2. Научные знания могли бы оказать помощь в решении многих вопросов.
3. Ученые должны были бы разработатьтехнологии по очистке вод.
4. Они могли бы получить кредит для выполнения этой работы.
5. Не может быть, чтобы ученые рассматривали эти проблемы серьезно.
UNIT THREE
GRAMMAR: THE COMPLEX SUBJECT WITH THE INFINITIVE
Complex Subject
| Noun or Pronoun |
| to change (to have changed) |
Predicate Infinitive
a) Passive
This value is said
It is supposed
is expected is believed, etc.
b) Active seems appears turns out proves happens
c) is likely is unlikely is sure is certain
Перевод: Predicate — неопределенно-личное предложение
| что эта величина меняется (изменилась). |
Subject + Infinitive — придаточное предложение с союзом что
a) Известно, полагают,...
b) По-видимому, оказывается,...
c) Вероятно, маловероятно, безусловно,..
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• Sentences to be translated.
1. Pressure is known to act equally in all directions.
2. At very low temperatures some metals seem to be insulators.
3. This effect is supposed to have occured when there was a spark due to electrical discharge.
4. The cloud chamber equipment appeared to be too bulky and heavy to be sent up in baloons.
5. The total energy liberation in the transformation of one atomic nucleus into another is expected to be the same for all nuclei of a given kind.
6. The chance of a neutrino hitting a proton and producing the above-mentioned reaction is likely to be only 1 out of 10м.
7. The light thus produced is said to be a spontaneous emission.
WORD AND PHRASE STUDY
V+-ment = N develop + -ment = development
• Form nouns from the following verbs and translate them into Russian.
move, establish, agree, adjust, improve, excite, appoint, develop
V+-ive = A act + -ive = active
• Think of the verbs corresponding to the following adjectives and translate them into Russian.
creative, refractive, indicative, attractive, explosive, representative, expressive, offensive, protective
READING (ЗА)
• The article below is concerned with the problem much too dangerous and difficult to solve. If you were responsible for the problem, what steps would you take?