2. Use the verbs in the appropriate forms. The rock opera “Unona and Avos” was based on a real story. It is the love story of a Russian traveller Nikolai Rezanov and a Spanish girl Conchita. In 1806 Nikolai Rezanov, one of the heads of the Russian-American Trading Company, (1) ___ (ARRANGE) an expedition to California. Two ships, “Unona” and “Avos”, sailed from Novo-Archangelsk to San Francisco. California was a Spanish colony in those times, and the aim of the expedition (2) ___ (BE) to establish trading relations with the Spanish colonists. Rezanov’s mission was very important as Russian settlements in Alaska (3) ___ (NEED) food badly. He knew that people were starving there, as he (4) ___ (BE) to those settlements himself. In California the Russian traveller met a young daughter of the governor of California and they (5) ___ (FALL) in love with each other. They wanted to get married, but they (6) ___ (NEED) church permission as Conchita was a Catholic. It took Rezanov six weeks to buy the food, and the ships sailed back to Alaska. Conchita expected him to return in a year and bring church permission. However, Rezanov didn’t return. Conchita waited for him for many years before she learned that he (7) ___ (DIE) in Krasnoyarsk on his way to St Petersburg. She never married any other man and spent her life taking care of the native people and the poor.

Перевод задания: Употребите глаголы в соответствующих формах.

Ответы: (1) arranged; (2) was; (3) needed; (4) had been; (5) fell; (6) needed; (7) had died.

В пунктах (1), (3), (5) и (6) используются формы Past Simple для событий и состояний в прошлом. В пункте (4) Past Perfect показывает, что Резанов побывал в поселениях раньше описываемого момента; в пункте (7) Past Perfect показывает, что он умер до того, как Кончита узнала об этом.

The rock opera “Unona and Avos” was based on a real story. It is the love story of a Russian traveller Nikolai Rezanov and a Spanish girl Conchita. In 1806 Nikolai Rezanov, one of the heads of the Russian-American Trading Company, arranged an expedition to California. Two ships, “Unona” and “Avos”, sailed from Novo-Archangelsk to San Francisco. California was a Spanish colony in those times, and the aim of the expedition was to establish trading relations with the Spanish colonists. Rezanov’s mission was very important as Russian settlements in Alaska needed food badly. He knew that people were starving there, as he had been to those settlements himself. In California the Russian traveller met a young daughter of the governor of California and they fell in love with each other. They wanted to get married, but they needed church permission as Conchita was a Catholic. It took Rezanov six weeks to buy the food, and the ships sailed back to Alaska. Conchita expected him to return in a year and bring church permission. However, Rezanov didn’t return. Conchita waited for him for many years before she learned that he had died in Krasnoyarsk on his way to St Petersburg. She never married any other man and spent her life taking care of the native people and the poor.

Рок-опера «Юнона и Авось» основана на реальной истории. Это история любви русского путешественника Николая Резанова и испанской девушки Кончиты. В 1806 году Николай Резанов, один из руководителей Российско-американской компании, организовал экспедицию в Калифорнию. Два корабля, «Юнона» и «Авось», отплыли из Ново-Архангельска в Сан-Франциско. В те времена Калифорния была испанской колонией, и целью экспедиции было установить торговые отношения с испанскими колонистами. Миссия Резанова была очень важной, поскольку русским поселениям на Аляске остро требовалась пища. Он знал, что там люди голодали, так как сам бывал в этих поселениях. В Калифорнии русский путешественник встретил молодую дочь губернатора Калифорнии, и они влюбились друг в друга. Они хотели пожениться, но им требовалось разрешение церкви, так как Кончита была католичкой. Резанову потребовалось шесть недель, чтобы купить продовольствие, и корабли отплыли обратно на Аляску. Кончита ожидала, что он вернётся через год и привезёт разрешение церкви. Однако Резанов не вернулся. Кончита ждала его много лет, прежде чем узнала, что он умер в Красноярске по пути в Санкт-Петербург. Она так и не вышла замуж за другого мужчину и посвятила жизнь заботе о коренных жителях и бедных.