2. False (He heard the riverboat workers call out the words "mark twain!"...Later he used this word combination as a pen-name.)
3. Not stated
4. True (...Mark Twain used the language of a common, uneducated person to tell the story; no writer had ever done that before.)
5. False (He started writing in 1876, but put the story away after about two years of work. He returned to it in 1883...)
6. True (Some critics praised its realism and honesty but the others strongly disliked it. )
7. False (In 1935 Ernest Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.')
8. True (...the novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was a great inspiration for film producers – more than 20 screen versions of the book have been shot not only in America but in Europe, Russia and Japan.)
1. Not stated
2. False (He heard the riverboat workers call out the words "mark twain!"...Later he used this word combination as a pen-name.)
3. Not stated
4. True (...Mark Twain used the language of a common, uneducated person to tell the story; no writer had ever done that before.)
5. False (He started writing in 1876, but put the story away after about two years of work. He returned to it in 1883...)
6. True (Some critics praised its realism and honesty but the others strongly disliked it. )
7. False (In 1935 Ernest Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.')
8. True (...the novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was a great inspiration for film producers – more than 20 screen versions of the book have been shot not only in America but in Europe, Russia and Japan.)
1. Read and find the Infinitives and Infinitive constructions.
As medical science progresses, we are becoming an increasingly elderly society and, although living
to a ripe old age can only be a good thing, it brings with it a large number of problems that we have yet
to deal with properly. One such problem is that the burden of financing care for the elderly seems to
be falling on a reduced percentage of the working population. The gradual but steady trend towards
smaller families is likely to result in a smaller number of people to pay for the requirements of an
increasingly elderly population. The services needed by the elderly appear to have stretched to
breaking point. Nursing homes, homecare, meals on wheels and so on all need more investment if we
wish our elderly to live as fulfilled and independent a life as possible.
Young people today are encouraged to start saving with personal pension schemes as early as
possible to ensure an adequately financed retirement, since it is predicted that state pension levels in
the future will not be enough to guarantee a continuation of the lifestyle they have become
accustomed to. But we still have to cope with an expanding older population who are discovering too
late that the steps they had taken to guarantee an income for their later years were not sufficient.
Obviously, the pressure on public funds to subsidize this shortfall is enormous.
(After Virginia Evans, Linda Edwards, Upstream Advanced)
2. Read the following sentences and translate them into Russian. Comment on the forms of the Infinitive.
now now now then
Jim is happy to be in Paris. Meg is happy to have gone to Paris.
одновременность предшествование
then then now then
I was glad to be riding a bike. I am upset to have been waiting so long.
одновременность предшествование
then [Future] then [Future] then before then
I’ll be happy to be invited. I was happy to have been invited.
одновременность предшествование
1. The police broke into the house to find the burglars gone.
2. He was sure that Rachel was about to make him very miserable indeed.
3. I find it difficult to go away for the night without a rather heavy suitcase.
4. Taking into consideration the English climate I like to have some woolens just in case.
5. Mr. Markby was pleased to have been approached for advice.
6. He was probably angry to have been scolded in my presence.
7. The rescue team were astonished to find the boy in the deserted village.
8. Eliza was delighted to have been dancing all night.
9. She pretended to be listening to music while her thoughts wandered elsewhere.
10. You must attend the press conference. You will be sorry to have missed the opportunity.
11. On the other hand, if we are unlucky enough to have inherited a weak gene (ген), then there is
little to be done.
12. The postcard was written in French, in a tiny economical script to take full advantage of the
small space.
13. The young princess didn’t want to be seen in public wit