Задание № 3 Переведите следующие предложения. Среди них вам могут

 

встретиться и «ложные друзья переводчика»:

 

1.Caroline was a dedicated athlete. Her elder sister nicknamed her "Miss Wimbledon".

 

2.Eddie was convinced that body-building exercises could turn any weakling into an athlete.

 

3.The recent governmental crisis has brought about a reshuffle of the Cabinet. 4.Mrs. Leary was proud of her collection of fine china which was displayed in two walnut cabinets in her parlour.

 

5.It was obvious that the collapse of the bridge which was heavily guarded by the German troops was definitely not a mere accident but an act of sabotage. 6.The deliberate disregard for the administration's instructions on the part of the staff was nothing but sabotage.

 

7.He was a young man of about eighteen, tall and well built, but with a sallow complexion which suggested poor health.

 

8. By the time the expedition was reached by the rescue party the men had run out of food and had been living for several days on biscuits and water.

 

9. In the highly unsanitary conditions of the little African village every minor disease may prove fatal.

 

10.Among Shakespeare's characters Hamlet is the one that allows of dozens of interpretations.

 

11.The rich collection of Egyptian parchments treasured at the Cairo museum keeps a record of the ancient civilization.

 

12.Peter kept practicing for months because he was set on breaking his own last year's record in the high jump.

 

Задание №4

 

Переведите на русский язык,

1.Не went to the telephone and placed a person-to-person call, collect, to Mrs. Evelyn Hollenbach.

 

2."Peace and prosperity" remains the GOP's best theme. 3.A radio was playing country music.

 

4.He became a public relations agent for General Electric, New York.

 

5.In the U.S. Labor Day is always celebrated on the first Monday in September. 6.On Saturday night Slim took the young man to a beer hall for a few drinks and a game of darts.

 

7.The customs officer asked me to step into the office. I entered the room where the Stars and Stripes stood shoulder to shoulder with the Union Jack.

 

8."By the way, that is your green Ford at a parking meter outside, isn't it?" "Yes, why?"

 

"There's a traffic warden putting a parking ticket on it."

 

9.The 180-ton ship «Mayflower,» carrying the Pilgrim Fathers to their new life across the Atlantic, left England on September 6th, 1620.

 

10. About 4,600 years ago — or may be more — the Stone Age inhabitants of Britain started building an enormous stone structure. This structure is now called Stonehenge, and it is near Salisbury, in the South of England.