40 I entered the room slowly. Here too the
daylight was completely shut out, and the
room had an airless smell. There was a fire
in the old-fashioned fireplace, but it did not
want to bum, and the smoke that hung in
the room seemed colder than the clearer air.
Some wintry branches of candles on the wall
shone a weak light into the darkness of the
room. It had probably once been beautiful,
but everything in it was covered with dust and
There was a long table with a tablecloth on
it as it a big meal was being prepared when
the house and the clocks all stopped. A large
object stood in the centre of this table, so
heavily covered in cobwebs that I could not
see its shape, it seemed to grow out of the
yellow cloth like a black fungus, and I saw
spiders with fat bodies running out of it and
running home to
I was watching these creatures from a
distance when Miss Havisham put her hand
on my shoulder. In her other hand she had
a stick which she was leaning on, and she
looked like a witch from my story books.
What do you think that is? she asked me,
pointing with her stick. That, where those
CooWebs are?
I can't guess what it is, ma'am.
It's a great cake. A wedding cake. Minel
The first thing that has hit my head is the overspreading diseases which modern medicine has nothing to overcome. For example, in Asia, there were hundreds of people who had a new disease called "SARS", a killer responsible for over one hundred people. In Hong Kong and Vietnam, the bird flu infected large numbers of poultry and caused children"s death. In the United States, the west-Niles virus is feared among public since it transmits through mosquitoes. All of these diseases are new to human because of their rare genetic structure. Such diseases challenge modern medicine. However, there are only prevention but not cure.
Another thing that on everyday news is the religion-related terrorists activities. Even now the American-Iraq war has been tensioned in spite of the last"s cease-fire. Some people say that this is a war between Christianity and Islamic, others insist that this a war aimed to oil power. As a result, innocent children and the public are sacrificed for those so-called "cause", meaning justice or security. It is hard for me to understand that how much human being have involved from animals, if we can only use force in this high technology time.
The last but not least thing that occurs to me is the concern of natural resources. Despite the fact that we are running out of available natural resources such as clean water, oil, and natural gas, our life is becoming more and more convenient, which means we will consume more energy than ever. This is also a vital problem for human"s existing.
For the three factors I have mentioned above, I believe that there are some changes in this century, although I doubt whether those changes will lead us to happier future than now.
б) все акционеры думают, что они знают, что должно быть сделано, но доска все еще нуждается в (убедить).
в) Давайте пригласить его. Я уверен, что он хотел бы (не все).
d) Кто-то в офисе, что совершил ошибку, и фирма причина) неудобства клиентов.
д) Мы планируем (принять) наши праздники за рубежом в этом году.
е) учитель не разрешает (дым) во время уроков.
г) я смутно помню (он, говорят) что-то подобное.
ч) Иди сюда! Я хотел бы (Вы, видеть) это.
я) Я всегда стараюсь (быть) пунктуальны, но я не всегда удается.
J) Это сложно проблема. Я рекомендую (вы обратитесь) эксперта.
K) Он предпочел бы (вы, пойти) в своем месте, если это удобно.
л) во второй раз в этом году Мисс Черная попытается (плавание) Канал менее чем за пять часов.
м) ребенок должен начать (учиться) язык в начальной школе.
п) Фильм был настолько ужасающим, что она с трудом могла нести (часы), то.
о) нового члена Комитета не решился (говорят) на его первом заседании.
р) Они начали (диск), в шесть утра, и были все еще на дороге десять часов спустя.
д) Он вспомнил (пропуск) на большую часть информации, но omittted (упоминания) один или два из наиболее важных фактов.
г) Журналисты задавали много вопросов, которые премьер-министр снизился (ответ).