WHY I SUPPORT DISARMAMENT
I.
Письменно переведите данные ниже предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова с окончанием -S и какую функцию это окончание выполняет в предложении:
а) признак множественного числа существительного;
б) показатель притяжательного падежа существительного;
в) показатель 3 лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite.
Образец:
1. The Constitution determines the duties of Russian citizens.
Конституция определяет обязанности граждан России.
determines — в)
duties — а)
citizens — а)
1. This lawyer's firm has a good reputation.
2. The solicitor gives his reasons for defending the guilty man.
3. Robbers usually choose richmen's houses.
4. Candidates are elected to serve people's interests.
5. The police force in New-York employs 25000 officials.
II.
Письменно переведите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения:
1. The candidate with the largest number of votes wins the elections.
2. Now it was easier to jury for decide what to do.
3. The Professor described two less serious cases.
4. She was afraid of thieves and woke up at the slightest noise.
5. Britain has the oldest Parliament in the world.
III.
Письменно переведите предложения, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных местоимений и их производных:
1. Nobody can be held in prison without trial.
2. Did he have any sums of money on his bank account?
3. It was something unusual in his reaction to judge's question.
4. There are some state institutions regulating the life of the society.
5. Everything the witness says seems quite strange.
IV.
Письменно переведите предложения на русский язык. Определите время глагола и укажите его инфинитив:
1. The President refused to sign this document yesterday.
2. Testing nuclear weapons is a crime against humanity.
3. He didn't tell the truth at the trial.
4. Will you vote for this candidate at the elections?
5. The accused has the right to trial by jury.
V.
Письменно переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на усилительную конструкцию:
1. It is the House of Commons that has real political power.
2. It is the judge who passes the sentence.
3. It was his self-possession that helped him in this difficult situation.
VI.
Прочтите и переведите письменно текст.
WHY I SUPPORT DISARMAMENT
Mankind, in this critical epoch, lives face to face with the possibility of unleashing a global war. War has undergone a radical change. Today a global war would mean that a great part of the human race might be exterminated. The first world war which commenced with horse-drawn artillery and machine guns, finished with the tank and the bomber. The second world war finished with the atom bomb. Already the destructive force of the bomb which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been increased thousands of times. One 100 megaton bomb has the explosive force of all the bombs, shells and other means of destruction released in the second world war. If bombs of this force were exploded daily it would take 146 years to use up the existing stores of nuclear weapons. This is the point a third war would commence.
As a human being I refuse to accept such a future for mankind. This is the basic reason why I support Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament and, I believe, why it has the support of all peaceloving people throughout the world. To this support I wish to devote my energies side by side with my fellow men, whatever their political beliefs, to the common cause of making nuclear war impossible.
VII.
Ответьте на следующие вопросы
1. What would a global war mean to people today?
2. Have the weapons changed greatly since the First World War?
3. What must all peaceloving people do?
В контрольной есть задание на перевод текста с английского на русский язык.
