Написать письмо: Вот отрывок письма от английского друга по переписке Кейт:… У меня отличная коллекция марок! В моем альбоме шестьдесят восемь марок. Мои марки из Японии, Франции, Австралии, Канады и Новой Зеландии. Откуда ты? Какая у вас коллекция? Как вы к этому относитесь? … Напишите Кейт письмо, в котором нужно ответить на его 3 вопроса. Не забудьте: 1) обратиться к другу по имени; 2) попрощаться с другом 3) подписать письмо.

1) Living conditions for the life brigade members are not very comfortable here.
2) The plants died through lack of water.
3) If people burn poisonous waste, they can produce dangerous gases.
4) Some part of waste can be useful if you know how to recycle it.
5) Acid rain can poison rivers and lakes, it can destroy metal things and buildings too.
6) Toxic waters can poison fish.
7) Nowadays people spill a lot of oil into the sea.
8) If you do it, oil remains on top of the water and sea plants and animals have shortage.
9) Nuclear power stations use uranium to produce electricity.
10) Evidently, a lot should be done to solve the ecological problems we are facing these days.
11) California has a large Spanish-speaking population.

1. He (did not  waste) time with foolish questions like why, when and where. He did as he was told.
2. Always a punctual woman, she (comes) downstairs as the front door (is being opened) for Charles.
3. Some kind of public demonstration (is being planned) to take place at the airport tonight.
4. The flight (had not been announced) yet. It (would not be announced) for another half-hour, at least.
5. The message, as Tanya (was dictating) it, (was being typed) by a girl clerk in New York.
6. She could tell by the inclination of his head that he (had been listening) intently to everything that (had been said).
7. It (is) an old house that (is divided) into flats.
8. Julia can’t know what (is being said) about her, and someone must tell her.
9. Each apartment was usually ( shared) by two or three girls. They (were known) as stewardess’ nests.
10. Inez (occupied) a chair in the room’s centre to which she (had been/was guided) on arrival.
11. He ( saw) that the doors of Trans America Flight Two (had not been closed) yet, and a few remaining passengers were still ( checking) in.