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1.Why did Almas go to London?
2. What was the problem in the first week?​

Не совсем понял вначале. Мне кажется, что в начале должно быть My friend Cathy's family и далее как есть. 

 

You can talk to her and say that there's nothing wrong with buying things from charity shops. She should feel free to use this option as long as her family is in need. Once they find better jobs and make some more money on their own, they are going to stand on their own two feet and be independent. You can tell her that buying things from charity or as they're also called "thrift shops" help charity organisations raise money to help homeless people and children with health problems. I'd call it "killing two birds with one stone".

 

 

Plastics are used largely for small articles, varying from electric light switches to the dashboards of cars - Present Simple Passive - Пластмассы используются в основном для мелких изделий, начиная от электрических переключателей света до приборных панелей автомобилей.
It is believed that with the production of stronger plastics and new methods of manufacture, there will be no technical limit to the size of articles. - Present simple Passive - Считается, что c производством более прочных пластмасс и новых методов производства технических ограничений на размер изделий не будет.
A passenger diesel boat 25 meters long has been built in Russia with the body and all superstructures made of glass plastics - a new material the production of which has been rapidly increasing in recent years.- Present Perfect Passive - В России был построен пассажирский дизельный катер длиной 25 метров с корпусом и всеми надстройками из стеклопластика - нового материала, производство которого в последние годы стремительно растет.
Wholly synthetic fibers were developed from chemicals derived from coal, petroleum, water, and air. - Past Simple Passive - Полностью синтетические волокна были разработаны из химических веществ, полученных из угля, нефти, воды и воздуха.