I. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните и определите в каждом из них все видовременные формы и залог глагола-сказуемого (см. образец). Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. The money for the program is provided by the manufacturers of cars, soap, cigarettes, who "buy time" in which their products are being advertised. 2. Although man has been given the gift of leisure and a longer life, he has become more restless. 3. Since 1965 standard designs have been used for construction in the country side.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения слов it, that, one.
1. It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 2. It is much more comfortable to have a telephone at home. З. One should be careful in talking to one’s colleagues.
III. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения глаголов to be, to have, to do.
1. This substation is to be completed in the short period of two years. 2. On railroads where high voltage transmission has to be used, the trainmen are forbidden to go on the top of car except at special points. 3. Why didn’t you inform him of the three main factors to be considered? 4. This type of system does facilitate our work.
IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на функцию инфинитива.
1. The second Continental Congress decided to organize an army to defend the Colonies. 2. She used the time between each stop to write a book about her own early life. 3. It was necessary for her to go there at once. 4. The film was very dull, no one should see it.
V. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.
1. The proverb l've just mentioned is very popular in this country. 2. Everyone admitted the situation was very hard.
VI. Прочтите и устно переведите 1-4-й абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 2 и 3-й абзацы.
HOLIDAYS CELEBRATED IN THE U.S.
1. People in the United States, like citizens of most countries, look forward to a number of holidays each year. These days usually celebrate a patriotic, political, or religious event of the past. Among the patriotic holidays in the United States are Labour Day, Veterans’ Day, Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving. Political holidays include Washington’s Birthday, Lincoln’s Birthday, and Independence Day. Many Americans think of two religious holidays - Easter and Christmas - as the most important celebrations of the year. One holiday in a category of its own is New Year’s Day. 2. Labour Day, celebrated on the first Monday of September, pays tribute to the agricultural and industrial workers who have contributed to America’s growth over the past 300 years. Veterans’ Day honours the men who have served in the United States armed forces. On the second Monday of October, Americans pause to recall the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus; who set out in the fifteenth century in search of the New World. The Thanksgiving holiday recalls America’s earlier history. The Thanksgiving dinners, centered around roast turkey, are served on the third Thursday of November in memory of the colonists who first came from England in the seventeenth century to settle in Massachusetts. 3. Another type of American holiday, the political celebration, commemorates significant figures or events in United States history. Two highly esteemed presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, are honoured by a single holiday: The birthdays of Washington, the first president of the United States, and of Lincoln, America's Civil War president, are celebrated on Presidents’ Day, the third Monday of February. 4. Perhaps the most colourful celebration each year takes place on Independence Day, popularly called the Fourth of July. Many families plan picnics and attend public fireworks displays on this political holiday recalling the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
