Special Difficulties

1. Translate the sentences with the prepositions “because of”, “according to” “thanks to”

1. Because of the bad weather we had to stay at home.

2. They did not go to the pictures because of the heavy rain.

3. According to the Constitution adopted in 1996 Belarus is indivisible democratic law-governed state.

4. He improved his knowledge of English thanks to his every day work in the language laboratory.

5. According to the information we received the delegation will arrive on Monday.

6. Thanks to her attention and care the child grew up into a good-natured person.

7. Because of his being late we couldn’t finish our work in time.

2. Translate the sentences with the verbs “to take part in” and “to participate in”

1. Our students participated in the international conference devoted to the development of radioengineering.

2. Will you take part in the sitting of the Student Club next week?

3. Being busy the engineer couldn’t participate in testing a new device.

4. My duty is to take part in the development of project documentation.

5. As he missed his classes he couldn’t participate in the experimental work of his group.

Home Vocabulary Exercises

3. Arrange the following words into your own sentences

1. Europe, of, Belarus, in, the center, is, situated.

2. The, territory, square, kilometers, of, Belarus, is, 207,600.

3. 10.000, the, has, lakes, country.

4. History, a, centuries-old, have, statehood, of, Belarusian, the, traditions.

4. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions given below

1. Belarus is situated … the center of Europe.

2. The landscape is flat but thanks … numerous lakes, rivers and forests it is very

beautiful.

3. The density of population in Belarus is 49 people … square kilometer.

4. The majority of believers (nearly two thirds) belong … the Eastern Orthodox Church.

5. In the latter part of the 18^th century Belarus was incorporated … the Russian Empire.

6. The government of Belarus is … the presidential type.

(of, in, into, to, per, to)

5. Fill in the blanks with the words given below

1. Thanks to its geographical … Belarus has a great potential for fruitful trade relations with other countries.

2. The climate of Belarus is greatly influenced by the … of the Baltic Sea.

3. The traditions of the Belarusian … have a centuries-old history.

4. More than a half of the inhabitants of Belarus are urban … .

5. The ancient documents written in Belarusian, the official language of the Duchy, … to the dominance of the Belarusian culture in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

(attest, dwellers, location, statehood, proximity)

6. Translate into English

1. Беларусь граничит с Россией на востоке, Польшей – на западе, Украиной – на юге, Литвой – на северо-западе и Латвией – на севере.

2. Ландшафт – ровный (равнинный), но благодаря множеству озёр рек и лесов очень красивый.

3. Климат страны умеренноконтинентальный из-за близости Балтийского моря.

4. В Беларуси две основные христианские религии: православие и католицизм.

5. Предки белорусов были известны в истории под разными именами.

6. 15 и 16 века оставили нам в наследие документы, которые свидетельствуют о плодотворном развитии белорусской культуры в Великом Княжестве Литовском.