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.pdf9.What police described as «appalling» weather conditions prevented the two helicopters borrowed from the Army taking part in the search.
10.The whole system was nothing but an alarm system designed to go off in case of raw materials being illegally removed or utilised.
Упражнение 5
1. She sat gazing straight before her. 2. She lay crying a long while. 3. We stood waiting for the doors to open. 4. With the first gust of wind her husband’s hat went sailing through the air. 5. They both paused, listening to the voices on the stairs. 6. Oh, Bert, I never thought I would end my life wrapping brown paper round strange objects. 7. She won’t have any trouble getting you a job in Hollywood. 8. They had a hard time living in Dublin. 9. The old man had difficulty chewing the meat. 10. She had a dull time looking after her aunt. 11. He did not object to others being there. 12. I had nothing to do with his making the decision. 13. Then I suspected him of teasing me. 14. We had no difficulty in being nice to each other. 15. There was nothing to prevent him from returning to London. 16. He apologised for keeping me. 17. My father often accused me of treating the house as a hotel. 18. I was not really sure what I felt about Jack coming home. 19. I told him about Phil wanting to come with us. 20. The doctor began by feeling his pulse.
1.Paris. – A grim new year of record-high unemployment, slow growth and unnervingly high inflation stretching into the next year is in store for the major industrialised countries, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development reports.
2.Tenants have presented to the mayor a petition signed by 1,600 urging the council to press for lower interest rates.
3.Mexico City. – Having long considered a strong military unnecessary, Mexico suddenly decided to spend a portion of its oil earnings on armaments – and for the first time intended to buy supersonic jet fighters in the United States.
4.Considering the complexity of the problem, the decision was reached at a rather early date.
5.While seeing the dangers it is also essential to confront the pessimism created by a section of the mass media.
6.Even counting Britain’s North Sea oil bonanza total industrial production dropped 9 per cent – pulling the British economy back to levels of 1967. Unemployment had burgeoned to 10 per cent of the British labour force – another post-Depression record – and is rising rapidly.
7.Decisions have been taken at Brussels, which, if carried out, would lead straight to further controversies.
8.Fears of radiation contamination from forgotten waste dumps, nuclear
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testing and transportation accidents grew this week as investigations expanded beyond the initial discovery of an old radioactive waste dump in Denver. The dump was found emitting contaminates last week.
9.They wanted a Government freely chosen by the will of the people.
10.The peoples of all countries are vitally interested in seeing further steps taken at the Foreign Ministers’ Conference in October.
Упражнение 6
1.Jack lit a cigarette while waiting for the waiter to come back with the ice.
2.Phil stuck the money in his pocket without counting it. 3. He lit a cigarette before answering. 4. Did Grant show any emotion on opening the parcel? 5. He hesitated a moment before crossing the bridge. 6. The terrace was crowded with women drinking tea. 7. I strapped the watch on my wrist with trembling fingers. 8. I had to wait two hours in the hospital to have a tooth filled. 9. She slammed the drawer shut. 10. I left my wife well provided for.
11.He was determined to make himself respected. 12. It was hard to see him defeated. 13. One can’t get anything done in our house. 14. In the drawingroom the music of Mozart was being played by an orchestra seen on the TV screen. 15. Taken by surprise they had nothing to say. 16. In the box there were some negatives rolled up in a tight coil. 17. How did you account for buying that car? 18. He reproached himself for not having tried to talk with her. 19. I felt proud of having been of use to him. 20. The doctor was used to listening to all sorts of people.
1.With Britain gripped by recession and 2.5 million unemployed, intense competition for job tends to leave black youths behind.
2.With domestic demand slack, the Japanese economy has had to depend on exports for much of its growth – particularly of such high-priced items as automobiles, which now provide 17% of the country’s total exports.
3.With 70 per cent of Japan’s land area mountainous and a small percentage devoted to farmland, two-thirds of Japan’s urban population resides and works in less than 5 per cent of the total land area.
