Заполните пропуски соответствующей формой глагола в страдательном (пассивном) залоге. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. All service activities …… by means of computers (is done, was done, are done).
2. We can’t understand the documents because they …… in German (is written, are written, will be written, were written).
3. These commodities …… at our plant and they are of good quality (are produced, will be produced, were produced).
4. The science of economics …… by economists into macroeconomics and microeconomics (was classified, is classified, are classified).
5. Computers …… to shorten the time between designing and manufacturing (are used, is used, will be used).
Interviewer: Mr. Robinson, you have been spending your whole life exploring the world. But we know that your special interest has always been the British Isles. When did you get interested in travelling?
Jack Robinson: I can't tell you the exact day but I remember that when I was a little boy l used to read a lot. And once my parents gave me a book about British geography. When was looking through the book I saw a picture of the Lake District. l admired the place greatly and at that moment decided to become a traveller.
Interviewer: When did you first go to the Lake District?
Jack Robinson: When I left school my father took me on a journey to the North England and we spent a few days in the Lake District.
Interviewer: What other parts of England have you explored?
Jack Robinson: I have been to all the parts of the country and also to Scotland, Wales and Ireland. But I have never been to India where I am going next Monday.
Interviewer: Next Monday?
Jack Robinson: Yes. We start on October 12, and at the end of the month we arrive in India.
Interviewer: Are you going by sea?
Jack Robinson: Yes, of course. I will take part in the expedition to discover some lost Indian cities.
Interviewer: Isn't that great? I hope your journey will be a success. The best of luck to you, sir.
Lately computers have filled our life. Now they are almost in each family. We have got used to them and we do not imagine our leisure without this miracle-machine.
With the help of computers the Internet has entered into our life. It became an integral part of a life of each person. Now people cannot live a day without checking of mail and visiting their favourite sites. The Internet is not only the assistant in daily work, it is also the other world in which there are mail boxes, libraries, photo galleries, games, shops. By means of the Internet people can travel to different cities, visit tourist places, communicate with people.
Recently many people ask a question: " Is the Internet harmful or useful? ". I think, that on this question there is no certain answer. In fact on the one hand the Internet is a very good and useful thing. And on the other hand it has many negative functions: dependence, the waste of time, money, health.
Certainly, the Internet can be the excellent assistant in information search. But if we spend a lot of time on the Internet we`ll have some problems. We lose a touch with the real world, get in a full dependence on a computer. I think, that it is important to learn to distinguish a side between a real life and a life on the Internet. For that it is necessary to understand, what is really important on the Internet and what is not . And then the Internet will be not the terrible enemy, but the indispensable assistant.
Перевод:
В последнее десятилетие компьютеры заполнили нашу жизнь. Теперь они есть почти в каждой семье. Мы привыкли к ним и не представляем свой досуг без этой чудо-машины.
Вместе с компьютерами в нашу жизнь вошел Интернет. Он стал неотъемлемой частью жизни каждого человека. Теперь люди не могут прожить и дня без проверки почты и посещения любимых сайтов. Интернет - это не только в повседневной работе, Интернет- это иной мир, в котором есть свои почтовые ящики, библиотеки, фотогалереи , игры, магазины. С Интернета люди могут путешествовать по разным городам, посещать туристические места, общаться с людьми.
В последнее время многие люди задают вопрос: "Вреден Интернет или полезен?". Я думаю, что на этот вопрос нет определенного ответа. Ведь с одной стороны Интернет - это очень хорошая и полезная вещь. А с другой - у Интернета есть много отрицательных функций: зависимость, бесполезная трата времени, денег, здоровья.
Конечно, Интернет может быть отличным в поиске информации. Но есливсе время проводить в Интернете могут возникнуть большие проблемы. Люди теряют связь с реальным миром, попадают в полную зависимость от компьютера. Я считаю, что важно научиться различать грань между реальной жизнью и жизнью в Интернете. Но, чтобы это сделать, нужно понять, что действительно важно в Интернете, а что нет. И тогда Интернет будет не страшным врагом, а незаменимым