Вариант 2

1. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их на русский язык. Определите в каждом из них видо - временную форму и залог глагола-сказуемого.

1. When we are introduced to new people we should try to appear friendly.

2. After inventing dynamite, Swedish – born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man.

3. In recent years riding has become a sport for everybody.

4. He has never played a better game than he has today.

2. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на различные значения слов it, that, one.

1. These trucks are too small, we’ll need bigger ones.

2. That was the distance the car covered in one hour.

3. It is known that the laser has become a multipurpose tool.

3. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их на русский язык, помня о разных значениях глаголов to be, to have, to do.

1. Mankind was entering an age of high speeds, pressures and temperatures at the beginning of last century.

2. The evening and correspondence education system has their own advantages.

3. There is scarcely an industry to which plastics don’t make a contribution.

4. They did define the properties of the element discovered not long ago.

4. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзные подчинения.

1. The book he recommended to read gives clear understanding of the problem.

2. He said the new system was a marked improvement over the previous one.

5. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их на русский язык, обратите внимание на то, что в них просьба (побуждение) выражена с помощью глагола to let.

1. Let your students hurry.

2. Let us paint the room in light – green.

6. Перепишите следующие предложения, переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на функцию инфинитива, герундия и причастия в предложениях.

1. A new comfortable coach was developed to transport people over long distances.

2. It’s no use discussing this question now, we must act.

3. While using new method the firm reduces production cost.

7. Прочитайте и устно переведите текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите 2, 3, 4, 5 абзацы текста.

Leeds University

1. Leeds University has a century-old tradition of teaching and research in mechanical engineering and its degrees are recognized the world over.

2. The Mechanical Engineering¹ department has about 270 undergraduates and so academic staff. The teaching staff are practising engineers as well as academics. They are involved in consultation and research and maintain close links with industry.

3. The Department offers both three year courses leading to the degree of Bachelor² of Engineering (B. Eng.) and four year courses leading to the degree of Master of Engineering² (M. Eng.).

4. The first two years of the courses are common to both three- and four-year schemes and cover basic material for practising engineers. The course covers solid mechan­ics, thermofluids, materials, design, production and computing. There are also courses in mathematics and electronics and in introduction to the role of the engineer in society.

5. The final years of both schemes offer thirty options³ from which students choose five or seven subjects. These options include vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, energy, analysis of manufacturing processes, biomechanical engineering, noise and vibration control, social and industrial psychology.

6. The courses consist of formal lectures, reinforced by tutorials, laboratory classes and projects, and practical design and computing work. Project work takes the form of assignment which a qualified engineer might be given. The project in the fourth year of the M. Eng. course in­volves co-operation with industrial engineers.

Пояснения к тексту:

1. Mechanical engineering – машиностроение

2. The degree of Bachelor / Master of Engineering – степень Бакалавра / Магистра Технических наук

3. Options – факультативные предметы; предметы на выбор

8. Прочитайте 5, 6 абзацы текста, ответьте на предложенный вопрос.

What does the project in the fourth year of the Master of engineering course involve?