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income. 5. He has an investment of £500 in oil shares.

Упражнение 9. Переведите:

1. He returned a blow with interest. 2. They paid him 6% interest on a loan. 3. When manufacturers demand higher tariffs we may suspect them of having interested motifs. 4. He shared (out) £100 among five men.

Упражнение 10. Сопоставьте термины с их переводом:

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Задание. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Выполните предложенные ниже упражнения, а затем сделайте общие задания к текстам, внимательно прочитав методические указания к их выполнению (см.

стр. 43).

May 27,1995

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

WIFE WHO KILLED HER HUSBAND IS CLEARED

By Michael Fleet

A WOMAN who stabbed her husband to death on the night before they were due to go on holiday in the Maldives islands was cleared of murder and manslaughter yesterday after telling a court that she acted in self defence.

Wendy Hopcraft had hidden a knife under her pillow after the couple had been drinking at a barbecue party and she stabbed her husband, Andrew, when he made a drunken lunge at her.

Members of her family cheered loudly as she was found not guilty at Reading Crown Court. Herhusband's fatherhad to be carried out ofthe court.

The jury heard that the couple, who had been married for 18 months, had moved into a new home a few days before the stabbing and had talked of starting a family.

On the night Mr. Hopcraft died he had been with friends at a barbecue and both he and his wife were drunk when they returned to their home in Lower Early, Reading, Berks.

Mr. Hopcraft, who had attacked his wife on previous occasions, tried to strangle her and she stabbed him. One of the wounds penetrated his heart.

She then called an ambulance and told the controller: "I think I've killed my husband. I have stabbed him really, really badly. We have had a terrible, terrible fight."

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When police arrived Hopcraft was embracing her husband as he lay in a pool of blood in the bathroom.

Nigel Mylne, QC, defending, told the jury that Hopcraft had been a "battered wife, but was also a loving wife" and that the couple had everything to live for.

"Something horrific, unique and terrible happened in those 20 minutes," he said.

"There are inconsistencies; she has got lots of things wrong. But she believed that she was fighting for her very life blood."

When the couple married in the Dominican Republic in 1993 Hopcraft appeared in wedding photographs with bruises which she said her husband had caused.

She told the court that she had been beaten seven or eight times during their marriage.

She left court without commenting.

Упражнение 1. Верны ли утверждения?

1.Wendy's father cheered loudly as she was found non guilty.

2.The couple got married two years ago.

3.Mr. Hopcraft wanted to kill his wife.

4.When the police arrived they found the couple fighting.

5.Wendy had bruises on wedding photographs caused by her husband.

Упражнение 2. Составьте предложения из предложенных ниже слов:

1.Wendy was cleared of... yesterday.

2.She stabbed her husband when he...

3.Her husband's father had to ...

4.Mr. Hopcraft tried to ... her and she ... him.

5.She believed that she was fighting ...

6.Wendy appeared in the wedding photographs with ... when she

said...

Упражнение 3. Переведите: to stab to death; to be cleared of a crime; manslaughter; to make a lunge on; to strangle, to be found not quilty; a battered wife; to fight for one's very life blood; bruises.

Упражнение 4. Перескажите статью, используя фразы преды-

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дущего упражнения.

Упражнение 5. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1.Where was the married couple planning to go on holiday?

2.Where did Wendy hide the knife?

3.Did it mean that she was planning the murder?

4.Why did her husband's father have to be carried out of the court when Wendy was found non guilty?

5.When did the couple get married?

6.What had happened before the murder?

7.Where did the police find them when they arrived?

Задание. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Выполните предложенные ниже упражнения, а затем сделайте общие задания к текстам, внимательно прочитав методические указания к их выполнению (см.

стр. 43).

THE TIMES August 24, 1983

THOUSANDS CHEER DEATH SENTENCES

Peking (AFP, AP) - Thirty criminals were sentenced to death at a mass rally attended by thousands of cheering spectators yesterday and later executed.

The executions were part of a law-and-order campaign launched about 10 days ago. It was the largest group to be executed in Peking for several years.