4.Strasbourg. – The European Parliament is coming under sharp criticism with allegations made by members of inflated expenses – too much money spent on overseas trips, expensive quarters, and office cleaners.
5.England emerged from the war only a formal ‘victor’, its economy shaken and entering a period of permanent stagnation and decline.
6.Foreign-owned companies that set up British subsidiaries to channel their profits pay no tax provided their management and control remain outside.
7.Objections to this plan, supposing there is any, should be reported to
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the committee at once.
8.If Saudi Arabia decides to maintain its production at the current level, the highest prices are almost equally certain to continue to decline, given the state of the market.
9.This was what the Tories want. They are against the Bill, but failing its complete defeat they are aiming to get it amended into uselessness.
10.The Cabinet decided to consider the agreement pending ratification by the Majlis.
Упражнение 7
1. My will was weakened. I wanted someone to lean on. 2. We stood for a while watching a man training an Alsatian puppy. 3. There was a lot of noise all around now, and amongst it you could hear a plane flying unusually low. 4. I heard Arthur make a slight noise which may have been a sigh or a chuckle. 5. I don’t like girls to smoke. It takes away the fragrance of youth.
6.After supper Willy switched on the wireless and John left him dancing round the drawing-room to the sound of Mozart’s piano concerto in C minor.
7.I caught her looking at me. 8. He explained his behaviour as trying to make up their quarrel. 9. If you go on talking like this you’ll have me crying.
10.I found myself living almost entirely on the grapes which the cook found it hard to spoil. 11. They watched me walk away, wiping my nose on my arm.
12.I remember the telegram coming about Mary’s arrival. 13. Just as habit kills love I should have thought habit would prevent its arising. 14. I can’t see my nephew making much of a soldier. 15. If he finds it necessary, the district attorney may require an inquest to be held. 16. He felt the money being taken from his grasp. 17. In London she bought a lipstick. I remember her trying the various shades on the back of her hand. 18. He shouted to them to come inshore when they ventured out too far into the sea. 19. I sat up till one o’clock waiting for Ted to ring up again, but he never did. 20. He motioned to the waiter to put the tray down.
1.The candidate said this morning that he was fully aware of the obstacles to be faced and the charges that would be made.
2.The cutback in housing programmes has been so sharp that the national campaign for the homeless reports that in the next two years no families are likely to be rehoused from the waiting list at all.
3.Neither the federal government nor the nation as a whole needs to be reminded of the necessity of saving and conserving energy, especially by finding substitutes for oil. The message has been forcefully driven home by declining deliveries from Iran and Iraq.
4.Television, meanwhile, has become a major means of solidifying power and creating – or controlling – national utility in that country.
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5.Though President has the sense to reject an outrageously optimistic forecast produced by some of his advisers, the government’s crystal ball still has a rosy hue.
6.Yet never were problems confronting the country so acute, with the electorate in fact divided on policy issues to a greater degree than for years past.
7.His proposals differ sharply from those offered by both the President and his Republican opponent. Both candidates favour reducing corporate taxes and increasing corporate profits above the current $250 billion annual profit level arguing that subsidising big business will result in a stimulation of the economy, with monies trickling down to workers. However, experience has shown that these subsidies have only resulted in unemployment and double-digit inflation.
8.Even if he belatedly shifts his policy, the president has little time left to influence the economy before the elections. Considering how long it takes for a policy change to be pushed through Congress and then to have an impact, a new «game plan» would have to be adopted now in order to score points before the election.
9.All major currencies sunk against the dollar, and fears were expressed in business circles that the dollar’s strength was adding to inflation in Europe by making imports more expensive in the huge trade with the United States.
