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G.6.7. Подчеркните глаголы в форме настоящего продолженного времени одной чертой, в форме простого настоящего – волнистой линией. Переведите текст письменно

TITLE: WELSH and ENGLISH НАЗВАНИЕ:

Wales is an integral part of Great Britain, but if you go to Wales and can’t understand what people are saying, don’t worry. They are not talking English, they are talking Welsh. Many people talk Welsh and children learn it at school. But English is much spoken around, and understood as well, of course.

G.6.8. Впишите глаголы в форме настоящего продолженного или простого настоящего времени соответственно смыслу. Переведите предложения устно

G.6.9. Впишите глаголы в форме прошедшего продолженного времени. Переведите предложения письменно

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Mary and Steve were talking (talk) two hours yesterday. Ex.

Мэри и Стив болтали два часа вчера.

Isaac Newton ______________________ (sit) under a tree one day when an apple fell near

him.

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John ___________________________ (speculate) about his exams when the bell rang, and

the lecture was over.

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Tom _________________________ (study) the notion of «irrigation» when his friend

phoned.

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Where ________________ Anne ____________________________ (go) when you met her?

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G.6.10. Перепишите предложения с глаголами в форме прошедшего продолженного или простого прошедшего времени. Переведите предложения устно

Ex.They were eating (eat) when the lights went (go) out.

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Galileo ____________________ (discover) gravity when he ____________________ (make) experiments with falling bodies.

2We _________________ (meet) Mike when we _________________ (go) to the laboratory.

3How many people ____________________________________________ (die) in the storm?

Yesterday when George __________________ (play) football he __________________ (fall)

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down.

When the phone _________________________ (ring), I ____________________ (leave) the

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house.

G.6.11. Впишите глаголы в форме будущего продолженного времени. Переведите предложения письменно

I will be waiting (wait) for you from 4.45 pm till 5.20 pm near the university. Ex.

Я буду ждать тебя с 16.45 до 17.20 около университета.

Tomorrow at 5 am I _________________________________________ (fly) above France.

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2 At this time next week they ____________________ (sit) in the train on their way to Boston.

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The Far East countries ____________________________ (develop) even faster next decade.

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According to statistics the population of Africa ______________________________ (grow).

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G.6.12. Преобразуйте повествовательные предложения в вопросительные, используя слова, данные в скобках, и запишите их. Переведите вопросительные предложения письменно

The doctors will be discussing the state of his health today (When).

Ex.When will the doctors be discussing the state of his health?

Когда врачи будут обсуждать состояние его здоровья?

Alfred is drawing sketches of a new parachute (What sketches).

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Suzy will be waiting for you near the gym at 7.30 am (When).

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International contacts will be developing in the future (What).

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The scientists were speculating on the use of oxygen (Who).

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We are dreaming of our holidays (What).

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They are designing a new laboratory.

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G.6.14. Используя глаголы, приведенные в скобках, и поставив их в соответствующую форму, восстановите текст. Впишите глагольные формы в текст

TELEPHONE

Alexander Graham Bell never ________________ (1) (to plan) to be an inventor, he

________________ (2) (to want) to be a musician or a teacher of deaf people. The subjects that

________________ (3) (to study) at school ________________ (4) (to include) music, art, literature, Latin and Greek. They __________________________ (5) (not to include) German which all scientists ________________ (6) (to use) in their books. Alexander’s mother

________________ (7) (to be) a painter and a musician. His father ________________ (8) (to be) a well-known teacher of deaf people.

When Alexander ____________ (9) (to be) only sixteen, he ________________ (10) (to become) a teacher in boy’s school in Scotland. He ________________ (11) (to like) teaching there, but he still ________________ (12) (to want) to become a teacher of deaf people.

He ________________ (13) (to read) all the books about sound that he could find and

________________ (14) (to start) to work on some of his own experiments.

At twenty five Alexander ________________ (15) (to become) interested in finding a way to send human voice through an electric wire. The parents of his pupils ______________________

(16) (to contribute) money to the equipment. He ________________ (17) (to find) an assistant. Tom Watson, who _____________________________ (18) (to work) in an electric shop. For two years Tom and Alexander _______________________________ (19) (to work) together to build a machine that people could use to talk to one another over long distances. After two years, the two young men ________________________________ (20) (to become) discouraged.

