Exercise 5.4. Choose the correct option of the translation. Mind the use of articles with nouns in some syntactic patterns.

Что он за человек?
1. What kind of person is he?
2. What kind of a person is he?
3. What kind of the person is he?
Какой же он мужчина, если он не извинился!
1. He is not a man enough because he did not apologize.
2. He is not man enough because he did not apologize.
3. He is not the man enough because he did not apologize.
Именно в этот момент Джек решает снова стать пиратом.
1. It is at this point that Jack decides to turn pirate again.
2. It is at this point that Jack decides to turn a pirate again.
3. It is at this point that Jack decides to turn the pirate again.
Это было сущее везение, что мы вот так встретились.
1. It was the sheer luck that we met like that.
2. It was sheer luck that we met like that.
3. It was a sheer luck that we met like that.
Когда начальник похвалил ее перед всем персоналом, Эмили зарделась как маков цвет (покраснела как бурак).
1. When her boss praised her in front of the whole office, Emily turned red as poppy.
2. When her boss praised her in front of the whole office, Emily turned red as a poppy.
3. When her boss praised her in front of the whole office, Emily turned red as the poppy.
Она вся красная как и ее платье в этот вечер.
1. She’s as red as dress she’s wearing tonight.
2. She’s as red as a dress she’s wearing tonight.
3. She’s as red as the dress she’s wearing tonight.
Для меня они никогда не выглядели как мать и дитя.
1. They never looked like mother and child to me.
2. They never looked like a mother and a child to me.
3. They never looked like the mother and the child to me.
Итак, молодой человек, чем я могу вам служить?
1. Well, a young man, what can I do for you?
2. Well, young man, what can I do for you?
3. Well, the young man, what can I do for you?
"Гамлет", бессмертная трагедия Шекспира, была написана в первые годы семнадцатого столетия.
1. 'Hamlet', immortal tragedy by Shakespeare, was written in the first years of the 17th century.
2. 'Hamlet', an immortal tragedy by Shakespeare, was written in the first years of the 17th century.
3. 'Hamlet', the immortal tragedy by Shakespeare, was written in the first years of the 17th century.
Джерри Томпсон, профессор геофизики, может дать комментарий эксперта.
1. Jerry Thompson, professor of geophysics, is available for expert commentary.
2. Jerry Thompson, a professor of geophysics, is available for expert commentary.
3. Jerry Thompson, the professor of geophysics, is available for expert commentary.

Exercise 5.4. Choose the correct option of the translation. Mind the use of articles with nouns in some syntactic patterns.

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