1. I am glad to invite you to the conference. 2. I am glad to be inviting you to the conference. 3. I am glad to have invited you to the conference. 4. I am glad to be invited to the conference. 5. I am glad to have been invited to the conference. 6. He asked to be shown the new machines. 7. He liked to listen to stories about animals. 8. The teacher asked him to read the text twice.
II. Переведите.
1. Я рад, что пригласил вас на концерт. 2. Я хочу поддержать вас. 3. Он хочет сдать экзамен хорошо. 4. Попов первым изобрел радио. 5. Знать английский язык необходимо.
III. Переведите. Укажите формы и функции инфинитива.
1. To develop high-temperature alloys was of paramount importance. 2. The task set before the metallurgists of the 20th century to develop new metals capable of withstanding very high temperatures is of great importance. 3. Scientists should take into consideration the behaviour of metals under various conditions. 4. Experiments helped Mendeleyev to discover the properties of new chemical elements. 5. Mendeleyev left blank spaces in his Table for the elements to be discovered in future. 6. Lavoisier was the first to discover the importance of quantitative analysis of chemical elements. 7. To obtain the desired properties of a metal for specific engineering applications metallurgists alloy it with small amounts of other metals. 8. Tshernov was proud to have found the best temperatures for the hot working of steel. 9. The term "pure metal" is used to describe a material from which all chemical elements but one have been eliminated. 10. The only way to produce a pure metal is to eliminate from it all chemical elements but one. 11. High temperature alloys make it possible for jet engines to be operating under severe conditions for a long period of time.
Переведите текст. Перескажите его на английском языке.
The World First X-Ray Picture
Joseph Thomson Crookes was very much interested in the composition and possibilities of cathode rays which he had discovered.
But when cathode-ray tubes first appeared scientists thought that they were of no practical value, except for scientific research. Only in 1895 something changed that attitude. With the help of a cathode-ray tube, a German physicist, Doctor Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, made his historic discovery of X-rays. One day, during the course of experimenting with the Crookes tube in his laboratory the scientist enclosed the tube in a lightproof box. Then he darkened his workshop to check whether any light was coming from the tube. To his surprise he noticed a glow coming from a nearby object, a metal screen.coated with a fluorescent chemical. Rontgen thought that his cathode tube was giving off some kind of radiation rather than emitting light, but what it was he could not say. Thus he gave the name X-ray to the unknown radiation.
Soon Rontgen found that those X-rays affected photographic plates. He made his wife place her hand on photographic plate and aimed the mysterious rays upon it. The bone structure of the hand was closely outlined on the plate. Thus he had taken the world's first X-ray picture.
Lesson 15
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A Visit to Stratford
Stratford-on-Avon is the place where Shakespeare was born and died. It is a very interesting town, right in the centre of England, You can't get very Tar from the sea anywhere in England, but Stratford is the farthest point you can get from it1. There are no mountains or deep valleys near Stratford, but there are beautiful woods, green fields, a quiet gentle river and lovely houses.
Stratford is quite a busy town, especially on market day when the farmers come to buy or sell cows or pigs or sheep. We came to Stratford from London on the day when Shakespeare was born. The first place we went to was Shakespeare's birthplace, a small house with small rooms in the centre of Stratford. We saw the room where Shakespeare was born.
In one room was a little wooden desk, the very desk that Shakespeare sat at when he went to the grammar school in Stratford. There is a garden behind the house. In this garden are growing all the flowers, trees and plants that are mentioned in Shakespeare's plays.
When Shakespeare became successful in London he bought the biggest house in Stratford, but there is nothing left of it but2 a few bricks and the garden.
Then we went to the church where Shakespeare is buried. There is a bust of Shakespeare that was carved by a Dutch sculptor who lived near the Globe theatre3.
We had a look at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre which was built on practical lines4, but it has the best stage in England. We wanted to see a play there. “Hamlet” was on that evening, but all the tickets had been sold long ago. We were very tired when we returned to London and I hope that I can go to Stratford next year.
Notes
| 1 the farthest point | – (зд.) самое отдаленное место |
| 2 but | – (зд.) кроме |
| 3 the Globe Theatre | – театр «Глобус» |
| 4 which was built on practical lines | – построенный с чисто утилитарными целями |
Vocabulary Exercises
