1. (to translate) by a good specialist, the story preserved all the sparkling hum of the original. 2. (to approve) by the critics, the young author’s story was accepted by a thick magazine. 3. (to wait) in the hall, he thought over the problem he was planning to discuss with the old lady. 4. they reached the oasis at last, (to walk) across the endless desert the whole day. 5. (to lie) down on the soft couch, the exhausted child fell asleep at once. 6. she went to work, (to leave) the child with the nurse. 7. (to phone) the agency, he left (to say) he would be back in two hours. 8. (to write) in very bad handwriting, the letter was difficult to read. 9. (to write) his first book, he could not help worrying about the reaction of the critics. 10. (to spend) twenty years abroad, he was happy to be coming home. 11. (to be) so far away from home, he still felt himself the part of the family. 12. she looked at the enormous bunch of roses with a happy smile, never (to give) such a wonderful present.

the alien slowly started to move forward,glaring at the people on board. he raised his hand and slightly tipped it forward. compartments opened up in the side of the ship and cannons slid out. only then people noticed. panic went like wave through the ship. the captain of the ship was shouting orders. but it was too late. the cannons shot,paralyzing the ship. then, a giant metal tube shot out of the alien ship and clung to its side. saws sliced through the ship's armor like through paper. within minutes the tube was inside the human ship. a gas shot of out of the tube. before kyle knew it, he was on the floor. everything went black..

пришелец медленно двинулся вперед, глядя на людей на борту. он поднял руку и слегка наклонил ее вперед. в борту корабля открылись отсеки, и из них выскользнули пушки. только тогда люди заметили. паника прокатилась по кораблю волной. капитан корабля выкрикивал приказы. но было уже слишком поздно. пушки выстрелили, парализовав корабль. затем гигантская металлическая труба вылетела из корабля пришельцев и вцепилась в его борт. пилы разрезали броню корабля, как бумагу. через несколько минут трубка оказалась внутри человеческого корабля. газовый выстрел из трубы. не успел кайл опомниться, как оказался на полу. все стало черным..

John barker was born in london. he has a mother, and a younger sister sally richard barker is a children doktor and margaret barker teaches music at school. the family live in london at 19 green street. john 's aunt and uncle and his cousins live in scotland but they often come to landon to visit the barkers. john went to school when he was five. john wants to speak french, russian and spanish well. john would like to be a journalist, travel all over the world and meet a lot of interesting people. he wants to work for a (газета.) or a magazine