Упражнение 18

1. Between last January and April the country lost 9,5 mln man-days due to ethnic clashes and strikes.

2. Their contribution is great and those who underestimated it make a bad mistake.

3. He shows concern for high ideals only when it concerns himself.

4. France has always been concerned about her relations with Germany.

5. From the very first days the Nazi rulers were out to build up Germany armed forces and speedily equip it with offensive weapons, above all aircraft and tanks.

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6. The current session of the UN General Assembly has come out in favour of a peaceful settlement in the Middle East.

7. The government introduced elements of a market economy without ac­companying them with adequate mechanisms for state regulation.

8. Our science, literature and arts are overloaded with social and political problems.

9. Contacts are being expended.

10. If such documents were ever to be published they would be a bombshell.

11. Ministries were strengthened and this led to the emergence of even bigger monopolies that could be supported only by upping prices.

Упражнение 19

1. Increased taxes, soaring prices, reduced production and delayed wages considerably lowered people's living standards in the former Soviet Union.

2. Continued laser weapon tests run counter to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks agreements.

3. Growing ecological movement is a sign of the time.

4. The shrinking of work force in the "old" industries indirectly increases the overall number of skilled workers in the econonry as a whole.

5. Democracy in the former Soviet Union is expanding through the growing authority of elected government bodies.

Упражнение 20

1. Negotiations on these issues are not only desirable but absolutely neces­sary.

2. A peace treaty between the warring sides will help relax tensions in the Middle East.

3. Nuclear tests on Christmas Island would have greatly affected New Zealand.

4. A federation of Arab states is aimed at consolidating Pan-Arab unity.

5. It is not only a matter of workers' skills and other production know-how. New technology substantially changes the whole system of work or­ganization at the plant.

6. National security became a key issue in French domestic policies.

7. Excursions to plants and farms will add up to the student's know-how.

8. A well thought out program for video business would serve as a les­son to other cultural spheres of activity.

9. These decisions would help promote the country's political and eco­nomic independence.

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Упражнение 21

1. This points to the necessity of keeping production growing and bringing down unemployment.

2. There are other factors that stand in the way of good relations be­tween the two countries.

3. We must do all we can to remove these shortcomings.

4. What the United Nations has done to aid developing countries has been instrumental in fostering their economy.

5. Miners are demanding higher wages, shorter working hours and bet­ter homing.

6. The committee demanded wider jurisdiction.

1. In the 19^th century higher production in the leading European coun­tries was fostered by their economic expansion.

8. All participants in the conference stressed the need for T. U. unity.

9. Since Italy was openly preparing to attack Ethiopia in 1935, US foreign policy became an issue in the debate between Democrats and Republicans.

10. It is necessary to rekindle the feeling of dignity and compassion in the nation, rather than inflate suspicion.

11. Village prose created portraits, sometimes brilliant ones, of village eccentrics, and it contributed to the revival of national self-consciousness.

12. Traditionally in Russia, as in other countries with a large farm popu­lation, Village Literature is infected with a messianic spirit. This disease is a strange combination of a national superiority complex, bred on ethnic and religious exclusiveness, and an inferiority complex.

13. In 1933, two years before she died, she suddenly revealed her find­ings to Stalin, and said she wanted to publish them.

14. This is why critics are still rather suspicious of irony. They believe it violates the serious view of literature as a social enlightener.

Упражнение 22

1. If we are to solve global problems, countries and socio-political movements, whatever their ideological or other differences, must bring to their interaction a new scope and quality.

2. It is clear that no country can achieve omnipotence, no matter how much it builds up its military might.

3. Moreover, if it relies exclusively on that might, it will in the final analysis undermine other aspects of its own security.

4. At first sight this seemed an economic victory. But it further deepened the crisis.

5. We clearly see that the freedom of choice principle is a must.

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6. Italy's military and economic potential was relatively weak for, among other things, she did not have any important minerals and strategic raw materials. Consequently, she could not risk a military confrontation with any of the big powers.

7. Authoritarian role is seen as salvation when people are poor and the state is poor.

8. Since both had the same view of post-war Europe, former wine mer­chant Ribbentrop hit it off well with the Marquis of Londonderry.

9. As the many-sided nature of the world asserts itself, it undermines high-handed attempts to teach others true democracy.

10. World climate will continue to improve, with more and more coun­tries in Europe benefiting from increased cooperation in many fields.