Правильные переводы прислали: Екатерина Пуганова, Татьяна Нелина, Анастасия Постол, Мила, Антонова Светлана, Bret Long, Сидоренко Наталья,

ТЕМА: Традиционное и контекстно-ситуативное употребление артиклей. Употребление артиклей с именами собственными. Артикли с географическими названиями. (продолжение).
Названия стран во множественном числе употребляются с определенным артиклем: the Netherlands, the Philippines
Страны, названные по имени соответствующих регионов, имеют два варианта употребления - без артикля или же с определенным артиклем: Sudan - the Sudan, Yemen - the Yemen, Argentina - the Argentine, Cameroun - the Cameroun, Ivory Coast - the Ivory Coast
Более употребителен вариант без артикля.
Д) Названия заливов и полуостровов употребляются без артикля: Hudson Bay, Mexican Bay, Kamchatka, Scandinavia, Taimir
Однако если употреблено слово peninsula , необходим определенный артикль:the Balkan Peninsula, the Kola Peninsula
2) К числу имен собственных, употребляемых с определенным артиклем, относятся названия театров, музеев, концертных залов, картинных галерей, кинотеатров, отелей, дворцов, известных произведений искусства, уникальных книг: the Bolshoi Theatre, the Venna House, the Opera House, the Chaikovsky Hall, the Albert Hall, the Hermitage, the Musee d'Orsay, the Tate Gallery, the Odeon, the Marine Hotel, the King David, (the) King David Hotel, the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramid, the Mona Liza, the Sistine Chapel, the Sabre dance, the Moonlight Sonata, the Bible, the Koran, the Domesday Book.
Названия кораблей, паромов, яхт, известных поездов также употребляются с определенным артиклем: the Queen Elizabeth, the Victory, (the) Titanic, the Orient Express.
3) Названия английских и американских газет употребляются с определенным артиклем: the Times, the Observer, the Financial Times, the Sun, the Star.
Одним из исключений является газета "Today". С названиями иностранных газет артикль не употребляется: Moskovskaya Pravda, Kommersant.
Названия журналов и периодических изданий, как правило, не имеют артикля, хотя определенный артикль возможен: Economist, Times, House Beautiful, Computer Weekly, Punch, Newsweek, Playboy, (the) Spectator, (the) Journal of Psychology.
4) Наименования организаций и политических партий употребляются с определенным артиклем: the United Nations (the UN), the BBC, the Labour Party, the FBI, the EC, the Pentagon.
Некоторые сокращения, превратившиеся в самостоятельные слова, артикль утрачивают: NATO, UNICEF, IBM, Xerox.
Однако при наличии слова company артикль возможен: the Bell Telephone Company, the Bata Shoe Company.
В данном случае возможны и альтернативные варианты: General Electric, GEC, the General Electric Company.
5) Определенный артикль употребляется с наименованиями большинства политических и государственных учреждений, общественно-политических движений и войн. The Kremlin, the Senate, the Cabinet, the State Department, the Supreme Court, the Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the Army, the Government, the Navy, the State Duma, the British Council, the Decembrist Movement, the Second World War, the Zulu War, the Gulf War.
Исключениями являются: Parliament (but the House of Parliament), Congress, Whitehall, Westminster.

Задание 1: Вставьте в пропуски необходимый артикль:
1. … Iceland is a volcanic island.
2. - If you want to see … Lake Victoria and … Mount Kilimanjaro, go to … Kenya.
3. It hasn't rained for several hundred years in … Atakama in … South America.
4. The hunters got lost in … Rocky Mountains.
5. Many centuries ago … Vesuvius destroyed … Pompeii.

Задание 2: переведите тексты
1. GEORGE V (r. 1910-36)
George readily accepted the first Labour government in 1924. Following the world slump of 1929, the King persuaded the Labour leader to head a National Government composed of all parties, which won the election of 1931. The Statute of Westminster of 1931 meant Dominion Parliaments could now pass laws without reference to United Kingdom laws, and abolished various reserve powers still possessed by the Crown and Parliament. This paradoxically increased the monarchy's importance, since the Dominions (no longer subordinated to one supreme Parliament at Westminster) were now linked through common allegiance to the Crown.
George started the annual Christmas Broadcast by the sovereign to the Empire (more recently to the Commonwealth), the first being transmitted in 1932. In 1935, the King celebrated his Silver Jubilee. He died in 1936 and his son Edward succeeded to the throne.

