Christmas is Coming. Fill in the gaps by transforming the capitalized words: With Christmas fast approaching, (1) ___ trees and strings of (2) ___ lights can be seen in (3) ___ all across the world. However, David Richards, the Guinness World Record – (4) ___ of 2011, surprised everybody by displaying half a million lights. In October he began the process of (5) ___ this (6) ___ 502,165 light display. His neighbours’ (7) ___ was difficult to predict. Some were even (8) ___. But since the lights go across David’s property, (9) ___ or (10) ___, there is not much they can do. And while David’s primary reason for creating this rather (11) ___ and (12) ___ display has a (13) ___ motive, there is a ‘bright’ side to it too. Thousands of people that visited his house helped raise $$72,000 for (14) ___ children’s charities. BEAUTY, DECORATE, NEIGHBOUR, WIN, BUILD/AMAZE, REACT, FURY, FORTUNATE (2), USUAL/COLOUR, SELF, VARY.

Перевод задания: «Рождество приближается». Заполните пропуски, изменив слова, написанные заглавными буквами.

With Christmas fast approaching, beautiful trees and strings of decorative lights can be seen in neighbourhoods all across the world. However, David Richards, the Guinness World Record-winner of 2011, surprised everybody by displaying half a million lights. In October he began the process of building this amazing 502,165 light display. His neighbours’ reaction was difficult to predict. Some were even furious. But since the lights go across David’s property, fortunately or unfortunately, there is not much they can do. And while David’s primary reason for creating this rather unusual and colourful display has a selfish motive, there is a ‘bright’ side to it too. Thousands of people that visited his house helped raise $$72,000 for various children’s charities.

Слова образованы от исходных так: beauty → beautiful; decorate → decorative; neighbour → neighbourhoods; win → winner; build → building; amaze → amazing; react → reaction; fury → furious; fortunate → fortunately / unfortunately; usual → unusual; colour → colourful; self → selfish; vary → various.

Перевод: С приближением Рождества во всех уголках мира можно увидеть красивые ёлки и гирлянды декоративных огней. Однако Дэвид Ричардс, победитель мирового рекорда Гиннесса 2011 года, удивил всех, выставив полмиллиона огней. В октябре он начал сооружать эту удивительную световую инсталляцию из 502 165 огней. Реакцию соседей было трудно предсказать. Некоторые даже пришли в ярость. Но поскольку огни проходят по территории Дэвида, к счастью или к несчастью, они мало что могут сделать. И хотя у Дэвида был эгоистичный мотив создать эту довольно необычную и красочную инсталляцию, у неё есть и «светлая» сторона. Тысячи людей, посетивших его дом, помогли собрать 72 000 долларов для различных детских благотворительных организаций.