Once I was in a hurry to work. I was driving towards Dobrolyubov street when a tram stopped at the tram station in front of me. I started going round the tram on the left carefully. Suddenly a traffic policeman / a bear/traffic cop / road patrol signalled me topull over. It turned out, that I had violated a very serious traffic rule. He said that I had to pay a fine of 5000 rubles or he would revoke my driver's license. / disqualify me from driving / ground me. I was shocked and protested. But he was determined to issue a fine / ticket for me. Then I had to offer him a bribe of 3000 rubles. I said I didn’t have more cash. And he accepted the bribe. Now I try never to take over trams standing at tram stops.
 

A weight loss plan (elementary and higher)

Read the text and find in it English equivalents to the following:
-похудеть, сбросить вес
-похудение, сброс веса
-чувственный, роскошный (о фигуре), сексапильный
-ничего кроме
-представитель
-срываться с места
-запыхаться                        Start reading

This text is for builders mostly but reneral public may also get interested in it. The aim here is to discuss various causes of building collapses.

The alien invaders in the new movie "Battle: Los Angeles" are anything but friendly looking. Mechanical components are built right into their stringy bodies, a weapon protrudes from an arm, and machinery bristles along their armored exoskeletons. But like us, the aliens possess slimy internal organs and they can bleed.
This portrayal of extraterrestrials, however, strikes some scientists as unrealistic. Should any real visitors — or conquerors — from space come to our planet, the scientific odds strongly suggest the aliens will be completely artificial forms of life.