Then, one day, when they _____________________________ (21) (to work) on a new transmitter Alexander ______________ (22) (to spill) some acid on himself. Tom Watson, who

_______________ (23) (to be) alone in another room, ________________ (24) (to hear) a voice. The voice __________________________ (25) (to come) through a wire to a receiver on the table! The voice ________________ (26) (to be) Alexander Bell’s! It _________________________ (27)

(to say): «Come here, Mr Watson. I need you!»

The first telephone line ________________________ (28) (to build) in Germany in 1877. By 1915 a telephone line ___________________________ (29) (to open) in the United States – 5,440 kilometers from New York to San Francisco.

G.6.15. Составьте и напишите сравнения, указывающие на большее сходство, используя «as ... as». Переведите предложения устно

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The United States and Canada are large countries.

Ex.

The United States is as large as Canada.

Can you say why warm coats and winter boots are unnecessary in Australia in December and January?

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Indian and Chinese food is unusual to Europeans.

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Bill Norman and his brother Nick are very talented.

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My wife and I earn much money.

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Chuck and Roger got many letters from Russia last year.

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G.6.16. Составьте и напишите сравнения, указывающие на меньшее сходство, используя «not as ... as» или «not so ... as». Переведите предложения устно

Chinese is more difficult than English.

Ex.

English is not as difficult as Chinese.

The Suez Canal is longer than the Panama Canal.

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The Atlantic Ocean is bigger than the Indian Ocean.

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Venus is nearer the Sun than Mars.

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Astronomy is newer than astrology.

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5 Canada is a younger country than the USA.

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G.6.17. Прочитайте текст. Заполните пропуски в тексте подходящими словами из приведенных ниже и впишите их в текст

investigations, exactly, of, declared, sense, identity, reliable, out, ape, in

IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT MAN ORIGINATES from APES?

It was an English archaeologist and anthropologist an English archaeologist and anthropologist Louis Leakey (1903-1972), who tried to destroy all old ________________ (1) theories on man’s origin from apes and firmly believed that it is not true. Louis Leakey, together with his wife Mary Leakey (1903-1996) carried ________________ (2) some ________________

(3) and made many important discoveries about early humans. He ________________ (4) his theory: the remains of early human Homo Erectus have no _____________________ (5) to Homo Sapiens and so Homo Sapiens or an early human cannot originate from an ________________ (6).

Though scientists admit that there is much ________________ (7) in Leakey’s theory, the theory itself cannot be adopted, because Leakey’s information is not quite reliable. However we don’t know ________________ (8) how the man originated. Perhaps, his theory will be proved

________________ (9) the future and his countrymen will be proud ________________ (10) him.

РАЗДЕЛ 3. УСТНАЯ и ПИСЬМЕННАЯ РЕЧЬ

(ORAL and WRITTEN SPEECH)

OWS.6.1. Прочитайте текст и определите в нем сложные места; повторно прочитайте текст и переведите его устно, подписав карандашом перевод и транскрипции незнакомых слов в тексте

WHO IS REALLY WORKING in the USA?

I was always thinking that I was tired because I need iron and vitamins. But now I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I’m overworked.

The population of the USA is 237 million. 104 million are too old to work. And this number is as big as the first. That leaves 133 million who can do the work.

There are 85 million who are being taught in the school, which leaves 48 million for the

work.

Of this there are 29 million who are assisting the federal government. This leaves 19 million for the work.

Four million are serving in the Armed Forces, which leaves 15 million for the work.

Take from that the 14,800,000 people who are working for State and City government and that leaves 200,000 for the work.

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There are 188,000 lying in the hospitals, so that leaves 12,000 for the work. And this number is not so big as the numbers which were being discussed a minute ago.

Now, there are 11,998 criminals in the prisons. That leaves just two people for the work. You and me.

And you’re sitting there reading this.

OWS.6.1.1. Найдите в тексте вопрос и выпишите его. Ответьте на него письменно

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OWS.6.1.2. Напишите три вопроса на английском языке, связанные с проблемой, высказанной автором в тексте

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OWS.6.2. Прочитайте текст и расставьте абзацы в правильном порядке. Переведите текст устно

AN UNUSUAL TOWER

_____ A) In fact, Chesterfield’s Spire started its life straight. History doesn’t tell us when it began to lean. We also know that it is still moving. It is tested every year, and the civil engineers who are constantly observing the Spire are sure that the Spire is quite safe.

