2015-03-22
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1. Having run a long distance the sportsman was tired.
2. Barking dogs seldom bite.
3. The broken cup was on the floor.
4. I have known him for three years.
III. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на модальные глаголы.
1. It was very dark and we had to take a torch.
2. They are to begin this work at once.
3. You can’t cross the street when the light is red.
4. However hard he might try, he will never be at the head of the class.
IV. Прочтите и устно переведите с 1-го по 3-й абзацы текста.
The Telegraph
1. Benjamin Franklin, an American who is famous for his interesting and useful inventions, published his ideas about electricity in 1752. Scientists in many countries became interested in this wonderful form of energy. They wanted to find the answer to a very important question: Could electricity be used to develop a fast, efficient system of long-distance communication?
2. Experiments proved that electricity could travel instantly over a very long piece of wire. But a note that was written on a piece of paper couldn’t be put into a wire! How could electricity be used to send a message?
3. A Danish scientist discovered that electricity could move a needle from left to right, and that the needle could be pointed at letters on a piece of paper. Then a German government worker made up a code system that could be used with an electric needle. In 1837, two English scientists sent a message by electric telegraph from Camden Town to Euston, a distance of more than 1.6 kilometers.
4. In the United States, Samuel Morse, a portrait painter, was experimenting with an electric telegraph, too. At first, he connected a pencil to an electric wire. When the electricity came through the wire, the pencil made wavy lines. Then Morse invented a code that used dots and dashes for the letters of the alphabet. The pencil wrote the dots and dashes on a narrow piece of paper. Finally, he discovered that telegraph messages did not have to be written; they could be sent in sound.
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V. Прочтите 4-й абзац текста и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:
What did Samuel Morse finally discover?
1.... that telegraph messages had to be written.
2.... that it was possible to sent them in sound.
3.... that the pencil made wavy lines.
ВАРИАНТ 5
I. Переведите предложения на русский язык. В каждом из них определите глагол-сказуемое и его видовременную форму и залог. В разделе (б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций.
а) 1. I’ve just seen the film and I think it is dull.
2. Dr. Nixton taught at Oxford University last year.
б) 1. A new road will be built soon.
2. Her children are looked after by her parents.
