3. Translate into Russian:

1) “We will be prudent about what we spend, cut taxes where we can and, above all, build up the long-term health and strength of our economy,” said the PM.

2) The spy program can record your passwords, credit card numbers and messages you may send to banks. No doubt both sides would welcome a compromise.

3) Whatever Bill Clinton defects, which are manifold, he seems to have no violence in him, but rather, a good heart, and beyond that, an immensely sophisticated and cunning political gift that may add up to greatness.

4) Even optimistic reformers acknowledge that the resulting social and political challenges – of unemployment, uncontrollable migration to cities, the weaving of a new social safety net – may prove even more difficult to master.

5) Dismantling trade barriers would force the industrialized nations to train their own low-skilled workers lest they be displeased by new competition from abroad.

6) From the century’s dawn to the century’s close we have learned how vital it is that America embrace its responsibilities, live up to its principles and lead.

7) Republican Senator Robert Dole questioned whether future generations should have to pay for slavery said, “Some would say yes. I think it’s a tough question.”

8) If the Russian president should step down or be deemed unfit to govern, the Constitution stipulates that the prime minister would take over, and call elections within three months.

9) Job advertisements ask you for young attractive women “without inhibitions” which means that you shouldn’t grumble when your boss starts touching you.

10) “Those who drag their feet on reforms should not stretch their empty palm to Moscow,” said the Russian president.

Var. II

1. Insert the proper modal verb:

1) The Americans ____ come to terms with the fact that they ____ be equal partners with Europe and not simply chief shareholders.

2) Once this year the Treasury Secretary even argued that a victory by the US Olympic basketball team _____ help lift American morale.

3) The treaty ____ be imperfect, but it is necessary for American leadership and security.

4) People think they _____ not_____ worry about animal extinctions because zoos are saving them.

5) The prime minister is building a think tank without any of the checks and balances that ____ accompany it.

6) If diplomacy falls, war ____ well follow, and the consequences of this ____ be fully assessed.

7) I believe terrorism is an international problem and we ____ work together to deal with the problem.

8) There are disquieting aspects which ____ be addressed.

9) A new conflict with Iraq ____ not resemble the quick and relatively casualty-free expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991.

10) The prime minister ____ put his own house in order in the first place and then he ___ go abroad.

2. Insert the proper form of the Infinitive:

1) Argentina should (be) more cautious about borrowing during the period when capital flows to developing countries were abundant.

2) A financial safety net should (design) that will prevent the armies of unemployed from becoming armies of soldiers or refugees marauding around Central Europe.

3) Another unknown is how global warming may (affect) the cycle of water from sea, to sky, to Earth, with some scientists suspecting that this cycle may (speed) up.

4) This spring SETI, The Search for Extraterritorial Intelligence, will reach a milestone: it will (spend) a million years of computer time sifting electromagnetic noise from the sky.

5) The Republicans might not be (blame) for the recession but they should (hold) accountable for something much more serious: the undermining of America’s financial security.

6) The prime minister can (afford) to reject suggestions that he should (stay) at home rather than (travel) to India and Pakistan. Cancelling the trip would (signal) panic, and might (interpret) as an insult.

7) Although UN resolutions after the 1991 Gulf War ordered that Itaq (disarm), Saddam obstructed UN weapons inspectors through the 1990s and has barred inspections altogether since 1998.

8) We underestimated the Japan of the 1950s, and we will sadly (mistake) if we underestimate the Russia of the 1990s.

9) We ought to (turn) to the police long ago.

10) American diplomats said they embraced the hope widely shared at the United Nations that the Iraqi leader would (give ) up his illegal weapons to the inspectors so war could (avert).

3. Translate into Russian:

1) Article 109 of the Maastricht Treaty said:” the currency composition of the Euro basket shall not be changed.”

2) This Constitution shall prevail over other European and national law, including treaties of the Union, should conflict arise.” ( from a Constitution for the European Union)

3) Typically, a Russian ad agency would approach a TV producer and hand over $5,000 on behalf of its client. The producer would in turn dispatch a crew, with whom he divided the spoils.

4) Raising federal subsidies to farmers by more than $70 billion might well lead to a violation of existing World Trade Organization rules.

5) There are encouraging signs that Europe may emerge from this period prepared to take a greater role in maintaining security on the Continent. That would be healthy for both Europe and America.

6) The book on Clinton says he is a chameleon. It is true. But the larger truth may be that Clinton is the President of what has become a chameleon nation.

7) Argentina probably needed more reforms than other countries to promote competitiveness.

8) The US administration has much to do if it is to lay a legal, political and diplomatic foundation for the ambitious enterprise it has in mind.

9) The nest way to come out of a recession is to say to the small business person, “We’ll let you keep your own money.”

10) If the general is willing to meet the Israeli leader, understanding rather than misunderstanding ought to result.

GERUND