D Упражнения. a) Where was the bushfire disaster?

1. Дайте ответы.

a) Where was the bushfire disaster? b) How many people and animals were

killed in the fires, and how many homes were destroyed? c) Why was it almost

impossible to stop the fires? (What helped the fires?) d) Who or what were the

fires caused by? e) What helped the fire fighters to get the fires under control

eventually? f) What kind of weather has been forecast for the weekend?

g) Why do you think fires in uninhabited areas are sometimes allowed to burn

themselves out? h) Why do you think a fund to help people hit by the Australian

bushfires was set up in Britain - not, for example, in Germany?

2. Употребите глагол в соответствующей форме страдательного залога.

a) Washing machines (use) in most British households, b) Yesterday an Underground

train (stop) because there was a gunman on board, c) In 1932

Chandler (fire) from his job for drinking, d) The Big Sleep (publish) in 1939.

e) The brakes (check) about a month ago. f) These bills here must (pay),

g) Does your passport have to (extend)? h) Mark, can you help me? The lettuce

has to (clean) and the peas have to (sort), i) A man has just (arrest) and

charged with starting the fires, j) Your bags have already (pack), k) Bushfires

can usually (put out) before too much trouble (cause). 1) Last week's fire may

(start) deliberately.

3. Преобразуйте активную форму в пассивную.

They have set up a fund. - A fund has been set up.

a) Someone has turned off the electric heater, b) The bushfires have hit thousands

of people, c) The firestorm has destroyed 2, 000 homes, d) You must

book hotel accommodation, e) We will arrange some excursions, f) Someone

has to unload the truck, g) The staff locked the robber in. h) A spokesman

praised the staff for stopping the train, i) A gunman seized £ 8.500 from a

camera shop yesterday.

4. Употребите глагол в отрицательной форме в страдательном залоге.

They could not stop the fires. - The fires could not be stopped.

People don't play squash here. - Squash isn't played here.

a) We couldn't put the fire out. b) You can't use a vacuum cleaner here,

c) They won't search the train, d) We don't unload the trucks during the day.

e) They don't clean the toilets often enough, f) He didn't start it deliberately,

g) They didn't lock him up. h) You didn't check the brakes, i) You haven't

paid the bill.

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5. -ing-форма после предлогов (—> 15ВЗ). Составьте предложения.

Не

I'm

She

The dog

The mother

They're

We

apologized

can't do much

don't have much time about

has been charged

is so fond

not interested

praised the children

talking

Thanks

thinking

went away

about

apart from

for

in

of

with

without

(not give)

(go)

(help)

(play)

(set up)

(shoot)

(tell)

(travel)

(turn off)

(visit)

a fund.

a shop assistant.

by car.

her in hospital.

me the right size.

nightclubs.

squash.

the heater.

the old man.

to Australia.

us where he was going.

In Adelaide, the capital of South Australia

6. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в соответствующей форме: to + Infinitive,

-mg-форма или Past Participle.

a) In uninhabited areas, bushfires are often allowed (burn) themselves out.

b) He was charged with (shoot) an assistant in a Baker Street camera shop.

c) Most of the equipment (destroy) by the fire was rather old. d) Part of the

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7. Вставьте be или been; предложения переведите.

a) Vegetables should fresh and clean, b) You have to very quick in

this kind of business, c) Have you to the post office? d) What kind of

person do you have to if you want to become a rep? e) Fires can usually

put out before too much damage has caused, f) Some of the fires

may have started deliberately, g) A fire may started deliberately.

h) 2, 000 homes have destroyed, i) 2, 000 pounds of coffee have to

destroyed, j) The book must very good, k) The brakes must

checked. 1) The papers must have burnt.

8. Переведите.

а) Тысячи квартир были разрушены вследствие лесных пожаров. Ь) 90%

всех лесных пожаров возникают по вине людей, с) В большинстве случаев

(case) пожары могли быть потушены прежде, чем они нанесли большой

урон, d) Распространению пожаров помогали (help) сильные ветры, е) 19-

летний юноша был обвинен в том, что он умышленно устраивал пожары в

районе Аделаиды. 0 Обвиняемого посадили в тюрьму для его же безопас-

ности, g) На выходные дни (снова) предсказывают повышение температуры.

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