_____ B) Architects note that the tower's structure is causing the tower to lean. In fact, the weight of the lead pieces, which cover the Spire, is 32 tons. It is too heavy, isn’t it?

_____ C) Another dark year for the Church was on December 22, 1961 because of the fire. The fire moved quickly through the building and the Spire itself was in danger. It took two hours to get the fire under control. Many beautiful things, church treasures, were saved. In a few days, Christmas services were held in the Church again.

_____ D) Another belief talks of a terrible storm and the lightning, which struck the single tower.

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_____ E) Contemporaries never recorded the story of the Spire, but historians tell of the dark year 1349, the year of Black Death in Chesterfield, about the same time that the Spire was built. Medicine was completely helpless and most of the people who were working on the Spire died. Those who survived were too weak to continue the work. That's why the Spire was never built to the end.

_____ F) The «Crooked Spire» on a Chesterfield church, England, is one of the most famous and unusual towers of the world in form and size. Its height is 69.5 m and it is leaning 3 m from its centre.

_____ G) Though no one can tell the true story of the Crooked Spire, it will always remain the symbol of Chesterfield.

_____ H) So, how did it happen? There is a belief among the local people that one day a young lady of such breathtaking beauty entered the church that the Spire leaned in love and respect.

_____ I) From the far the Spire looks like a thick, crooked needle, and it is standing on the skyline like a question mark: why? How did it happen? Is it safe? On what principle was it built? Will it fall down?

OWS.6.2.1. Используя лексику текста, переведите письменно следующие словосочетания

1захватывающая дыхание красота

2на линии горизонта

3страшный шторм и молния

4изогнутая игла

5начала наклоняться

6вес свинцовых пластин

7еще одно поверье

8местные жители

9склонилась в знак любви и уважения

10Рождественские службы

11довольно надежный

12вопросительный знак

13церковные сокровища

14правдивая история

15укротить огонь

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OWS.6.3. Прочитайте текст и определите в нем сложные места; повторно прочитайте текст и переведите его устно, подписав карандашом перевод и транскрипции незнакомых слов в тексте. Перескажите текст по-английски

MICHAEL FARADAY, THE FATHER of the ELECTRIC MOTOR

One of the great names in the history of man’s work in electricity is Michael Faraday. He was born in a small village near London on September 22, 1791 in a poor family.

As a boy Michael did not have much schooling. When he was thirteen, he went to work in a bookbinder’s shop.

He lived among books. Some of the scientific works, which passed through his hands, aroused his interest in science and he started to read. The boy could not read every book in the shop because he was busy and had not much time. He began to take home the books, which he liked best.

Once he read an article on electricity. When Faraday began to read it he knew nothing of the subject, but it interested him a lot. Soon his main interest was in science, and especially in electricity and chemistry. He read as much as he could on these subjects. He made notes from the books that interested him most.

Like all scientists, Faraday cared neither for clothes nor for money. He only wanted to make experiments. He bought a cheap and simple apparatus and some materials. The more he studied, the more interested he became. At that time lectures on scientific subjects were being given in London by a great scientist and the most popular lecturer Sir Humphry Davy. Faraday went to these lectures, and as he sat and listened, he took notes and made sketches to illustrate them.

As Faraday learnt more about electricity, he didn’t want to do his work at the bookbinder’s shop any more. He wrote a letter to Humphry Davy, telling him of his great interest in science and asking for his help. In the letter he put some of the notes and also some of his sketches.

Davy wrote Faraday a letter, too, offering him to do scientific research. At first, Michael’s work was to wash apparatus and prepare what Davy and the other scientists used in their experiments. But Faraday was happy. He could now work in the company of scientists. He could hear what they said and watch them at work.

Davy sometimes took trips to Europe, where he met great scientists of other countries, and one day he asked Faraday if he wanted to go with him. Faraday, of course, was glad. The journey lasted a year and a half. It was a wonderful experience. Faraday learned much during the trip and he met, among other people, Volta and Ampere.

When Faraday returned to London he started to write articles for a scientific journal. For five more years he studied electricity and other sciences, and then he himself began to teach. The scientific interests of this ambitious man were quite different. He made a new kind of steel and a new kind of glass. He studied flying. He did many kinds of work, and he did most of it alone.

During his lifetime, Faraday made more than two thousand difficult experiments and made many great discoveries in chemistry and physics. The most important discovery was that electricity

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