Ex.2 Find the verbs in the Subjunctive Mood, underline them and translate the sentences into Ukrainian
1. If there were no frictional losses in a machine, a machine would be 1000% efficient.
2. The demand is that in modern military aircraft he fuel tank be made bulletproof.
3. It is essential that he should inform us regularly on the state of his research work.
4. The demand is that a mass spectrometer intended for an investigation of the upper atmosphere should be exceedingly reliable and simple in operation.
Ex.3 Find the Gerund, state its function and translate the sentences.
- Besides being small in size, equipment of the transistor is light weight.
- The ancient Greeks were trying to explain the movements of the planet by assuming the earth to be the centre of the Universe.
- The results of the test are worth mentioning.
- Since power is the rate of doing work, the amount of work done in a given time is the rate of doing work multiplied by the time.
Ex.4 Find the elliptical constructions, study them and translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
1. Galileo proved that objects fall at the same speed whatever their weight
2. With no free oxygen and little, if any, water, Mars still appears to have rather good evidence of life.
3. Electrical disturbances, no matter how weak, produce radio waves which are picked up by the antenna of the receiver.
4. Whatever the method, the calculation must be precise
Ex.5 Translate the following sentences, in which the noun is guided by two pronouns that are joined by the conjunction.
Model:
An antenna radiates most efficiently at or near its fundamental wave.- Антена випромінює найбільш ефективно на основній хвилі чи поряд з нею.
1. At the beginning of the 20th century people did not think of flying at or above the speed of sound.
2. This tube was designed for and will find its widest application in colour TV receivers.
3. The vast majority of transformers receive power from and deliver power to circuits with approximately constant potentials.
4. By using magnetometers and telemetering it is possible to study electrical currents flowing in and beyond the ionosphere.
Ex.6 Translate the following sentences. Be sure that you know the meaning of the following words.
- The planet Pluto was discovered as recently as 1930.
- The possibility of releasing large amounts of energy was demonstrated as early as 1919 by Rutherford.
3. It was as recently as December 1937 that the first flight of radio-controlled airplane using automatic landing techniques.
Ex.7 Translate the followings terms containing as the first component the world
High “високий “, “великий “.
Model: high-power station.
Силова станція великої потужності ( потужна силова станція).
1.high-speed storage
2. high-speed indicator
3. high-speed switch
4. high-power gun
5. high-power modulation
6. high-ratio transformer
7. high-wing monoplane
8. high-pass filter
Ex.8 Translate from English into Ukrainian paying attention to the different meaning of the translation of the following word combinations:
It follows that – звідси виходить, що
It takes - потрібно
It turns out that – виявляється, що
e time it takes a planet to travel around the Sun is called a year.
2. It took nature millions of years to make coal and oil.
3.It is possible to determine with considerable precision the time it takes a body to fall various distances.
4. It turns out that microwave region is as useful as the optical region for a number of applications.
5. It turns out that the problem of carrying away dangerous by-products is not yet solved .
Ex.9. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Memorize some expressions used with the gerund.
1. It is worth-while carring out several experimental studies.
2. It goes without saying
3. It is worth considering an alternative method.
4. My scissors wants sharpening.
5. That needs explaining.
Ex.10 Fill in the gaps with the following words and translate the sentences.