II. Work with the text

1. Прочтите текст. Найдите в тексте глаголы группы Perfect Continuous, объясните их употребление. Переведите текст и ответьте на вопросы после него.

A Successful Operation

The mummy (мумия) of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors had been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which had been lasting for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin (смола) which covered the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent in to a laboratory. They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of cow was normally placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully survived the operation.

1. How long had the mummy been staying not touched?

2. What had specialists found inside the mummy?

3. Did the mummy survive the operation?

2. Переведите письменно текст с английского языка на русский, обращая внимание на времена глаголов.

Daily news

Good evening. Here is the six o'clock news.

A demonstration against unemployment has been taking place in Manchester. Demonstrators have been marching through the city for two hours.

The fire on the oil rig in the North Sea has been burning af­ter the explosion since last Tuesday. Bad weather is causing problems with gales (шторм) and heavy seas.

Traffic in west London has been growing steadily since early this morning as fans have been arriving for today's foot­ball match at Wembley stadium. Police are advising motorists to avoid the area unless absolutely necessary.

Despite good weather over most of the country, Scotland has been experiencing some of the worst summer weather in this country. It has been raining there for the last ten hours, the fore­cast suggests that it will continue until tomorrow morning, with a chance of thunder and lightning.

3. Time for fun

Too Mitch and Too Little

Two middle-aged friends haven't seen each other for ages. One of them has become particularly thin, the other very fat. At first they don't recog­nize each other. At last one of them exclaims. "Why! Bless my soul! It's Dick! I am sure you have been fasting (голодать) ever since I saw you last". "As for you, replies the other, « I am afraid you have been doing nothing but eating ever since».

Talk

"Goodness, Maria!" exclaims Mrs. Smith. "What a kitchen! Every pot, pan and dish is dirty. The table is a perfect litter. It will take you all night to clear things up. What have you been doing?

"Nothing, ma'm", explains Maria, "your daughter has just been show­ing me how they boil potatoes at her cookery class in college".

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