Read the text. Translate the sentences from Russian into English

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Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

Match the adjectives with their meaning.

This person is relaxed and not easy to upset.	Sociable
This person has a good sense of humour but no respect for authority	Ambitious
This person is certain about his abilities	Cheeky
This person cares about other people’s feelings	Loyal
This person wants to be successful.	Calm
This person is friendly and enjoys being with other people	Sensitive
This person is a good friend who continues to support you in difficult times	Confident
This person likes telling other people what to do n wants to be successful	Bossy

1. Честолюбивый ум жаждет успеха.2. У нее на щеках ямочки. Его лицо было загорелым, черты лица не особенно красивыми, но правильными. 3. Майку было около пятидесяти. Он был элегантным мужчиной с хорошей фигурой. У него был короткий курносый нос и ясные, очень голубые глаза. 4. Хорошо ли быть амбициозным человеком? 5. Она вся в мать! Такая же чувствительная и застенчивая, и люди этим пользуются. 6. Он усердно занимается изучением английского языка в течение 5 лет. 7. Будьте уверенны в себе, когда отвечаете материал! 8. Не можешь ли ты мне помочь написать это письмо? 9. Она с ним не ладит. Он очень высокомерен и любит командовать людьми. 10.Когда он катался на горных лыжах, он сломал ногу и вывихнул плечо. Надеюсь, он скоро поправится! 11.Я никогда не была в Лондоне. 12. Он работает в центре пластической хирургии в течение 8 лет. 13. Как долго вы ждете?- Не волнуйтесь, я здесь недавно. 14. С тех пор, как она вернулась из Италии, она и думать ни о чем не может. Ее так поразила это чудесная страна! Она даже хочет выучить итальянский язык.

You're Gorgeous!

For many in the 1990s, supermodel Cindy Crawford was the perfect American dream girl: slim, tanned and natural-looking, with long, shiny hair. People have described her as “The Face of the Decade”.

But people have not always had the same ideas about beauty. Until the 1920s, suntans were for poor people, “ladies” stayed out of the sun to keep their faces as a pale as possible. In the times of Queen Elizabeth I of England, fashionable ladies even painted their faces with lead to make them whiter - a very dangerous habit, since lead is poisonous!

And people in the eighteenth century would not have thought much of Cindy Crawford's hair! Ladies in those days never went out without their wigs, which were so enormous (and dirty) that it was quite common to find mice living in them. As for the “perfect beauties” painted by Rubens in the seventeenth century, if they wanted to be supermodels today, they would need to spend moths on a diet!

Ideas of beauty can be very different according to where you live in the world, too. For the Paduang tribe in South East Asia, traditionally, the most important sign of female beauty was a long neck. So at the age of five or six, girls received their first neck ring, and each year they added new rings. By the time they were old enough to marry, their necks were about twenty-five centimetres long!

And what about the ideal man? If you asked people today to name an attractive man, most of them would mention someone like James Bond, Harrison Ford or someone tall and athletic, brave and “manly”.

In the eighteenth century however, “manliness” was very different from what it is today. As well as wearing wigs, perfume and lots of make-up, a true gentleman showed that he had feelings by crying frequently in public. According to one story, when the British Prime Minister, Lord Spencer Percival, came to give King George some bad news, both men sat down and cried!

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