An Englishman

англичанин

A Frenchman

француз

A Scotchman

шотландец

A Dutchman

голландец

Но: л Spaniard

испанец, испанка

Обратите внимание, что предложения типа «Я - русский» переводятся: " I'm Russian" или " I'm a Russian". Однако пред­ложения типа «Я не русский» чаще соответствуют предложе­нию " I'm not Russian", а не " I'm not a Russian".

Grammar and Lexis

Ex. 1. Read the extracts from the US Budget for 2000 and comment on them.

A wide variety of Federal programs assist Slates and localities in providing essential education, training, employment and social services. These programs educate young people; offer (raining and employment services to all Ameri­cans, especially the low-skilled andjobless; assist the young and adults to over­come financial barriers to education and training.

The Budget:

- significantly increases funds to help children of the poor reach good aca­
demic standards;

- supports national legislation that would reduce tobacco use among the
young;

- helps the disabled enter the workforce;

- makes it easier for the self-employed to gel health insurance;

- broadens opportunities for private investment that creates jobs and helps
the unemployed.

Ex. 1. a) It is believed thai there arc national stereotypes, i.e. people of one nationality have a number of similar personal qualities. Try to complete the sentences below using the suggested qualities, b) Compare your sentences with a partner.

highly mobile

optimistic

economical

thrifty (бережливый)

hard-working

money-minded

(dis)honest in money matters

Ex. 3. a) Study the plural expressions for the population as a whole and singular nouns used for persons in different countries which are usually the same as adjectives. However, there are a number of exceptions.

Nationalities

Country/Territory Person Population

America an American the Americans

Belgium a Belgian the Belgians

Unit 2