I. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на значения многозначых слов.

Power

1) Both countries assume, apparently, that nuclear independence gives authority within the alliance and in their relations with the super-powers. 2) Of course this is not the result of psychological changes among the rulers of the three Powers concerned, nor is diplomacy the biggest factor which brought about the treaty. 3) Earlier, the Minister had told Mr J. that there was no question of the Government taking powers to frustrate pay agreements again this summer as it did last. 4) The main reasons for the uncertainty are clear enough. The separation of powers means that President and Congress are elected separately. 5) The Minister of Power told the Press conference about his proposals, unruffled by the storm he knew they would arouse.

Case

1) When does you case come before the court? 2) There were hundreds of fainting cases outside the Town Hall. Fans climbed up the outsides of buildings on to balconies and ledges to get a better view, despite appeals from the police not to do so. 3) It used to be the case that British industry was plagued by strikes, but this is no longer so. 4) The British Government declares that it is going to resist the implementation of these plans. However, this is not the case. The deeds of Britain's ruling circles in any case up to the latest time attest to the contrary. 5) Police are looking at notes taken by officers at the scene and a later inquiry into the handling of the case.

Record

1) Bumper-to-bumper traffic jams were reported from many parts of the country yesterday, especially on routes out of London, where traffic was up 25 per cent on last year's record figure. 2) A convict with “an awful record” who had been sentenced to spend 28 years in jail was yesterday freed and given a last chance on probation by the Court of Appeal. 3) According to your medical record, you had an operation five years ago. 4) Important official records are issued in the five official languages: Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 5) After the Beatles, The Rolling Stones have probably been the most successful group in Britain. Most of their records have gone into the top ten and they’ve had many at number one. But their records have usually been made in a recording studio and I always wanted to hear them live. 6) Anne Stoneham, who helped organise the event, said: “We smashed the record. We now have to submit the evidence to verify the record has been beaten.”

Pattern

1) I like the wallpaper, but I really wanted something with a pattern on it. 2) Women’s lives used to follow a predictable pattern: school, then marriage and children. 3) This company’s profit – sharing scheme sets the pattern for others to follow. 4) One of the most striking things about last week's elections was the way they broke up old patterns and cut across old boundaries. 5) The papers say the explosions appear to be the result of a planned operation and followed a pattern of recent similar attacks. 6) By the time of John Speed's map, drawn in 1610 the modern street pattern outside of the medieval town walls was well established. 7) Playing around with composition to create rhythm and pattern is always an important part of my creative process.

Office

1) Political fact Number One to most candidates is that it takes money to run for office. 2) There is no doubt that the President's personal style has lost much of its attraction. The great appeal of the Senator, though he was not himself running for office, was only one piece of evidence. 3) Under the present-day political practices the professional office-holders as a rule may be divided into two classes: those who hold small offices and who try further to promote their career and get a larger salary and the political bosses who control the general policy of the organization. 4) Two railway stations in east Devon are to cut their ticket office opening hours later this year. 5) A serving police officer with the Greater Manchester force is charged with misconduct in a public office.

Facility

1) Although the British authorities and the British Broadcasting Corporation had accorded all facilities for preparing the tape for the broadcasts, no explanation had been forthcoming from the British High Commissioner later as to why their statement was not broadcast. 2) The Whitchurch Hospital facility is expected to be ready for patients by 2011, if it is approved 3) Devon and Cornwall police install a new speech facility on its website to enable more people to access its online information. 4) Plans for a new facility for recycling household waste in Leicestershire have been revealed. 5) The centre aims to be a “one-stop shop” facility for the community and about 30 local organisations. 6) A groundbreaking new £1.8m sports, fitness, community and leisure facility is opened in Angus. Five years ago we had no sports facilities at Angus College. 7) Diamond Light Source, the biggest science facility to be built in the UK for 30 years, marks a major milestone.

Community

1) France was forced to give ground at yesterday's meeting of the six Common Market countries after a heated exchange between the French Foreign Minister and the president of the European Commission over the question of British entry into the European Economic Community. 2) The Swiss business community is sophisticated and highly experienced in international trade. 3) The first reaction from the financial community abroad to the measures taken by the British Government was cautiously favorable. 4) It would be wrong to believe, however, that all is harmony within the community of the Common Market Six. 5) Reactions to the idea of a technological community floated by the Prime Minister, which certainly has some appeal to France, have been heavily qualified by insistence on the need for such cooperation to be truly "European".

Public

1) Capitol Hill is the place people think they know more about than any other place on earth, because everything on Capitol Hill seems to be public. Everyone refers to it as a public place, and it is true that, at times, you can see all the public men whose salaries are paid by the public. 2) In her complaint to the council Mrs R. said she was trying to make the point that as the facilities were maintained for the public by the public, regardless of whether they were religious or not, they should be treated equally. 3) If the conference is to be a success, if the tests are to be stopped, public opinion must make itself felt. 4) Is Buckingham Palace open to the public? 5) It’s public knowledge she is expecting a baby. 6) 26 December is a public holiday in Britain.