Помоги выберите от 5 до 10 главных предложений вот текст. Повторяю The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) occupies most of the territory of the British Isles. It consists of four main parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. London is the capital of England, Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, Cardiff— of Wales and Belfast — of Northern Ireland. The UK is a small country with an area of some 244,100 square kilometres. It occupies only 0.2 per cent of the world’s land surface. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the north-west, north and south-west and separated from Europe by the North Sea in the east and by the English Channel in the south. The Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais is the narrowest part of the Channel. The North Sea and the English Channel are often called "the narrow seas"; they are not deep but are frequently rough. In the west the Irish Sea and the North Channel separate the UK from Ireland. The seas around Britain provide exceptionally good fishing grounds. The country has many bays favourable for shipping. In their shelter are Britain’s main ports such as London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Hull and others. One will not find very high mountains or large plains in Great Britain. Everything occupies very little place. Nature, it seems, has carefully adapted things to the size of the island itself. The highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland, 4,406 feet high. The longest river is the Severn in England. The population of the United Kingdom is over 57 million people. Foreigners often call British people "English", but the Scots, the Irish and the Welsh do not consider themselves to be English. The English are Anglo-Saxon in origin, but the Welsh, the Scots and the Irish are Celts, descendants of the ancient people, who crossed over from Europe centuries before the Norman Invasion. It was this people, whom the Germanic Angles and Saxons conquered in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. These Germanic conquerors gave England its name — "Angle" land. They were conquered in their turn by the Norman French, when William the Conqueror of Normandy landed near Hastings in 1066. It was from the union of Norman conquerors and the defeated Anglo-Saxons that the English people and the English language were born. The official language of the United Kingdom is English. But in western Scotland some people still speak Gaelic and in northern and central parts of Wales people often speak Welsh. The UK is a highly developed industrial country. It is known as one of the worlds largest producers and exporters of machinery, electronics» textile» aircraft, and navigation equipment. One of the chief industries of the country is shipbuilding. The UK is a constitutional monarchy. In law, Head of the State is Queen. In practice, the country is ruled by the elected government with the Prime Minister at the head. The British Parliament consists of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. There are three main political parties in Great Britain: the Labour, the Conservative and the Liberal parties. The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of three crosses. The big red cross is the cross of Saint George, the patron saint of England. The white cross is the cross of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. The red diagonal cross is the cross of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. 1. Переведите письменно следующий текст: The nature of electricity The ancient Greeks knew that when a piece of amber is rubbed with wool or fur it achieves the power of attracting light objects. Later on the phenomenon was studied, and, the word electric, after the Greek word ’electron", meaning amber was used. Many scientists investigated electric phenomena, and during the nineteenth century many discoveries about the nature of electricity, and of magnetism, which is closely related to electricity, were made. It was found that if a sealing-wax rod is rubbed with a woolen cloth, and, a rod of glass is rubbed with a silken cloth; an electric spark would pass between the sealing-wax rod and the glass rod when they are brought near one another. Moreover, it was found that a force of attraction operates between them. A wax rod repels an electrified sealing wax, however, and also an electrified glass rod is repelled, by a similar glass rod. The ideas were developed that there are two kinds of electricity, which were called resinous electricity, and that opposite kinds of electricity attract one another, whereas similar kinds repel one another. 2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту: 1. When was found electric phenomena? 2. What does a force of attraction mean? 3. What kinds of electricity are there? 3. Вставьтеместоименияsome, any, no, where required 1. pupils went to the river, to the woods. 2. of my friends live in Moscow. 3.Have you. English dictionaries? 4. Is there. ink in the inkstand? Yes, there is. 5. Bring.chalk, please. 6. There is. chalk in the box. 7. Is there. milk in the jug? Yes, there is 4. Употребитеглаголыв Past Progressive илив Past Simple Tense: We. to a lecture yesterday at ten o’clock.(listen) She. the piano from 11 till 12 o’clock.(play) When he. in, I. my exercises.(come, do) What. you yesterday at 8 o’clock?(do) Yesterday when I. the newspaper, my sister. to a concert over the radio. (read, listen) She. out of the window when I. her.(look, see) I. along the street with my friend when the car. by.(walk, stop) 5. Выберите правильный вариант формы глагола: 1. Before you ____, don’t forget to lock the door. -are leaving -will leave -leave -shall leave 2. Please do not speak to anyone before the police ____. -come -are coming -’ll come, came 3. His parents will be very glad if she____ the university. -enter -’ll enter - enters - entered 4. When you ____ my brother, you ____ him. -’ll see; - won’t recognize; - see won’t recognize; -saw, recognize; -’ll see, don’t recognize 5. We won’t discuss the matter until the headmaster ______. -’ll arrive - won’t arrive - doesn’t arrive-arrives Complete the conversation. Use was/were or use the past simple (I did, etc.) or the past continuous (was doing, etc.) of the verb in brackets ().1.POLICEMAN: What were you doing (you/do) when the accident happened(happen)?COLIN: I was at the bus-stop. I was waiting (wait) for a bus.POLICEMAN: (you/see) the accident?COLIN: No, because I (read) the newspaper.2. NICOLA: I (telephone) you at 9 o’clock last night but you were not at home.MARTIN: 9’o clock? I (sit) in cafe, (drink) hot chocolate.NICOLA: Jane with you?MARTIN: No, she (work) in the library.NICOLA: Where (you/go) after the cafe?MARTIN: I (go) home.3. MUM: Oh no! My beautiful new plate. What happened?ANGELA: I’m really sorry,Mum. I (break) it when I (wash) it.MUM: How?ANGELA: My hands wet and I (drop) it on the floor.4. SOPHIE: (you/think) yesterday’s exam difficult?EDWARD: No, not really, but I (not/write) very much.SOPHIE: Why not?EDWARD: Because I (dream) about my holidays.5. ANDREW: There a crash outside my house yesterday.PIPA: What (happen)?ANDREW: I don’t know. It (rain) but the drivers (not/go) fast.PIPA: Were they hurt?ANDREW: One man (break) his arm and the other man (cut) his head.6. TRACY: Pardon? I didn’t hear you. Could you repeat that, please?NEIL: I (not/talk) to you.TRACY: Who (you/talk) to?NEIL: Sarah.TRACY: Oh, sorry.
