27 ноя 2008 г.
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Meditation calms the mind, lengthens life (1): УПРАЖНЕНИЯ

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1) Составьте по одному предложению на английском с каждым выделенным словом из текста.

2) Переведите следующие предложения / выражения со словами из текста на русский:

1. Have some brandy; it'll calm your nerves.
2. His presence had a calming influence.
3. I need to lengthen this skirt.
4. The shadows slowly began to lengthen.
5. We're going to lengthen our stay next year.
6. We found further scientific evidence for this theory.
7. Evidence shows that global warming is definitely occurring.
8. Doctors found no evidence of infection.
9. There is some evidence that the economy is improving.
10. All the evidence suggests (that) he stole the money.
11. What do these results suggest to you?
12. I'm not suggesting that giving up smoking will be easy.
13. Reduce speed now.
14. Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
15. Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
16. The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.
17. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
18. Why can't you two act like civilized adults?
19. to have high / low blood pressure
20. to take (= measure) sb's blood pressure
21. According to Mick, it's a great movie.
22. You've been absent six times according to our records.
23. a thorough review of literature on vocational training
24. The number of people visiting the park has decreased significantly.
25. Prices are expected to decrease by less than 1 per cent this year.

3) Напишите небольшое эссе - ответ на следующие вопросы:

1. What do you know about Eastern health practices, do you think they are really so useful?
2. Have you ever tried any of these? What was the result?