Условие:
Переведите предложения 1-8 и определения (a-h). Подберите определения к словам, выделенным курсивом.
1. I went to live in Egypt in the middle of summer and it took me some time to adjust to the heat.
2. He decided he didn’t want to socialise with his work colleagues. This was a barrier to him making new friends quickly and easily.
3. When she moved to Istanbul, she didn’t get to know many Turkish people because she lived in a community of expatriates who had been living in Turkey for a couple of years.
4. After about three years, there was a significant increase in the number of local people who were hired to work in the company. The number jumped from five to just over twenty.
5. When he first arrived, he found it difficult to cope with the number of people asking for money on street.
6. When he first started working there, his salary was only just adequate and he had to be careful with the way he spent his money.
7. She decided to take the position abroad in order to attain a promotion in the company.
8. When no one was there to meet him at the airport, he had a strong feeling of anxiety and he wondered whether this move abroad had been a good idea.
a. someone who does not live in their own country
b. to deal successfully with a difficult situation
c. to become familiar with a new situation
d. an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future
e. to reach or succeed in getting something; to achieve
f. important or noticeable
g. enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose
h. anything that prevents people from being together or understanding each other
Решение:
Давайте переведем предложения и подберем определения к выделенным словам. 1. Я переехал жить в Египет в середине лета, и мне понадобилось некоторое время, чтобы приспособиться к жаре. 2. Он решил, что не хочет общаться со своими коллегами по работе. Это было препятствием для него, чтобы быстро и легко завести новых друзей. 3. Когда она переехала в Стамбул, она не смогла узнать много турков, потому что жила в сообществе экспатов, которые жили в Турции уже несколько лет. 4. После примерно трех лет произошло значительное увеличение числа местных жителей, которые были наняты для работы в компании...