Упражнение 6. Закончите текст глаголами в скобках в действительном или страдательном залоге. Используйте указанные времена.
Paragraph A: present simple Paragraph B: past simple
Paragraph C: present perfect Paragraph D: will future
A A report today … (accuse) leading stories of exploiting workers in China:
‘Workers in factories there … (pay) low wages: the employers … (not / recognize)
union and workers … (often / force) to work seven days a week’.
B the author of the report … (visit) several factories: ‘On one occasion, the owner
… (tell) in advance of our visit. That time, there … (be) 30 workers and they…
(give) regular breaks. When we … (make) a surprise visit the next day, the same
room … (pack) with over 100 workers’.
C A spokesperson for one of the stories said: ‘We … (have) factories in China for
years and are proud of the improvements in working conditions that … (make).
The factories … (always / produce) high-quality goods and customers in Europe …
(benefit) from low prices’.
D The report says: ‘We expect the issue … (rise) in the boardrooms over the next
few weeks, and we … (get) lots of promises. But we need more than this – so we
… (keep up) the pressure. We hope that something … (finally / do)’.
2)Who are paid social benefits in Britain?
3)What categories of people receive benefits in Russia?
4)What do you know about the advantages and disadvantages of the healthcare system in the USA and in Russia?
5)Children under 18 years of age to claim social benefits
6)Benefits are also paid to not work,widows and temporarily able-bodied citizens
7)the social security System is financed by means of taxes
8)Many elderly people live independently in retirement homes.