7. Выпишите из текста 10 глаголов и поставьте их в Infinitiv.

8. Поставьте 5 вопросов к тексту.

9. Выпишите из текста 10 сложных существительных и переведите их.

Вариант 4.

1. Перепишите предложения. Выпишите из каждого глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог, укажите инфинитив. Переведите предложения на русский язык. Обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций.

1. Synthetic materials have become cheaper since the cost of production is lower now.

2. The president was guarded by security agents.

3. He won’t be influenced by his father’s opinion.

4. They were discussing the lecture when I came in.

5. This student first came to Torbeevo last year.

6. The port of London is to the east of the City.

7 .In a few days she will leave for London.

2. Перепишите следующие предложения. Подчеркните Participle I и Participle II и установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола – сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Disappointed by the result we changed the method of our research.

2. The students are listening to the lecturer.

3. Specialists working with other people should know fundamentals of psychology.

4. Planning his work he never seemed too busy and did a lot of things.

3. Перепишите следующие предложения. Подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. You can’t solve this problem now.

2. They will have to plan their work for weeks, even months ahead.

3. You should work out new approaches to your investigation.

4. We will not be able to make a reduction in price.

5. The opening of the centre should be postponed.

6. You can see all our equipment at the exhibition.

4. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием “S”, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е.

А) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Simple;

Б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

В) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The state machine includes such organs as the army, the police, and the courts.

2. The constitution, legislation or traditions regulate the power of each state organ.

3. The Magistrates’ Courts try the majority of all criminal cases and some civil cases.

5. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.

1. Most of Canada and the USA have common law.

2. The longer is the night the shorter is the day.

3. Washington which is the seat of the US Congress is not the largest city in the country.

6. Прочитайте и устно переведите текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1-й, 2-й и 3-й абзацы.

The British Parliament and the Electoral System

The British Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the House of Commons and the Queen as its head.

The House of Commons plays the major role in law-making. It consists of Members of Parliament (called MPs for short), each of whom represents an area in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. MPs are elected either at a general election, or at a by-election¹⁾ following the death or retirement of an MP.

Parliamentary elections must be held every five years but the Prime Minister can decide on the exact date within those five years. The minimum voting age is 18 and the voting is taken by secret ballot²⁾.

The election campaign lasts about three weeks. The election is decided on a simple majority – the candidate with most votes wins. The British parliamentary system depends on political parties. The political parties choose candidates in elections. The party which wins the majority of seats forms the Government and its leader usu­ally becomes Prime Minister. The Prime Minister chooses about 20 MPs from his or her party to be­come the Cabinet of Ministers. Each minister is responsible for a particular area of the government. The sec­ond largest party becomes the official opposition with its own leader and «Shadow cabinet». Leader of the Opposition is a recognized post in the House of Commons.

There are three main political parties in Great Britain: the Labour, the Conservative (The Tory Party) and the Liberal parties. The Conservative and Liberal Parties are the oldest and until the end of the 19^th century they were the only parties elected to the House of Commons. There are also some other parties: the Scottish National Party, the Welsh National Party, the Ulster Unionists, the Social Democratic and Labour Party.