Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения прилагательных; подчеркните в предложениях формы сравнения: 1. the average age of this new town’s inhabitants is the youngest in the country. 2. she studies better during this term (семестр 3. this is the most powerful hydroelectric power station in siberia. 4. more and more men were engaged (заняты) in this job. 5. she began to work earlier.

1. средний возраст населения этого нового города самый маленький в стране. форма сравнения - the youngest 2. во время этого семестра она учится лучше. форма сравнения - better 3. это самая мощная гидроэлектростанция в сиберии. форма сравнения - the most powerful 4. все больше и больше людей (мужчин) были вовлечены в эту работу. форма сравнения - more and more 5. она начала работать раньше. форма сравнения - earlier 

One of russia's most celebrated poets of all times, michael lermontov was born in moscow in the family of a nobleman. he spent his childhood and youth in tarckany, in the province of penza. in 1830 lermontov entered the moscow university, but very soon he had to leave it. then he entered st. petersburg school of cavalry cadets. he finished it and served in the hussar regiment of the imperial guard. in 1837 the poet was exiled to the caucasus for his poem "poets death". in 1840 lermontov was exiled to the caucasus for the second time. he was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. the quarrel led to a duel. on july 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. he was not even 27 at that time. lermontov began writing when he was very young. one of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "hadji arbek". but he won fame as a poet after his poem "poets death" was published. lermontov's poems "demon" "mtsyri" his great novel "a hero of our time" and his play "masquerade" are masterpieces of russian literature. whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. lermontov's influence as of a poet and a thinker on all russian writes can't be overestimated.

Here in europe, raccoons have delivered and brought by force and only in the 30-ies of the last century. in russia, the raccoons were even earlier, but initially only in the form of skins. still colder in russia than in europe, and therefore in the same spain or france warm raccoon fur few people interested. and foreign merchants tried to seduce "luxury raccoon coat" russian beauties. i just did the raccoons in a different way — by geneti. geneti is a close cousin to the mongoose. them (genet) in europe are often kept in houses instead of cats to catch rats. the fur of raccoons were similar to those of exotic pest control, and russia was called the geneti. then this word gradually transformed into genota, and then to the raccoon.