3. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.
1) Hyde Park has a large and most attractive lake called the Serpentine.
2) Street – salesmen promise that the goods are of the highest quality and much cheaper than those you can buy in the West End.
3) Immigrants hoped to find a better way of life in Britain.
4. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.
1) The British say that once upon a time people in England kept to any side of the road they liked.
2) There are no trams in London since 1952.
3) Some have had to leave their country for religious or political reasons.
5. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 3).
1) The East End markets are famous throughout the world.
2) Yet, many people still discriminate against immigrants and their children because of the colour of their skin.
3) The Royal Academy’s services to the arts began nearly 200 years ago.
6. Прочитайте и устно переведите на русский язык с 1 по 4 абзацы. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2, 3 абзацы.
STRATFORD – UPON – AVON
1. No town of comparable size enjoys such universal popularity as Stratford-upon-Avon, the birth-place of William Shakespeare. Year by year the fame of its long established Shakespeare Festival spreads as increasing numbers of visitors from all parts of the world come to enjoy the plays of the greatest dramatist of all time.
2. Originating as a river – crossing settlement, Stratford-upon-Avon has served as the market centre of the surrounding countryside since the grant of its market in 1196. Since 1553 Stratford has remained a self- governing borough and today has a basic population of some fifteen thousand people.
3. Stratford is a town with a character and atmosphere of its own. Apart from the beauty of its river, its streets and buildings preserve many links with its interesting past. Most famous are the properties and gardens associated with Shakespeare and his family.
4. The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre is the centre of the Shakespeare Festival. The brick-built theatre was erected in 1932 to replace an earlier theatre destroyed by fire. It is without doubt one of the best equipped theatres and its Shakespearean productions attract an international audience.
5. The House where Shakespeare was born in 1564 and spent his early years is a half-timbered building. It is visited by pilgrims from all over the world. The interior of Shakespeare’s Birthplace contains many features of unusual interest. The poet’s birthroom on the first floor is a fascinating room with a low, uneven ceiling and is furnished after the pattern of a middle-class home such as the Shakespeare family occupied. It is the famous window on which are recorded the signatures of distinguished people who visited the house.
7. Прочитайте 5-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:
What is Shakespeare’s house?
1) It is middle-class home.
2) It is a half-timbered building.
3) It is a house with low, uneven ceiling.
Грамматический минимум к контрольному заданию 2
Для того чтобы правильно выполнить задание 2, необходимо усвоить следующие разделы курса английского языка:
1. Видо-временные формы глагола: а) активный залог – формы Simple (Present, Past, Future); формы Continuous (Present, Past, Future); формы Perfect (Present, Past, Future); б) пассивный залог – формы Simple (Present, Past, Future).
Особенности перевода пассивных конструкций на русский язык.
2. Модальные глаголы: а) выражающие возможность: can (could), may и эквиваленты глагола can – to be able; б) выражающие долженствование: must, его эквиваленты to have to и to be to; should.
3. Простые неличные формы глагола: Participle I (Present Participle), Participle II (Past Participle) в функциях определения и обстоятельства. Gerund – герундий, простые формы.
4. Определительные и дополнительные придаточные предложения (союзные); придаточные обстоятельственные предложения времени и условия.
5. Интернациональные слова.
Используйте следующие образцы выполнения упражнений.
Образцы выполнения упражнений
Образец 1 (к упр. I)
1. Many have been the victims of racial discrimination.
Многие являются жертвами расовой дискриминации.
have been - Present Perfect Active от глагола to be.
2. All the factories, mills, workshops and docks are concentrated in the East End.
Все фабрики, заводы, мастерские и доки сосредоточены в Ист Энде.
are concentrated – Present Simple Passive от глагола to concentrate
Образец 2 (к упр. Ii)
1. Buckingham Palace was built in 1703 for Duke of Buckingham.
Букингемский дворец был построен для герцога Букингема в 1703 году.
built – Participle II, составная часть видовременной формы Past Simple Passive от глагола to build.
2. The statue of Nelson itself, placed towards the sea, measures 17 feet (more than 5m) in height.
Размер самой статуи Нельсона, установленной лицом к морю, составляет 17 футов (более 5 м) высотой.
placed – Participle II – определение.
3. When visiting the English Court in about the 14-th century, the royalty and nobility of Scotland stayed at the place now called “Scotland Yard”.
Примерно в 14 веке при посещении английского двора шотландские короли и знать останавливались в месте ныне известном как «Скотланд Ярд».
(when) visiting – Participle I, обстоятельство
called – Participle II – определение
Варианты контрольного задания № 2
Вариант 1
1. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видо-временную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык. В разделе б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций (см. образец выполнения 1).
a) 1. Britain in the 1980s and early 1990s, had a large road building programme.
2. It is not surprising that the car is becoming increasingly popular.
б) 1. Trams were first used in London in 1861, but they were all replaced by bus after 1945.