2. THOMAS JEFFERSON
As a member of the Continental Congress (1775-1776), Jefferson was chosen in 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence. He summarized current revolutionary philosophy in a brief paragraph that has been regarded ever since as a charter of American and universal liberties. He presented to the world the case of the Patriots in a series of burning charges against the king. In the light of modern scholarship some of the charges require modification. But there is a timeless quality in the philosophical section of the Declaration, which proclaims that all men are equal in rights, regardless of birth, wealth, or status, and that government is the servant, not the master, of human beings. The Declaration alone would entitle Jefferson to enduring fame.
3. ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ АЛИСЫ В СТРАНЕ ЧУДЕС (продолжение).
`--or next day, maybe,' the Footman continued in the same tone,
exactly as if nothing had happened.

`How am I to get in?' asked Alice again, in a louder tone.

`ARE you to get in at all?' said the Footman. `That's the
first question, you know.'

It was, no doubt: only Alice did not like to be told so.
`It's really dreadful,' she muttered to herself, `the way all the
creatures argue. It's enough to drive one crazy!'

The Footman seemed to think this a good opportunity for
repeating his remark, with variations. `I shall sit here,' he
said, `on and off, for days and days.'

`But what am I to do?' said Alice.

`Anything you like,' said the Footman, and began whistling.

`Oh, there's no use in talking to him,' said Alice desperately:
`he's perfectly idiotic!' And she opened the door and went in.

The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of
smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a
three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was
leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to
be full of soup.
4. THE STEWART
ROBERT II (r. 1371-90)
Robert was the son of Robert I's daughter Marjorie and her husband Walter the Steward. He took Stewart as his surname, and so became the first monarch of the Royal House of Stewart. When he was in his 20s he ruled Scotland as Regent for his much younger uncle, David II, during David's minority and again after the king's capture at the Battle of Neville's Cross, west of Durham.
When he finally succeeded his nephew in 1371, at the age of 54, he was an old man by medieval standards and had difficulty controlling his nobles, who were eager to renew the war with England. At 70, he was described as having 'eyes the colour of sandalwood, which clearly showed he was no valiant man but one who would rather remain at home than march the field'.
Robert married twice and produced 21 children (eight were illegitimate), and the fact that his first wife's children were born outside the marriage created long-standing bitterness as Robert III's reign was to show. During Robert II's final years, his two eldest sons acted as his lieutenants. He died in 1390.

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Сленг: SINK*
SINK IN*(V.PHR.) ДОЙТИ (В СМЫСЛЕ ПОНИМАНИЯ)
SISSY*(N.) НЕЖЕНКА
SIT*
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS* НЕ АПЛОДИРОВАТЬ
SIT ON THE SIDELINES*(V.PHR.) НАХОДИТЬСЯ В СТОРОНЕ;БЫТЬ ПОСТОРОННИМ
НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЕМ
SIT STILL FOR SOMETHING* ТЕРПЕТЬ;МИРИТЬСЯ
SIT WELL*[WITH](V.PHR.) УСТРАИВАТЬ;ПОЛЬЗОВАТЬСЯ ПОДДЕРЖКОЙ
SITTING PRETTY*(ADJ.PHR.) ПРОЧНОЕ ПОЛОЖЕНИИ
SKATE ON THIN ICE*(V.PHR.) НАХОДИТЬСЯ В ШАТКОМ ПОЛОЖЕНИИ
SLEEP ON*(V.PHR.) ОТЛОЖИТЬ РЕШЕНИЕ ЭТОГО ВОПРОСА
SLICK*(ADJ.) ХИТРЫЙ
SLIP UP*(V.PHR.) ДОПУСТИТЬ ОПЛОШНОСТЬ
SLIP UP*(N.) ПРОСЧЕТ
SLOB*(N.) НЕРЯХА;ГРЯЗНУЛЯ;РАСТРЕПА