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     Exercise 2. Translate from Russian into English.
     1. ß åäâà çíàþ ëþäåé, ñ êîòîðûìè ðàáîòàþ. 2. Óòðî áûëî
ïàñìóðíîå. 3. Äîæäü çàáðûçãàë ñòåêëî. 4. Îí îïîëîñíóë ëèöî õî-
ëîäíîé âîäîé. 5. Áîëåçíü ìîæåò ðàñïðîñòðàíèòüñÿ î÷åíü áûñòðî.
6. Îí çàäóì÷èâî ïîñìîòðåë íà îñâåùåííûå îêíà. 7. Îíà îñòàíî-
âèëàñü è çàæãëà ñïè÷êó. 8. Îí âäîõíóë õîëîäíûé âîçäóõ. Îí ìîã
ñëûøàòü åå ãëóáîêîå ðàçìåðåííîå (regular) äûõàíèå. 9. Ìîðîçû
ïðîäîëæàëèñü äî àïðåëÿ. 10. Ðåêà çàìåðçëà. Âîäà â êîëîäöàõ (wells)
çàìåðçëà. 11. Äåíü áûë òåïëûé, íî ïàñìóðíûé. Íåáî áûëî ñå-
ðîå, ïîêðûòîå îáëàêàìè. 12. Îíà íàëèëà ñåáå åùå îäíó ÷àøêó
÷àÿ. 13. Íå âûõîäèòå íà óëèöó â ëèâåíü. 14. Ñíàðóæè ìîðîñèò
äîæäü. 15. Ñíåã íà÷àë òàÿòü. 16. Åå áðèëëèàíòû ñâåðêàëè íà ñîë-
íöå. 17. Îíà ïîñêîëüçíóëàñü íà (against) ëüäó. 18. Áðåâíà (logs)
ïëûëè âíèç ïî ðåêå. 19. Â÷åðà íî÷üþ áûë ñèëüíûé ìîðîç. 20. Êà-
êîé ïðîãíîç ïîãîäû? — Óòðîì áóäåò ãóñòîé òóìàí, íî äíåì îí
ðàññååòñÿ. 21. Íåáî áûëî õìóðûì, è äíåì ïîøåë ìåëêèé äîæäü.
22. Øåë ïðîëèâíîé äîæäü, è ìû ïðîìîêëè íàñêâîçü. 23. Âñïûøêà
ìîëíèè îñâåòèëà íåáî.

     III. Read and translate the text:
                  WORRYING ABOUT     THE   WEATHER
     There’s an old English saying which goes:
                 Whether the weather is cold
                 Or whether the weather is hot
                 We’ll weather the weather
                 Whatever the weather
                 Whether we like it or not.
      Roughly translated, that means that whatever the weather is
like, good or bad, we’ll accept it. But, as everyone knows, that’s
not quite true. It’s a well-known fact that the English spend more
time complaining about the weather than anything else.
      Why are we so worried about our weather? The answer is that
we cannot accept the fact that, unlike the rest of Europe, we have a
terrible climate. It may be colder in Scandinavia, but at least they
have the excitement of snow. We hardly ever have snow, just rain,
sleet and fog. But when we say to each other, «Isn’t it dreadful
weather today? It’s pouring with rain», we sound surprised, as though

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