Exercise 3. Translate into English.
1. Приходил почтальон? 2. Это был высокий белый дом; он был окружен большим садом. 3. Дом построен два года назад. 4. Мое любимое дерево — дуб. 5. Возле дома рос старый дуб. 6. Мы опоздали на поезд, и нам пришлось долго ждать на вокзале. 7. Попугай может подражать человеческой речи. 8. Мы вошли в маленькую комнату, в которой стоял стол, несколько стульев и кресло. 9. Я надеюсь, что завтра вы дадите мне ответ. 10. Телескоп нужен астрономам, а микроскоп — биологам. 11. Серебряная луна светила на небе. 12. Скрипка — струнный инструмент, флейта — духовой. 13. Шекспир и Сервантес умерли в одном и том же году. 14. Мы получили телеграмму в самый день нашего отъезда. 15. Вы мне дали не тот адрес. 16. Некоторые из гостей ушли рано. 17. Они живут на одной улице. 18. Он постучался не в ту дверь.
Exercise 4. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with nouns modified by attributes in post-position.)
1. __ man of whom I speak is __ low pantomime actor. 2. Excuse me now, I have to see __ man who's in trouble... (Galsworthy) 3 __ people familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings. (E. Bronte) 4. He listened attentively to a great many stories she told him about __ amiable and handsome daughter of hers, who was married to __ amiable and handsome man and lived in the country. (Dickens) 5. I always think there's something rather cold and cheerless about __ house that lacks __ woman's touch. (Maugham) 6. He stood up and looked at __ house where he had been born, grown up, and played, as if asking for __ answer. (Galsworthy) 7. Her throat aches because of __. tears locked in it. (Lessing) 8. I am persuaded that this will be __ shock of which he will feel __ effects all his life- (Eliot) 9. There were half __ dozen pocket robberies __ day in __ trams of Brussels. (Bennett) 10. There we were in __ country none of us knew anything about, amongst Indians and __ people that were only half civilised. (Galsworthy) 11. At last they reached — door at which __ servant knocked cautiously. (Murdoch) 12. We passed—set of chambers where I had worked as __ young man. (Snow) 13. It is in __ hour of trial that __ man finds his true profession. (Shaw) 14. We dropped into __ very pleasant nook under — great elm tree, to __ spreading roots of which we fastened __ boat. (Jerome K. Jerome) 15. It chanced that when this lonely young lady was about nineteen, she, being __ fearless horsewoman, was riding, with only — young lad..,. in one of __ woods near her uncle's house... and, in trotting along, her horse stumbled over __ root of — felled tree. She slipped to __ ground, not seriously hurt, and was assisted home by — gentleman who came in view at __ moment of her mishap. It turned out that this gentleman... was on __ visit at __ house of __ neighbouring landowner. (Hardy) 16. He was staring at __ waves like __ man cornered by __ strange animal. (Murdoch) 17. You don't know _ man you are married to. (Shaw) 18. He spoke with a very slow, distinct voice... and always looked over — shoulder of __ person to whom he was talking. (Wilde) 19. There had been at — dining table __ middle-aged man with __ dark eye and — sunburnt face, who had attracted Martin's attention. (Dickens) 20. And he had tea sitting on __ edge of __.chair that did not look too firm, all gilt and spindly. (Galsworthy) 21. They walked __ mile or more along __ handsome street which __ colonel said was called Broadway... Turning, at length, into one of — numerous streets which branched from this main thoroughfare, they stopped before __ rather meanlooking house. (Dickens) 22. Colonel Mordaunt does not look like — man who would do __ mean or dishonourable thing. (Marryaf) 23. She is __ elderly matron who has worked hard and got nothing by it. (Shaw) 24. He was, in fact, __ younger edition of his father. (Galsworthy) 25. As Dick took up his pipe, __ man who had passed into __ smoking car with him put down his newspaper and looked at him. For __ moment Dick was puzzled. It was __ face he knew, but he could not put __ name to it. Where had he seen __ man? (Winter) 26. During __ twenty minutes Michael took to read __ doem, there was not __ sound, except from the sheets being turned. (Galsworthy) 27. Rosa then noticed with surprise that she was in __ room in which __ party had been held. (Murdoch)