Переведите тексты письменно. When Albuquerque was incorporated as a city in 1891, it was a trading center where sheep ranchers sold wool and purchased food and supplies

Text 1. Albuquerque

When Albuquerque was incorporated as a city in 1891, it was a trading center where sheep ranchers sold wool and purchased food and supplies. Today it is the largest city in New Mexico, with a population of 500, 000. It is a major industrial, trade, and transportation center of the Southwest, and is famous for its health resorts and tourist attractions.

Situated in the fertile Rio Grande Valley, where the river cuts between mountain ranges, the Villa Real de Albuquerque was founded around a Spanish-style plaza in 1706 – making it one of the oldest inland cities in North America. The city’s mild, dry climate, produced by its 5, 000-foot altitude and southwestern location, has long been one of its most notable attractions.

Albuquerque’s Pueblo Indian heritage is celebrated filled in year-round Indian dances and ceremonies and other events throughout the area. The nearby Sandia Peak Tram, the world’s longest continuous tramway, takes visitors up to a recreational area where they can ski, hike, or simply enjoy a spectacular view of the surrounding countryside.

The excellent flying conditions make Albuquerque the “Balloon Capital of the World”. It is the site of the world's largest ballooning event, the International Balloon Fiesta, held every October, when the sky is filled with hundreds of these brilliantly colored conveyances.

Text 2. The Reality of Cowboy Life

It really didn’t matter to the cowboy what he got to eat, as long as the food was there, and plenty of it... What mattered to him were many other things and the most important of all those things was his horse.

There are those who say the horse was more important than the man at times, but the plain truth is that apart from each other, neither the cowboy nor the horse was of much use in the cattle business.

He could do many things well, this American cowboy, but it may be that what he did best of all was ride a horse. The cowboy called his mount a mustang, a cow pony, or a bronc – but whatever he called it, his horse was his love and his life: it was his best friend, companion, transportation, work-bench, and very often an extra set of brains that would occasionally pull him out of trouble. He talked to his horse as he would talk to a close friend: he’d tell him all his secrets, thoughts, and ambitions.

The cowboy was, some say, half-human and half-horse. He almost had to be if he wanted to make a living in those days.

Those days are, of course, long gone and what we remember of the cowboy is what we see on television or in the movies, and as Mark Twain once put it, they mainly exaggerate the truth... The real cowboy was an unusual man; he had to be to survive in those days. He rode head on into an almost hopeless wilderness using the sun and the stars, for his compass, his horse for a friend and transportation, and the entire western United States for his workshop. The cowboy tamed much of this wilderness, threw a lariat loop over it, tied onto it, calmed it down some, and then put his own brand on it. Sometime later, civilization came slow-trailing along behind him to take over. The people that eventually followed the cowboy to the West found many traces of the work that man on a half-wild horse had done.

He was indeed, a special kind of man this American cowboy.

The cowboy’s clothes – narrow trousers, chaps, high-heeled boots, wide-brimmed hat, and neckerchief – all evolved from practical needs. His trousers (dark-blue denim jean often called Levis) needed to be so tight that no loose cloth would catch on the brush as he rode along.

His leather chaps kept thorns and branches from tearing his trousers and protected his legs from rubbing during long hours in the saddle.

His broad-brimmed hat kept the sun and wind out of his eyes and had enough brim to catch water in it. The deep crown helped to keep it on his head when he rode at top speed. It could also be used as a bucket; it was sturdy enough to use as a whip; and the cowboy could wave it to direct the cattle or send signals to far-off companions.

The high heels on the cowboy's boots kept them firmly in the saddle stirrups, and length of the boots protected his ankles and provided warmth. His neckerchief or bandanna could be pulled over his face to act as a filter against dust.

The cowboy almost always carried a knife, a gun, and a rope. The knife had a variety of uses; the gun helped to get the cattle moving, and could be used to protect them against bandits. The rope was the cowboy's most important tool for catching cattle, holding his horse, pulling his wagons across muddy or swampy places, tying his packs in place, and killing snakes.