Diamonds

Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous or Present Perfect
Simple, There are also examples of the First and Second Conditional.
a Barbara and John are neighbours. They _______ (know) each other for
several years. Barbara _______ (move) into her house in 1985, and John _______
(live) next door since he _______ (come) to the area in 1986.
b Barbara is a writer. She _______ (write) seven novels, and _______ (win)
several awards for her books. A few years ago, she (win) the Pulitzer Prize for the
most promising author of the year. At the moment, she ______ (write) a detective
story.
c John hasn't got a job. He _______(be) unemployed for six months. He
_______ (work) for a textile firm which _______ (have) to close because it _______
(not have) enough orders. He _______ (spend) most days looking through the job
pages in the newspapers.
d Yesterday afternoon. Barbara went round to John's house. John _______
(read) a book.
“Hello, John”, said Barbara. “How are you?”
“I _______ (not feel) very well, actually,” John replied.
“What's the matter?”
I ______(have) a pain in my chest since Monday. When I _______ (cough), it
really _______ (hurt).
It _______ (not be) so bad if I _______ (not smoke) So much, but I don't
seem to be able to stop.
You really should try to cut down. I _______ (feel) much better since I
_______ (stop). _______ you _______ (have) any replies to your letters of
application?
Yes. Quite a few. I've got an interview tomorrow, and I think I stand quite a
good chance. If I _______ (get) the job, we _______ (go) out to celebrate. “What a
lovely idea! Good luck with the interview, and careful with your smoking.”

population of Russia?

2. What kind of country is Russia?

RUSSIA

1. Russia is one of the largest countries in the world. It occupies an area 17 million square kilometers. Russia is washed by three oceans and twelve seas and borders on fourteen countries.

2. The population of the country is about 150 million people. Russia is a republic with President as Head of State. It is one of the in the world.

3. The climate of the country varies greatly. The coldest regions are in the North and the climate here is arctic. The climate of the part is continental and in the South it is subtropical.

4. If you look at the map of Russia you will see the highest mountains in the Caucasus and the Altai, the Urals, separating Europe from Asia, many and large lakes. The longest rivers are the Volga in Europe and the in Asia. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and it has the

on earth.

5. Russia is a highly developed industrial country. Russia is very rich in natural resources such as oil, coal, gas, gold, diamonds and others. It has the largest oil and gas resources, concentrated in Siberia and Far East. It cars, machinery, chemicals, textile and many other items.

6. In 1957 our country successfully launched the world's first satellite, manned spaceship "Vostok" piloted by Yuri Gagarin, the citizen of Russia, was launched on April 12, 1961. It opened a new era in the history of mankind.

2. Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 1, 2, 5, 6.

3. Найдите герундий и переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. Flying from Moscow to Magadan takes eight hours.

2. I am proud of being a citizen of Russia.

3.I enjoyed travelling through Russia last summer.

A merry group of friends was sitting on the terrace of a restaurant. The table was laid for four: two men and two women. The group of friends was eating
fish and when dinner was finished one of the women said that very often diamonds and pearls were found inside fish. Everybody liked this topic, and they all remembered different stories about dinamonds and fish.
An old man who was sitting in the corner of the terrace came up to the group of friends. He said that he had heard their conversation and wanted to tell them a real story about fish. Everybody agreed, so the old man continued: "When I was a young man, I worked for a large importing company in New York. At that time I was in love with a pretty girl, and she told me that she loved me too. About two months before we got married I had to go to England. I left my girlfriend in New York and promised to write to her. She said that she'd wait for me. I had to stay in England longer than I'd planned, but finally i was ready to go back to New York. Just before my trip home, I had bought a very expensive diamond ring. It was a present for my future wife.
"On my way home to New York, I read in the morning paper that my girl was marrying another man. It made me so angry that I threw the ring into the sea."
"A few days later when I was in a restaurant in New York, fish was served. While I was eating it, I felt something hard in my mouth. What do you think it was?"
"The diamond ring!" cried the friends.
"No," said the old gentleman, "it was a fish bone."

Diamond, graphite and zircon. A diamond is composed of nothing but carbon. Though it's chemical element is carbon, like graphite, it has a regular and isometric crystal form and is usually colourless and transparent, unlice other minerals composed of carbon. Zircone which is as bright as diamond, is among the brightest of gems because of its high reflectively. It is a chemical compound of metal zirconium. The pale-blue zircon is the most popular