Words and Grammar. a Mark (with a tick) the meaning in which the following words are used in the text:

a Mark (with a tick) the meaning in which the following words are used in the text:

b Translate the following word combinations into Russian:

further press revelations............................................................................................................

continued economic sanctions..................................................................................................

passport and related offences....................................................................................................

ten years' imprisonment............................................................................................................

secret service agent..................................................................................................................

secret service activity..............................................................................................................

the European Community Trade Commissioner.....................................................................

the Rainbow Warrior affair.....................................................................................................

the UN Secretary-General.......................................................................................................

с Encircle the correct preposition and make short sentences:

a charge against/on smb..........................................................................................................

to be charged with/of passport offences..................................................................................

a charge is altered/or/to manslaughter.....................................................................................

to be remanded at/ in custody..................................................................................................

to transfer smb in/ into French custody...................................................................................

to sentence smb for/ to ten years' imprisonment.....................................................................

to notify smb of/off smth.........................................................................................................

to be exempted from/of blame............................. ...................................................................

d Insert the correct article and make short sentences:

without............delay....................................................................................

without............precondition........................................................................

............ Rainbow Warrior.............................................................................

............ Rainbow Warrior affair...................................................................

............murder of the photographer.............................................................

to be remanded in............custody................................................................

............French Defence Minister.................................................................

................................to enjoy all the guarantees of............ international law.

e Underline the roots of the following words and make short sentences with them:

f Choose the synonyms from the box:

guilty imprisonment negotiation revelation

interference manslaughter precondition concurrently

intentional, imprisonment, killing, to excuse, incorrect, personality, to change, later

manslaughter...................... to alter.....................................

false.................................... identity.....................................

wilful.................................. to exempt.................................

custody.............................. subsequently...........................

g Find the English equivalents in the text:

Франция заявила, что эти агенты должны быть освобождены от какой-либо ответственности.

Их арестовали 12 июля 1985 г.

Их обвинили в том, что у них поддельные паспорта.

Затем их обвинили в участии в заговоре.

Их снова отправили под стражу.

Обвинение заменили на обвинение в непредумышленном убийстве.

Агентов приговорили к 10 годам тюремного заключения.

Решение суда было вынесено в июле 1986 г.

h Write down what parts of speech the words in italics are and translate the following into Russian:

the legal proceedings.........................................................................

he ruling was completed on 6 July...........................................................................

the agents using false names..........................................................................

He remarked that New Zealand.........................................................................

would consider repatriating the agents..........................................................................

France began impeding New Zealand imports...........................................................................

France did not admit to imposing the trade barriers............................................................................

France reached a settlement with his family...........................................................................

encompassing a formal apology............................................................................

i Underline the infinitives in the following sentences and translate the sentences into Russian:

1 The agents were further charged with conspiracy to commit arson.

2 They were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for manslaughter and 7 years' for wilful damage, the terms to run concurrently.

3 The French government found no evidence to indicate that their mission involved anything other than surveillance.

4 New Zealand wanted to take legal steps to secure compensation from the French State.

5 New Zealand insisted the agents should continue to serve their prison sentence.

6 Other European States were concerned to see the dispute resolved.

7 The UK government called on France to settle compensation without delay.

j Write down the part of speech of the words in italics and translate the sentences into Russian:

1 The were altered to wilful damage.

2 The Minister urged negotiations for their return to France.

3 They suspended negotiations in protest at continued economic sanctions by France.

4 Various governments impressed upon Lange the need for an early resolution of the dispute.

5 It enjoined France not to impede New Zealand exports to Europe.

h Underline the predicates and write down the forms of the verbs:

2 France notified New Zealand of its concern that the two men should enjoy all the guarantees of international law.

3 France acknowledged that the agents had obeyed orders.

4 Efforts at mediation were hardly possible until the facts had been ascertained.

5 He remarked that New Zealand would consider repatriating the agents provided they continued to serve their prison sentence.

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