2. Britain, because it is an island, has always been forced to have good trading relations with other countries.
2. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните Participle I и Participle II и установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 2).
1) Being the busiest stretches of water in the world, the English Channel is the busiest passenger terminal in Europe.
2) Nearly all English kings and queens have been crowned in Westminster Abbey.
3) The Houses of Parliament constitute perhaps the most popular and widely spread image of London, known and recognized throughout the whole world.
4) When the great bell was cast in London foundry in 1858, the question of its name was discussed in Parliament.
3. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1) Some students borrow money from the bank which must be paid back after they leave university.
2) In Britain you can learn to drive a car by taking lesson with an instructor or any experienced driver.
3) British films have to use American actors to appeal to the American cinema-going audience.
4) The Houses of Parliament can be visited by the public.
4. Прочитайте и устно переведите с 1 по 4 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 3 и 4 абзацы.
THE LONDON UNDERGROUND
1. The first underground railway system in the world was in London. It was opened in 1863 and ran 4 miles (6,5 kilometers) from the west of London to the City in the east. The first lines were built close to the surface and used steam trains. They then built deeper tunnels and the electric underground railway was opened in 1890. This system was called the Tube, still the most popular name for the London Underground. Some of the tube stations are so deep that they were used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War, when hundreds of families would spend the night in the stations.
2. One million people commute into central London every day. Sixty percent of these people use the Tube, mainly because the Underground system extends far into the surburbs: the Northern Line, running from north to south, covers 18 miles (28 kilometers); the Piccadilly Line, running from east to west is 47 miles (76 kilometers) long.
3. Buses in London are not as popular as the Tube because they get stuck in traffic. One of the most popular forms of urban transport in Britain used to be the tram. The most environmentally friendly vehicle is a bicycle. London taxis drive round the centre of the city looking for a customer. Taxis are often called «cab».
4. Traditional taxi-drivers or cabbies, are proud of the knowledge of London. They have to know every street in the 113 square miles of central London and spend up to four years learning the best routes. To get their licence, they have to pass a series of tests, known as The Knowledge, until they are absolutely accurate in their answers. Because of this long training period, cabbies are often angry that people can drive minicabs without a licence. Minicabs look like normal cars, do not have meters and cannot pick up people in the street: people have to phone for one.
5. Прочитайте 4-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:
What is the Knowledge?
1) … the long training period.
2) … a licence.
3) … a series of tests.
Вариант 2
1. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видо-временную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык. В разделе б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций (см. образец выполнения 1).
a) 1. Even today Tower Bridge regulates a large part of impressive traffic of the Port of London.
2. Since then the Tower has served as fortress, palace, state prison and royal treasury, now it is a museum.
б) 1. Many great men, including Christopher Wren himself, Nelson and others are buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
2. For an Englishman, the best of all reasons for doing something in a certain way is that it has always been done in that way.
2. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните Participle I и Participle II и установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 2).
1) The first London Underground map was introduced in 1908.
2) English people rarely shake hands except when being introduced to someone for the first time.
3) The working people of Britain have had a long tradition of democracy.
4) The majority of the British population live in small houses built close together.
3. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1) What role can museums and art galleries play in the upbringing of children?
2) You have to be seventeen before you can drive a car.
3) We may say that the East End is the hands of London.
4) One must be very careful using the word “subway” in London.
4. Прочитайте и устно переведите с 1 по 4 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 4 и 5 абзацы.
TRAINS
1. Many people in Britain live in a long way from their work. They often travel by train from the suburbs into the town centre to work. These people are commuters. Some people travel more than 200 miles every day and spend up to two hours going to work and two hours going home.
2. Train tickets may appear to be expensive, but this form of transport is a fast and environmentally friendly alternative to using a car. On some trains, there are study clubs which offer language lessons to commuters on their way to and from work.
3. The organization of the railway system in Britain has changed recently. For many years the railway was run1 by a public company, British Rail. In 1944, this company was split into two parts: Railtrack, which owns the track and the stations, and several private companies, which operate the trains.
4. Some people are worried about the change. They believe that private companies will only run one or two trains a day to small country villages or that they will close village stations.
5. In 1994, Waterloo International Station was opened. If you travel by train direct from Paris or Brussels to London, you arrive at this station. The station, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, has won many architectural awards.
6. Train spotters2 are fans of trains. You can see train spotters at many train stations. They stand at the end of the platform and spend hours writing down the numbers of the trains. Serious train spotters travel thousands of miles by train trying to collect the number of every train in Britain. Some train spotters prefer the old fashioned steam trains.
Пояснения к тексту:
1. зд. – вести дела
2. зд. – любители
6. Прочитайте 6-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:
What are train spotters?
1) People supporting the development of railway system in Britain.
2) Train spotters are fans of trains.
3) People preferring the old fashioned steam trains only.
Вариант 3
1. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видо-временную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык. В разделе б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций (см. образец выполнения 1).