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1) my salary is paid directly into a low-interest current account. i can withdraw money from automatic cash dispensers with a cashcard, so i hardly ever actually go into a bank. i pay regular, monthly bills by way of a standing order*: the bank pays them according to my instructions, and debits my account. i pay irregular bills by cheque. nearly everyone i know in britain has a chequebook, but when i lived on the continent, i found that people hardly used them. they often paid cash, or paid bills at a post office with a paying-in slip.
2) i also have a credit card, which is useful for ordering things by post or on the telephone, and for travelling worldwide. i also use it in shops and restaurants, but try not to spend more than i can pay when the bill comes a month later, as this is a very expensive way of borrowing money. the annual interest is exorbitant - well over 20%.
3) some years ago i had a deposit account in a building society which paid higher interest than the current account at the bank, but had restrictions as to how and when i could withdraw my money. but then we bought a flat. i got a 90% mortgage from the building society: i.e. we had to pay a deposit of 10% with our own savings.
4) that is why i have no more money and no more deposit account. in fact i have arranged an overdraft with the bank, which means i can occasionally withdraw more money than is actually in my account. interest is calculated daily. last year i asked the bank for a loan to buy a car. i (only! ) wanted two months' salary, but they refused. since i don't like the high interest rates that the garage's hire purchase people charge, i bought a cheap second-hand car instead.
5) i always use the bank to buy foreign currency when i go abroad, because their rates are better than the bureaux de change**. i don't like travellers' cheques, and i've never had my money stolen-yet.
6) my bank is also always trying to sell me a private pension plan, but i'm not interested. they also keep offering me investment advice about shares, bonds, unit trusts, mutual funds, and so on. they don't seem to realize that if i could afford to buy all these things, i wouldn't need an overdraft.
* постоянное поручение (распоряжение, выданное клиентом банку).
** (фр.) бюро обмена валюты.
выпишите из текста и переведите 5 предложений с глаголом have в функциях:
а) смыслового глагола, который переводится «иметь»
1) в present indefinite tense; 2) в past indefinite tense.
например:
royal bank has assets of 20 billion pounds — королевский банк имеет активы в 20 миллиардов фунтов стерлингов.
i have a barclays student bank account — у меня есть студенческий счет в барклай банке.
our company had a lot of debts some years ago — наша компания имела много долгов несколько лет назад.
b) модального глагола, который переводится «должен», «при-ходиться».
например:
every year we have to fill in a form for the tax office about our income — каждый год мы должны (нам приходиться) заполнять декларацию для налоговой инспекции о наших доходах.
c) глагола для образования present perfect tense.
например:
interest rates have just started, to fall — процентные ставки только что начали падать.
James is in his room, he has been playing there since the morning. 2. For 3 hours now we have been chating about it and we haven’t come to any decision yet. 3. Jane, do you know where my hat is? I have been looking for it for half an hour and I can’t find it. 4. Your cousinr has been dancing with that red-haired girl since she came into the room. 5. He has been trying to solve this problem for several months now but he hasn’t found a solution yet. 6. He has been teaching at school for twenty years. 7. Mr. Smith has been working in his room since early morning. 8. The children have been sleeping for 5 hours.
Millions of people are fond of watching. There are many different TV programmes, shows, soups, interesting films, advertisements, news, plays to watch on TV.
My parents spend a lot of time watching everything. Of course, sometimes they show something interesting but not very often. If somewhere something important or dangerous takes place journalists will report these events on TV, but their endless soups are awful.
Other people say that television is becoming a national disease. I agree with them.
Lots of my friends are fond of watching but I have to confess, I hate TV programmes. I think it's waste of time. And I think that they damage their eyes, become lazy, put on their weight and have no time to do sports or to read books.
I prefer doing sports, playing games in the open air and taking part in different sport competitions.
Миллионы людей любят смотреть телевизор. Есть много различных телевизионных программ, шоу, сериалов, интересных фильмов, рекламных роликов, новостей, пьес, которые можно посмотреть по телевизору.
Мои родители проводят много времени, смотря все подряд. Конечно, иногда по телевизору показывают что-то интересное, но не очень часто. Если где-то что-то важное или опасное происходит, журналисты сообщат об этих событиях по телевидению, но их бесконечные сериалы - это ужасно.
Другие люди говорят, что телевидение становится национальной болезнью. Я с ними согласен.
Многие мои друзья любят смотреть телевизор, но я должен признаться, я ненавижу телевизионные программы. Я думаю, что это пустая трата времени. И я думаю, что они портят зрение, становятся ленивыми, увеличивают свой вес и не имеют времени, чтобы заниматься спортом или читать книги.
Я предпочитаю заниматься спортом, играть в игры на открытом воздухе и принимать участие в различных спортивных соревнованиях.