Task 3. Match the verb on the left with suitable item on the right. Make your own sentences with the expressions.
1. scour a. a pile
2. place b. a concrete pad
3. embed c. under stress
4. pour d. the ground
5. form e. a beam
6. transfer f. settlement
7. stabilize g. concrete in layers
8. experience h. cracks
9. drive i. a foundation
10. distort j. a load
Task 4. Give a description of a building site in your local area. Describe its
shape, square, surrounding objects, what object is being built on it, how it looks
like, what machines work on the site, etc.

1. does anybody know French here? - I can speak  a little.2. there is little light in the room because the window is too small.3. he could not answer our question at once and promised to do it in a few hours.4.Little time is left, but we can still wait  a few minutes for him.5. only few days were sunny in october.6. there are many english books in our library but very many French ones.7. i don not need a lot of money. just  a little.8. not many people came, just a few.9. he did little to help us, which was not very friendly.10. she was tired and had little to say.11. have some coffee, there is still a little left.12. as we feared, there was much to interest us.13. we hoped to sell a lot, but much has been sold.14 he found a few, but not many.15. he spends only little of his time in london.

Tiger is the largest of the wild cats. Tiger is one of the largest terrestrial predators, second only to white and brown bears.Allocated to nine subspecies of tiger, of which the beginning of the XXI century, only six survived. The total number of tigers at the moment of the order of 4000-6500 animals, among them the most numerous is the Bengal tiger. In XX century, the tiger is included in the Red Book. Hunting for a banned worldwide.Habitat of tigers can be quite varied: rainforests, mangrove swamps and thickets of bamboo in the tropics, dry savannas, deserts, bare rocky hills and taiga in the north.