Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense:
Elizabeth II is the Queen of the United Kingdom. She … (be) also the constitutional monarch of 16 states known as the Commonwealth realms.
Elizabeth … (be) born in London, and educated privately at home. When her father… (die) in 1952, Elizabeth became Head of the Commonwealth and queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others. Her coronation service in 1953 … (be) the first to be televised.
During her 59-year reign, the second-longest for a British monarch, she … (become) queen of 25 other Commonwealth countries. as they gained independence. Her Silver and Golden Jubilees … (be) celebrated in 1977 and 2002; planning for her Diamond Jubilee in 2012 is underway.
In 1947, she … (marry) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with whom she has four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward.
She … (have) a deep sense of religious and civic duty. Elizabeth is the patron of over 600 charities and other organizations. She … (love) horses and dogs. Her clothes consist mostly of overcoats and decorative hats.
Elizabeth's personal popularity is very high in Great Britain.
Моя школа большая и светлая. Здесь меня научили писать, читать и многому другому.
Я хотела бы видеть свою школу полностью усовершенствованной. Школа будущего, какая она?
Входя в школу, каждый ученик должен раздеваться в собственном шкафчике с замком, открывающимся отпечатком пальца. Вместо учебников у каждого ученика будет свой персональный компьютер, в котором собрана вся учебная информация. Обстановка в школе будет самая современная, вместо деревянных парт и стульев у каждого ученика будет своя кабинка, оснащенная наушниками и электронным табло вместо доски. Тогда ученик не будет отвлекаться, а полностью будет занят учебным процессом.
Географию ученики будут изучать виртуально, посещая различные материки, проникая вглубь Земли. Уроки истории будут проходить с машины времени: все ученики переносятся в другие века, участвуют в походах, изучают искусство тех веков. Перемены будут проходить очень весело, так как много специализированных комнат по интересам. В столовой будут обслуживать роботы-официанты, которые приготовят ту пищу, какую ты пожелаешь.
Все будет увлекательно и интересно!
Olympic games and Kazakhstan
July 17 at 11:35 am
Taufik KARIMOV, a political analyst
On the eve of the main sporting event of the quadrennial year-the London Olympics-let's remember the achievements of Kazakhstani athletes at the Olympic games of our time.
Participation of Kazakhstani athletes in the Olympic games of our time should be divided into two parts – first as part of the USSR national team, and then, after independence, as part of the national team under its national flag.
However, first I want to warn readers – here you will see some discrepancies with the generally accepted data. For example, it is believed that for the first time Kazakhstan took part in the Olympics in 1956, in my opinion – in 1952 (then, by the way, the first medal was won, and not in 1960, as it is believed).
The first Olympic champion-Kazakh in official sources is called the wrestler Zhaksylyk USHKEMPIROV (1980), although in fact this is Alzhan ZHARMUKHAMEDOV (1972). Without detracting from the merits of our outstanding athlete, we just note that Ushkempirov is indeed the first Kazakh Olympic champion who represented Kazakhstan directly. And Kazakh Zharmukhamedov, who became the champion of the Munich Olympics in the Soviet basketball team, then lived in Moscow and played for CSKA. Then we all lived in a single state called the USSR, and it often happened that the best athletes, and not only from Kazakhstan, played for other Union republics. However, in order