9. Translate into Russian:

1. With factories operating at less than capacity and unemployment at very high levels, total output of goods and services enters a long-term decline. 2. The contract having been signed, the delegation went away. 3. Time permitting, the manager writes this letter. 4. The article deals with the income tax, particular attention being paid to Federal income tax liability. 5. The terms of delivery having been discussed, he signed the contract.

10. Read paying attention to the different meaning of the following terms.

Амер. вариант administration around (ten) blue-chip investments call loan checking account claim letter collect on delivery common stock corporation law to fix a meeting government bonds in good shape investment bank law business local taxes	Англ. вариант government in power about (ten) first-class investments short-term loan current account letter of complaint cash on delivery ordinary share company law to arrange a meeting government securities in good condition merchant bank practice (law) rates		Значение правительство (дейст-вующее) около (десяти) первоклассные инвестиции краткосрочный займ текущий счет письмо-рекламация оплата при доставке обыкновенная акция закон о компаниях назначать встречу государственные ценные бумаги в хорошем состоянии инвестиционный банк процессуальное право местные налоги
to operate a business	to run a business	заниматься бизнесом
operating costs	running expenses	текущие расходы
preferred stock	preference share	привилегированная акция
president	chairman	президент (компании)
right away	immediately	немедленно
shipment	consignment	партия (товара)
stockholder	shareholder	держатель акций
tag	label	этикетка
tender	offer	предложение
way back	some time ago	некоторое время тому назад

11. Translate English jokes:

Brother: Are you really going to marry that young man Jones? He is said to be kind and very clever. But isn't he a bit strange? At any rate he is unlike other young men.

Sister: I am going to marry Jones, and I don't find anything strange about him. And then if he is indeed unlike other young men, he is likely to make a very good husband.

12. Read the text and retell it in Russian: Canada

C anada, a federated country in North America, made up of ten provinces and two (soon to be three) territories. Canada is a vast nation with a wide variety of geological formations, climates, and ecological systems. It has rain forest, prairie grassland, deciduous forest, tundra, and wetlands. Canada has more lakes and inland waters than any other country. It is renowned for its scenery, which attracts millions of tourists each year. On a per-capita basis, its resource endowments are the second richest in the world after Australia.

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Alberta Legislative Building

anada is the second largest country in the world but has about the same population as the state of California, which is one-25th its size. This is because the north of Canada, with its harsh Arctic and sub-Arctic climates, is sparsely inhabited. Most Canadians live in the southern part of the country. More than three-quarters of them live in metropolitan areas, the largest of which are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa-Hull, and Edmonton. French and English are the official languages, and at one time most Canadians were of French or English descent.

Canada has impressive reserves of timber, minerals, and fresh water, and many of its industries are based on these resources. Many of its rivers have been harnessed for hydroelectric power, and it is self-sufficient in fossil fuel. Transportation equipment is the leading manufacturing industry. While Canada’s prosperity is built on the resource and manufacturing industries, most Canadians work in service occupations, including transportation, trade, finance, personal services, and government.

Canada is a parliamentary democracy, and the federal, provincial, and territorial legislatures are all elected. However, Canada’s sovereign is a monarch, the queen of England, who is also the monarch of Great Britain. The queen is represented in Canada by the governor-general and ten lieutenant governors. Canada’s constitution guarantees equality under the law to all of its citizens. Powers of the federal and provincial governments are spelled out separately under the constitution, but over the past 50 years they have increasingly cooperated in programs that provide a wide range of social services-often called the «welfare state»-to the public.

Modern Canada was formed in an event that Canadians call Confederation, in 1867, when three colonies of Great Britain merged to create a partially independent state of four provinces. Since then, six more provinces and two territories have been added, with a third territory scheduled to come into existence in 1999. Canada achieved full independence in 1931 but continues to belong to the Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association of countries with ties to Great Britain