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THE LONDON ТО BRIGHTON CAR RALLY

An annual British tradition, which captures the imagination of the whole nation, is the London to Brighton Car Rally.

When the veteran cars set out on the London - Brighton run each November, they are celebrating one of the great landmarks in the history of motoring in Britain - the abolition of the rule that every " horseless carriage" had to be preceded along the road by a pedestrian. This extremely irksome restriction, imposed by the Locomotives on Highways Act, was withdrawn in 1896, and on November 14th of that year there was a rally of motor-cars on the London - Brighton highway to celebrate the first day of freedom -Emancipation Day, as it has been known by motorists ever since.

Emancipation is still celebrated on the Brighton road each November, usually on the first Sunday of the month, but nowadays there is an important condition of entry - every car taking part must be at least 60 years old. Hence the annual celebration has become known as the Veteran Car Run, and it provides the gayest motoring spectacle of the year and a wonderful opportunity to see these fine old cars taking the road in all the glory of immaculate paint and polish. Since 1930 the event has been organized by the Royal Automobile Club.

At down, on the first Sunday of November, some 250 beautifully preserved and rare specimens assemble by the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park, London, in preparation for the start of the 53-mile journey.

At 8 o'clock comes the " Off and the nostalgic exhaust notes of late Victorian and Edwardian days sound among the trees in the park. One by one they move off down Constitution Hill, past Buckingham Palace, along the misty Mall and over Westminster Bridge. Through the southern suburbs they go out into the open countryside of Surrey and Sussex. The procession of old cars takes nearly an hour to pass a given point of Brighton's Madeira Drive.

The Run is not a race. Entrants are limited to a maximum average speed of 20 miles per hour. The great thing is not speed but quality of performance, and the dedicated enthusiasts have a conversation all their own.

 

 

Упражнение 1.

Поставьте глагол в правильную форму в страдательном залоге.

 

1. These computers / make / in Korea.

2. Passengers / ask / not to speak to the driver.

3. Sorry about the noise - the road / mend /.

4. The village church / burn down / last year.

5. A Roman pavement / just find / under Oxford street.

6. How / make / glass?

7. This story / forget / by everybody a long time ago.

8. I / just offer / a very interesting job.

9. This play / much speak about / now.

10. Ann can't use her office at the moment. It / redecorate/.

 

Упражнение 2.

Выберите сказуемое в предложении, определите его время и залог.

 

1. Our experiments will have been completed by the end of the week.

2. Many factors influenced the rate of reaction.

3. The rate of reaction was influenced by many factors.

4.We shall have completed our experiments by the end of the week.

5. Scientists have developed new generations of computers.

 

Упражнение 3.

Найдите и назовите в первом ряду глаголы, относящиеся к группе Continuous, во втором - к группе Perfect, в третьем - к группе Perfect Continuous и в четвертом ряду - к группе Simple.

1. was measured

2. will measure

3. are being measured

4. has been measured

5. measured

6. am measuring

7. had measured

8. were measuring

1.shall develop

2. had developed

3. shall have been developed

4. was being developed

5. will have developed

6. develop

7. has been developing

8. is developing

1. have been worked

2. are working

3. works

4. will have worked

5. has worked

6. will have been working

7. were working

8. had been working

1V

1. was conducting

2. have conducted

3. conducts

4. was being conducted

5. is conducted

6. had been conducted

7. has been conducting

8. shall be conducted

 

Упражнение 4.

Подобрать предложения из раздела A, корреспондируемые предложениями из разделаB. В пояснениях по каждой паре указать использованное время залог.

A.

1. Four fifths of our customers are satisfied with our products.

2. The picture was attentively looked at.

3. They've just signed an important contract.

4. 1 was very tired when I arrived home. I'd been working hard all day.

5. We saw an accident while we were waiting for the bus.

6. Who does this umbrella belong to? I've no idea.

7. It is very interesting to watch this device in action.

8. He understood the text after he had read it again.

9. Mathematics is of great importance for engineers.

10. Let them analyse the results of the test.

B

a. Have you ever used this type of machine?

b. The newspapers are usually brought in the morning.

c. They had been conducting this experiment for two hours before you came.

d. It is very difficult for me to work and study at the same time.

e. At first I thought I'd done the right thing, but soon I realized that I'd made a serious mistake.

f. Let me explain the phenomenon in detail.

g. The Sun is the most important body in the Universe for mankind.

h. The children at Sparta were given a military education.

i. Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?

j.The television was on but nobody was watching it.

 

Упражнение 5.

Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на сказуемое с модальным глаголом или с эквивалентом модального глагола.

 

1. The student ought to have been careful while working with this instrument. Now the instrument is broken.

2. I can translate this text without a dictionary.

3. - Did they find your house? - Yes, it took them a long time but they were able to find it.

4. This evidence must provide some new facts.

5. You will have to show the equation to your teacher.

 

Упражнение 6.

Выберите правильный вариант и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. I shall go there provided you ______ to accompany me.

A will consent

B consent

C have consented

2. If it rains the race _____

A will be postponed

B are postponed

C will postpone

3. Don’t worry! All your expenses______

A will pay

B had been paid

C are paying

4. There _____ no news today.

A are

B is

C have been

5. He is fond of _____ speeches in public.

A makes

B making

C doing

 

 

Вариант №5.

 

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WARNING ТО DRIVERS: DON'T USE THE MOBILE WHEN MOBILE

The use of mobile phones while driving is severely criticised in the latest edition of theHighway Code. Evolution has failed to imbue human beings with the skill to perform both tasks simultaneouslywithout risking an accident. We cannot be trusted even with hands-free telephone equipment since the brain work involved in nattering can leave too little concentration for driving.

It warns: " Never use a hand-held mobile phone or microphone when driving. Find a safe place to stop first".

ROAD RAGE

Along with Big Ben, red double-decker buses, and the pigeons that lived in Trafalgar Square until Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, decided to banish them, the black cab is one of the most recognizable symbols of the capital. But London's cabbies are worried that a perverse regulation may drive them off the streets. The wrangle involves allegations of monopoly dealing, pits the claims of

safety against environmentalism, and highlights the perils of devolution. The regulation is not the brainchild of some crazed European bureaucrat, but anancient domestic one.

London's first recorded cab journey took place in 1588. The requirement for cabbies to know the capital like the back of their hands - or, to give the rite its proper title, to " do the knowledge" - derives from the Great Exhibition of 1851, when there were widespread complaints about ignorant drivers. The first cab with an internal combustion engine hit London's streets in 1903.

The regulations issued by the Public Carriage Office (established in 1850, but now under the auspices of the mayor's Transport for London) state that cabs must be able to perform a u-turn in a space not more than 8, 535m wide. Transport for London says that the rule ensures the necessary manoeuvrability, and guarantees that passengers can hail a cab from the wrong side of the road.

But critics say that other towns have modernised their regulations, and that the rule should go the same way as the requirement for Hackney carriages to carry a bale of hay.

London's cabbies must hope that the mayor has more affection for the black cab than he was shown to pigeons.

 

Упражнение 1.

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