Письменно переведите предложения на русский язык

1. The Petersburg manager does as much work as his colleagues in Stockholm.

2. Spring is the season when Nature returns to life.

3. Caruso’s voice was superior to most other operatic voices of his days.

4. Echoes are caused by sound waves bouncing back off the walls.

5. Russia has a mixed economy.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и письменно переведите их, учитывая особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным (см. образец выполнения 2).

1. Jack must arrive before the conference to General Manager.

2. Office buildings stand on both sides of the streets.

3. The British Parliament delegation will visit the USA next week.

4. One of the main characteristics of the present-day global “computerization” in the world is the boom in personal computers.

5. Sound waves move more quickly through the air ( about 340 metres each second at 20 C).

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения и письменно переведите их на русский язык.

1. It takes less time to read a text than to translate it.

2. Reading is the most useful way of learning new words and expressions.

3. Frozen foods are better than canned because all vitamins are preserved in them, and they are easy to cook.

4. Ecological problems of today also mean how to keep the ozone screen in the lower atmosphere, how to lower radiation and noise levels, what to do with the radioactive waste.

5. Travelling by air is the fastest as well as time saving.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующиепредложения, обращая особое внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений и наречий.

1. Nobody knew about it.

2. Everything is ready to open the shop.

3. In spring or summer there is nothing better than a hiking holiday.

4. If there is something wrong with the execution of the order, the buyer can make a complaint.

5. No speaker touched on this urgent problem.

6. Give me any magazine to read for pleasure.

V. Перепишите данные ниже предложения, определите в них видовременные формы глаголов и укажите их инфи нитив, письменно переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 3).

1. We call our language the mother tongue.

2. Mrs. Brown called her sister on the telephone and asked her how she was feeling.

3. I shall go to the office in the morning.

4. Somebody came up with the idea of forming a group to spread the risk- and marine insurance was born.

5. It is pleasant to walk in such modern shoes.

6. Why didn't you attend the lectures of Professor Lebedev?

VI. Прочитайте и письменно переведите на русский язык весь текст.