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Ex.15. Make up sentences and translate them into Russian.
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| ▫ Two new Metro stations ▫ The weather ▫ The VL80 Locomotive ▫ The atom ▫ The boxes with equipment ▫ The new power-station ▫ Ink | ▫ was thought ▫ is supposed ▫ were said ▫ is expected ▫ are expected ▫ is known ▫ was reported | ▫ to change for the better. ▫ to be built in a far-off region. ▫ to be indivisible for a long period of time. ▫ to have been already unloaded. ▫ to be put into operation next year. ▫ to have been invented in Egypt. ▫ to be designed for hauling trains of up to 4, 500 tons on sections with steep grades. |
| ▫ New buses ▫ The doctor ▫ Bad weather sometimes ▫ This metal ▫ You ▫ He ▫ She | ▫ happened ▫ happens ▫ appears ▫ seem ▫ seems ▫ proved ▫ turned out | ▫ to have lost the key to her suitcase. ▫ to know how to handle this device. ▫ to be there at the time of the accident. ▫ to have changed since I saw you last. ▫ to be very brittle. ▫ to result in a flight delay. ▫ to be very comfortable. |
| ▫ I ▫ You ▫ She ▫ They ▫ John ▫ The book ▫ The train | ▫ is likely ▫ am sure ▫ is sure ▫ is unlikely ▫ are unlikely ▫ are certain ▫ is certain | ▫ to be given excellent recommendations. ▫ to reach the destination on time. ▫ to attract everybody’s attention. ▫ to be able to repair your computer. ▫ to have something to say. ▫ to know about his arrival. ▫ to change her mind. |
Ex.16. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using the construction Complex Subject .
1) Ожидалось, что результаты эксперимента будут опубликованы в журнале. 2) Вы, случайно, не знаете, почему поезд опаздывает? 3) Говорят, что груз был задержан [to hold up] на таможне. 4) Судя по всему, этот участок пути скоро будет открыт для движения. 5) Сообщили, что новая железнодорожная линия будет на 40 км короче, чем старая. 6) Я случайно встретил его на станции. 7) Ты непременно опоздаешь на поезд, если не [unless] поторопишься. 8) Вероятно, она забыла зонтик в автобусе. 9) Стальные вагоны, конечно, более безопасные и надёжные, чем деревянные. 10) Вряд ли он поможет вам. Он сейчас занят. 11) Полагают, что новая железная дорога откроет новые возможности [opportunity] для международного сотрудничества.
Ex.17. Read and translate the following sentences paying attention to the construction Complex Object .
A. 1) They expected him to buy a more expensive car. 2) We didn’t expect this information to be announced on the radio. 3) Do you know Samuel Morse to have been a painter by profession? 4) We know many railway lines to have been damaged during the war. 5) Scientists believe new laser devices to be widely used in medicine. 6) I wish a taxi to wait for me fifteen minutes. 7) The manager made Mary copy the report again. 8) Many people saw the bridge collapse. 9) They watched the plane go up until it became quite a small spot up in the sky. 10) They did not notice us pass by. 11) Do you want a porter to carry your luggage to the compartment?
B. 1) Nobody expected the president of the company to come to the party. 2) Twice a year people see birds fly south and north but we don't know how they find their way. 3) I wouldn’t like this report to be discussed in my absence. 4) What made you change your mind? 5) Carrying out the experiments with electric telegraph, S. Morse noticed a pencil make a wavy line when connected to an electric wire. 6) The excellent properties of Damascus steel made metallurgists of the whole world look for the lost secret of its production. 7) Who allowed you to take these documents? 8) Bad weather conditions made pilots switch over to automatic control. 9) Nowadays people can watch on television the cosmonauts work in space, “Lunokhod” move on the surface of the Moon and Olympic Games take place on the other side of the globe. 10) Socrates is known to be the great Greek philosopher and orator. A talkative young man wanted Socrates to teach him oratory. He begged Socrates to hear him speak on some subject. Socrates let him talk as much as he liked and then said: «You must pay me double price because I'll have to teach you two sciences: how to speak and how to hold your tongue!»