Read the following text. Find words or phrasesthe passage which mean the same as:
Of the world’s 2,500 – plus species of palm trees, the Palmyra palm is the
most important to man, next to cocunat palm, because it yields food and
provides over one hundred different useful end-products. To obtain the
majority of its benefits, the Palmyra needs to be climed twice daily to extract
the nutritious juice from its flower-bunches. It is this juice converted by
several different methods, that is the basis for a wide variety of other
products. Collecting this juice, however, is arduous-and often dangerouswork, fort he trees can top 30 metres in height.
a) more than
b) produce naturally
c) final results after treatment or processing
d) get
e) more than half of the total; most
f) something good or useful
g) get something from or out of something
else
h) having high value as food, e.g. containing
vitamins, etc.
i) change (in form, etc.)
j) tiring; involving a lot of energy and effort
k) be taller, higher or more than
1. If he had come in time, this wouldn't have happened.
2. I wish you weren't busy in the evening and could help me. (Намного лучше просто сказать I wish you weren't busy in the evening, потому что на английском исходное предложение звучит странно)
3. What would you do if the fire started in the building?
4. If it wasn't for his work, he would be your guide in St.Petersburg.
5. If I liked skiing, I would go to the country in this wonderful winter day with you. (Если опустить фразу "чудесный зимний день" английское предложение будет красивее: If I liked skiing, I would go to the country with you.)
6. I wish you had realized how wrong you were.
7. You don't understand anything, if you won't listen to me carefully.
8. If I had known you were at home yesterday evening, I would have stopped by for a small chat and a cup of tea.
9. If he had been smarter, he wouldn't have wasted his entire fortune gambling.
10. I didn't blame him. If I were him, I would have done the same thing.
Небольшой совет на будущее: плохо переводить предложения с русского, ведь все языки разные, некоторые русские выражения на английском звучат нелепо. Лучше сразу думать на английском )
a) do you often go swimming?
b) excuse me a moment, my mobile phone is ringing.
c) my sister has bought a new games console.
d) there's some orange juice in the fridge.
e) if it starts to rain, we will get wet.
f) tanya is the most beautiful woman i know.
g) i'm sorry. i haven't got any money.
h) i could play the piano quite well when i was younger, but not anymore.
i) the film was more exciting than the last one.
j) you mustn't drive on the right in england.
k) how many supermarkets are there in your town?
l) nelly hardly ever plays tennis on saturdays now, but she played every week in the summer.
m) Are there any cinemas where you live?
n) i don't mind watching the news on tv.
o) he would like to visit australia when he finishes university.
p) he's going to learn to drive as soon as he's 17.
q) i have finished my homework and now i'm going to meet my friends.
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