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to prevent smth (smb) from doing smth – препятствовать
(мешать) кому-л. делать что-л.,
prevention – профилактика;
damage – повреждение,
to damage –повреждать;
decay – гниение, разрушение,
to decay – гнить, приходить в упадок;
due to – из-за;
to prefer – предпочитать;
to joint – соединять, присоединять; вступать (в организацию и т.п.).
Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.
1. The branch was too weak to support his weight, and he fell out of the tree.
2. I hope that these supports will hold in a storm. 3. It’s difficult to spread butter when it’s
been in the fridge all night. 4. The wind spreads the seeds so that the plants can reproduce.
5. It is an infectious easily-spread disease. 6. Until recently nobody had opposed the new
road plans, but it seems that attitudes are changing. 7. Flight cancellations have increased
in recent weeks. 8. A stone wall prevents the hillside from tumbling into the road. 9. How
does a healthy diet help in the prevention of heart attacks? 10. The hyphen sign (-) can be
used to join two words together. 11. Freezing conditions will stop things from decay.
12. The storm caused a lot of damage. 13. Your parcel was unfortunately damaged in the
mail. 14. Our flight was delayed due to a strike of air-traffic controllers. 15. Some actors
like to be surrounded by a crowd of people all the time, while others prefer to be on their
own instead.
Ex. 4. Translate the words given in the box into English and fill in the blanks
with the appropriate word.
распространяться, опора, мешать, разрушать,
соединять, вступать, предпочитать
1. The bridge fell down because it didn’t have enough … . 2. As news of the explo-
sion …, more and more people went to the scene to see if they could help. 3. The mist …
him from seeing very far. 4. Toothache is one of the first signs of chronic tooth … . 5. She
seems to … watching soap operas on TV to talking to me. 6. Any child wanting to … the
after-school club should see Mrs. Williams. 7. Doctors had to use a metal plate to … the
two pieces of bone together.
Ex. 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form. Translate the
sentences into Russian.
1. The ceiling (to support – Past Simple Passive) by huge stone columns. 2. The fire
started in a barber’s shop and (to spread – Past Simple Active) quickly through the whole
city. 3. Michael Jackson’s recently released album (to go – Present Perfect Active) straight
to number one. 4. It’s simply not true that Vitamin C (to prevent – Present Simple Active)
colds. 5. Over the years, the wooden staircase (to decay – Past Perfect Active). 6. The car
(to damage – Past Simple Passive) badly in the accident. 7. The insurance company (to
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