Практика перевода. Андросова М.А. - 11 стр.

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programme since reform started in the late Soviet era. And it makes familiar
reading. Many of the points make admirable common sense: improving the
business environment, tougher bank regulation, and greater transparency of
public finances.
5. Negotiations on these issues are not only desirable but absolutely necessary.
6. Increased taxes, soaring prices, reduced production and delayed wages
considerably lowered the living standards.
7. The second half of the 15th century saw wars and conquests in Morocco and the
colonization of Madeira and the Azores. These islands offer a pleasant climate
and fertile land.
8. The postwar years have seen decisive advances in the study of primates such as
chimpanzees and in discovery of fossils of our ancestors.
9. Paradoxically, the ending of the Cold War has not seen a reduction in either
personnel or budget of the secret Intelligence Service.
10. Brittany’s much-forgotten language is getting a new lease of life, as the firstever
Breton dictionary prepares to hit the shelves next year. Three years of research
have produced 1,000 pages containing 10,000 words, a modest feat when
compared to the Larousse French dictionary of 60,000 words.
11. Commonwealth leaders yesterday concluded their biannual summit with pledges
covering topics from South Africa to Cyprus, from democracy to global trade,
but with little clout behind the words. Five days of talking produced a 17-page
communiqué.
12. The main block of the boarding school houses the boy’s dormitories, dining
rooms, common rooms and exercise room.
13. Built in 1933 as a memorial to Lillie Hitchcock Coit, who left a third of her
fortune to beautify the city, the tower houses 3,691 square feet of murals that
portray the life of 1930s California.
14. The Southeast of Turkey harbors a number of ancient and diverse languages
brought in by the different people who, over thousands of years, settled in this
area of mountains and wide open spaces.
15. Archeologists working in Israel’s Nahal hemar cave, a Neolithic site south of
Jerusalem, have found pieces of fabric that may be the earliest known of linen.
The cave also has yielded what may be the oldest known samples of women
baskets in the Middle East.
16. Britain counts only four industries in which it can still be ranked as of word
class: chemical, aerospace, steel and pharmaceuticals.
17. Global warming will leave two billion people worldwide vulnerable to
catastrophic flooding by 2050, scientists cautioned yesterday. Research from the
United Nations University indicates that climate change? population growth,