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a. Having repaired the engine, the mechanic …;
a mechanic repairing engines;
(While) repairing the engine, the mechanic …;
A mechanic is repairing the engine now.
b. the workers constructing the railway;
Constructing the railway, the workers…;
Having constructed the railway, the workers …;
The workers will be constructing the high-speed railway.
c. (When) testing a new device, the engineers …;
Having tested a new device, the engineers…;
the engineers testing a new device;
The engineers are testing a new device now.
(B) Прочитайте предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на употребление Participle I в разных функциях.
1. Waiting for the train arrival, I looked through the magazines lying on the table.
2. Having received the telegram, she immediately left for Glasgow.
3. The Hikari is an electric multiple-unit train consisting of 16 cars designed to seat more than 1,000 passengers.
4. The leading role of the railway transport in Russia is explained by the specific territorial, climatic, and geographical conditions.
5. Having tested the new locomotive, the engineers recommended it for series production.
6. The trains operating on the underground lines are supplied with low voltage direct current.
7. Bombardier is the largest manufacturer of passenger cars in the world. This company started in Canada and has become multi-national, making everything from passenger cars to commuter aircraft in factories around the world.
8. The Trans-Siberian Railroad is the longest single rail system in Russia stretching from Moscow 9,198 km east to Vladivostok.
9. The trip on the "Rossiya" passenger train from Moscow to Nakhodka, including a compulsory overnight stay in Khabarovsk, takes about eight days.
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10. Having left our suitcases in the Left-Luggage Room, we went to have a snack.
Упр. 5. Прочитайте предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на употребление Participle II в разных функциях.
1. The Republic of South Africa has a well- developed rail system called Spoornet.
2. The 12.5 km Cascade Tunnel located about 100 km east of Seattle is one of the longest railroad tunnels in the US. Constructed in 1929, it replaced a shorter but winding tunnel a few miles to the north.
3. When upgraded, the track will be used for high-speed passenger traffic.
4. A train equipped with a tilting mechanism can pass the curve at a high speed.
5. The new seats with built up TV sets are installed in the new passenger carriages.
6. Before opened for traffic, the railway lines are carefully inspected and tested.
7. The sign of the London Underground is a red circle crossed with a blue stripe.
8. Two or more coupled locomotives are frequently used in freight trains.
9. Rail welded into long sections became the standard for most busy main lines.
10. When thoroughly tested, ballastless track will probably find wide application not only in tunnels.
11. The first Russian steam loco designed and built by the Cherepanovs stands now as a monument in front of the Historic Museum in Nizhni Tagil.
12. Henry Booth was the designer of the boiler used by Stephenson on the Rocket locomotive.
