Language and Grammar Repetition. Ex. 42. Read the sentences and analyze the tenses and voices

Ex. 42. Read the sentences and analyze the tenses and voices.

1. Kazakhstan is attracting interest from investors all over the world.

2. The twice-weekly Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt in Germany is regularly packed with western business travelers venturing (= зд. осваивающий) east to have new economic ties.

3. Oil and gas companies from the UK and Middle East, bankers, EC advisors, agricultural experts are even (= иметь равные права) and take off some profit for them in the bargain.

4. The country gained independence at the end of December 1991 and like other former Soviet republics has since suffered rampant (= бесконтрольный) inflation and deterioration in the quality of life.

5. Alma-Atay the former republic capital has recently been renamed to Almaty as Almaty is an old Kazakh word for “place of apples”, referring to the many apple and cherry orchards around the city.

6. Many rituals of hospitability revolve around business meetings and you will usually be invited for lunch or dinner.

7. Visitors are expected to try everything at mealtimes, including such delicacies as horse fat, so vegetarians will have a difficult time.

8. Kazakhs’ wine production ground to a halt (= прекратиться) in 1985 when a lot of vineyards were closed down but the situation was going to in the next couple of years.

9. The Kazakhs admit that none of the old hotels are up to western standards but the things have been quickly improving since the new capital, Astana, appeared.

Ex. 43. Translate the sentences, explain the grammar and language of the underlined parts of the sentences.

1. Сhina now welcome tourists who throng the Forbidden City, cruise up the Yangtre, and marvel at the Terracotta Warriors at Xian.

2. Now several International Airlines fly to Ho Chi Minh City, formely Saigon, and the tourists can scramble through the Yietcongs secret network of tunnels which have been specially widened for broad-bottomed westerners.

3. For years the national airlines had apposed any competition from charters but as the Australianeconomy declined and with the success of the bicentenary celebrations revenues from tourism seemed more and more attractive.

4. Responding to a perceived need to preserve and promote Malasia’s distinctive national culture, the government is also building a series of cultural centers to be promoted as tourism attractions.

5. Kuala Lumpur, Malasia’a capital, has suffered from comparison with Bankok and Singapore, but does, however, have its advantages being a small city by Asian standards with excellent hotels with competitive rates.

6. Many people consider the Philippines to be a mix of Malay, Madrid and Madison Avenue, but they forget the Philippines is home to more than 100 etnic tribes speaking more than 70 languages and having distinctive culture and lifestyles.

7. Initially founded by Spanish, Urugway struggled to wrest its freedom from Spain and later from Brazil, gaining independence, hence Uruguayans are often quick to remind the visitor they are Orientales, Easterners, to differenciate themselves from their western neighbors.

Ex. 44. Analyze the text paying attention to Grammar.

At the boundary between Yogyakarta and Su-rakarta nowadays, there are several temples which are scattered from one to another not more than 1 km. It is interesting to note that those temples belong to the sacred place of two religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. Those temples were constructed between the eighth century and the ninth century AD.

Prambanan, a name so called for the complex of those temples, is a beautiful and fertile region. In ancient time, it was the place where the capital of a kingdom – now known as "Keraton Boko'' – stood. But it is a pity that the ruins of the palace can not give any hint about the existence of the kingdom and those who had reigned there. A clearer hint is from Kalasan's inscription which was written in "pranagari" characters, dated from 778 AD. This was clarified in the inscription of Raja Balitung from the year of AD 907. Raja Balitung's inscription mentions the pedigree of the kings who reigned in that period. It was the period the San Jay dynasty reigned. Their religion was Hinduism.

Simultaneously, during that very period, the dynasty of Sailendra, whose religion was Buddhism, was also blooming. This Sailendra dynasty had been closely related to the kingdom of Sriwijaya in Palembang. At that particular time, Buddhism reached its peak and left many grand monuments which still stand to the present time.

Prambanan temple, as it is known nowadays, is a name given to the complex of several sanctuaries of Siwa. Infact, it is more accurate to call it Siwa's temple (Candi Siwa) according to the real character of the temples. Some of sanctuaries in the complex have been restored, but most of them are in ruins.

The effort of restorating these Candi Siwa is still continuing and has produced a fantastic monumental masterpiece we can enjoy. Visiting the complex of Candi Siwa at Prambanan will set our imaginations lose, and the impression is fantastic or amazing!

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