Ланцюжки іменників

Іменники, що стоять перед головним іменником (останнім у ланцюжку), виконують функцію означення. Переклад здійснюється двома способами: 1) попередні іменники перекладаються як прикметники, наприклад: steel beam – сталевий брус; world music festival – міжнародний музичний фестиваль; 2) першим перекладається головне слово: wheel suspension – підвіска коліс; reaction rate constant – постійна швидкості реакції.

Вправа 7. Перекладіть словосполучення:

apple juice – apple prices; book shelf – book review, room temperature – room height, computer virus – computer efficiency, water transport – water analysis.

Вправа 8. Перекладіть словосполучення англійською, використовуючи ланцюжки іменників:

паперовий пакет, сталеплавильний завод, кислотний дощ, вуличний рух, водяний насос; генератор пару, пучок електронів, екран комп’ютера, зменшення цін на нафту, корпус ракетного двигуна, система безпеки автомобіля, температура утворення льоду, система управління базами данних.

Домашнє завдання

Запам’ятайте!

this is – these are

that is – those are

there is – there are

it is – they are

Вправа 9. Запишіть речення в множині.

1. This is a car. 2. This is a mouse. 3. This is a cactus. 4. That is a plate. 5. That is a tower. 6. That is a bookcase. 7. Is this a sofa? 8. Is this an arm-chair? 9. Is this a correct formula? 10. Is that a plane? 11. That is not a kangaroo. 12. That is not a garden. 13. That is not a bus. 14. That is the girl’s box. 15. It is a sheep. 16. It is a boy’s bicycle. 17. It isn’t Mary’s dictionary. 18. There is a bird’s nest on the tree. 19. This is my friend’s study.

Вправа 10. Перекладіть словосполучення:

spaceship design; air resistance; planet surface; space flight danger; low temperature nitrogen adsorption measurement; control equipment; equipment control; thermoelectric generator development; fuel supply; household goods; steam engine invention; a car speed calculation problem; liquid fuel rocket reconstruction; improved test program; load condition.

Вправа 11. Перекладіть речення письмово, звертаючи увагу на іменники в функції означення.

1. A direct current system has big disadvantages. 2. There are lots of types of special service motor cars. 3. These fuel elements consist of a large number of thin uranium rods. 4. A new hospital X-ray unit locates a bullet or shell fragment in one minute. 5. There are lots of principal corrosion protection methods.

Вправа 12. Складіть усну розповідь про себе (7–10 речень).

Lesson 2. My Family

Моя сім’я

 Active Vocabulary:

friendly – дружний; surgeon – хірург; neither ... nor – ні ... ні; handsome – красивий (про чоловіків); grey – сивий; sociable – товариський; overtime – понаднормово; nursery school – дитячий садок; nephew – племінник; separately – окремо.

Now I am going to tell you about my family. We are a family of five. We think we are a large, friendly and united family. So we are happy to be living together and getting on all right.

To begin with, I am going to talk about my dad. His name is Sergey Petrovich. He is 45. He works as a surgeon in a hospital. He is neither old, nor young. He is a good-looking man, handsome, rather thin with dark brown hair just beginning to get grey. He is a very sociable person. What I don’t like about my father is that he is always busy. He works overtime very often. He is a bread-maker in our family. He is fond of going to the country on weekends, because he enjoys working in the garden.

My mother’s name is Galina Nickolayevna. She is three years younger than my father. She works as a teacher at a nursery school. My mother is rather slim and pretty; she is always elegant and smart. In short, she is a pleasant-looking woman of about 40. She always has a lot of work to do at school and about the house. She is fond of her work and spends a lot of time there. But she has to cook the food for all the family at home. Shopping and cooking is nearly half a day’s work for her. But my granny and I have a habit of helping her about the house.

Boris is my elder brother. He is six years my senior. So he is 23 already. He has graduated from the University and he works as an economist now. He is married. His wife is a journalist. They are three in the family. They have got a child, my nephew. It is a lovely little boy of two with golden hair and dark blue eyes. He is full of joy and gaiety. My brother’s family lives separately.

And finally, a few words about my grandmother. My granny is my best friend, I must tell you. She is always ready to listen to my endless stories about my school life and my friends. She is retired now, but in her youth and her older age she worked as a teacher at school. She is a very understanding person, I must admit.

Put it into a few words, we are a united and friendly family.

 Запам’ятайте!

orphan – сирота; aunt – тітка; uncle – дядько; niece – племінниця; half-sister – зведена сестра; half-brother – зведений брат; mother-in-law – теща, свекруха; father-in-law – тесть, свекор; brother-in-law – зять, шурин, дівер; sister-in-law – невістка, своячениця; stepmother – мачуха; stepfather – вітчим; widow – вдова; widower – вдівець; fiance – наречений; fiancee – наречена; housewife – домогосподарка.

Вправа 1. Доповніть речення інформацією про свою сім’ю.

My family consists of ___. I want to tell you about my ___. My ___’s name is ___. He (she) is ___ years old. He (she) is a ___ (occupation). He (she) works (studies) at ___. He (she) is rather ___ (height). His (her) hair is ___. His (her) eyes are ___. He (she) is fond of ___. I love my ___ very much.

Вправа 2. Підберіть відповідне слово з наведених нижче, щоб доповнити речення: aunt, cousin, father, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, nephew, mother, uncle, niece.

1. My father’s wife is my ___. 2. My parents’ son is my ___. 3. My parents’ daughter is my ___. 4. My mother’s husband is my ___. 5. My mother’s father is my ___. 6. My father’s sister is my ___. 7. My mother’s brother is my ___. 8. My father’s mother is my ___. 9. My mother’s sister is my ___. 10. My uncle’s son is my ___. 11. My aunt’s son is my ___. 12. Peter is his uncle’s ___. 13 Ann is her aunt’s ___.