Задание № 6

Переведите следующие предложения. Постарайтесь воспользоваться всеми знакомыми вам приемами перевода абсолютной конструк­ции:[3;105]

1. A little aloof lay a carriage dog, muzzle on paws, patiently waiting for the boys to go home.

2. Mr. MacVeagh mused silently, his eyes on the fire.

3. Alien Strand strode into the fragrant green hush of Central Park, the rumble of Fifth Avenue diminishing behind him.

4. "You don't suppose any of us would stay in college, with a war going on, do you?" he said.

5. She turned her head away and looked out to sea, her ears full of the sentimental music.

6. He had slept away the afternoon, his dreams confused and menacing.

7. There being no time like the present, I resolved to begin the experiment at once.

8. The trade union says 600 more police officers are necessary immediately, with more next year.

9. Macon sped ahead, with his hands relaxed on the wheel.

10. With her away, Lieutenant Darkin had made it a point to check the house from time to time.

11. Her heart racing, she leaned from the window, her ear cocked to the far-off roaring, trying to discover from which direction it came.

12. Then she started down the road toward Tara, the heavy basket cutting into her flesh.

13. ...and Ashley bent and touched her cheek with cold lips, his face drawn and taut.

Задание № 7

Внимательно вчитайтесь в следующие предложения и определите, в какой синтаксической функции употреблены выделенные инфи­нитивы (обстоятельства цели, последующего действия или опреде­ления). Переведите предложения на русский язык:[3;106]

1. That night there was a storm and I woke to hear the rain lashing the window-panes.

2. The door swung open to reveal a large room luxuriously furnished.

3. Extraordinary measures to deal with the situation have been debated.

4. He had broken into the house and opened the safe, only to find it empty.

5.1 remember that every morning Mother was up before dawn to get the fire lit in the kitchen.

6. Eugene, her cousin, when he attained the age of seventeen, left for the colonies never to be heard of again.

7. The old gardener had finished his morning job and came with a little basket to feed the doves.

8. Like a weakening swimmer I edged to the right into a pleasant street only to be stopped by a policeman, who informed me that trucks were not permitted there.

9. Modern professional astronomers rarely look through their telescopes. They prefer working with electronic devices, recording images or computer data to be scrutinized later in the laboratory.

10. The European Community's interior ministers are meeting early next week in Brussels to discuss drastic measures to be taken against European terrorism.

11. Switzerland, with few natural resources, no ports, and no standing army, has made herself an international power to reckon with by her shrewd management of her own and other people's money.

Задание №8

IIepeведите предложения с пассивной конструкцией:[5;93]

1. A new computer has been recently bought for the lab.

2. It was found that the papers for the conference were printed double space instead of 1.5.

3. It is assumed that the participants will take care of their accommoda­tion themselves.

4. The productivity issue has been given special emphasis to in the meeting.

5. It was suggested by the commission that the project should be worked out in the context of the new circumstances.

6. The construction of new houses in another place is being negotiated with the district authorities.

7. Nobody has been refused a chance to put forward their ideas for dis­cussion.

8. Making decisions is always preceded by a thorough analysis of the market situation.

9. They will be shown the draft plan right upon their arrival.

10. Some new approaches to attracting foreign investments are dealt with in this paper.

11. The issues of foreign exchange policy are also touched on in the re­port prepared for the board meeting.

12. The higher inflation rate in the second quarter is accounted for by the Central Bank's loan to the government for the needs of agriculture and housing construction.

13. The decision of merging the companies was followed by dismissing a few hundred employees.

14. The economic growth is influenced by a number of factors.

15. The sooner the unification of exchange rates is completed, the more smoothly the companies will adapt to new market conditions.

16. Practically all the enterprises in Russia and the CIS countries were af­fected by the financial crisis of 1998.

17. Social issues will certainly be taken care of by the new management of the company.

18. An attempt was made to harmonize the legislation of the two coun­tries right after the presidential elections.

19. Urgent steps are taken to overcome the consequences of the disaster.

20. The denomination of the local currency had been carried out before a decision on merging the two currencies was passed.