Translate the following sentences from Russian into English. Read

The following expressions and use them in your translation.

to cut a long story short – короче говоря

to tell the truth – сказать по правде

to say nothing of – не говоря уже о

to put it mildly – мягко выражаясь

to say the least of it – по меньшей мере

to begin with – начнем с того, что/для начала

leaves much to be desired – оставляет желать лучшего (что-то)

is hard to please – трудно угодить (кому-либо)

is difficult to deal with – трудно иметь дело (с кем-то)

nothing to read – нечего читать

What is to be done? – Что делать?

Who is to blame? – Кто виноват?

It’s out of the question to – не может быть и речи о том, чтобы

To see is to believe – Видеть значит верить.

 

1. Сказать по правде, мне нечего сказать.

2. Кто виноват, я не знаю, нужно спросить у нашего старосты.

3. Короче говоря, мы не подготовились к уроку английского языка, поэтому мы попросили дополнительное занятие.

4. В нашей семье мама всегда встает рано.

5. Для начала она открыла все окна и позвонила брату.

6. По правде говоря, Мэри очень устала и решила пойти спать пораньше.

7. Её поведение оставляет желать лучшего и это, мягко выражаясь, меня удивляет.

8. По меньшей мере, мы были удивлены и решили написать ответ.

9. Чтобы перевести эту статью, вы должны воспользоваться словарем.

10.Не могло быть и речи о том, чтобы купаться в этой грязной реке.

11.С моим соседом трудно иметь дело, так как он очень капризный.

12.Короче говоря, они поженились и уехали на Канары.

13.Сказать по правде, мне не нравиться бокс, но я люблю футбол.

14.Чтобы успеть на поезд, вы должны поторопиться и вызвать такси.

15.Чтобы читать Диккенса в оригинале, ты должен хорошо учить английский

 

 

Activity 3. Open the brackets and use the proper Infinitive form. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. He seized every opportunity (to appear) in public: he was so anxious (to

talk) about.

2. Is there anything else (to tell) her? I believe she deserves (to know) the state

of her sick brother.

3. He seems (to read) a lot, especially English stories.

4. He seems (to read) this book since morning.

5. I want (to take) to the concert by my father.

6. She hoped (to help) by her friends.

7. He began writing books not because he wanted (to earn) a living. He

wanted (to read) and not (to forget).

8. He seems (to know) French very well: he is said (to spend) his youth in

Paris.

9. The woman pretended (to read) and (not to hear) the bell.

10. They seemed (to quarrel): I could hear angry voices from behind the door.

 

Activity 4. PARTICIPLE I & PARTICIPLE II.

Choose the proper form of Participle and underline it. Translate the

Sentences into Russian.

Model: A word (spoken, speaking) in time may have very important results.

 

1. The girl (writing, written) on the blackboard is our best student.

2. We listened to the English boys (sung, singing) our Russian folk songs.

3. Everything what is (writing, written) here is quite right partially.

4. The girl (washing, washed) the floor is my sister.

5. I think that the boy (standing, stood) there is his brother.

6. “How did you like the film? ” asked Peter, (turned, turning) towards me.

7. His hat (blowing, blown) off by the wind was lying in the middle of the

street.

8. Look at the beautiful flowers (gathering, gathered) by the children.

9. The book (writing, written) by this scientists is very important and

interesting.

10.Here is the letter (receiving, received)by me from this department.

 

 

Activity 5. GERUND

Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to Gerund.

 

Mary’s life.

 

Mary has always dreamt of living in a small house by the sea. She disliked living in her old house and she was thinking of buying a new one, because her house was rather old. At least she has bought it and now she enjoys living in a beautiful new cottage. Mary misses seeing her neighbours, because she liked talking to them and didn’t mind helping them.

She likes cooking and is very good at cooking puddings. But she dislikes washing and ironing. Mary hates getting up early, but she has to. She doesn’t mind working a lot, you know. She enjoys driving an expensive car having a car model Jaguar. Mary has always dreamt of traveling round the world. She loves meeting people because she can’t bear being alone.

 

Activity 6. READING THE TEXT.

Read the following text. Some of the lines are correct and some

Have a word which should not be there. If the line is correct – write OK in the right part, if a line has a wrong word- write it in the space.

 

Brothers and sisters

When I was young I had argued with my brothers and had

sisters all the time. I used to share most of my toys with OK

my brother, but he specialized in to keeping them for ……………….

himself. When I asked about him for anything he simply ……………….

used to refuse giving it to me, and then I became very ……………….

angry with him. Our sisters blamed for everything on ……………….

us when our parents accused us of quarrelling all the ……………….

time. My brother and I got up annoyed about this, ……………….

but only succeeded them in making matters worse. ……………….

Our parents didn’t approve of our quarrelling so much ……………….

and insisted us on not taking sides. They either laughed ……………….

about it, or told us to forgive each other for everything. ……………….

Soon, we became ashamed of quarrelling and became ……………….

good at last getting on well with each other. ……………….

 

Activity 7. READ THE TEXT.

Read the following text. Then choose the best answer A, B, C or D for

Questions 1 – 4 given below.

 

Earth in 3000

 

A woman wearing a white plastic suit and strange shoes got out of the car and asked him if he was right. Her name was Glynis, and she was a doctor. James didn’t know what year it was, and when he heard it was the year 3000, he could hardly believe it. He told Glynis he was from 21^st century. She thought perhaps he had hurt himself and asked him to come to her office for an examination.

Glynis found nothing wrong with him. James explained what happened to him, and he asked if any sort of time machine had been developed so that he could get home. Glynis suggested they look up his name on the computer to see what information it might have on him. They found that the computer only had information on him up to the day he had begun traveling through time. Next to that

day it said “presumed dead”.

He asked Glynis if she could take him to his home town. Perhaps he could find where Dr. Applebaum used to live. Maybe there was a secret passage under his house. Glynis looked at him sadly. “That’s impossible, - she said – the world as you knew it has been destroyed.” She drove him to a place where he could find the old world. During the drive, she told him what happened. The Sun had melted most of the ice in the Earth’s polar areas, causing worldwide flooding. The Earth temperature had risen, and thousands of people had died. Finally, in 2300 the world government had helped build glass shields around the highest areas of the Earth to protect people from the sun and the water.

She took him to the edge of the glass shield where he could see miles and miles of water. There were video screens set up along a walkway which showed the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and the Acropolis, all underwater. There was a large circular hole full of water nearby. There were pipes taking water out of it to a nearest factory. Every few minutes, the water was sucked out, then refilled from below. Glynis explained that this was how they got water from outside and changed it into clean, usable water. James went close to edge to look down into it….

 

1. When James heard it was the year 3000, he was

A. thrilled

B. amazed

C. horrified

D. sad

 

2. The information on the computer stated that James

A. was alive

B. had left the country

C. had been found dead

D. was thought to have died

 

3. The old world was underwater because

A. there had been an earthquake

B. the sea level had risen

C. there had been a rainstorm

D. the earth’s temperature had dropped

 

4. A large hole in the surface of the new world was used to

A. take water to nearest factory

B. send water to the old world

C. refill the pipes with water

D. communicate with the old world

 

Activity 8. WRITING.

Complete the sentences using prepositions for, at, of, in, of, with+the

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