THE USA 2
Задание № 1.
Перепишите следующие предложения; определите в каждом из них его видо-
временную форму и залог глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на
русский язык.
1. They had completed all the preparations for the fancy-dress ball by 5 o'clock.
2. The other day I was entrusted with a new task.
3. I didn't have to wait long for the professor as when I came the last student was
4. The cargo had been shipped to the town before the agent arrived.
Задание № 2.
Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения слов it, that, one.
1. There are no richer art museums in this country than those of Saint Petersburg.
2. It's high time to begin our work.
3. One sees other people's faults sooner than one's own.
Задание № 3.
Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения глаголов to be, to have, to do.
1. If you don't want to climb the tree, shake it and the apples will fall down.
2. You are asking too much of me. I am quite powerless to help you.
3. Have you ever seen the eruption of a volcano?
4. Why are you late? You were to have come an hour ago.
Задание № 4.
Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.
1. She said she was going away for a few days and would phone me when she got
back.
2. I have found the book I was looking for.
Задание № 5.
Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на функцию инфинитива в предложении.
1. To forget the past was impossible.
2. The first thing he did was to phone to the office.
3. There are the letters to be answered.
4. I called on him yesterday to ask him for his lectures.
Задание № 6.
Прочитайте и устно переведите весь текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 3 и 5 абзацы.
The USA
1. The territory of the United States of America stretches from the Arctic seaboard, across the central plains, over the Rocky Mountains to the densely populated west coast and then to the island state of Hawaii.
2. America is a land of physical contrasts including the weather. The southern parts of Florida, Texas, California and the state of Hawaii have warm temperatures year round. The Northern States and Alaska have extremely cold winters.
3. The USA is also a land of rivers and lakes. The northern state of Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. The broad Mississippi River is the world's third river after the Nile and the Amazon. A canal south of Chicago joins one of the tributaries of the Mississippi to the five Great Lakes.
4. American farmers plant spring wheat on the western plains. They raise corn, wheat and fine beef cattle in the Midwest. Florida and California are famous for their vegetables and fruit production, and the northwestern states are known for apples, pears, berries and vegetables. A wealth of minerals provides a solid base for American industry.
5. The USA was founded in 1776. The Constitution was adopted in 1787. 26 amendments have been introduced since then. The first 10 amendments are known as the Bill of Rights (1790). The Constitution operates today and sets the basic forms of the US government. At present the population of the USA is about two hundred and thirty nine million. The USA is called the "nation of immigrants". The country was settled, built and developed by generations of immigrants and their children. Many different cultural traditions, ethnic sympathies, racial groups and religious affiliations make up the people of the USA. There are many big cities in the USA, such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, San Francisco etc. The nation's capital Washington, D.C. with more than 3.4 million people was laid out by the French architect in the late eighteenth century. It was the world's first city especially planned as a center of government. The USA became the world leading country at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Пояснения к тексту:
1. the Rocky Mountains - Скалистые горы
2. Hawaii - Гавайи (острова и штат)
3. Florida - Флорида
4. Texas - Техас
5. California - Калифорния
6. the Nile - р. Нил
7. the Amazon - р. Амазонка
8. D.C. (District of Columbia) - Округ Колумбия
9. tributary - приток
10. stretch - простираться
11. fertile - плодородный
12. amendment - поправка
13. affiliation – зд. принадлежность
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