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I. Переведите следующие неопределенно-личные предложения со сказуемым в действительном или страдательном залоге:
1.!t remained for Anderson to prove the hypothesis
suggested by Dirac.
2. It is well to introduce a new concept at this point.
3. It is believed the method described should be of most
utility in the determination of atomic transition types.
4. By this "modus operandi" it is hoped that the reader
will find new and exciting directions of research.
5. If two molecules repel each other very strongly when
a short way apart, it takes an enormous force to push them
apart.
6. From the above discussion it does not follow that life
is impossible on other planets.
7. It was suggested by Bush to apply the method of
spectroscopic analysis.
8. It was noted by several physicists that the phenomenon
in question could not be explained by the statistical theory.
9. It occurred to Becquerel to investigate a uranium salt
which he had prepared fifteen years before.
И. Переведите следующие предложения, где сказуемое выражено глаголом-связкой be + прилагательное:
10. It is encouraging to note the rapid advance in
knowledge and techniques.
11. It is appropriate to remind the reader that the liquid
should solidify in this case.
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12. It is rewarding to try to make the experiment at still
lower temperatures.
13. It was not long before two additional particles were
found.
III. Переведите следующие предложения, где сказуемое выражено глаголом связкой be + существительное:
14. Little wonder it is that earlier cultures saw in
thunderstorms the activities of gods.
15. When dealing with a gas it is common practice to
consider it under a pressure of 1 atmosphere.
16. In quantum mechanics, it is a good procedure to
discuss arbitral angular momentum.
17. Among practical designs it is common occurrence to
find a shaft varying in diameter between bearings.
18. It is the aim of our work to check the reliability of
the experimental interpretation of the above-mentioned
spectra.
19. From the very earliest time it has been a favourite
hypothesis that all matter is really composed of one
substance. — Air, Fire, Earth and Water have all been
suggested in the past.
20. In our case it is a usual procedure to heat the
substance to a high temperature and then to quench it.
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Переведите следующие предложения с местоимением it, предваряющим дополнение:
21. The law makes it easy to understand the relation of
the two values.
22. Galileo's experiment made it clear that all bodies fall
with the same acceleration.
23. The samples taken with the new apparatus make it
possible to give geological and hydrological investigations a
considerably greater accuracy.
24. Anyone seeing Socrates for the first time would have
found it hard to believe that this was the famous philosopher.
25. Light molecules tend to find it harder to leave a hot
region than to enter it.
26. Rutherford's picture of an atom as a miniature solar
system made it no easier to explain away the equipartition difficulty.
Повторение функций местоимения it
Упражнение
Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на то, заменяет ли местоимение it предшествующее существительное или высказывание или предваряет последующее высказывание:
1. While evaluating the automatic computors, it is very
helpful to keep two basic facts in mind.
2. Heat that seemed to disappear was said later to have
become latent, since it was found it could be recovered.
3. After the substance had been thoroughly examined it
had been shown to contain НзSiO4-ions, and it was concluded
that the precipitate had the composition Са(НзSiO4)2.
4. The complications mentioned make it difficult to make
a comparison between the compounds in question.
5. The wast amount of water on the earth makes it a
huge reservoir for the storing up of excess warmth.
6. The scope of the book does not make it appropriate
to deal in detail with gas thermometry.
7. The fact that we did not primarily design our hypothesis
to explain previously obscure matters makes it all the more
effective. It appears to contain more than we put into it.
8. The design of the telescope will be discussed in some
details. It is not the object of this paper to analyze a mirror's
performance.
9. With so many molecules in the air it is small wonder
that we cannot perceive them separately as they hurtle
into us.
10. It is not entirely out of the question that certain
intensity fluctuations were due to scintillation.
11. It is encouraging to note that continued improvement
in the mechanical properties is being obtained by the
development of new agents.
12. The explanation to be given is the best currently
available but it is well to bear in mind that it will probably
be considerably modified in the years to come.
13. The species has been collected in Massachusetts and
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Ohio where it is thought to have been introduced with plants imported from warmer regions.
14. It remained for twentieth century science to discover that electricity was not a fluid at all.
