Scotland Yard seeks killer on Motorcycle
POLICE ARE hunting a man on a motorcycle who shot dead a man in a car on Saturday afternoon. Stephen Cairns, 32, was a passenger in a Mercedes when the gunman opened fire. His twenty-year-old friend, who was driving, was injured. They were attacked while driving a way from the Earl Derby pub in Kensal Town, west London. The men, both from west London, were shot at from a motorcycle, carrying two people, which then sped off. Mr Cairns died shortly after being admitted to hospital. His friend was in a stable condition.
WORLD NEWS
WORLD IN BRIEF
Cyber Café fire kills at least 24 students
CHINA: At least 24 students were killed and 13 injured when a fire swept through an internet café in a university district of Beijing yesterday. The disaster drew a swift response from government leaders. The mayor, Lie Qi, ordered the immediate closure of all internet cafes in the city and the fire inspections for all buildings in the next three months. Web surfers in the Lanjisu café in north-west Beijing were trapped behind a locked door and windows blacked by iron bars. Many cyber cafes operate without a license because of government controls over information.
EUROPEAN NEWS
EUROPE IN BRIEF
Argentinean parrots invade Madrid
By ELIZABETH NASH
PARROTS ARE invading the parks of Madrid. The warbling of the caged canaries that traditionally inhabit the city’s sunny balconies may soon be drowned by screeching.
Naturalists fear the swiftly multiplying green-and-grey parrot (Myiopsitta monachus) with its powerful bill and long tail feathers may see of smaller birds in the wild. Wood pigeons on the fringes of the city are retreating before the exotic Latin American interloper.
The parrots are originally from Argentina, where they have reproduced so uncontrollably that they are considered something of a plague. They have been brought to Spain in recent years to be sold as pets, but owners grew sick of the incessant chatter and squawking and freed the birds.
The parrots found the habitat around Madrid ideal, and are increasing exponentially. Colonies have formed in Canillejas near the airport and in the Casa de Campo parkland to the west of the city where the birds have built a network of nests by breaking branches cedars, their favorite trees. “Birds who were casually freed by individuals a few years ago have now created a big public problem that’s difficult to control,” said Alfredo Bengoa, of the veterinary department at Complutense University, Madrid. “They’ll soon be the monarchs of all the green spaces of Madrid.”
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Exercise 2.
The following sentences drawn from brief news items contain predicates (given in italics) which contribute to the impersonality of expression. Translate the sentences from English into Russian and comment on the grammatical and stylistic aspects of creating the effect of impersonality in the two languages.
1. The company’s tax returns have been reviewed on a regular basis.
2. Indonesia’s riots have been linked to economic hardships, ethnic and religious tensions and political turmoil.
3. A rapid police force is being raised to deal with outbreaks of unrest.
4. The whole EU budget is being argued about. Both Britain and Germany want to cut farm spending, while France wants a big increase in prices for its farmers.
5. Comments made by the U.S. ambassador about Mexican-Cuban relations have been attacked as gross interference in the international affairs of Mexico and a violation of the universally-accepted diplomatic norms.
6. About 60 people were reported to have been arrested on subversion charges.
7. His detention without trial is claimed to have been a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights.
8. The police arrested a man who is stated to have been trying to sell the miniature and is said to have confessed to having stolen it. He is stated to have kept it for more than two years in the hope that the theft would be forgotten.
9. Apart from trade, the U.S. President will focus on restructuring the U.S. Social Security system. He is likely to enunciate principles to guide reforms, but not offer a specific plan.
10. The discussion is expected to focus on four broad subjects: raw materials and world trade, food supplies and agriculture, production and consumption of energy, and international financial and monetary problems.
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