Exercise 1. Найдите сказуемые в страдательном залоге в следующих предложениях и подчеркните их. Определите их время. Переведите предложения на русский язык. 1. Tree growth on the territory of the ancient Great Britain tundra was limited by high altitude. Рост деревьев на территории древней тундры Великобритании был ограничен большой высотой. 2. By 3000 BC almost all the territory of Great Britain was covered with forest. К 3000 году до нашей эры почти вся территория Великобритании была покрыта лесом. 3. Neolithic agriculture had been introduced on the territory of the ancient Great Britain between 3100 and 2900 BC. Неолитическое земледелие было введено на территории древней Великобритании между 3100 и 2900 годами до нашей эры. 4. Wood was replaced by coal in the 19th century. Древесина была заменена углем в 19 веке. 5. Not enough timber is produced in the UK to satisfy domestic demand. В Великобритании производится недостаточно древесины для удовлетворения внутреннего спроса. 6. By the beginning of the 20th century almost 5 per cent of Britain and only 1.5 per cent of Ireland was covered with trees. К началу 20-го века почти 5% Британии и только 1, 5% Ирландии были покрыты деревьями. 7. Since 2009 more and more mid-rise buildings across Canada has been constructed using wood as the primary construction material. С 2009 года все больше и больше среднеэтажных зданий по всей Канаде строится с использованием дерева в качестве основного строительного материала. 8. Forestry and forest industry are closely linked. Лесное хозяйство и лесная промышленность тесно связаны. 9. About 60 percent of productive forest land in Finland is owned by private people. Около 60 процентов продуктивных лесных земель в Финляндии принадлежат частным лицам. 10. In 2012 approximately 15, 000 people were employed in forestry in the UK. В 2012 году в лесном хозяйстве Великобритании было занято около 15 000 человек. 11. The European market has traditionally been used by Russian forest traders. Европейский рынок традиционно используется российскими лесоторговцами.

The white tiger is an individual of the Bengal tiger with a congenital mutation (not considered a separate subspecies). The mutation leads to a completely white coloration - a tiger with black-brown stripes on white fur and blue eyes. This color is very rare among wild animals. The frequency of appearance of white tigers is 1 individual per 10 000 with normal color. Reports of the white tiger for many decades came from Assam, Bengal, Bihar and especially from the territory of the former indigenous principality of Reva. The first discovery of the white tiger in nature, however, is attributed to 1951, when one of the hunters took a white male tiger from the lair that he had found and then unsuccessfully tried to obtain from him the same progeny from the female with normal color, but then after all succeeded in creating a second generation of white tigers. Over time, the population has significantly expanded: all white tigers, which are now contained in captivity, are descendants of the same found individual and have a relationship with each other. Now in captivity contains about 130 white tigers, about 100 of them - in India. The last known white tiger in nature was shot in 1958. The view that white tigers are albinos is wrong - in fact, this coloration is caused by the presence of recessive genes (a real albino tiger would not have black bands). If both parents are heterozygous, that is, orange, but are carriers of genes, then the chance to get their offspring in the form of a white tiger is 25%. Parents, one of whom is a white tiger, and the other an orange heterozygote, has a similar chance to increase up to 50%. If one of the parents is white and the other is orange, but homozygous, the whole offspring will be orange, but the carriers of the gene. White tigers are usually smaller (from childhood) than ordinary Bengal tigers, and often, due to closely related crossings, [1] have various genetic defects, including strabismus, poor vision, clubfoot, curved spine and neck, problems with kidneys. Nevertheless, the claim that infant mortality among white tigers is extremely high does not really correspond to reality. White tigers are popular not only in zoos, where they are often attracted to everyone's attention and are therefore considered a valuable specimen, but also in popular culture: in particular, some musical groups dedicated songs to them. I want this breed of tigers to be protected and not killed! Thank you for attention