Упр. 2. Инфинитивные Конструкции
(A) Перепишите предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на употребление конструкции Сложное Подлежащее.
1. The new high-speed line is reported to be opened for traffic next year.
2. Passenger traffic on Vietnam Railways is expected to grow by 5-9 % a year and freight traffic by 15 %.
3. The U.S. is known to have some of the world's longest freight trains, some stretching for miles in length.
4. Train fares are said to be raised by 7 % in summer.
5. All passengers are sure to enjoy riding on a new high-speed train.
6. You are certain to miss the train unless you hurry.
7. She is likely to have left her umbrella on the train.
8. The St. Petersburg underground system is planned to have 2 more lines in the next decade.
9. The labor of a man with secondary education was found to be 108 % more efficient than that of a man without education. Moreover, the work of a university graduate proves to be 300 % more efficient than that of specialists with secondary education.
10. Proposals to link Moscow with the European high-speed network through Warsaw, Poland, are likely to remain proposals because of a lack of funds.
(B) Перепишите предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на употребление конструкции Сложное Дополнение.
1. We didn't expect him to put off the discussion of this project.
2. Do you want a porter to carry your luggage to the compartment?
3. The road master ordered the track to be repaired as soon as possible.
4. Scientists believe new laser devices to be widely used in medicine.
5. We saw the new train start from the station.
6. Everybody knows the electric current to be the motion of electrons through an electric conductor.
7. Nowadays people can watch on television the cosmonauts work in space, “Lunokhod” move on the surface of the Moon and Olympic Games take place on the other side of the globe.
8. Very high temperatures often cause certain materials to break.
9. I know him to carry out research work in the field of chemistry.
10. The use of the new equipment enabled us to minimize the number of workers.
Упр. 3. Многофункциональность глаголов to be и to have
Прочитайте предложения и переведите их. Укажите функцию глаголов to be и to have.
To be
1. Some trains are to make stops at all railway stations.
2. Repair shops are mechanized to speed the repair of the demanded cars.
3. All underground stations are of the same size: 6 m high, 100 m long and 18 m wide.
1. The gondola car is a low-sided wagon without a roof.
2. The track gang is to inspect a railway track and track structures all year round.
3. The aim of reconstructing this railway is to increase the train speeds up to 240 kmh.
4. The Russian Railways Company is divided into 17 territorial railway companies.
1. The first attempts in designing a robot engine driver were made in 1960’s.
2. We were to meet under the Big Clock at the station.
3. The first steam locomotives were not strong and they often broke down.
1. The top speed of the first steam locomotive was 13 mph.
2. The train was to arrive at 5 o’clock but it hasn't appeared yet.
3. Construction of new railroads for high-speed passenger trains was pioneered by Japan.
To have
1. A lot of various railroad cars have been developed to transport freight and passengers.
2. Most passenger trains in Europe have coaches equipped for passengers in wheelchairs.
3. Rails have to be of such lengths that they can be carried in the longest standard wagons.
1. Canada has a large and well-developed railway system that today transports mainly freight.
2. The engine has to be dismantled to repair the damage.
3. The flood has caused considerable damage to the railway track.
1. The first self-propelled vehicle had to stop every 90 meters to make more steam, because the supply of steam lasted only 15 minutes.
2. They had an unpleasant voyage from New York to Liverpool because of the storm.
3. An experimental undersea telephone cable in the Canary Islands had to be lifted from the ocean floor three times because it had been damaged by sharks.