I. Find the extra word in each line. Childhood. 1 Childhood would used to be quite different from what it is today. Young 2 people didn’t use not to have so much leisure time. Today’s children may 3 complain about their schoolwork, but our great-grandparents would to go 4 out to work at a very young age. They had often been left school by 5 the time they were fourteen and were found a job. This meant that they 6 have had little free time for hobbies or leisure activities, especially when 7 they had been working hard all day. Of course, they got themselves used 8 to working long hours eventually, but it would mean that they had to 9 grow up very quickly. Today, we are got used to having some free time to 10 do things we enjoy, a luxury people in the past rarely were had.

Перевод задания: Найдите лишнее слово в каждой строке.

Лишние слова: 1 used; 2 not; 3 to; 4 been; 5 found; 6 have; 7 been; 8 mean; 9 got; 10 were.

Исправленный текст:

Childhood would be quite different from what it is today. Young people didn’t use to have so much leisure time. Today’s children may complain about their schoolwork, but our great-grandparents would go out to work at a very young age. They had often left school by the time they were fourteen and found a job. This meant that they had little free time for hobbies or leisure activities, especially when they had been working hard all day. Of course, they got themselves used to working long hours eventually, but it would mean that they had to grow up very quickly. Today, we are used to having some free time to do things we enjoy, a luxury people in the past rarely had.

Перевод: Детство было бы совсем другим, чем сегодня. У молодых людей не было так много свободного времени. Современные дети могут жаловаться на школьные занятия, но наши прадеды и прабабушки начинали работать вне дома в очень юном возрасте. К четырнадцати годам они часто уже оставляли школу и находили работу. Это означало, что у них было мало свободного времени для хобби и отдыха, особенно если они весь день тяжело работали. Конечно, со временем они привыкали к долгим рабочим часам, но им приходилось очень быстро взрослеть. Сегодня мы привыкли иметь свободное время и заниматься тем, что нам нравится, — роскошью, которой у людей в прошлом почти не было.