Coffee and tea

Coffee and tea were not (know, knew, known) in Europe two hundred years ago. People were afraid to drink them because they thought coffee or tea (can, could, could have) kill a person. Once the king of Sweden decided to find out if it (can, could, be able) be true or not. At that time there (was, were, are) two brothers in prison. They were twins and were very much (like, alike, dislike). They had committed a crime and (have, has, had) been sentenced to death. The king said:” I shall let them live but they (might, can, must) drink tea or coffee to the end of their lives. One brother (might, can, must) drink coffee and the other (might, can, must) drink tea every day.

They (each, every, both) lived many years. At last one of the brothers died when he (is, was, were) eighty three years old. The other died (a little, a few, a bit) years later. In this way it was (prove, proving, proved) that neither tea nor coffee are harmful to men.

21.	Translate into English.

1. Сара повинна вивчити історію. Потім вона може іти гуляти.

2. Ти можеш перевірити мій твір? Я знаю, що там повинні бути помилки.

3. Тері не слід було так розмовляти з місіс Шеллі. Вона могла образитись.

4. Можна, я візьму ваші олівці? Тато повинен наточити мої.

5. Де твої окуляри, Діано? – Не знаю, напевно десь загубила. – Ти могла їх забути на лавці у парку. – Ні, я можливо залишила їх в телефонній будці.

6. Поглянь, на вулиці нікого немає. Напевно почнеться гроза.

7. Бойд даремно не послав телеграму родичам. Вони, напевно нічого не знають про ваш приїзд.

8. Містер Янг повинен зустрітись зі мною біля музею о 4 годині.

9. Місіс Ебот не повинна була втручатись в життя свого сина.

10. Сем, не треба купувати овочі, у нас їх досить в холодильнику.

11. Містер Уокер повинен був мене зустріти на автостанції, але він не прийшов.

12. Нам не треба сьогодні готувати вечерю, Дерики запросили нас до ресторану.

13. Ніні слід носити яскраві кольори. Їй вони личать.

14. Мама можливо вже вдома, але я невпевнена.

15. Ліліані не слід було приводити ту подругу.

LAUGHS PARADE

Never Too Late

“Private James, why are you late to fall in for the morning inspection parade?”

“I got delayed because of shining my shoes for the parade, sergeant.”

“And why are your shoes dirty?”

“I was in a hurry to fall in for the parade, sergeant.”

First Things First

“Private Liddell, which thing do you do first before starting cleaning your rifle?”

“First of all, I’ll take a look at the number on the rifle, sir.”

“What for?”

“To make sure I don’t clean somebody else’s.”

Diminished Targets

“Private Jenkins, why are you observing those tanks through the wrong end of your field glasses?”

“I wish the tanks to look smaller and keep’em at greater distance from the observation post, sir.”

SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS

TEXT 1

US ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATION

The Armed Forces of the USA consist of the Army (Land Forces), Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard including their Regular and Reserve components.

The Army is responsible for preparing forces for combat operations on land (Land Forces). The Navy and Marine Corps are responsible for preparing forces for combat operations at sea. The Air Force is responsible for preparing forces for combat operations in the air.

The Army is one of the main armed services of the Armed Forces. The Army includes different arms and services. There are about twenty arms and services in the Army.

Arms are those units that directly participate in combat. They are as follows: Infantry, Artillery and Armour. Their main mission is combat and combat support.

The Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps and the Military Police Corps are referred to both arms and services because they have units with fighting duties.

The main services are Ordnance Corps, Chemical Corps, Army Medical Service, Transportation Corps and others. The main mission of services is combat service support.

Under the Constitution of the United States the President is commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. He is assisted by several agencies. The two most important agencies are the National Security Council and the Department of Defence.

The Department of Defence is headed by the civilian Secretary of Defence. It consists of the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force.

The military heads of the Departments are their Chiefs of Staffs. They form the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Joint Chiefs of Staff is responsible for strategic planning, the joint employment and training of the Armed Forces. The Joint Chiefs of Staff is assisted by the Joint Staff. The Joint Staff is responsible for strategic, intelligence and logistics planning.

All these departments and agencies are housed in Pentagon. Pentagon is a five-sided building (from Greek penta+gon meaning five-cornered). The form of the building - five concentric rings with a yard inside - has become the emblem of the US Army.

1.	Answer the questions.

1. How are the US Armed Forces organized?

2. Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces?

3. What are the US armed services?

4. What are the three military departments in the US?

2.	Translate words and word combinations into English

Збройні сили, вид збройних сил, сухопутні війська, військово-морські сили, повітряні сили, морська піхота, берегова охорона, резерв, бойові дії, головнокомандувач, стратегічне планування.

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