Reading and Speaking: Religion

Focus on Grammar:

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Grammar Training

1. Study Grammar Reference p. … and analyze the following examples. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Governments will never be able to solve the problem of war and peace.

2. The problem of war and peace governments will never be able to solve.

3. The criminals left a trail, though they were cautious.

4. Cautious though they were, the criminals left a trail.

5. Raines gave the best assignments to his cronies.

6. The person who gave the best assignments to his cronies was Raines.

7. The US State Secretary gave Al Jazeera an exclusive interview in Cairo to improve the image of the USA.

8. The place where the US State Secretary gave Al Jazeera and exclusive interview was Cairo.

9. The reason why the US State Secretary gave Al Jazeera an exclusive interview was to improve the image of the USA.

10. What the US State Secretary did was to give Al Jazeera an exclusive interview.

11. CNN was the primary source for news during the 1991 Gulf war.

12. It was CNN that was the primary source for news during the 1991 Gulf war.

13. It was during the 1991 Gulf war that CNN was the primary source for news.

14. The authorities can’t tolerate a breakdown in the rule of law under any circumstances.

15. Under no circumstances can the authorities tolerate a breakdown in the rule of law.

16. They knew little about the threat.

17. Little did they know about the threat.

18. The pilot won’t go into restricted airspace ever again.

19. Never again will the pilot go into restricted airspace.

20. They didn’t claim responsibility for this until much later.

21. Not until much later did they claim responsibility for this.

22. As soon as the president arrived reporters rushed to interview him.

23. No sooner had the president arrived than reporters rushed to interview him.

24. The official not only leaked the news to the press; but he also gave them confidential information.

25. Not only did the official leak the news to the press, but he gave them confidential information.

26. The president didn’t arrive at the appointed time, and he didn’t give any information to his press-secretary.

27. The president didn’t arrive at the appointed time, nor did he give any information to his press-secretary.

28. We have little information about this affair, and we don’t want to find out new facts.

29. We have little information about this affair, nor do we want to find out new facts.

2. Make the following sentences more emphatic using lexical means (see Grammar Reference (2) p. ). Learn to pronounce them giving certain words extra stress.

1. The information mass media revealed was important.

2. Security measures taken after the information was revealed were drastic.

3. Getting new information was a sore point for the police.

4. The news was devastating.

5. Bloodshed is terrifying.

6. When you get new information, let me know.

7. The dog followed the boy where he went.

8. Why did they take extreme measures?

9. Why did the USA keep their armed forces in the region long?

10. Who can say we have the situation well in hand?