Put the verbs from the list into the story in the past simple, past perfect, or past continous. 1) compete, 2) wait, 3) notice, 4) begin, 5) win, 6) beat, 7) say, 8) last, 9) take, 10) take, 11) give, 12) discover. in the seoul olympics in 1988, the canadian runner ben johnson was running in the 100 metres final. people called it the race of the century because johnson 1 against his greatest rival - the american sprinter, carl lewis. when the runners 2 to starts the race, some people 3 that johnson's eyes were yellow. the race 4 and moments later johnson was the olympic champion. his time of 9.72 seconds was a new world record. johnson was euphoric, because he 5 the gold medal and 6 his american rival, carl lewis. after the race. johnson 7 : "my name is benjamin sinclair johnson jnr and this world record will last 50 years, maybe 100 years". but he was wrong. his world record 8 only a few hours. that evening, drug tests showed that johnson 9 steroids before the race. the olympic committe 10 away his gold medal and 11 it to carl lewis. johnson was also banned from athletic for two years. but fifteen years later people 12 some amazing news about carl

1) competed 2) were waiting 3) noticed, 4) began, 5) won, 6) beat, 7) said, 8) lasted, 9) had taken,10) took, 11) gave, 12) discovered.

Many americans like to talk about the weather.they have a lot to talk about .people always wanted to get the weather forecast. in the old days they just guessed or used an old spoke, what the weather was like in the past. today people use radar, satellite images and computers.there are all sorts of tools to help them make weather pictures. some people can predict the weather for the whole year or the whole season. in november of each year , the united stated department of weather forecasts of what the weather will be. and each year, americans read the forecast for the whole year in an old farm newspaper.as in the department of weather and the old farmer, the newspaper use of information about previous years.first, they take old weather reports and information from satellites,balloons,radar stations and ships at sea and put them in the computer.the computer then issues a report.these reports are very important to many americans,they are important for farmes,pilots,astronauts,athletes,filmmakers and people who spend a lot of time outdoors. americans cannot, as a lot of their weather,but they don't like to talk about it and they love to watch tv weather forecast.and for weather reports is also important.

Ну помню стихи только по шесть строк they all gathered sticks and lit a fire.there was an incredible sunset.next morning they held a committee meeting.tom, susan, jim and billvoted to make the best of things.mary, the eccentric widow, abstained.перевод: они все искали дрова, а потом развели огонь. закат был бесподобен. на следующее утро они провели собрание. том, съюзан, джим и билл проголосовали за то, как лучше все обустроить. мэри, эксцентричная вдова, воздержалась. и второй: the volcano erupted, but they dug a trenchand diverted the lava into the seawhere it found a spectacular pierthey were attacked by the pirates but defeated themwith bamboo bazookas firingsea-urchins packed with home-made nitro-glycerin.перевод: случилось извержение вулкана, но они выкопали траншею, направили лаву в море, где она, застыв, стала прекрасной пристанью. их атаковали пираты, но они победили их с базуками из бамбука, что стреляли морскими ежами на нитроглицерине.