоятельственные предложения времени и условия.

1. There will be less traffic problems if a new road is built.

2. He will be released from prison after he has served 3 years.

3. I won't speak to her until she apologises

V. Прочитайте и устно переведите на русский язык текст. Письменно переведите 1-й абзац.

THE ECONOMY OF AUSTRALIA

1. Australia is a relatively affluent, industrialised nation but much of its wealth still comes from agriculture and mining. It has a small domestic market and its manufacturing sector is comparatively weak. Nevertheless, a substantial proportion of the population is employed in manufacturing.

2. Sheep farming was the first form of agriculture developed in Australia. Wool remains the biggest source of income accounting for five billion Australian dollars. It is followed by coal (approximately the same value), gold (2.5 billion Australi4n dollars), meat (2 billion) and wheat (1,8 billion). Wool, beaf, wheat, dairy products, and minerals account for about 88/0 of Australian exports. Nation is selfsufficient in food, Wheat? timber and many kinds of fruit are grown, wine is produced." Major mineral deposits include coal' lead, copper, iron ore, gold, silver, tin and uranium. Some big discoveries were made during the 1960s.

3. The application of the postwar technology to the mining industry and the growing demand for metals needed for the US huge armaments industry caused a boom in the Australian economy. By the 1970s Australia had become the leading supplier of lead, and now it leads the world in output of lead and zinc, and has opened up major deposits of other natural resources.

4. A consequence of this boom has been a huge inflow of foreign capital, principally from the United States, Japan, and Britain. One of the features of the socio-economic development in Australia is that key areas of the economy are dominated by foreign capital. Of the 200 biggest companies in the manufacturing industry 87 are under foreign capital control: 34 American, 44 British and EEC, and 9 from other countries.

VI. Ответьте письменно на вопрос к тексту.

Which natural resources play a leading role in the economy of the country?