St Patrick’s Day is on March 17th
and it’s an important date in
Ireland. It’s also important in
other parts of the world where
Irish people have gone to live.
In Ireland
St Patrick’s Day is a public holiday.
People wear green clothes and
shamrocks and there are parades
and parties. The biggest parades are
in Ireland’s capital city, Dublin and at
Downpatrick in Northern Ireland,
because people think St Patrick
died there. There are also lots of
important traditional Irish sports
matches that day.
In the USA
A lot of Irish people went to live in
the USA in the past and St Patrick’s
Day is important there for both Irish
and non-Irish people. In Chicago and
other cities, they put green dye in the
river on St Patrick’s Day. There are
parades, too. The parade in New
York is the biggest in the world.
There are usually about 150,000
people in the parade and two million
people stand in the streets to watch.
Around the world
St Patrick’s Day is a public holiday in
some parts of Canada and on the
Caribbean island of Montserrat.
There are parades in Britain, Korea
and Japan and street parties in New
Zealand and Argentina.

Read about St Patrick's Day again. Answer
the questions.
1 St Patrick went to Ireland twice. Why did he go
there the first time? And the second?
2 Why is Downpatrick an important place on
St Patrick’s Day?
3 What is different about Chicago on
St Patrick’s Day?
4 Where is the world’s biggest St Patrick’s Day
parade?

  1.       Will you go to the airport to meet Nikolay? - Of course. I'm so glad that he will be in Moscow again. – Did you study the same university? – Yes I did, and besides we worked at the same factory in 1981. 2. Have you invited Professor Ivanov? - Yes, he said that he would be at half past six. 3. It was pretty bad weather yesterday, and we didn’t go to the wood (forest). 4. Was it rain in the country yesterday? – No it was not. - It is strange, but it was very heavy raining in Moscow. 5. Today is very warm outside. Do you mind my opening the window? 6. Now I get up earlier than usual, because I have to prepare breakfast for my father and brothers. 7. Do you have morning newspapers? 8. Today the same bad weather as yesterday. The sun does not shine, it’s quite cold and it might snow. 9. If we go to the station by tram, we'll be late. Let's take a cab, right? 10. Could you tell the children some funny story, please? They are liked the most funny stories. 2.      
 II. Where did you buy this watch? - In the central department store. – Is it expensive? - I paid thirty-five rubles for them. – It’s very nice watch.  I like them more than my own one. 12. February is snowy here and the coldest month of the year. 13. This coat is warmer than my old one, and I’ll wear it. Today is quite cold outside. 14. Have you finished your work? - No, I have only done part of it. 15. Is summer hotter in Moscow or Leningrad? - Of course, summer is not in Leningrad hot as in Moscow. 16. Many students of our group study English hard.

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I tried to be serious, but he could not help laughing when I heard her a funny story.

2. It is a pity that I missed the early train. If I came to 3 minutes earlier, I would not be late.

3. If it does not, please, I would never have called her.

4. Basic processes of competition and cooperation are illustrated using data obtained as a result of a large research project.

5. We want you to have completed its report as soon as possible. The work of the entire team depends on it. (Without subordinate clause.)

6. Did you explain why you were not allowed to take part in competitions in the last month?

7. Interestingly, when Mr. Johnson met with the founder of the oil company to discuss its sale.

8. Do not say such things, and then on you will laugh

9. Let me tell you that learning a foreign language requires constant work on it.

10. I'm sorry, that I interrupt you (without subordinate clause.), But I have to ask you a very important question before you finish your story.

11. As time was later, they decided to return home (without subordinate clause.)

You should not have (did not have) to do it yourself. This work could make the Secretary.

12. If I only knew that he was late, he would have called you. Now we have to wait for 2 hours. This is the same man who had called an hour ago. He must be at the station.

13. It was Mallory's almost 75 years ago, the first reached the summit of the mountain and only 30 years later (later) Hillary was able to follow his example.

14. When it comes to train? -At 3 o'clock. I'm going to meet her, but until then I'll have to call her brother to take the keys to her apartment. I have to be with him in 1230.

15. It is unlikely that this film will be shown on TV with a Russian translation. It is expected that it will go (will be shown) in the original version (without subordinate clause.)

16. He told us about this accident as if witnessed and saw everything with my own eyes.

17. The delegation suggested that the conference results of this experiment were announced.

18. Most sociologists believe that it is necessary for scientists to take responsibility for overseeing how the use of their discoveries.

19. It is possible, they would have found a good solution to this problem, if they had more time.

20. If the way he spoke slowly, I could understand it. Ask, please, Smith approached him and convey my request