Вариант 4

I. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Помните, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты соответствуют придаточным предложениям (см. образец выполнения 1).

1. The crew is reported to have carried out a great deal of scientific experiments.

2. We know .the wave theory of light to be first proposed by the English physicist Robert Hooke in 1665.

3. Nearly all refrigerators to be used at home are based upon the principle that the rapid evaporation of a liquid or the expansion of a gas produce cooling.

II. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод зависимого и независимого (самостоятельного) причастных оборотов (см. образец выполнения 2).

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3. Powerful nuclear ice-breakers being built in our country, we began a new chapter in the history of Arctic exploration.

III. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие сложные предложения. Обратите внимание на то, как переводятся условные предложения (см. образец выполнения 3).

1. If you had translated the article, you could have used valuable data in your work.

2. If the quality of the equipment were higher, the results of the experiment would be more accurate.

3. It would be impossible to explain chemical phenomena without using the laws of physics.

IV. Прочитайте и устно переведите с 1-го по 5-й абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2, 3 и 4-йабзацы.

Пояснения к тексту

1. to go on - продолжать

2. to get down - приступать

3. in distress - в беде

4. a great deal - огромное число

RESCUE FROM SPACE

1. The tests of the international space search-and-rescue system COSPAS-SARSAT have been going on¹ for five years. Its members are the USSR, the USA, France and Canada. Specialists believed that all these years would be spent on technically improving the system.

But somewhat unexpectedly for its makers the COSPAS-SARSAT system got down² immediately to the fulfilment of its direct duties — rescuing people in distress.³ The first stellar rescuer is known to be the Soviet satellite Kosmos-1383, equipped with a radio-electronic complex for detecting the signals of ships and aircraft.

3. Today three satellites — two Soviet and one American — are already in operation. The system having demonstrated excellent performance in actual distress situations, we'll continue to cooperate more widely in its application.

4. Soon there will be ten stations for receiving distress information: three in the USSR, three in the USA, and one each in Canada, France, Britain and Norway. By 1983 the COSPAS-SARSAT system had already saved 120 people.

5. Considerable attention in the Soviet space programme is paid to researches aimed at solving problems for national science and economy. A great deal⁴ of scientific-technical and medical-biological experiments have been carried out. Numerous data concerning the earth's national resources, the atmosphere and seasonal changes are gathered. Biological experiments with the aim of developing the technology of growing plants in space conditions are continued. These experiments and data are of practical great importance.

V. Прочитайте 5-й абзац текста и ответьте письменно на следующий вопрос:

What is the aim of biological experiments carried out in space?