18th Century Britain. Иностранный язык. Фомина И.В. - 17 стр.

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Ex. 1. Read and memorize the following words and expressions.

Thwart [              ] (v) - мешать исполнению, расстраивать (планы)
Confidence [                      ] (n) – доверие, уверенность
Treaty [                 ] (n) – договор, переговоры
Anxiety [                 ] (n) - беспокойство, тревога, опасение, забота
Shire [       ] (n) – графство (уст.), thе ---s центральные графства в Англии
County [               ] (n) – графство (адм. ед. Англии), жители графства
Borough [                 ] (n) – (небольшой) город
Expenditure [                        ] (n) – расходы


Ex. 2. Put the number of each word according to schemes of the stressed and
unstressed syllables in the words.

Follower, pretender, relative, dispute, sentiment, parliament, spokesman, determine,
negotiations, transmutation, parliamentary, monarchy, monarchical, prerogative,
superintendancy, administer, reasonably, European, inpeachment, administrative,
financial, finance, distribution, representative.

  1       2       3       4        5       6        7       8      9   10      11



Ex. 3. Look through the text and find the words with the following suffixes:

          a) nouns – tion, ment, ity, ence, ture;
          b) adjectives – an, ic, al, ic+al, ous, ive, ent, ant.


Ex. 4. Read and translate the text.

    The Revolution of 1689 settlement, however, implied a European war. William III
had accepted the English Crown the better to thwart Louis XIV of France. Moreover,
the length and cost of this war caused both Houses of Parliament to be much more
critical of his right to make war and peace, and by the end of his reign that part of the
prerogative was being tacitly surrendered.
    William had hardly recognized that he needed ministers who enjoyed the
confidence of a majority in the Commons, but the impeachments of 1701 showed that
it would be dangerous to sign treaties without the agreement of ministers who had the
support of the House. The House of Commons, on edge with the anxieties of war and
fearful of the Jacobites, had asked William III for information and accounts which no
king had given before.