Vocabulary and Text Exercises

2. Complete the sentences using active vocabulary. Translate them into Russian.

(confuse, avoid, apply, assess, assume, confirm)

1)And some publications even give the critical reader the impression that the purposes of the statements made in them is to … the expectations of the management of individual companies or associations.

2)This … especially to the PACK-Vision study entitled «packaging: a global market place-Myth or Reality» which was presented at the World Packaging Exhibition EMBALLAGE-2004 in Paris.

3)Bearing this in mind, it can be … that only a fraction of the newly registered products will be given a place on the supermarket shelves.

4)It is important to remember that old people’s fingers are not as nimble as they used to be, that old people cannot see as well and that they tend to … colours, especially blue and green shades.

5)To this end, the developments that have been observed in recent years must be … in terms of their importance for the further development of packaging.

6)What is particularly important is to systematically … typical faults that have been criticized for years.

3.Study the translation of the following grammar constructions.

The Passive Voice

1.The letter has just been typed. – Письмо только что напечатали.

2.Our luggage was examined by the customs officers yesterday. – Наш багаж был осмотрен таможенниками вчера.

3.This question is being discussed at the meeting. – Это вопрос обсуждается на собрании (сейчас).

4.I said that the article would have been translated by six o’clock. – Я сказал, что

статья (уже) будет переведена к 6 часам.

Passive Constructions (Modals + Passive Infinitive)

1.Our work must be finished as soon as possible. – Наша работа должна быть закончена как можно скорее.

2.The book can be bought in any bookshop. – Эту книгу можно купить в

любом магазине.

3.This article ought to be translated at once. – Эту статью следует перевести

немедленно.

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a)Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to these constructions.

1)This means that ideas that have not been thought through to the end are frequently acclaimed as trends.

2)Statements like this had to be clarified.

3)In the year 2002, 55 per cent of the medication turnover, which was passed on to the statutory health insurance, was for people over 60 years of age.

4)The demand for scientifically validated information on the possibilities and limits of development in the field of packaging is being raised for various reasons at present.

5)This leads to the question as how the trend that has been observed for years such as the introduction of new packaging functions can be utilized in future.

6)In this respect, new packaging should be better adapted to the packed product, to the consumers’ need for information.

b)Find in the text the sentences with the same constructions and translate them.

4.Translate the text using the dictionary.

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