1. Прочитайте и переведите текст на русский язык. Задайте по содержанию текста 3 вопроса и дайте на них ответы. The Company Man Alfred P. Sloan Is a company as important as a country? Are the interests of a business the same as the interests of a nation? Most people would answer 'no' to both questions. But when you're talking about General Motors you can't be so sure. Certainly, when the General Motors manager, Charles E. Wilson, said those words at a meeting with the US government in the early 1950s, nobody was surprised. At the time, General Motors was the biggest company in the world - it employed more than 750,000 people. It made some of the most famous products in the world - cars with names like Chevrolet, Cadillac and Buick. It was also the richest company in the world and it sometimes made profits of over $2 billion. But perhaps most important of all, General Motors' boss, Alfred P. Sloan, was the most admired businessman of the last century. Sloan was admired because his ideas were copied by every other big business in the middle years of the twentieth century. He was admired because he had created a company that was bigger and more powerful than many small, rich countries. But his colleagues knew the real reason for Sloan's success; he was a man who always put business first. Sloan had no children and no interests outside work. He rarely saw his wife because he often slept in a small bed at the General Motors offices. In fact, he took his job so seriously that he didn't even allow himself to have any friends. 'Some people like to be alone,' he once said. 'I don't. But I have a duty not to have friends in the workplace.' Sloan became the boss of General Motors in the early 1920s, at a time when the company was having serious problems. GM had been started by the US businessman, Billy Durant. Durant collected companies like some people collect stamps. He owned companies that made everything from cars to fridges. He thought that if he owned enough companies, one or two of them were certain to be successful.
Birthday is a very wonderful day. Everybody likes to celebrate it. It is a good opportunity to spend time with friends, parents, relatives.
I was born on the 10th of January. In the morning on my birthday my parents lay the presents near my bed. So the first thing I see when I open my eyes is my presents. My Mom and Daddy and my little brother come to my room to congratulate me and to sing "Happy Birthday".
Usually we hold my birthday party in the evening. Once we went to a cafe to celebrate my birthday, but usually we celebrate it at home. We clean the house the day before birthday. In the morning of birthday party day my father goes shopping and buys everything we need.
My mother bakes a cake or pie. By the evening food is cooked, the table is laid. We put on evening suits and dresses and wait for the guests. The flat looks nice and cosy. I am always very glad to meet my guests. I like to get flowers and presents. Mom gives me the telegram from my aunt.
We have an abundant dinner on this day. Mom brings in the birthday cake. I blow the candles out. We dance and sing songs, play games and laugh, joke, tell funny stories. I think that my birthday is one of the best days in a year.
Перевод:
День рождения — замечательный день. Всем нравится праздновать его, потому что это замечательная возможность провести время с друзьями, родителями, родственниками.
Я родилась 10 января. Утром в день моего рождения мои родители кладут подарки рядом с моей кроватью. Поэтому первое, что я вижу, когда просыпаюсь, — это мои подарки. Мои мама, папа и маленький брат приходят в мою комнату, чтобы поздравить меня и спеть мне: "С днем рождения".
Обычно мы отмечаем мой день рождения вечером. Однажды мы ходили в кафе, чтобы отпраздновать его, но обычно мы отмечаем этот праздник дома. За день до моего дня рождения мы убираем квартиру. Утром в день проведения вечеринки, посвященной празднованию моего дня рождения, мой папа идет за покупками и покупает все необходимое.
Моя мама печет торт или пирог. К вечеру еда приготовлена, стол накрыт. Мы надеваем вечерние наряды и ждем гостей. Квартира выглядит красиво и уютно. Я всегда очень рада встречать моих гостей. Мне нравится получать цветы и подарки. Мама подает мне телеграмму от моей тети.
В этот день у нас обильный обед. Мама вносит праздничный торт. Я задуваю свечи. Мы танцуем, поем песни, играем в игры, смеемся, шутим, рассказываем веселые истории. Я думаю, что мой день рождения — самый лучший день в году.
ЧИТАЙТЕ ТАКЖЕ:2) He gave her a glass of water and then she settled down.
3) My mum had been always making fried egg for me for the breakfast.
4) I took the folk and started to eat my lunch as fast as I could.
5) Marie can work with a knife very fast.
6) George, please, could you give me that spoon?
7) There was very disgusting food on the plate.
8) Look! There is yummy toast on a toast rack! (сорян, на большее фантазии не хватило:))
9) He knew that it is not pointless to add honey with tea when you take a cold.
10) Put these flowers to the vase, please.
11) I think you need a little bit salt to make this dish perfect.
12) She is in diet and eats cereal every morning instead of sandwiches with tea.
13) He was drinking an orange juice when he saw very beautiful woman he had ever seen.
14) They took the roll of wallpaper and set to work with a will.
Фуф, ну вот, написала:D