1. Дайте ответы.

a) Where was the bushfire disaster? b) How many people and animals were killed in the fires, and how many homes were destroyed? c) Why was it almost impossible to stop the fires? (What helped the fires?) d) Who or what were the fires caused by? e) What helped the fire fighters to get the fires under control eventually? f) What kind of weather has been forecast for the weekend? g) Why do you think fires in uninhabited areas are sometimes allowed to burn themselves out? h) Why do you think a fund to help people hit by the Austra¬lian bushfires was set up in Britain - not, for example, in Germany?

3. Преобразуйте активную форму в пассивную.

They have set up a fund. - A fund has been set up.

a) Someone has turned off the electric heater. b) The bushfires have hit thousands of people. c) The firestorm has destroyed 2.000 home. d) You must book hotel accommodation, e) We will arrange some excursions. f) Someone has to unload the truck. g) The staff locked the robber in. h) A spokesman praised the staff for stopping the train. i) A gunman seized £8.500 from a camera shop yesterday.

5. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в соответствующей форме: to + Infinitive, -ing-форма или Past Participle.

a) In uninhabited areas, bushfires are often allowed (burn) themselves out. b) He was charged with (shoot) an assistant in a Baker Street camera shop. c) Most of the equipment (destroy) by the fire was rather old. d) Part of the money comes from a fund (set up) in Britain (help) people (hit) by the bushfires.

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