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4.The pollution of air by car exhausts is one of the most serious problems that our planet is facing. (What)

5.An increasing growth of population and industrialization may bring some serious changes to the environment. (What)

Table 15.1

The Structure of Simple Sentence

attributes

(a part of sentence members)

“zero” place

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

4th place

(optional)

subject

predicate

object

 

adverbial modifiers

Over this period, personal computers have already become a common feature of our life.

Table 15.2

 

 

 

The functions of nouns in sentences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member

 

Example

 

 

of sentence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject

 

This account is good.

 

 

 

 

 

Part of predicate

 

He is an accountant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She wrote an account.

 

 

 

 

 

Object

 

She wrote him an account.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She wrote her boss an account of the changes.

 

 

 

 

 

Adverbial modifier

 

All changes are shown in the account.

 

 

 

 

 

Attribute

 

Account data are of great importance.

(see Table 15.3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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15.9.Point out the function of nouns in the following sentences.

1.Einstein’s first paper on the relativity theory came out in 1905.

2.English is of great importance for any scientist.

3.We are observing some changes in the process.

4.They have made an attempt to explain the nature of this mechanism.

5.The experiment results will be included in my new article.

6.The appearance of the new material was a fundamental discovery.

7.They advanced another interpretation of this effect some time ago.

8.This problem has been systematically studied for about ten years.

9.Computers have found a wide application in science and technology.

10.The development of the relativity theory ran parallel to important experimental observations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attribute group

 

Table 15.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

noun + noun:

state emblem

wage rise

price control

 

 

Note:

 

a simulation technique

measurement parameters

 

 

 

 

 

regulation speed

BUT: regulation of speed

 

noun

+

participle I

+

noun:

the rock-feeding system

noun

+

participle II

+

noun:

a water-cooled conveyer

noun

+

gerund

+

noun:

the job scheduling problem

noun

+

adjective

+

noun:

Newton’s important works

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an oxygen free gas

 

adjective +

 

noun

+

 

noun:

The important measurement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

parameters are presented in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1.

 

 

Different forms:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adjective

 

noun

participle II

noun

gerund

noun

 

a natural

 

language

oriented

question

answering

system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.10.Translate the following expressions.

1.multimedia computer

2.central processing unit

3.city water-supply system

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