Translate the sentences into English. Use the active vocabulary of Unit 3 to translate the words and word combinations given in italics.
1. Алисе объяснили, что ее друзья пользуются (злоупотребляют) ее добротой. 2. Нам предложили оставить все, как есть. 3. Преступнику указали на то, что он может быть освобожден под залог. 4. Г-ну Смайлзу объяснили систему вычета налогов. 5. Нам указали на наши ошибки. 6. Лучшего выхода их такой ситуации еще никогда не предлагали. 7. Партнерам объяснили, что им следует действовать в соответствии со своим соглашением. 8. Старой леди объявили, что ее паспорт недействителен. 9. Журналистам объяснили положение дел. 10. Членам парламента объявили последние цифры по программам социального обеспечения. 11. Сандре предложили потребовать помощи на образование своего сына. 12. Участникам конференции объявили, что им следует представить свои предложения к концу недели.
Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets. A. Police inquiry into claims of ghost voters Police officers now (1) __________________ (to investigate) allegations of electoral fraud in the London constituency of Bethnal Green after it emerged that dozens of “ghost voters” (2) _________________ (to send) polling cards. In London, one in five electors (3) ______________ (to choose) to vote by post. In Hackney, postal votes (4) ________________ (to increase) from 925 to 37,285. Detectives will focus on a number of addresses in rundown homes in Brick Lane, where dozens of electors (5) ______________ (to register). ‘The Guardian’ (6) _________________ (to uncover) evidence suggesting that these flats are either unoccupied, are business addresses or long (7) _____________________ (to inhabit) by different people. At one address owned by Adus Salique, a local businessman and Labour supporter, there are 12 names on the roll. But when ‘The Guardian’ visited the premises, a businessman who rents an office in the building said that none of those named ever (8) _________________ (to see) there. The electors (9) _____________________ (not to register) for postal votes, but polling cards (10) _____________________ (to deliver) and are now in the possession of Mr Salique. He denied any wrongdoing and said he (11) _____________________ (to register) to vote at that address because that was where his business (12) __________________ (to base). At an address a few doors along Brick Lane, 12 Bengali names appear on the register, but the tenants said they never (13) ________________ (to hear) of any of the people, and that the previous occupants (14) ______________ (to be) white. Last night, a spokesman for Tower Hamlets Council said the names on the register (15) _____________________ (to accept) at face value because the council did not have the resources to check them. The development comes as the election campaign (16) ____________________ (to draw) to a close. The two main candidates, Ms King and George Galloway, (17) ______________ (to put) under police protection, and it (18) ______________________ (to understand) that there will be a large police presence at the polls. Both candidates (19) __________________ (to write) to Tower Hamlets Council asking to investigate the fraud allegations. In his letter, Mr Galloway claimed that more than 200 voters (20) ____________________ (to register) at a local nurses home which (21) ___________________ (to convert) to office accommodation 18 months ago. (From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)
B. Police still (1) _______________ (to question) three men who (2) _______________ (to see) acting suspiciously in the vicinity of the government’s communications centre in Cheltenham. The men (3) _______________ (to arrest) on Sunday afternoon under the Prevention of Terrorism Act after a warning from security staff that they (4) _______________ (to act) strangely near the electronic listening post. A spokesman for Gloucester police yesterday denied reports that the men (5) _______________ (to arm). He said the men (6) _______________ (to remain) in custody and inquiries (7) _______________ (to continue). The men initially (8) _______________ (to detain) by immigration officials at Gatwick last Thursday. The following day they (9) _______________ (to arrest) by police officers and (10) _______________ (to take) to a central London police station. Police would not say where the men (11) _______________ (to travel) from and where they (12) _______________ (to head). (From ‘The Guardian’, abridged) C. Students face £21,000 debts, admits Clarke The education secretary, Charles Clarke, yesterday admitted that students (1) _______________ (to burden) with individual debts of up to £21,000 as a result of government plans to introduce higher tuition fees. The figure immediately (2) _______________ (to condemn) by Labour backbenchers. “This all (3) _______________ (to drive) by Downing Street, and it’s about class and background. It (4) _______________ (to get) intensely personal,” one leading dissident said. For the first time, Mr Clarke spelled out in detail the likely cost of university education under the government’s proposals which still (5) _______________ (to fine-tune) at the weekend. Confirming that up-front (авансом) fees (6) _______________ (to scrap) and higher top-up fees (7) _______________ (to repay) after the students (8) ________________ (to graduate), Mr Clarke warned that youngsters (9) _______________ (to burden) with debts of between £18,000 and £21,000. In an interview with the BBC’s programme yesterday he admitted that student debt (10) _______________ (to increase) once the new system of fees (11) _______________ (to be) in place. Asked what levels of interest graduates could expect to repay on their debt, Mr Clarke said the details still (12) _______________ (to work out). (From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)
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