Waterway restoration

Waterway restoration is the activity of restoring a canal or river, including special features such as warehouse buildings, locks, boat lifts, and boats. In the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, the focus of waterway restoration is on improving navigability, while in Australia the term may also include improvements to water quality.

Due to competition from the railways and the narrow design of most UK canals (which prevented the carriage of economically sized bulk loads), large parts of the UK's canal system were abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The rise of the leisure industry in the 1950s meant that the complete abandonment of the remaining canals was avoided.

The increasing use of canals for leisure purposes led some people to consider restoring some of those that had been abandoned. At first, progress was slow due to the lack of funding, with most of the work having to be done manually by volunteers.

As the leisure industry grew, the economic benefits of having a canal became more apparent and some state funding started to appear. At the same time public interest increased the size of various volunteer groups.

At the present time, canal restoration in the UK is carried out by a mixture of volunteers and professionals working on a large variety of projects.

Вариант № 2

I. Перепишите предложения, определите в каждом из них видовременную форму и залог глагола- сказуемого, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The construction of this house will be completed in a month.

2. The cargo had been shipped to the town.

3. Which of the four men smoking by the fireplace is Ben?

4. The guide showed some pictures to a group of tourists.

5. Instructions are being given to them now.

6. She smiled remembering the joke.

7. Methods used by the scientist are the most effective.

8. All the business letters will have been answered by noon.

II. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, найдите и подчеркните инфинитив и причастие, определите функцию инфинитива и причастия в предложении.

1. The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the grandfather's clock downstairs.

2. To go to the park on that rainy day was impossible.

3. I read the story the second time so as to memorize the details..

4. The first thing we did was to switch on the computer.

5. To keep the instruments in order we must place them in the instrument box.

III. Перепишите предложения, найдите и подчеркните объективный и субъективный инфинитивные обороты, переведите на русский язык.

1. We want this crop to produce good yields.

2. The farm is said to have produced high yield of wheat..

3. They seem to have heard all about this problem.

4. He heard someone call his name.

5. She wanted her children to go to bed.

IV. Перепишите предложения с независимым причастным оборотом, переведите их.