Task 10. Read the text and make necessary changes to the verbs. The tenses that are used in the text: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Past Simple. We i (be) at a party today. Today Nick (have) a birthday. Many guests (already/come) to his party. Everybody (be) happy. Lisa (dance) with Mark. Tina (hold) some drinks and ice-cream. Barbara and Tina (talk) about the party. They (like) the party. They (buy) beautiful dresses for the party yesterday and now they (discuss) the prices for the clothes. Michael (stand) at the table. He (not/eat) anything yet and he (be) hungry. He (get) up three hours ago and he (not/have) time for lunch yet. He (go) to bed very late yesterday. So it (be) difficult for him to get up in the morning. Nick’s parents (go) to visit their friends. They (not come) back yet.
Yesterday all the family (be) very busy. They (do) many things for Nick’s party. Nick’s mother (cook) many tasty things. Nick also (help) her. Nick’s father (not cook) anything because he (be) very busy at work. Nick’s sister Patricia (bake) a nice cake and Nick’s brother (clean) the house.
So today Nick and his friends (celebrate) his birthday. “Many happy returns of the day, Nick!”
Shirt or sorochitsa was the main part of the costume of the peasants and townspeople, men and women, rich and poor. In the classic version was sorochitsa underwear shirt. In men, it can reach up to the knees, worn untucked her, belting a narrow belt or lace fabrics. In women, it can be long and up to a foot, her arms were going to fold at the wrist and restrained by straps. Gate such a shirt, as a rule, was low to the neck remained bare. At first it was just a cut, which took place when equipped Head. The cut ties with clasps or appear later. Buttoned at the gates of a small button that could be a bone, and wood, and bronze. Particularly elegant sorochitsy had low-collars small stands that are trimmed with ornaments of gold threads.
The ancient Russian costume was very multi-layered. If sorochitsa were put on at the beginning, then cover completes the composition. This top coat was the warmest layer for its finishes used goat and sheep skins. Enclosures were both women and men. Rich covers were made of a soft, well-tanned leather, embroidered with pearls and decorated with precious patches of rich fabrics. In the testament of Ivan Kalita (1339) can be found such descriptions: "housing cherleny zhenchyuzhny", "yellow jacket robbing," two "casing with Alhama with zhenchyugom." Skin for this outfit painted in different colors, but most often used a red "cover chermnichny", "cover cherlenny." People easier wore shrouds of rough tanned skin.
Generally, items such as costume capes in ancient Russia were quite popular. One of them was korzno - long, reaching almost to toe cloak buttoned on the right or left shoulder cufflink with tabs or precious buckle. It was a princely garment, as evidenced, for example, its relative high cost - it was worth sewing hryvnia. Sometimes korzno could be not only a cloak, but a shoulder swing clothes sewn with side seams. Hardly, this cape was comfortable clothes - long-skirted coat, covering half of the body, hardly able to give the necessary freedom of movement, particularly in the military campaigns, so that it served, rather, an indicator of status and was put on "on occasion".
в США Вы должны быть очень осторожными относительно слов, которые Вы используете, чтобы говорить о меньшинствах. Вы будете обвиняться в дискриминации, если Вы покажете непочтительность к различным группам. отпущение этнических шуток очень вредно людям и показывает политически неправильное поведение. Вы будете обвиняться в расизме, если Вы используете неподходящий термин для людей, у которых черная кожа. мы больше не используем слово негр как в былые времена. термин негр не относится к стране происхождения человека, таким образом, это не политкорректно. большая часть темнокожего населения в нас теперь предпочитает термин 'афроамериканец'