3. Make the following sentences more emphatic by means of fronting (see Grammar Reference (3) p…). Learn to pronounce them with emphatic intonation and translate them into Russian.

1. People can’t tolerate such hardships.

2. You’ll never convince people who won’t listen to reason.

3. We will never bring to light such incriminating facts.

4. They can easily brainwash uneducated people.

5. They keep separate criminals under control. But what about organized crime?

6. Terrorists didn’t plant bombs in overpopulated areas in the past, though they were brutal.

7. The police couldn’t find out his whereabouts, though they tried hard.

8. The politician managed to win over the public, though he was inexperienced.

9. PR experts were unable to improve the image of that politician, though they were sophisticated.

10. Fraudsters didn’t get away with the crime, though they were cunning.

4. Make the following sentences more emphatic by means of cleft structures (see Grammar Reference (4a) p…). Translate the sentences into Russian. There can be more than one possibility for each sentence.

1. Gibraltar tried to declare independence from Great Britain in the 1990s. (Begin: The territory … The time … What … )

2. The president made every effort to reach a political accord with the opposition because it was vital for the forthcoming election. (Begin: The person … . The reason … . What … .)

3. The ruling party tried to do away with the opposition leader in late 1990s because he posed a political challenge. (Begin: The person … . The time … . The reason … . What … .)

4. A prominent journalist was gunned down in his office in 2006. (Begin: The person … . The time … . The place … .)

5. At the beginning of the war, many Al Jazeera reporters working in Iraq found their satellite phones blocked for unexplained reasons. (Begin: The time … . The place … . The people … . The reason … .)

5. Emphasize every possible word in the following sentences using preparatory ‘it’ (see Grammar Reference (4b) p …). Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. In 2004, Palestinian extremists started a real war against Israeli citizens to obstruct the peace process.

2. The US security services were forced to take drastic security measures when they got this information.

3. Mr Jackson confessed to the crime only after hard proof of his guilt had been presented.

4. The police didn’t know the whereabouts of the criminal until he was spotted in Las Vegas.

5. I am aware of danger now.

6. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. Under no circumstances the reporters ______________________ (can/reveal) information on civilian casualties in the Iraq war if it wasn’t approved by the US military.

2. Rarely you __________________ (to cross) paths with such people.

3. At no time the official ___________________ (to be) privy to internal information when he was compiling the report.

4. Not until Jason was assigned to spotlight the event he __________________ (to become) aware that journalism was a dangerous profession.

5. No sooner the president ____________________ (to give) an interview to CNN than the news was broadcast by every radio and TV station.

6. Hardly the survey _________________________ (to come) under scrutiny when the falsification came to light.

7. Hardly ever in future political parties __________________________ (to stop) trading accusations.

8. Seldom investigators __________________________ (to come) to the bottom of assassinations.

9. Never before this public figure _______________________ (to implicate) in any shady business.

10. Only after the columnist had been publicly criticized for plagiarism the editor __________________________ (to admit) he had been suspected of sloppy reporting before.

11. The opposition leader should flee the country. Only then he ___________ (to be) safe.

12. Not only the reporter _________________________ (to lift) quotes and _____________ (to concoct) scenes, but he also faked interviews.

13. The mayor didn’t look into the matter, nor he ___________________ (to assign) anybody to do it.

14. It isn’t clear why the columnist was accused of plagiarism. He didn’t concoct scenes, nor he __________________ (to falsify) anything.