Инфинитив:
1. to work - работать
2. to receive - получать
3. to sign into - принимать закон / утверждать / подписывать
Видовременные формы глаголов:
1. Past Perfect Tense (Active Voice)
2. Present Perfect Continuous Tense (Active Voice)
3. Past Simple Tense (Active Voice)
Перевод:
1. По состоянию на ноябрь около 4 миллионов взрослых американцев не проработали более шести месяцев.
2. Для того чтобы им справиться с ситуацией во время экономического спада, каждый из них получает оплату около 300 долларов в неделю.
3. В июне 2008 года президент Джордж Буш принял закон о федеральной программе экстренной компенсации по безработице.
Вопросительная форма предложения:
1. How many American adults hadn't worked in more than 6 months as of November?
2. How much money have they been receiving each week?
3. Who signed into a law of a federal emergency unemployment compensation program?
Отрицательная форма предложения:
1. As of November, some 4 million American adults hadn’t worked in more than six months.
2. To help tide them over during the economic downturn, each of them hasn't been receiving a payment of about $300 a week.
3. In June 2008 President George W. Bush didn't sign into law a federal emergency unemployment compensation program.
III. Complete the text with one word in each gap.
How punctual are you? I have to say that when I was younger, (1) __being/coming___ on time didn’t use to be important. I used to keep people waiting all the time and never considered how impolite this was. I was often late for lessons because I (2) __would__ set the alarm and then switch it off when it went off and simply go back to sleep. I made arrangements with friends and then I would turn up half an hour late. I’m amazed people still invited me to things because I was never (3) __on__ time. Now that I’m older I’m nowhere near (4) __as__ irresponsible as I used to be. Thank goodness! I think it’s being at work that (5) __has__ changed me. If I’m late now, my boss gets angry, and I risk losing my job. I’ve also lost so many girlfriends in the past because of my time-keeping that now I’m really careful about (6) ___leaving__ the house in time to get somewhere. And also, I think I’ve learned to appreciate other people arriving when they say they will. I don’t like waiting for someone for ages and so I need to be more reliable myself. Mind you, (7) __getting__ up on time can still be a problem sometimes as I often forget to set the alarm!
