Лексика

Запомните перевод союзов, вводящих условные пред­ложения:

if — если

unless — если... не

in case — в случае, если

provided, provided that, } — при условии, если

providing, providing that } (что)

on condition, on condition — при условии, если

that (что)

even though — даже, если

suppose, supposing — предположим, что;

предполагая, что

Упражнение

Переведите следующие условные предложения в зависимости от формы сказуемого главного предложения:

1. If the model fits well, the observed data will be correct.

2. One will easily calculate the volume, if he knows the
dimensions of the body.

3. If life existed on Venus, v/e should know this.

4. Unless computer techniques had been developed, space
research would have never made such great progress.

5. If the life had come to the so-called equilibrium, it
would never have progressed beyond the amoeba.

6. A valuable contribution would be made, if considerable
efforts were devoted to the theoretic examination.

7. Unless the widening were small, this spectrum would
not be very faint compared with others.

Б. Бессоюзные условные предложения.

В бессоюзных условных придаточных предложениях порядок слов обратный; сказуемое или часть сказуемого, выраженные глаголами were, had, should, стоят перед подлежащим. Перевод таких предложений следует на­чинать с союза если бы (если) или слов будь, имей.

Лексика

Запомните следующие сочетания слов:

but for }

if it were not for }

were it not for } — если бы не

if it had not been for }

had it not been for }

Упражнение

Переведите следующие условные предложения. Объясните, почему в них может быть опущен союз:

1. Were one electron removed, a net positive charge would
be left.

2. Had the degree of evaporation been high, the salinity
of water would have been rising.

3. But for radioastronomy, we should have never made
the remarkable discoveries in the Universe.

4. There would be no increase in current at all, were it
not for a small effect of voltage.