Упражнение 8
1. He took the advantage of this confusion to escape and ran up the stairs to the studio. 2. To hear him, one would think he was as poor as a church mouse. 3. He rarely went out except to take part in the social life of the town. 4. «I must be getting old», she said, «to be talking like that». 5. He built a fire and put a tin pot of water on to boil. 6. You ought to know better than to ask questions like that. 7. How can she be content with you there to nag all the time? 8. But I did not come here in order to gain anything. 9. He ran his hand through his hair as though to tidy it. 10. I bumped into a man. Without looking I apologised and proceeded on my way. 11. That morning my father said to me: «In sending you to this school, Henry, I’m making a sacrifice. I can’t really afford it.» 12. It must be swell to get anything you want just by asking, I thought. 13. The musicians had vanished without his having seen them to go. 14. The cigarette burned down to my fingers and I threw it over the banister without putting it out. 15. We strolled back to the camp, it being then about twenty minutes to six. 16. I took my temperature and, upon finding it was a hundred point four, went back to bed again. 17. I showed my boredom by refusing to find any interest in the view. 18. That being under-
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stood, the conference was over. 19. He hardly looked at her while talking. 20. He had scarcely ever drunk tea at all until knowing Gwen.
1.The said tax increases to reduce government borrowing would do little to help recession hit industry or reduce unemployment.
2.The factory is producing light passenger cars, which are expected to form the largest part of the country’s drive to boost automobile production from 200,000 to 800,000 by 1990.
3.Far from doing anything to reduce the number of jobless, the Government is planning to throw more out of work with its rail and pit closures.
4.But if this experiment fails then it is obvious that, far from there being an improvement in the standards of life of the British people, there will be a steady diminution.
5.All his criticisms were reserved for Labour backbenchers who want the British Army withdrawn.
6.The decision this month, according to the sources, was to postpone any such changes pending a large policy review regarding relations with China and Taiwan.
7.The capital siphoned off through taxes to the Pentagon has meant that it is unavailable for civilian enterprises. Less capital investment means fewer jobs. Important areas of the economy are severely undernourished. Railroads, mass transit, and the solar energy industry are all areas which need massive infusions of capital both because of declining oil supplies, and to enhance the quality of life while depolluting the environment.
8.It seems unduly cynical, however, to accuse media folk of deliberately building Presidents up in order to knock them down. The fact is quite the opposite. Media people thrive on telling Americans what they want to hear.
9.Any other activities of the world organisation will be financed by the whole membership only by their unanimous and active support. And even in those rare cases it will be by having the Secretary-General solicit voluntary contributions.
Упражнение 9
1. Freddy felt very relieved. 2. You bet I’m burning myself out. I’ve been doing it for so many years now – and who cares? At this moment I feel quite played out. 3. The doll lay deserted on the porch. 4. Friendship restored, we walked along together. 5. The plant has withered because it was left exposed to the sun. 6. He sat straight in his bed with his feet tucked under him. 7. He felt a curious relief at the delay and at the fact that whether sent or not the letter was written. 8. But this friend of yours looks odd to me and he gets
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himself talked about. 9. If done prematurely, your move might provoke opposition. 10. They stared at each other, Dan still standing with his tea cup and Willy stretched out in the chair. 11. While waiting for a flight, and without ever leaving the terminal, a visitor could have his hair cut, suit pressed and shoes shined. 12. The snow never stopped falling that afternoon. It was dreadful to be outdoors. 13. Then we strolled round the place watching preparations being made to set the tent. 14. The door did not open. She left off ringing, and, sitting down at the top of the stairs, buried her face in her hands. 15. The thought came flashing into his mind. 16. To find them in so short a time would have been next to impossible. 17. I spent some time with Tom studying maps of the country. 18. He was accustomed to sleeping through the morning noises of the neighbourhood. 19. To describe the confusion that followed would be impossible. 20. He was beyond caring about what was going to happen to him.
1.Washington. – A draft report produced by the Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that there is not enough evidence to support that charge.
2.So, said an official, much of the discussion is likely to be about a suitable form of words, and the fact that Mr M. will negotiate on the basis of the latest proposals of the Nine means that he has already gone more than halfway to surrender.
3.By not losing sight of the long-term objectives they made themselves masters and not servants or victims of economic forces operating in the world.
4.Another important American statement shows that the military chiefs object to any idea of each country having its own independent forces and are opposed to the idea of disarmament being discussed at an international forum.
5.We will not seek to frustrate that consensus, since it is not in the world interest to have the work of the General Assembly immobilised in those troubled days.
6.Athens. – The political opposition has called on the government to resign, following U.S. press reports that nuclear warheads are being stored in Greece under the exclusive control of the U.S. military.
7.We should have no illusions – a nuclear war anywhere is a nuclear war everywhere. There are no hiding places. There are no safe conduct passes. If the explosion doesn’t get you the radiation will!
8.Now that big business has produced a real crisis they’re hell-bent on solving the economic crisis without losing a penny of their $250 billion per year profits. So their message: the crisis can’t be solved without cutting people’s living standards.
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9.One person in ten can expect to be seriously injured or killed in a road accident during their lifetime, according to Prof. W.G., Director of the Road Injuries Research Group at the Birmingham Accident Hospital, in a report issued today.
10.«The only alternative to letting the British Motor Corporation company close and a thousand people become redundant, was for the Government to take over responsibility», said the Minister of Aviation.
Упражнение 10
1. She could not help bringing into her conversation the names of people she knew. 2. The state I’m in I’m liable to burst out crying. 3. It is true that to understand is to pity and to forgive. 4. «I cannot see what my having been divorced three times has to do with my books», she said. 5. He walked down the street, not knowing where to turn or what to do. 6. At the top of the third flight she paused for breath, and holding on to the banisters, stood listening. 7. Bob glanced away from his mother so as not to see the tears in her eyes. 8. The girl was only four but it delighted us to talk with her. 9. I had seen to many examples of the process not to recognize it now. 10. I’ve seen many a man ruined through having extravagant habits. 11. Not having read your letters, I haven’t the faintest idea what you’re talking about. 12. He took the first opportunity to apologise for his rudeness. 13. I’m too old to change my ways. 14. Taking the business over meant spending money. 15. I couldn’t resist showing my money or spending it treating my friends. 16. He sat for hours by the river as the trains ran shrieking across the bridge. 17. It might be worth trying. 18. I was hurrying to the booking office to see about our tickets. 19. He was sitting with his hands clasped round his knee, staring at the water. 20. She opened the door just in time to see Tom disappear round the corner.
1.The Home Secretary is expected to make a statement next week on the validity of the practice of allowing outside observers, photographers, and television cameramen to be present at the counting of the votes at a parliamentary election.
2.The meeting which was said to have lasted several hours on Thursday night, was confirmed Saturday. However, little more than the fact that it had taken place was revealed in the apparently co-ordinated statements provided by foreign policy spokesmen in the three countries involved.
3.Mexico City. – After years of taking Latin America for granted, the United States is now finding that much of the region no longer shares its view of the world.
4.A shadow minister is to challenge the government over reports that prescription charges may be increased next April. An opposition front
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bench spokesman in health said: «It is evidence of people being denied medicines on their doctors’ advice by the price being charged, and is a tragic breach of the idea of the National Health Service.»
5.With the problems facing the voters becoming more and more acute and the reform candidates offering the only solutions, there is no doubt that hard campaigning can bring about real changes in city hall.
6.Absorbed by Africa, tried by immigration, with the imperial feeling ebbing, India and Pakistan no longer hold the place in the British imagination that they once had.
7.Far from steering a middle course, or a modern course, or making changes, or bringing Socialist aims up to date, as in turn he claimed, he is operating a Tory – Right Wing Labour mixture of policies as oldfashioned as top hats on Palace coachmen, but not nearly as harmless or funny. The Prime Minister said that the July measures, «so far from threatening the nation with continuing unemployment, by creating the opportunity for a new break-through in exports and production, hold out the surest guarantee we have of full employment for a generation».
8.Having refused to recognize this in time, Washington was forced to retreat, under the pressure of rather embarrassing circumstances, from the juridically sound but politically unrealistic position it had enjoined on the United States delegation to the UN.
