Functional Styles. Афанасьева Н.Р - 31 стр.

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       Policeman injured by hit-and-run driver                                      Argentinean parrots invade Madrid
       ¾ TWO MEN have been arrested after a policeman was                           By ELIZABETH NASH
knocked down in a hit-and-run incident that left him with leg, chest                ¾ PARROTS ARE invading the parks of Madrid. The war-
and pelvic injuries. The sergeant was attempting to flag down                bling of the caged canaries that traditionally inhabit the city’s sunny
Vauxhall Nova in Dartford, Kent, just after midnight yesterday               balconies may soon be drowned by screeching.
when it drove straight at him, police said. The car was later found                 Naturalists fear the swiftly multiplying green-and-grey parrot
abandoned in Bexley, south-east London. One of those arrested was            (Myiopsitta monachus) with its powerful bill and long tail feathers
being held on suspicion of attempted murder. Both suspects are in            may see off smaller birds in the wild. Wood pigeons on the fringes
their late teens and form the Bexley area. The policeman is in a             of the city are retreating before the exotic Latin American inter-
stable condition.                                                            loper.
       Scotland Yard seeks killer on motorcycle                                     The parrots are originally from Argentina, where they have
       POLICE ARE hunting a man on a motorcycle who shot dead                reproduced so uncontrollably that they are considered something of
a man in a car on Saturday afternoon. Stephen Cairns, 32, was a              a plague. They have been brought to Spain in recent years to be sold
passenger in a Mercedes when the gunman opened fire. His twenty-             as pets, but owners grew sick of the incessant chatter and squawk-
year-old friend, who was driving, was injured. They were attacked            ing and freed the birds
while driving a way from the Earl Derby pub in Kensal Town, west                    The parrots fond the habitat around Madrid ideal, and are in-
London. The men, both from west London, were shot at from a                  creasing exponentially. Colonies have formed in Canillejas near the
motorcycle, carrying two people, which then sped off. Mr Cairns              airport and in the Casa de Campo parkland to the west of the city,
died shortly after being admitted to hospital. His friend was in a           where the birds have built a network of nests by breaking branches
stable condition.                                                            cedars, their favourite trees. “Birds who were casually freed by
                           WORLD NEWS                                        individuals a few years ago have now created a big public problem
                                                  WORLD IN BRIEF             that’s difficult to control,” said Alfredo Bengoa, of the veterinary
        Cyber Café fire kills at least 24 students                           department at Complutense University, Madrid. “They’ll soon be
        CHINA: At least 24 students were killed and 13 injured               the monarchs of all the green spaces of Madrid.”
when a fire swept through an internet café in a university district of
Beijing yesterday. The disaster drew a swift response from govern-                2. Make a report on the hottest event or gossip of the day us-
ment leaders. The mayor, Lie Qi, ordered the immediate closure of           ing the style of brief news items.
all internet cafes in the city and the fire inspections for all buildings
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in the next three months. Web surfers in the Lanjisu café in north-
                                                                                  There are two basic types of advertisements and announcements
west Beijiung were trapped behind a locked door and windows
blacked by iron bars. Many cyber cafes operate without a licence            in the modern English newspaper: classified and non-classified
because of government controls over information.                            (separate). In classified ones various kinds of information are ar-

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