Трансформируйте предложения из The Past Continuous Passive в The Past Continuous Active: а. Nataly was being talked about by us. b. The violin was being played by him. с. The grimy windows were being cleaned by her. d. Their bikes vwere being repaired by the mechanic. е. Brunch was not being eaten by them. f. The gate was not being painted by us. д. Our manager was not being driven home by you. h. The parrots were not being fed by him. Were these short stories being read by grandma? j. Were heavy bags being carried by kids?
Мы можем сказать, что США это страна иммигрантов, так как более 95% населения страны - люди, переехавшие из разных частей мира.
2. A lot of immigrants came from the South America, Africa, Asia, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France and Russia.
Множество иммигрантов приехало из Южной Америки, Африки, Азии, Великобритании, Германии, Италии, Франции и России.
3. Immigrants brought a lot of different plants, kinds of animals and technologies to America.
Иммигранты привезли в Америку много разновидностей растений и животных и технологии.
4. Christmas trees came from Europe, St. Patrick's Day came straight away from Ireland and Halloween is a Celtic traditional holiday which was celebrated in Scotland and Ireland.
Рождественские ёлки пришли из Европы, День Святого Патрика пришёл прямиком из Ирландии, а Хэллоуин является традиционным кельтским праздником, который отмечали на территории Шотландии и Ирландии.
5. Americans like to be the first ones everywhere and that's why they like the new ideas. They are the first who built the skyscrapers. The first man on the Moon was also an American. They also like to invent something, for example, the first personal computer was invented by Americans.
Американцы любят быть везде первыми, поэтому им и нравятся новые идеи. Они первыми построили небоскрёбы. Первым человеком на Луне был именно американец. Им также нравится что-то изобретать, например, первый персональный компьютер был тоже изобретен американцами.
6. Americans like their traditions that came from the old times. They love their national holidays such as the 4th of July (Independence Day) and Thanksgiving. They are very patriotic people.
Американцы любят свои традиции, которые пришли с далеких времен. Они обожают свои национальные праздники - 4-ое июля (День Независимости) и День Благодарения. Они очень патриотичные люди.
7. The Wild West is a territory that was named by the English settlers who came to settle it from the East American territories.
Дикий Запад - территория, которая была так названа английскими переселенцами, которые приехали заселять её с восточных территорий Америки.
8. The USA is a federal republic which includes 50 states and a federal district.
США является федеративной республикой, включает в себя 50 штатов и федеральный округ.
I 6) ………… (crossed) the border with Ecuador at Tumbes and 7) ………… (looked around) for a bit before taking a plane straight to lima. When I 8) …………. (got to) Lima, I 9) ………… (took) a bus to the centre and then a taxi to the hotel that I had booked. I 10) ………… (only / stopped off) in Lima for a day and then 11) ……… (jumped) on a bus straight down to Pisco and then Nazca. I 12) ………… (have always / had) a lifelong ambition to see the Nazca lines in the desert. I can honestly say that I 13) ………… (have never / seen) anything so amazing in my life.
In the middle of the desert, there are huge designs and drawings of shapes and animals that can only be seen from the air. I 14) ………… (joined) a group of five people from my hotel. We 15) ………… (took off) in a small plane and 16) ………… (circled) the Nazca lines. The pilot 17) ………… (tilted) the plane to the side so we could look straight down at the designs below. I 18) ………… (even / managed) to take some photos so click the link to have a look at my photo album! I must finish uploading all my photos soon because I 19) ………… (have not / done) them all yet and I need the space on my camera. There 20) ………… (have been) too many distractions this week!