A notice posted at the Peking intermediate court, which imposed the death sentences, said that the 30 executed criminals included 19 accused of murder, 10 rapists and one car thief. One woman was among those executed. None was older than 35.

Задание. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Выполните предложенные ниже упражнения, а затем сделайте общие задания к текстам, внимательно прочитав методические указания к их выполнению (см.

стр. 43).

DAILY TELEGRAPH

May 27, 1995

MAN CLEARED AFTER 9 YEARS GETS £65,000

A MAN who served nine years of a life sentence for murdering a child before being cleared by the Court of Appeal last year has received £65,000 as interim compensation from the Home Office.

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Mark Cleary, of Clifton, Nottingham, now 29, is expected to receive further cash taking the total to more than £100,000.

A jury found him and Philip Atherton guilty of murdering 10-year-old Wayne Keeton, whose battered body was found near a stream in Bestwood, Nottingham.

The Appeal Court ruled that his conviction was unsafe and unsatisfactory.

Mr. Cleary said: "How can they ever replace what I've lost? Those were the years when I could well have married and begun raising a family. I can never have them back."

He has already used the money to buy a motorcycle and plans to pay off his parents' mortgage in gratitude for their loyalty.

min max

accepting bribes

armed robbery

arson

assault

bigamy

burglary

counterfeiting bank notes

driving without a licence

drunken driving

espionage

fraud

helping criminals escape

hijacking an aeroplane

kidnapping

manslaughter

murder

offering bribes

parking in the wrong place

receiving stolen property

shoplifting

smuggling

tax evasion

treason

trespass

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attempted murder

arson

joyriding

blackmail

rape

assault

forgery

possessing a gun unlawfully

libel

Health and Fitness

Задание. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Выполните предложенные ниже упражнения в последовательности, в которой они даны, а затем сделайте общие задания к текстам, внимательно прочитав методические указания к их выполнению (см. стр. 43).

Упражнение 1. Переведите слова и словосочетания и составьте с ними предложения: pick-me-up; to soothe away; to take on the world; stream-lined busting massage; frazzled world; to take turns; to de - stress smb; pummel; the small of the back; to keep lines at bay; to bring on the years; to tie smb in knots; to break up tension.

The key to life is in the fingers, say massage teachers. And anyone can learn this simply magical technique

THE FIVE - MINUTE MIRACLE

Get a friend to lay their hands on you. It's just as good a pick-me-up as a glass of champagne

Are the stresses of the day getting to you? Is tension tying you in knots? It is? Then maybe what you need is a quick pick-me-up massage. Just five magic minutes' worth can ease the tense and aching muscles in your neck and shoulders, soothing away headaches, and leave you relaxed

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and ready to take on the world.

Masseur Robert has developed a streamlined stress-busting massage that is much in demand among workers in the frazzled world of the City of London. But, anyone, he claims, can learn the technique, it's so simple.

'You don't need to be an expert - massage is the oldest self-healing system in the world,' he says. 'You instinctively rub any aches and pains away, don't you? Which means that colleagues at work and family and friends at home can master it and then take turns to de-stress one another.

It's also perfectly possible to give yourself a massage, he says. A gentle pummeling of the small of the back, for instance, helps break up tension in that overstressed area. Gentle kneading with the finger tips to loosen the scalp eases headaches, while facial massage can keep lines at bay. You can even massage your own hands and feet, gently pulling tired, crampled fingers and toes back into shape.

In fact, says Robert - who did part of his massage training in China, where groups of elderly people gather in the parks at dawn to exercise together - staying mobile helps keep you young all over. It's not old age that makes people stiff and slow. It's our inflexible, sedentary way of life and lack of movement that bring on the years too soon.

Упражнение 2. Составьте предложения из данных ниже слов:

a)Five magic minutes' worth can ease the tense and aching muscles ...

soothing away ...

b)You instinctively rub ...

c)A gentle pummeling of the small of the back helps ...

d)Gentle kneading with ... to loosen the scalp eases ...

e)Facial massage can... at bay.

f)Staying mobile helps... over.

g)It's our inflexible, sedentary way of life ... that... too soon.

