1. Vocabulary. Fill in the missing word.
take care of, full, hanging out with, skilful, burst, donate, recovery,
worthwhile, get involved, answer
1. Instead of your friends all the time, why don’t you do something more useful?
2. When the kitten was found, it was very sick, but luckily it made full .
3. She liked the idea of get with the local animal shelter and their campaign.
4. Helping people or animal recover, they are placed in homes where they’re loved and looked after.
5. The local community centre is asking for a volunteer to phone calls and help in the organization of various events.
6. My family old clothes and boots to the local charity shop.
7. Many animal owners don’t their animals property.
8. Ann into tears when a car almost hit her dog as it ran into the street.
9. Thomas is an excellent surgeon, as he has a lot of experience and very hands.
10. Tom looked after the injured bird until it made a recovery.
2. Grammar. Fill in the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1. A: Did you get the tickets to the show?
B: No, because by the time I got to the theatre, all tickets (sell).
2. The money from the sales (give) to a local charity.
3. The children (drive) to the museum by Mum and Dad.
4. A puppy (leave) in the street.
5. A new swimming pool (build) in the leisure centre last month.
6. The birthday present (send)tomorrow.
3. Idioms. Translate into English.
1. магазин, торгующий подержанными вещами -
2. штатный сотрудник -
3. заботиться о ком-либо -
4. обратный билет -
5. мусорный бак -
6. билет в один конец -
7. место, где можно оставить машину -
8. увидеть мельком -
9. тратить деньги на что-либо -
10. иметь дело с -
Queen Victoria Of Great Britain.
Victoria (name at baptism Alexandrina Victoria) - the Empress of India from 1 may 1876.
Education. Ascension to the throne.
Queen Victoria ruled 64 years out of 82 lived. That she had the honor to be the Queen of great Britain, she learned at the age of 12. Victoria would never have taken possession of the Royal crown, whether the numerous offspring of George III more richly heirs. However, the monarch's daughters and sons were either childless or never married with illegitimate children. Despite the fact that in 1818 just three sons of George III urgently married and tried to procreate, "lucky" only one of them – Duke Edward of Kent, who had a daughter Victoria, the future Queen.
The little Princess was brought up in great rigor: she was never left unattended, she was forbidden to communicate with peers. Over time, the supervision of the mother, the German Princess Victoria Maria Luisa, and her favorite John Conroy (Victoria's elderly father died 8 months after her birth) increasingly burdened the heiress. Become Queen, she alienated the pair from his throne. Except for mother's education, Victoria was engaged in a strict governess Louise Lecen that the girl listened to everything and loved despite her tough personality. For a long time, the former teacher retained her influence on the throne until Victoria's legal husband, albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, removed her from the young Queen.
Prince albert and Queen Victoria.
The first time Prince albert came to England was in 1839. For a 19-year-old Queen, his appearance was like a bolt of lightning. Victoria fell in love with albert. He was not only beautiful appearance, but also loved painting, music, fencing.
On February 10, 1840, Victoria and albert were married. They had 9 children.
To its power, Victoria was regarded as a caring housewife to the big house. Albert helped her with many issues.
In early December 1861, The "sweet angel", as his wife called it, died of a serious illness.
The last years of the Queen's life.
In the 70 years she began to go blind. Due to the aching legs she was hard to move around. But the Empress continued to reign in her family.All her children, except Louise's daughter, had heirs. Not without the participation of Victoria, many of her grandchildren intermarried with representatives of the Royal houses of Europe, including Russia (her beloved granddaughter Alice she married the heir to the Russian crown Nicholas, and she became the last Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna). No wonder Victoria was called the grandmother of European monarchs.In the last years of her life, the Empress continued to deal with state Affairs, although her strength was already running out. Overcoming her weakness, she traveled around the country, speaking to the troops who took part in the Anglo-Boer war. But in 1900, Victoria's health deteriorated, she could not read the paper without help. To her physical suffering increased mental, caused by the news of the death of the son of Alfred and incurable disease daughter Vicki.
Queen Victoria's death.
Victoria died after illness on 22 January 1901. Its death was unexpected for people, for many nicknames Victoria seemed "eternal" Queen.
In the memory of his people, this Empress always remained a monarch, whose reign was one of the brightest pages in the history of England. Queen Victoria is rightfully among the few rulers who not only loved and appreciated by contemporaries, but also to whom historians have never denied respect
The most beautiful lake in Ukraine and the highlight of The Ukrainian Carpathians is lake Synevyr. It is the largest reservoir of the Ukrainian Carpathians, located in the upper reaches of the river Tereblya, in the most picturesque region of Transcarpathia - Mezhgorye.
The area of the lake is about 5 hectares, feed its streams. The outflow of water is blocked by a mountain collapse, and from the lake water seeps through the underground passages, forms a stream and flows into the Tower. Thanks to this feature Synevyr never spreads, even in the strongest floods.
The lake is located at an altitude of 989 meters above sea level, its average depth is 10-12 meters, and the maximum reaches 24 meters. Since 1989, the Synevyr national Park has been established in the areas around the lake. Read more here: https://ru.tsn.ua/osoblyva_ukraina/sinevir-samoe-krasivoe-ozero-ukrainy-318454.html