Новости из прошлого на английском языке. Выпуск №3

Анна Пигарёва

Данный сборник предназначен тем, кто уже изучал английский язык в школе, колледже, университете или учится в настоящее время. 29 новостных сообщений, содержащихся в нем, взяты из разных выпусков газеты «THE MOSCOW TIMES» за 2010 год. К каждому новостному сообщению прилагается отдельный словарь, что удобно для чтения и запоминания. Материал, содержащийся в сборнике, можно использовать как дополнительный к основному учебнику по английскому языку.

Автор-составитель Анна Пигарёва

ISBN 978-5-0050-5037-3 (т. 3)

ISBN 978-5-0050-5038-0

Создано в интеллектуальной издательской системе Ridero

Такими разными были новости в 2010 году

Новости для сборника подобраны из газеты «The Moscow Times» 2010 год

Daughter of Kiev Mayor Reports $5.5 Million Worth of Jewelry Stolen From Her Purse in Paris¹

PARIS — The daughter of Kiev’s mayor told police that she was robbed of 4 million euros ($5.5 million) worth of jewelry as she traveled by car from Charles de Gaulle airport to the French capital, Paris police said Tuesday.

A spokesman for her wealthy father, however, immediately denied the report, which could be embarrassing considering that his daughter heads a charity organization funded by his own city government and many Ukrainians are struggling amid a widespread recession. A Paris police official said Kristina Chernovetska reported that a man broke into her luxury car Monday as it stopped on a highway north of Paris, then stole her purse. Chernovetska reported the incident to authorities and said the purse contained valuable rings and earrings, the official said. The official was not authorized to be named according to police policy and gave no further description of the jewelry. But a spokesman for Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky denied that there was a robbery. «This is somebody’s bad joke. We completely deny these reports about a robbery. There was no robbery,» spokeswoman Marta Hrymska said.

Chernovetsky was one of the first banking magnates in Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union and sold his Pravex Bank for 493 million euros to Italy’s lntesa Sanpaolo in June 2008. His term as mayor since 2006 has been marked by persistent corruption scandals, and he has often boasted of his daughter’s charity work to bolster his scarred public image. This would be the first public flap involving Kristina.

French police said they contacted the Ukrainian Embassy about the incident, but the embassy would not comment on it Tuesday. Hrymska insisted that Chernovetska was in Kiev on Tuesday, but her whereabouts remained unknown. A receptionist at the luxury George V hotel just off the Champs-Elysees confirmed that a «Christina» Chernovetska was registered, but it was not clear whether that was the same person. At the George V, the least expensive room is 750 euros ($1,025) a night. Luxury limousines lined up in front of the hotel for guests in furs and designer sunglasses, while diners inside lunched beneath crystal chandeliers. Among goods on sale at the George V are 100,000 euro ($136,700) pearl necklaces.

Chernovetska, 30, has degrees in law and economics, and she heads the charity organization Luchshy Dom, or «Best House,» a home for poor older people funded by the city of Kiev. She has also previously worked on her father’s political campaigns. The report of the jewel theft led to a political backlash Tuesday, as Volodymyr Bondarenko of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, her group of lawmakers in the parliament, poked fun at both daughter and father. «Chernovetsky needs to immediately call up his favorite grandmas and grandpas so that they could sacrifice part of their pensions to buy Kristina back her jewels,» Bondarenko said in a statement.

According to В соответствии, согласно…

Amid Среди, посреди

Backlash Отрицательное последствие

Beneath Под

Boast Хвастаться

Bolster Поддерживать

Break into (broke broken) Вломиться, проникнуть

Chandelier Люстра

Charity Благотворительность

Completely Полностью

Confirm Подтверждать

Consider Принимать во внимание

Degree Диплом

Deny Отрицать

Description Описание

Diner Обедающий

Earrings Серьги

Embarrassing Смущающий

Embassy Посольство

Expensive Дорогой

Flap Шлепок, удар

Fund (v) Финансировать

Fur Мех

Give (gave, given) Дать, передать

Guest Гость

Immediately Немедленно

Involve Касаться, затрагивать

Jewel Ювелирное изделие

Jewelry Драгоценности, ювелирные изделия

Joke Шутка

Lead (led, led) Вести

Neckless Ожерелье

Pearl Жемчуг

Persistent Постоянный

Poke fun Подшучивать над кем-либо

Previously Ранее

Purse 1) дамская сумочка, 2) кошелек

Recession Спад, регресс, кризис

Remain Оставаться

Sacrifice Жертвовать

Scar Шрам

Steal (stole, stolen) Украсть

Struggle Бороться

Term Срок, продолжительность

Theft Кража

Valuable Ценный, дорогостоящий

Wealthy Богатый

Whereabouts Местонахождение

Widespread Широко распространенный

Worth Имеющий стоимость

Russia Sends Aid to Quake-Hit Chile²

President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the Emergency Situations Ministry to send two cargo planes loaded with humanitarian aid to Chile after the South American country was rocked by a powerful earthquake last week, a Kremlin spokesman told reporters Tuesday.

The first cargo plane carrying tents, blankets and electric power generators will arrive in Chile on Wednesday, and a second plane with other humanitarian aid will follow a day later, a ministry spokeswoman told The Moscow Times on Tuesday. «No Russian rescue teams will be sent there, only the aid,» she said.

More than 700 people have died and about 2 million have been displaced after the magnitude-8.8 earthquake hit the Chilean coast last Friday. No Russian citizens were killed or wounded during the quake, but the Russian Embassy in the capital of Santiago was slightly damaged. Russian rescue teams recently took part in a relief operation in Haiti after the Caribbean Island was devastated by a powerful earthquake in January.

Aid Помощь

Arrive Прибывать, приезжать

Blanket Шерстяное одеяло

Cargo Груз

Devastate Опустошать,

Displace Вытеснять, выдавливать

Earthquake Землетрясение

Follow Идти за, следовать

Load Грузить, нагружать

Order Приказывать, давать распоряжение

Powerful Мощный

Recently Недавно, в последнее время

Relief (n) Помощь

Rescue Спасать

Rock (v) Колебать, трясти

Slightly Незначительно, слегка

South — North Юг Север

Take part in (took, taken) Принимать участие

Team Команда

Tell (told, told) Говорить, сказать

Wound Ранить

Investigator Released in $15M Bribe Case³

A senior federal investigator has returned to work while under indictment for purportedly extorting $15 million from a local businessman, Interfax reported Thursday.

Andrei Grivtsov, in charge of high-priority cases with the Investigative Committee, was detained Jan. 15 on suspicion of soliciting the enormous bribe from Vladimir Palikhata, head of Rosenergomash, a leading electrical engineering manufacturer. A Moscow court, however, released Grivtsov from pretrial detention late Wednesday, Interfax reported.

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