10. Translate into Russian

1. Force should be held in reserve.

2. NATO should be open to new members.

3. Such declarations should be taken with a pinch of salt.

4. People who abuse alcohol should not be allowed into positions of power.

5. If you should chance to meet her any time, any place, any way, tell that I love her and want her back again.

6. Temperatures today should range between 18 to 20 degrees above zero.

7. A superpower should be able to simultaneously address several global threats.

9. You’ve got to look to the future and be prepared to deal with things if an emergency should arise.

10. Europeans should focus on understanding the revolutionary trends in US military doctrines.

11. America should have a president who is responsible impartially to Americans.

12. Should the candidate fail to win a majority, a second round will be held in April.

13. If anyone should be brought before an international criminal court, it is surely the Baghdad leader.

14. If a product is effective in treating ageing, it should be classified as a drug, not as a cosmetic, critics say.

15. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), economic growth should continue in Russia this year and next.

11. Translate into Russian:

1. If something happens to you on the way there, you ought to inform your embassy as soon as possible.

2. Every package of cigarettes ought to carry a reminder of the hazards of smoking.

3. The new peace plan ought to be given a serious thought. It’s worth considering.

4. Instead of discussing what ought or ought not to be done the trade union leaders ought to be campaigning to put an end to the wage freeze.

5. For that purpose there ought to be kept in being trained and technically proficient personnel.

6. Far more people ought to take part in deciding the policies which are put before the electorate.

7. I really oughtn’t to be surprised.

8. We ought to have turned to the police long ago.

12. Translate into Russian:

1. If NATO is to survive, it must be transformed.

2. Vladimir Putin is to make London his first port of call after his expected election as Russian President this year.

3. If the US is to maintain peace in Europe, it must make a clear commitment to fight those who threaten the peace.

4. Bank of America is to scale back its operations in Japan.

5. The conquest of Everest by a British expedition 40 years ago is to be celebrated in May.

6. In foreign policy the main task is to raise Russian prestige.

7. The spacecraft is to be placed in a low polar orbit.

8. The old Chinese leader is to step down as the party’s general secretary during the congress.

9. If Turkey is to join the European Union, it must stop abusing the Kurds.

10. PCs will need to look and operate a lot more like traditional consumer electronic products, if they are to make further inroads into the home.

11. Foreign banks are to be allowed to conduct yuan-denominated business on an “experimental basis in China”.

12. The centerpiece of the program is to eliminate the national debt by 2013.

13. The ministers are to discuss the likely role of the United Nations in administering a post-Hussein Iraq.

14. The US Secretary of State who will visit five West European capitals, will need to tread a careful line if unity in the Western camp is to be maintained.

15. The principal task of the American diplomat was to try to talk Israelis and Palestinians back into peace negotiations.

18. The presidential candidate is to discuss a detailed economic blueprint in a speech here on Wednesday.

19. It was essential to raise levels of tax collection and cut public spending if Russia was to avoid financial difficulties at that time.

20. If the Russian leader is to save his country’s economy, he must hugely cut its budget deficit and make a switch from guns to consumer goods.

21. It is to be assumed that the UN Secretary General is going to that country to get a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

22. For Russia, the Japanese trip was to be the first in a series of four major Asian visits this year. A visit to South Korea, which was to immediately follow Russian President’s days in Tokyo, has also been postponed indefinitely.

23. An immigration reform beneficial to both the US and Mexico was to have been the centerpiece of the new relationship, and Mexican prime minister is frustrated that the effort was derailed by Al Qaeda.

24. The bonds were to have been backed by 7.5 percent of the country’s shares currently owned by the government, but last week came a surprise government move to cancel the bond issue.

25. The new bank is to be known as CB Delta Credit and is to continue specializing in mortgage lending.