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The fourth of july – the us independence day
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TEXT. Translate into Russian (in the written form).
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THE FOURTH OF JULY – THE US INDEPENDENCE DAY


The Fourth of July is the biggest national holiday of the US. It is celebrated as the birthday of the country with the parades, picnics, and fireworks. On July 4, 1776, when 13 British colonies were fighting against Great Britain, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution, which has come to be known as the Declaration of Independence. These 13 colonies became the first states of the United States of America.

The resolution was written by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). He was the bearer of advanced views that have not lost their significance for the social struggle in modern America. In fact, the Declaration of Independence was a letter from the Continental Congress to the king of Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote to the king that the people in America did not want to pay taxes if they were not allowed to decide how to spend them.

The letter declared that the people in America wanted to be free and independent of England from that time on. So the letter was called the Declaration of Independence.

But the Declaration was just a letter; it did not make the American people independent of England. The people had to fight for their independence. The Declaration is one of the most important political documents in the western world. It had a decisive influence on the development of the American Revolution.

The United States Constitution was written in 1787, but it came into use in 1789. The Constitution established the country’s political system. The Constitution is the basis of all government and laws. The United States has experienced enormous growth and change. Yet the Constitution works as well today as when it was written. One reason is that the Constitution can be amended, or changed.


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  1. Write the plural form of the nouns.

Law, month, shelf, peach, race, worker, daughter-in-law, piano, woman, prefix, key, lady.
  1. Change the following word combinations using possessive case.

The glasses of her grandmother, the birthday of his father-in-law, the names of these boys, the daughter of James and Linda, the dog of the Watsons, the pictures of the famous Russian painter.
  1. Write the degrees of comparison of the following words.

Wet, merry, dangerous, crowded, ugly, thick, high, pale, clean, little.
  1. Open the brackets using the right form of the verb. Translate the sentences into Russian.
    1. We (come) to visit you on Sunday.
    2. The students (not/read) this text yet.
    3. I am busy, I (work) at my report.
    4. Bad driving usually (cause) many accidents.
    5. He was very thirsty, so he (drink) the water very quickly.
    6. She just (arrive) from London.
    7. There (be) a thick carpet on the floor.
    8. There (be) some flowerbeds in the garden.
    9. This library (be/open) by the Queen in the sixteenth century.
  2. Write the numerals.

Pattern: 210- two hundred and ten.

234, 56798, 2012, 405628, 83719502
  1. Translate these sentences from Russian into English, make them interrogative and negative.

1) Мы поедем в Италию через три недели.

2) Вчера Генри помог мне написать сочинение.

3) Моя тетя работает в детском саду.

4) Ее брат уже почистил свои ботинки.

5) Их друзья путешествуют по морю сейчас.

6) Они никогда не были во Франции.

7) Письмо отправят завтра.

8) Много домов строят в нашем районе каждый год.
  1. Fill in the necessary modal verb (can, may, must), translate the sentences into Russian.
    1. Her husband … play tennis, football, but he … not cook or iron.
    2. You … take a day off whenever you like.
    3. He … work systematically to know French well.



TEXT. Translate into Russian (in the written form).



THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

Parliament is the supreme legislative authority in the United Kingdom. It consists of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. They constitute on different principles, do different work in different places and meet only on occasions of symbolic significance such as the coronation and the opening of Parliament.

The life of Parliament is divided into periods called “sessions”. A session normally lasts for about a year from late October of the previous year to about the same date of the next year.

The House of Commons is elected, nonhereditary chamber. The election is held every five years. The House of Commons meets every day but Saturday. A light at the top of the Clock Tower, where the famous Big Ben strikes, is kept on for so long as the House is sitting. Only the members of Commons are known as MPs – Members of Parliament. The Commons is more important of the two Houses.

The House of Lords is nonelected, hereditary chamber. The House of Lords spends much time in discussing general and particular problems connected with governmental policy and administration. The House is presided over by the Lord Chancellor who is head of the judiciary in England and Wales.

The two Houses of Parliament, the Lords and the Commons, share the same building, the Palace of Westminster. The present buildings of the Palace were erected between 1840 and 1852. Parts of the Palace including the Commons Chamber itself were badly damaged in an air raid made by fascists in 1941, and have been rebuilt since 1945. The House of Commons has 659 members who belong to different political parties, and its discussions are controlled by an official called the Speaker.

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