Перевод текста the welcome-home cake by linda herman on the fourth of july, lily looked out of the window. everyone was celebrating america’s birthday. usually lily helped dad to hang the flag while mom was making a picnic dinner-. (1) _ but this year dad bought the cake and went to bring mom home from hospital. sister carol was doing something in her room. lily looked at the cake. mom’s cakes were always more beautiful. suddenly lily smiled. in the cupboard there were mom’s cake-dec- crating things. lily took red, blue, and yellow sugar crystals. she made a line of red crystals on the cake and a line of yellow crys- tals under that. “yuck! ” carol said. (2) : “what is it? ” “a flag, ” lily answered. but it didn’t look like a flag at all. “mom’s at home! ” carol shouted. (3) _ lily helped mom to sit on the sofa. then carol brought in chicken dinner. they greeted mom while they were eating dinner. “it’s time for the fireworks, ” dad said. carol brought in the cake. everyone sang “happy birthday” to america. but lily didn’t sing. she was looking at the cake. she was sad. suddenly mom pointed to the window. (4) __ pop! pop! pop! ‘. -‘it is like the fireworks on the cake, ” said mom softly. and her eyes were brighter than the fireworks in the sky. (from “highlights for children”) unit 5 test yourself

 Праздничный торт, приготовленный Линдой Герман на  4 июля. 
Лили выглянула  в окно. Все отмечали день рождения Америки. Обычно Лили отцу  вешать флаг, пока мама готовила обед. Но в этом году отец купил торт и отправился в больницу за мамой.Сестра Кэрол чем-то занималась в  своей комнате.Лили взглянула на торт. Торты, которые пекла мама, всегда были намного красивее. Внезапно Лили улыбнулась. В шкафу были мамины декоративные примочки. Лили взяла красные, голубые и жёлтые сахарные кристаллы.Она нарисовала на торте  линию красных кристаллов, а под ней - линию жёлтых. "Як!" - сказала Кэрол. "Что это?". "Это флаг" - ответила Лили.Но это совсем не было похоже на флаг. "Мама дома!"- закричала Кэрол.Лили маме сесть на диван. Затем Кэрол принесла обеденного цыплёнка. Они поприветствовали маму во время обеда. "Время для фейерверков" - сказал папа. Кэрол принесла торт. Все спели "С днём рождения, Америка"., кроме Лили.Она смотрела на торт. Она была расстроена.Вдруг мама указала  в сторону окна. "Поп!Поп!Поп!". -"Это как  фейерверки на торте" - сказала она мягко.И её глаза светились ярче, чем фейерверки в небе.

New Zealand (1)

New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1600 km southeast of Australia and about 10 500 km southwest of California. New Zealand belongs to a large island group called Polynesia. The country is situated on two main islands — the North Island and the South Island — and several dozen smaller islands. Most of the smaller islands are hundreds of kilometers from the main ones.

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Auckland is the largest city. English is the official language of New Zealand and is spoken throughout the country. Many native people speak their own language» Maori, in addition to English.

The country once belonged to the British empire. Today it is an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of Britain and a number of its former colonies.

New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. The British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of New Zealand. She appoints a governor general to represent her, but the governor general has little power. The legislation, prime minister, and Cabinet run the national government.

Britain gave New Zealand a constitution in 1852, when it was a British colony. But through the years the New Zealand legislature has changed almost all its provisions. Today, the nation has no written constitution.

The first people who settled in New Zealand were a brown-skinned people called Maoris. They came from Polynesian islands located northeast of New Zealand. The country was discovered by Europeans in 1642, but they did not start to settle in the islands until the late 1700's. Today, most New Zealanders are descendants of the early European settlers. Maoris make up about 12 % of the country's population

New Zealand has one of the highest standard of living in the world. For many years, the economy of the country depended largely on agriculture. Today agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries are all important to the economy. New Zealand's economy depends on trade with many countries — Australia, Britain, Japan and the United States.

I (1) (was) there on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Monday I (2) (was riding) Gabriel from 5 to 6. I (3) (have been) at the sports centre this week, too. On Tuesday I (4) (watched) a football match. On Thursday Bob and I (5) (played) tennis in the playground. While we (6) (were playing) tennis, it (7) (started) to rain and we (8) (did not finish) the game. Yesterday we (9) (were talking) about the book Game Boy all day long. All the boys and girls in my class (10) (have read) it. I (11) (have read) it, too and recommend it 100%.