Практическая работа № 6

I. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. This may well be his last public appearance.

2. Anyway, just to begin with, don’t you think you might treat me as a moral equal?

3. They may not like everything he’s doing, but they’ll be ready to forgive him.

4. They were not an organized group; in numbers they might be less than thirty, but they were articulate and unconstrained.

5. These are hard words and may not be altogether fair.

6. At this point I might perhaps say that I do believe that the novel has a future, even though it has only a very shaky present.

7. He sounded innocent, but, though he might not be capable of making decisions, he was entirely capable of pushing them out of sight.

8. The desert, being an unwanted place, might well be the last stand of life against unlike.

9. It appears that the total activity in the economy of the country may not have increased very much, if at all.

10. It is possible that in accordance with this plan, investments may have to be made which do not rapidly lead to a rise in the standard of living.

11. There were signs that this tour might have marked a turning point.

12. He might have fallen into the trap, but he understood the danger in time.

13. The knowledge that he had entirely lost touch with the audience may have been the cause.

14. He was an observant and suspicious man, and he might have had his suspicions sharpened by unhappiness.

15. I may not have had a very distinguished career, but I certainly have nothing to be ashamed of.

II. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. I hope you must know what I mean, Edward - it’s very hard that in my house I may not have a word to say about domestic matters.

2. You must always be ready for a chance that may never come.

3. The hard fact must be faced that if we want a national opera and ballet company, subsidies are necessary, and on a bigger scale than at present.

4. The essence of drama is movement, but that movement must be held in check, firmly controlled.

5. Tell me how you have kept your youth. You must know some secret.

6. It is for the few to know that in the great old days of Virginia there were three punishments for high crimes - death, exile to Texas, and imprisonment, in that order. And some deportees must have descendants.

7. He must have been enraged by the choice he had to make.

8. I must have crossed the river, but I couldn’t see it. I never see it.

9. The attack must have been - one didn’t need to be a doctor to see it - graver than we had officially been told.

10. It must have been years since anyone made me that particular reproach.

11. After a review of the state of national economies in the EEC, the ministers agreed that the fight against inflation must remain the first priority of member states.

12. It must have been hard for them to agree to this resolution, but at that time there was no alternative course open to them.

13. And now I must go back to my social duties.

14. Education is indispensable for whatever career you select, and it must not be sketchy.

15. Something important must have been arriving from Europe by air, for there was a policeman passing the pavements every 20 yards along the road.

16. “Have you seen him? ” Martini asked. “No, he was to have met me here the next morning.”

17. I wouldn’t look through the letters - disappointment had to be postponed, hope kept alive as long as possible.

III. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на устойчивые словосочетания с глаголом must.

1. “Well, I must be off, ” said Lawson.

2. “But he was more tolerable than I expected tonight, I must say, ” she said.

3. She rose and said, “ I must be going as soon as Rome comes down.”

4. He must need go there.

5. I must tell you I sympathize with her attitude.

IV. Приведите соответствия пословицам.

1. If you want to eat the fruit, you must learn to climb the tree.

2. As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.

3. As you brew, so you must drink.

V. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. She ought to have known that the whole subject was too dangerous to discuss at night.

2. When their visitor disappeared, John and his mother stood without speaking till he said suddenly, “I ought to have seen him out.”

3. Really, Ronald ought to have taught you better manners.

4. Yet he failed somehow in spite of the mediocrity, which ought to have insured any man a success.

5. I really ought not to have bored you at the end of a long day with those passages of my brother’s diary. It was unpardonable.

6. I ought to have known this would happen.

7. He ought to have come himself. He ought to have.

8. They ought to have asked my advice.

9. You ought to say a word or two about yourself.

10. He oughtn’t to mention it to anybody.

11. People ought to vote even if they don’t agree with any of the candidates.

12. It’s murder, and we ought to stop it.

13. It is I who ought to feel hurt at not getting his message.

14. You ought never to have married me, David. It was a great mistake.

15. I think you ought to show some respect for the dead.

VI. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на передачу модального значения глаголами shall и will, выражающими намерение, приказание, общепринятый порядок.

1. I want to be helpful to you both, ifyou will let me.

2. Well, I wish it could come all over again. Tell me how I can serve you. I will do anything you say to wipe out my mistake.

3. I won’t have him in my office a day longer.

4. All right? I will send the letter first thing tomorrow morning. I will do that without fail.

5. You’ve stopped him doing what he wanted to. I won’t answer for the consequences.

6. Listen, what shall I do when I’m introduced? Ought to shake hands? Or what?

7. I shall act and I shall act promptly. If the tree is rotten, it shall be cut down and cast into flames.

8. He shall not get away with it this time. He shall pay for it, he shall.

9. The Treaty o Lausanne laid down in Article 27, that Turkey shall not intervene in the affair of Cyprus.

10. Everyone can add something to knowledge if he will make use of the opportunities richly offered by Nature.

11. You shall repent of this neglect of duty, Mr. Zummer.

12. It’s no use trying to open the door, it will not open.

13. You shall do as you like now and always, my beloved child. I only wish to do as my darling pleases.

14. I am an Englishman, and I will suffer no priest to interfere in my business.

15. “Give us drink and you shall hear all about it, ” said Campion with his crooked grin.

VII. Переведите пословицы на русский язык. Найдите им соответствия в русском языке.

1. Friends may meet, but mountains never.

2. A fool may ask more questions than a wise man can, answer.

3. Who seeks blows shall perish by blows.

4. He who would search for pearls must dive below.

5. What can’t be cured must be endured.

6. If we can’t as we would, we must do as we can.

7. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

8. The beggar may sing before the thief.

9. Bad seed must produce bad corn.

10. Accidents will happen (in the best regulated families).

11. It would make even a cat laugh.

12. The cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet.