Task IV. Complete the sentences according to the information from the text.

1.After the industrial revolution, nineteenth-century Britain was the “workshop” of the world. 2. Britain’s main anxiety in its foreign policy was that Russia would try to expand southwards by taking over the Slavic parts of Turkey’s Balkan possessions, and might reach the

Mediterranean.. 3. Unemployment was made worse by 300 000 men from Britain’s army and navy who now were looking for work. 4. The landowning farmers’ own income had suffered because of cheaper imported corn. 5. People tried to add to their food supply by by catching wild birds and

animals. 6. Between 1815 and 1835 Britain changed from being a nation of country people to a nation mainly of townspeople. 7. By the end of the century, Britain’s empire was political rather than commercial. 8. The aristocracy and the crown had had little power left by 1914. 9. Britain’s strength was not in larger population, but it lay instead in industry and trade, and the navy which protected this trade which protected this trade.10. The Lords feared that the collapse of

political and civil order might lead to revolution.. The government was saved partly by the skill of

Robert Peel,, the Prime Minister of the time.

Task VI. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1.Вера британцев в собственную значимость достигла апогея к середине 19 века.

Britain in the 19^th century was at its most powerful and self-confident.

2. Несмотря на свою мощь, Британия чувствовала нарастающее беспокойство по поводу соперничества со стороны Франции и Германии.

In spite of its power, Britain also felt increasingly anxious about growing competition from France and Germany.

3. Новая полиция вскоре проявила себя как эффективное средство борьбы с преступностью.

The new police forces soon proved themselves successful, as much crime was pushed out.

4. Закрытые частные привилегированные средние учебные заведения для мальчиков ставили своей целью не только дать своим ученикам хорошее образование, но и стремились воспитывать в них лидеров, отрывая их от дома и создавая тяжелые условия жизни.

Closed private privileged secondary schools for boys aimed at not only providing pupils with good education, but also at teaching them how to exercise power, taking boys away from home and creating severe living conditions.

5. Власть среднего класса все больше нарастала по сравнению с властью дворян-консерваторов, владеющих земельной собственностью.

The power of the middle class grew more and more comparing to that of the conservative aristocrats who possessed the land property.

6. Будь они лучше организованы и тесно связаны с рабочим классом, их действия могли бы привести к революции в Британии.

If they had been organized and more closely connected to the working class, a revolution in Britain might have happened.

7. Британия обнаружила, что в результате завоеваний новых территорий появлялись новые опасности.

Britain had discovered that the conquering of new territories resulted in the appearing of new dangers.

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