Употребление и перевод глагола should

1. Should употребляется для образования глагольного
времени Future in the Past (с 1-м лицом):

We decided that we should meet in February. Мы решили, что встретился в феврале.

2. В условных предложениях (с 1-м лицом):
If it were my book, I should give it to you.

Если бы это была моя книга, я бы дала ее вам.

I should have done this work, in case I had been informed before.

Я бы выполнила эту работу, если бы я узнала об этом заранее.

3. В придаточных предложениях после безличных
предложений типа it is necessary.

It is important that you should do the work yourself. Важно, чтобы вы сделали эту работу сами.

4. В придаточных предложениях цели после союзов
that — чтобы и lest — чтобы., не, otherwise — иначе бы...:

Не helped me greatly otherwise I should not be able to carry out my work.

Oн очень помог мне, иначе я бы не смог выполнить эту работу.

5. В бессоюзных условных предложениях:

Should the letter be brought in the morning, put it on my desk please.

Если письмо принесут утром, пожалуйста, положите его мне на стол.

6. Should в качестве модального глагола со значением
долженствования.

One should be careful when crossing the street.

Надо быть очень внимательным при переходе улицы.

Упражнение Переведите следующие предложения:

1. The substance under investigation should be examined
both by chemical and physical means.

2. Why should metals, even in the solid state, be excellent
conductors of electricity, whereas salts ordinarily need to be
melted before they conduct?

3. One should keep in mind that the accuracy of Ohm's
law fails for certain solutions when alternating currents of
very high frequency are employed.

4. Should the uniform change in volume continue during
the cooling of a gas to very low temperatures, the gas sample
would have no volume at — 273°.

5. "If the beam of ray in the cathode ray tube is influenced
by a magnet, why should it not be influenced also by an
electrostatic field?" — thought Thomson.

6. In order that this relation should be valid two conditions
must be observed.

7. It was already indicated that we should stop further
discussion of the physical character of atoms and turn for
the moment to another angle of the question of atomic
structure.

8. In order that the number of ions in the stream should
not fall off as the pressure is reduced, the ions were generated
by the action of ultraviolet light on a metal plate.

9. It is of interest to inquire whether a radioactive charge
should be classed as chemical in character or not.

10. Should the anode grow too hot you must decrease
the power of the transmitter.

11. The same mechanism should be invoked to interpret
the data of Fig. 1 as well.

12. To obtain high current densities in a spot, the spot
should be at high potential.