ответьте на вопросы: 1. How long does secondary school last?
2. Do children have to study religious education in the UK?
3. What does the letters GCSE stand for?
4. What is "public school" in the UK and the USA?
5. Do parents have to pay for public schools in the UK and the USA?
6. How long is the school day?
7. How many terms are there in school year?
8. Do many British kids attend public school?

1 They had been skating together for 7 years before they took part in the competition.

They hadn't been skating together for 7 years before they took part in the competition.

Had they been skating together for 7 years before they took part in the competition?

2 We had been picking apples the whole day so we were tired.

We hadn't been picking up apples the whole day, so we weren't tired

Had we been picking up apples the whole day, so we were tired!

3 Sam had been working here for 2 years before he left to go to the university.

Sam hadn't been working here for 2 years before he left to go to the university.

Had Sam been working here for 2 years before he left to go to the university?

Когда мы говорим о загрязнении нефтью, мы должны иметь в виду, что одной из причин такого загрязнения является выброс нефтесодержащих смесей с судов ( например, промывка цистерн с танкеров) или разлив нефти в результате аварий на море.  

Ниже предоставляется газетный репортаж об одной из таких аварий.

Супертанкер тонет у берегов Южной Африки, вызывав разлив. Эксперты по сообщили, что участок дрейфующего испанского супертанкера, который загорелся у южноафриканского побережья, был снабжен тросом, и буксир готовился вытащить его в море и потопить.