Focus on Grammar. Exercise 18. Translate into English

Exercise 18. Translate into English. Pay attention to the Passives.

1. Кинология насчитывает 400 пород собак.

2. Многие наркотики были обнаружены при помощи специально натренированных собак.

3. Собаки применяются на самых рискованных участках жизнедеятельности людей.

4. Многие нарушители были задержаны при помощи милицейских собак.

5. Служебные собаки всегда использовались на границе.

Exercise 19. Translate the sentences into Russian. Pay attention to the Passive forms of the verbs.

1. Drug detector dogs have been trained by Swedish Customs since 2003.

2. The dog handler is assigned a young dog (approximately 1-3 years old) and is responsible for its teaching and training.

3. The dog is assessed entirely on the basis of its own characteristics.

4. Characteristics that are sought include hunting and retrieval instincts, temperament, approachability, stamina, acuity, and defence.

5. Dogs are recruited on the open market.

6. Dogs are approved after a suitability test.

7. A detection dog team is certified after training before they can begin their work.

8. Each year a prize is awarded to the drug detector dog.

9. Border Collies and an English Springer spaniel are being used in anti-drug work.

10. K9 officers are given border assignments, which mean they patrol areas where individuals cross from one country to another.

Exercise 20. Translate into Russian. Pay attention to Modal verbs.

1. Since drug detector dog has to work at varying places, such as in ships, warehouses areas and containers, it has to have a positive attitude towards different working environments and must not be scared of loud noises.

2. Drug detector dogs must also be friendly towards people, since the dogs work amongst people.

3. The tests show whether the puppy has such problems that may be a barrier to its development into a drug detector dog.

Exercise 21. Match the halves.

1. After the initial training course the dog 2. The dogs are transported in 3. The training philosophy employed by the Police 4. The dog handlers must be 5. During demonstrations, handlers provide general information 6. All Police dog handlers are experienced 7. Dogs live at home 8. The general purpose dog is mainly used

a) on drugs and firearms, currency and food, plant and animal products and demonstrate their dogs trained abilities b) dedicated to their dogs, while both on- and off- duty c) with their handlers d) to track and search for people e) police officers with approximately five years policing experience f) is based on positive reinforcement g) air-conditioned vehicles h) border services officers

Exercise 22. Put the verbs into the Passive forms.

1. Passengers leave all sorts of things in buses. The conductors collect them and send them to the Lost Property Office.

2. The Police dog’s skills to detect narcotics and explosives have saved millions of taxpayers’ dollars.

3. We will prosecute trespassers (нарушители границ владения).

4. Someone suggested that taxes should be reduced.

5. The police shouldn’t allow people to park here.

6. They searched his house and found a number of stolen articles.

7. You shouldn’t leave these documents on the desk. You should lock them up.