III. The compound sentence and the complex sentence

EXERCISE 5.

Point out the principal clause and the subordinate clause. Define the

type of the subordinate clause. Translate into Ukrainian.

1. In practice it does not matter whether the conductors cut the magnetic flux.

2. What has been called the scientific method began to appear in the time of Galilei.

3. How heat is transferred by convection can be illustrated by a stove.

4. The question is how the diesel engine works.

5. As the warm air rises, cooler air takes its place.

6. The bell operates only when the circuit is broken.

7. When heating gases we find they act in exactly the same way as liquids.

8. I know what the English unit of power is called.

9. As the vibration dies down, the intensity of the sound diminishes.

10. The liquid whose viscosity is to be measured is poured into the annular space between the cylinders.

11. I do not know how the diesel engine works.

12. When iron is cast into a metal mould, the surface is chilled rapidly.

13. It is very important that scientists know what goes on inside their reactors.

14. That carbon exists native only in two forms, diamond and graphite, is now the predominating opinion.

15. The most interesting thing about semiconductor lasers is that they can transform electrical energy directly into light wave energy.

16. If a ringing bell is touched with the fingers, the sound ceases because the vibrations are stopped by the fingers.

17. Every wire carrying an electric current has a magnetic field so long as the current flows.

18. He wanted to see if these substances also gave rise to X-rays.

19. The next question is how such ions interact with microwave radiation.

20. Properties of steel depend also on heat treatment the metal has been subjected to.

21. We have already seen how the addition of an extra particle increases the binding energy of a nucleus.

22. Experiments show us that there is very little attraction between the molecules of any gas.

IV. Attributive groups of nouns

EXERCISE 6.

Translate the following attributive groups of nouns, paying attention

to the technique of translating such groups.

1. flame proof apparatus,

2. science research council,

3. vehicle repair industry,

4. crime figures rise,

5. yarn production figures,

6. land improvement measures,

7. data processing equipment,

8. defence expenditure debates,

9. stainless steel top cover,

10. super pressure resistant material,

11. hydrogen bomb test field,

12. the latest consumer goods advertisements,

13. high precision machine tools,

14. sugar cane waste products,

15. EEC grain prices,

16. the giant Fiat motor company,

17. special rules revision conference,

18. the US Defence Department officials,

19. the UN Security Council meeting,

20. a total UK oil output figure,

21. white collar steel industry striker,

22. water proof watch decrease danger,

23. the average sized Renault motor car,

24. sugar cane production decrease danger,

25. the newly built locomotive repairing shop,

26. small size universal electronic computer,

27. the better than expected 1999 cocoa crop,

28. an American Government financed vegetableoll plant

29. Harwell Atomic Energy Research Centre,

30. European Petroleum Equipment Manufactures Federations,

31. the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association Executive,

32. New Zealand world mile record holder Peter Snell,

33. world-without-bombs conference program,

34*. a 10$ a week wage increase offer,

35*. door bell winding,

36. thermoelectric generator design problem,

37*. super high voltage supply transmission line,

38. a motor driven oil pump,

39*. low temperature semi-conductor resistance thermometer,

40. automobile repair plant construction project,

41. high voltage switch,

42. water pumping unit,

43. long distance call,

44. remote — control switch,

45. oil pressure failure,

46. power factor indicator,

47. high voltage d.c. motors,

48. a small-size universal computers,

49*. a 40-foot-long powered plane.