9.Speaking to a Conservative audience in Putney, London, the Leader of the House warned that «changed circumstances make adjustments necessary in both tactics and timing to meet altered conditions», although he added that the changes will all be made in pursuit of the same strategy.
Упражнение 11
1. Твои туфли нужно отремонтировать. 2. Увидев его, она побледнела. 3. Вы не возражаете, если я возьму вашу ручку? 4. Никогда не спрыгивай с движущегося поезда. 5. На этом заводе большое внимание уделяется защите здоровья рабочих. 6. Она вышла из комнаты, не сказав ни слова. 7. Испугавшись собаки, кошка забралась на дерево. 8. Выращивание роз требует большого внимания и труда. 9. Только представь себе: он пришел к финишу первым! 10. Он уже предвкушал, как вернется домой и встретится с семьей. 11. Бесполезно с ним разговаривать таким тоном. 12. Много лет назад я взял себе за правило вставать с рассветом. 13. Он имел обыкновение прогуливаться по пляжу по вечерам. 14. Не беспокойтесь: я привык вставать рано. 15. Я настаиваю на том, чтобы ехать на вокзал на такси. 16. Тебе надо подстричь волосы. 17. Что ты имел в виду, сказав это? 18. Работа в саду благотворно отражается на здоровье. 19. Она первая написала контрольную работу. 20. Я
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всегда узнаю обо всем последним. 21. Я хочу, чтобы вы прочли эту книгу. 22. Я видел, как он вошел в эту дверь. 23. Она не любит, когда я с ней спорю. 24. Дождь заставил нас вернуться домой. 25. Я рассчитывал, что письмо придет завтра. 26. Она знала, что он очень добрый человек. 27. Я чувствовал, что у меня дрожат руки. 28. Она уже сфотографировалась на паспорт? 29. Говорят, что эта статья переведена на все языки мира. 30. Никак не ожидали, что холодная погода наступит так рано.
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Раздел 2. Условное наклонение
Упражнение 1
1. He then suggested that we should drop the discussion and talk about something else. 2. My mother’s name was Lydia, and she always insisted that we should call her by this name. 3. He is angry that I should have fallen in love with his sister. 4. My father wanted to walk, but my mother insisted that we should go in the car. 5. He suggested on a postcard that they should meet in the National Gallery. 6. As soon as we sat down he demanded that the candles should be removed. 7. He requested that we should keep the evening free. 8. He arranged that Edward go to Italy for a year or two. 9. In this case it is essential that he shouldn’t make a mistake. 10. Suddenly it seemed terribly important to him that they should not leave him alone. 11. It was arranged that we should meet at his flat for a glass of sherry. 12. It was desirable that he should go to a law school following the family tradition. 13. She knew it was urgent that she should buy herself a new coat. 14. It’s time we were off. 15. It’s high time he explained what he is up to. 16. It’s about time he were taught a lesson. 17. When I woke I felt that it was time I called a doctor. 18. It’s really about time we had dinner. 19. He was told in public that it was time he learned to do as he was told. 20. His aunt made a peremptory demand that he should send her ten pounds a month. 21. When one reads Goethe’s «The Sorrows of Werther» today one can hardly fail to ask oneself what there was in it to cause so great a sensation. I suppose the answer is that it exactly suited what we now call the climate of opinion. 22. My only wish was that he should be altogether honest. 23. His intention was that his two sons should continue his trade.
1.The United Nations Human Rights Commission yesterday urged that economic sanctions and an oil embargo should be introduced against South Africa.
2.Western and Arab diplomats and other specialists on Gulf affairs have suggested that the American administration should clearly outline its policy towards the Gulf countries.
3.The analysts recommended that the United States, in formulating its policies for the region, should demonstrate a sensitivity to the internal pressures felt by the Gulf rulers.
4.Bonn. – It has been learnt here that the United States proposed that an «European rapid reaction corps» should be urgently set up.
5.It is important that the real situation should be examined because anything which promotes irrational differences between earnings in an industry is bound to cause trouble.
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