Open the brackets, using the correct form of the verb 'be' and retell the texts. (a) parks of london there — more than eighty parks in london. the best known parks near the centre of london — hyde park, regent's park and st. james's park. hyde park —- a large park of three hundred and forty acres. at the time of king henry viii there — wild animals in , the park today people walk-in the park or sit on the grass. the serpentine — a lake in the middle of hyde park. in summer you can swim in the serpentine or go out in a boat. regent's park — larger than hyde park. the london zoo — in regent's park. there—more than six thousand animals and birds in the zoo. you can visit the zoo by boat. the boat goes along the regent's canal. there — also an open air theatre in regent's park. you can see shakespeare's plays there in summer. st. james's park — the oldest and the smallest of these three parks. it — very near buckingham palace. the. lake and gardens in st. james's park—very beautiful. (b) in a.d. 61, in the times of the romans, london (it — londi-nium in those days) — a walled city. but there — probably a small settlement even before that time. the first settlements — on two hills on the north bank of the thames. these places today—westminster and st. paul's.* in the city walls there— "gates". now there—still several: bishopsgate and ludgate — two of them.

There —are more than eighty parks in London. The best known parks near the centre of London —is Hyde Park, Regent's Park and St. James's Park. Hyde Park —is- a large park of three hundred and forty acres. At the time of King Henry VIII there —were wild animals in ,the park Today people walk-in the park or sit on the grass. The Serpentine —is a lake in the middle of Hyde Park. In summer you can swim in the Serpentine or go out in a boat.
Regent's Park —is larger than Hyde Park. The London Zoo —is in Regent's Park. There —are more than six thousand animals and birds in the Zoo. You can visit the Zoo by boat. The boat goes along the Regent's Canal. There —is also an open air theatre in Regent's Park. You can see Shakespeare's plays there in summer.
St. James's Park —is the oldest and the smallest of these three parks. It —is very near Buckingham Palace. The. lake and gardens in St. James's Park—are very beautiful.
(B) In A.D. 61, in the times of the Romans, London (it —was Londi-nium in those days) —was a walled city. But there —was probably a small settlement even before that time. The first settlements —were on two hills on the north bank of the Thames. These places today —are Westminster and St. Paul's.* In the city walls there —were "gates". Now there — are still several: Bishopsgate and Ludgate —are two of them.

В данных предложениях надо поставить, что могут (CAN) и что не могут делать (CAN’T = сокращенное от CANNOT) звери, птицы и люди. В английском языке CAN имеет значение «МОЧЬ, УМЕТЬ»

1.    Horses CAN run very well (= ставим CAN: лошади, действительно, обладают этой быстро бегать)

Перевод: Лошади умеют (могут) очень хорошо бегать

2.    Turtles CAN swim (= ставим CAN, некоторые черепахи могут плавать)

Переводим: Черепахи умеют (могут) плавать.

3.    Dogs СAN’T eat flowers (= ставим СAN’T, так как собаки не едят цветы)

Переводится, как: Собаки не могут есть цветы.

4.    Birds СAN’T run very well (= ставим СAN’T)

Переводим: Птицы не умеют (не могут) быстро бегать ( = но здесь зависит от контекста, если это, например, страусы или куры, домашняя птица, можно поставить УМЕЮТ = CAN)

5.    Little boys and girls СAN’T read very well.

(= ставим СAN’T, так как подразумеваем, что дети очень малы, с другой стороны, постановка САN / CAN’T  в этом предложении опять зависит от контекста, так как все дети разные, а некоторые маленькие дети уже умеют и могут хорошо читать)

Перевод: Маленькие мальчики и девочки не умеют хорошо читать.

6.    Bears СAN eat fish (= ставим могут -СAN, так как медведи действительно едят рыбу)

Перевод на русский: Медведи могут есть рыбу.

7.    Frogs СAN sing. (= ставим СAN, так как подразумеваем, что они издают звуки, похожие на пение, здесь используется переносное значение)

Перевод: Лягушки умеют петь.

Dear Friend: 

The diet mentality tells you that you failed or are failing or whatever negative message you're getting b/c of a slight gain that you're already dealing with. 

On the flip side, the healthy lifestyle mentality tells me that you're succeeding! You had a coupla days of less-than-perfect eating. Your body retained some fluid. It may have begun to store excess glycogen and fat. You stopped burning fat. And then you went back to doing what works! How is this a bad thing? 

I haven't read YOU ON A DIET, but I'm guessing there is info in there about the difference between a diet and learning to maintain a healthy lifestyle, which allows for slower (sometimes oh-so-slow) weight loss and then culminates in MAINTENANCE. 

We MUST get off the diet roller coaster and get on the healthy lifestyle train. Diets don't teach maintenance. They don't teach us how to let-loose for a couple days and then recover from that and move on. Diets teach us there is a perfect way and then there is everything else. 

Healthy lifestyles teach us balance. They teach us about how to maintain a quality of life, about how to indulge and, perhaps occasionally overindulge, and how to regain control to focus on healthy. Healthy lifestyle is about WAY more than diet. Healthy lifestyle never tells us were failures or that weve failed. Healthy lifestyle means we learn not to get mad at ourselves. Healthy lifestyle means we learn new ways to deal with situations we perceive as negative. Healthy lifestyle means we send ourselves positive messages. Healthy lifestyle means we eat the most healthy way we can, most of the time. Healthy lifestyle means we get the minimum amount of water and exercise our body needs but often do more, because we deserve more than the minimum. Healthy lifestyle means were always learning. We keep ourselves open to hear new information that may increase our health. Healthy lifestyle means we take time out to play, to rest, to enjoy our friends and families, to pray or have some quiet time. Diets are temporary . Healthy lifestyle is the journey were on. This journey has no ultimate destination 

And, by the way, friend, if you're still reading this, the day they open the line for perfection, I'm already first! If I don't get to be perfect, neither do you! 

Now, scatgo out and enjoy your healthy lifestyle.