1. Закончите предложения, заменив русские модальные глаголы в скобках их английскими эквивалентами в соответствующей форме. Запишите полученные предложения и их перевод.
1. Mother said: "You (можешь) go for a walk after the lessons."
2. I (мог) play the piano very well when I was at school.
3. We (должны) show the results of our research to our chief.
4. Yesterday we (были вынуждены) stay at home because of heavy rain.
5. You (можешь) observe a lot of interesting things with the help of an ordinary microscope.
6. I don't want to take part in the discussion but I'm afraid I (буду вынужден).
7. He (не смог) read the book up to the end because it was very dull.
8. She (не сможет) come here tomorrow.
9. The train (должен) arrive in Moscow at 2 p.m.
10. I (не могу) agree with you.
2. Закончите предложения, используя модальные глаголы или их эквиваленты в соответствующем времени. Запишите полученные предложения и их перевод.
a) can (to be able to)
1. My sister ... type very well now.
2. There was a terrible noise at the factory. We ... not hear a word.
3. I think, I... see you only tomorrow.
4. Some years ago I... speak English very well, but now I am completely out of practice.
5. Do you think that he ... finish this work next week?
b) may (to be allowed to)
1. You ... take my pen, if you haven't got one.
2. The lesson is over. You ... go.
3. Yesterday we ... go home at 3 o'clock.
4. Last week he stayed in bed. He had an infectious disease and ... (not) go out.
c) must (to have to, to be to)
1. You ... be in time for the lessons.
2. The weather was bad and we ... stay at home.
3. They ... go there at once!
4. He ... explain everything to us when he returns!
5. The train ... leave at 8.30.
6. He ... come at 10 in the morning yesterday, but he didn't come at all!
The 2000s were marked by significant economic growth in Asian countries, especially in China and India (by analogy with the previous "American century", the XXI century is considered the "Asian century"). Economic growth was accompanied by a rise in oil prices, which reached their all-time high in July 2008. At the same time, the crisis that began in the United States associated with an avalanche-like increase in loan defaults provoked a global recession in 2008.
After the unprecedented scale of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, the American government declared the so-called. "War on terrorism", in which the wars began in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). Conflicts continued in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the post-Soviet space. The disintegration of Yugoslavia is over. The expansion of NATO continued, in 2001 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established.
There was a widespread introduction of digital technologies: the development of the Internet and a significant increase in its role in society, the spread of mobile phones, digital cameras, the emergence of the Blu-ray format. Construction of the ISS continued. In 2001, the Mir orbital station was flooded. The geography of the "space club" expanded: in 2003, China launched its first cosmonaut into space, and in 2009, Iran launched its first satellite.
As indicated in 2014 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the 2000s were the warmest in the history of meteorological observations.