Question

4. Express a wish.
1. What a pity, our sportsmen will not participate in World Champion-
ship.
2. It's a pity a lot of birds die because of bird flu.
3. It's a pity I don't have a computer.
4. Unfortunately there're a lot of poor people in our country.
5. I'm sorry I can't become a cosmonaut.
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Answer 1

În acest exercițiu: S + wish + Past Tense, S + wish + Future in the Past

4. Express a wish.

1. What a pity, our sportsmen will not participate in (the) World Champion-

ship.

I wish our sportsmen would participate in the World Championship.

2. It's a pity a lot of birds die because of bird flu.

I wish no more birds died because of the bird flu.

3. It's a pity I don't have a computer.

I wish I had a computer.

4. Unfortunately there're a lot of poor people in our country.

I wish there were no poor people in our country anymore. (sau I wish no more people were poor in our coutry. I wish less people were poor in our country.)

5. I'm sorry I can't become a cosmonaut.

I wish I could become a cosmonaut=an astronaut. (in English)

Obs:

From the Merriam Webster Dictionary

cosmonaut noun

cos·​mo·​naut | \ ˈkäz-mə-ˌnȯt  , -ˌnät\

Definition of cosmonaut

: an astronaut of the Soviet or Russian space program