Sevastopol

1. In translation from the Greak Sevastopol means"a magnificent city", "a city of glory". That is really so. Sevastopol's history has many glorious chapters. Everybody knows about the defence of Sevastopol during the Crimean war (1853-1856). The sailors, soldiers and the entire population fought against the enemy. Lev Tolstoy wrote about it in his "Sevastopol Sketches".

2. We know and remember the defence of Sevastopol in the Great Patriotic War. It continued for 250 days and cost the nazi invaders 300,000 officers and men.

3. After the fascist invasion Sevastopol was in ruins. There were only a few buildings in the centre of the city. Today Sevastopol stretches for dozens of kilometres.

4. Sevastopol is a naval city. Its yards (верфи) build passenger ships and repair merchant vessels. They build powerful floating cranes as well.

5. Sevastopol is also a research centre. Scientists of the country’s oldest Institute of Biology of Southern Seas investigate the World Ocean. They have modern expeditionary ships at their disposal.

6. A museum-city is yet another name of Sevastopol. Monuments of culture, memorials, obelisks and sculptural groups form an organic part of its image.

7. There is an entry in the visitors' book of the Panorama of the 1854-1855 defence of Sevastopol: "Malakhov Hill” is a small hill, but what a good view opens from it of Russia, the entire history of its people and their historic exploit.

7. Прочитайте 7-й абзац текста и письменно ответьте на вопрос:

What is the entry in the visitors' book of the Panorama of the 1854-1855 defence of Sevastopol?

ВАРИАНТ 4

1. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глаголов в

Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения I).

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The first mention of the city on the Volga dates back to 1589.

2. The doors of the Volgograd Young People's Theatre are always open to children of school age.

3. Both Russian and foreign artists take part in the performances of the Volgograd circus.

2. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным и пдчеркните их (образец 2).

4. During its four-century-old history the city experienced several dramatic events.

2. Volgograd is now a five-sea port.

3. The 40-meter-high arch which is the entrance to the Volga-Don Navigation Canal rises in the south of Volgograd.

3. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, подчеркните их и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The Volga Hydro-Electric Power Station is the biggest in Europe.

2. The more experiments we carry out, the more data we obtain.

3. Volgograd is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia.

4. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. Any monument in Volgograd has its own history.

2. Nobody knew anything about this experiment.

3. The names of some streets and squares are living history of the heroic city.

5. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 3).

1. Volgograd rose from its ashes more beautiful than before.

2. The entire country took part in the restoration of the hero-city.

3. The beautiful modern city of Volgograd is the best monument to the heroes who defended the city on the Volga during the Great Patriotic War.

6. Прочитайте и переведите на русский язык с 1-го по 4-й абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 2, 3 и 4-й абзацы.