Упражнение 3. Перефразируйте предложения, используя текст для подсказки:

1.Are your muscles tense?

2.I am under constant influence of stress.

3.The massage will enable you to accept the routine world that is around you.

4.The massage is very popular among the employees of the City of London.

5.Anybody can learn to make a massage.

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6.You may massage yourself.

7.If you keep exercising, it'll make you feel always young.

8.Our way of life which involves much sitting and little movement makes us grow old.

9.Facial massage can reduce the lines on the face.

Упражнение 4. Ответьте на вопросы:

1.Who has developed a streamlined massage?

2.Why is it so much in demand?

3.How can a person heal himself?

4.How can you organize yourself to de-stress one another?

5.How can one massage oneself?

6.What keeps you young all over?

Упражнение 5. Найдите синонимы:

Упражнение 6. Перескажите текст.

Упражнение 7. Составьте диалог на основе текста The Five -

Minute Miracle.

Задание. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Выполните предложенные ниже упражнения, а затем сделайте общие задания к текстам, внимательно прочитав методические указания к их выполнению (см.

стр. 43).

TEN WAYS TO BEAT THE POLLEN COUNT

The sun is shining, flowers are blooming, summer is coming and everyone feels wonderful - except for the poor hay fever sufferer. Snuffly, scratchy-eyed misery drives them indoors to escape the rising pollen count. But even behind closed doors, the dreaded pollen lurks, sneaking in through every nook and cranny. But hold that sneeze! There are ways to make your home almost pollen-proof.

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•Dust surfaces regularly with a damp cloth and mist curtains with a water spray.

•Cover up your radiators with a cloth when they're not in use as they're great dust collectors.

•Change into indoor clothes which you never wear outdoors - clothes can carry the pollen.

•Invest in an ioniser. These little tabletop machines attract pollen and other irritating particles from the air. They cost from about £15.

•Fit a special disposable filter to your vacuum cleaner, and vacuum all upholstery regularly.

•A paved terrace near the house is good news - and so is getting friends to mow and weed the rest of the garden in return for a barbie on the patio later.

•Take your holidays by the sea or in the mountains rather than the countryside.

•Throw a clean sheet over your bed during the day, and carefully roll it up at bedtime.

•You might be in love with your cat or your golden retriever but let them know that they're banned from the bedroom.

•Before venturing out into pollen - laden air, splash your face with cold water and rub a little petroleum jelly around your nostrils.

Упражнение 8. Ответьте на вопросы:

Why do some people have to keep indoors? What do they feel like? Describe the illness called hey-fever. Give some advice how to beat it, using the prompts given below: pollen count, to lurk, to sneak in through every hook and cranny; to hold the sneeze, to mow, weed, patio, pollen laden air.

Упражнение 9. Переведите, нарисуйте схему организма человека.

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WHAT DO 100 KCAL/DAY CORRESPOND TO?

It's easy to feed 100 kcal (400 kJ) to the body but difficult to burn them, as the drawings illustrate.

100 kcal =

-2km walk

-5 min of skiing at competition speed (top skiers)

-4 km of bicycling

-15 min of tennis (easy pace)

-30 min of medium hard gardening

THE ENERGY CONTENTS OF SOME FOOD ITEMS

*kcal = kilocalorie (normally called simply 'calorie').

If a person takes in 50 kcal/day more than he needs, his annual surplus will be 18,000 kcal, corresponding to nearly 3 kg (7 lbs) of fat. This could lead to a 30 kg (70 lbs) weight increase in 10-15 years. If you should one day decide to eliminate your eating habits, statistically you will gain 100 pounds. Approach is stealthy as life becomes more sedate.

Thanks to the automobile, more sedentary jobs and less time are devoted to exercise. In this context, the period between 25-30 years is rather critical.

Now some exercises are given below to keep fit.

A) Stretching

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