4.4. Translate into English.
1. Обсуждаемая проблема интересует нас всех.
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2. Проблемы, обсуждаемые на конференции, интересуют нас всех.
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3. Вас, кажется, не интересует обсуждаемая проблема.
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4. Корреспондент слышал, как участники конференции обсуждали важную проблему.
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5. Вы разве не слышали, как обсуждалась эта проблема,
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6. Я хочу, чтобы эту проблему обсудили на завтрашнем собрании.
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7. Участники конференции обсуждали доклад, а корреспондент время от времени делал заметки в записной книжке.
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8. После того как обсудили доклад, председатель объявил
перерыв.
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4.5. Make up the right form of the Participle I or Participle II.
1. The man ________(to speak) to you is our sales-manager.
2. He spent all day _________(to ring) up to his girl friend.
3. _________(to enter) the room, the chief didn't find his secretary in it.
4. ________(to know) the harmful effects of the rays they took special precautions.
5. ________(to complete) the experiments they compared the results.
6. ________(to accept) their proposal they signed the agreement.
7. He tried all the methods ______________(to recommend).
8. They did all, as ____________(to instruct).
9. Do you think we may regard the matter as __________(to settle)?
10. ________(to be) always in time, he was the best employee.
5.1. Circle the Absolute Participial Construction.
1. Having returned from his business trip, Mr. Davis began preparing a report to be submitted to the Board of Directors.
2. Mr. Davis heaving returned to London, some of his colleagues came to see him on the same day.
3. They spent the whole evening together, Mr. Davis telling them about the results of his business trip.
4. He was asked a great many questions some of them requiring a long explanation.
5. Having been away from London for a long time, Mr. Davis wanted, in his turn, to know about the progress in the work being carried on in the R&D Department.
6. One of his colleagues being at the head of the Department, Mr. Davis wanted him to describe the results- obtained while he was away.
7. The first part of the work having been completed, the results were published in the form of an article.
5.2. Translate. Pay attention to Absolute Participial Constructions.
1. Hydrogen is the smallest substance, atoms of other elements having a more complex structure.
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2. Water is a chemical compound of oxygen and hydrogen, the latter gas forming two thirds of its volume.
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3. It is the most abundant of all chemical compounds, five seventh of the earth’s surface being covered with water.
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4. Hydrogen is the lightest gas known, oxygen being slightly heavier than air.
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5. Salt water being heavier, some things will float in it, which would sink in fresh water.
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6. When sea water freezes the salt separates from it, ice being quite pure.
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7. An engineer builds houses and cities, an architect planning their construction.
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8. Asbestos doesn’t conduct heat, a metal being a good heat conductor.
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9. Aluminum is a light metal, copper being much heavier.
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10. Metals are seldom used in their pure form, alloys having better properties for industrial purposes.
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