Тема 27. Страдательный (пассивный) залог

Examples:

1. The experiment was carried out last week. – Эксперимент был выполнен на прошлой неделе.

2. More bus lanes should be built. – Следует построить больше автобусных линий.

Task. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

А.

1. The machines were inspected last year.

2. 90% of the world’s business will be done on the Internet.

3. The Pyramids were built by the ancient Egyptians.

4. Who was America discovered by?

5. Who was the prize given to?

6. The morning newspapers are usually delivered at 8.

7. The goods were not delivered on time.

8. Today’s newspaper hasn’t been delivered yet.

9. My camera is being repaired this week.

10. Many new houses have been built this year.

B.

1. The laboratory should be given new equipment.

2. We have been given all the necessary information.

3. The institute was promised financial support.

4. The children were well looked after.

5. The situation is serious. Something must be done before it’s too late.

6. I haven’t received the letter. It might have been sent to the wrong address.

7. Have you been shown what to do?

8. Many accidents are caused by dangerous driving.

9. It has been proved that there is no life on the moon.

10. A new residential block is being built near the park in the city now.

11. All the documents of the contract had been signed before the top manager arrived to the office.

12. The results of the exam aren’t going to be published.

13. The car does not have to be modernized.

14. The work could be done another time.

15. In the newspapers it is reported that plans have been approved for construction of six floating nuclear power stations.

16. Radio waves can be used to send coded information very fast over long distances including interplanet communications.

17. Today's aircraft is expected to be replaced by a new fifth generation model of hypersonic aircraft.

18. Optical technology including high tech optical generators, amplifiers and fibre-optic cables has been found to be cost effective.

19. The computer's controller having been developed very carefully, its operation is reliable.

Тема 28. Страдательный залоги его особенности

Examples:

1. Не was often laughed at. – Над ним часто смеялись.

2. Big earthquakes can be followed by decades of inactivity. – За землетрясениями могут следовать годы (сейсмической) неактивности.

3. He is said to work much. – Говорят, что он много работает.

4. It is known that he is a great scientist. – Известно, что он –великий ученый.

А.

1. The production of alloys is seldom influenced by gravity.

2. Lead is very slightly acted upon by the oxygen of the air.

3. When the delegation arrived the designer was sent for.

4. The construction of the machine is paid great attention to.

5. Newton’s laws of motion are often referred to.

6. The neutron is not influenced by magnetic field.

7. This requirement will be much spoken about.

8. The papers were followed by interesting discussions.

9. He is said to know several foreign languages.

10. Oh, I was supposed to start with a joke.

B.

1. The production of alloys is seldom influenced by gravity.

2. The description is followed by a discussion of lunar programme proposed.

3. The experimental model will be followed by mass production of the mechanisms.

4. The works of Tsiolkovsky were followed by a number of very important works in the field of astronautics.

5. The invention of steam engine was followed by the first industrial revolution.

6. Conference papers are often followed by discussion.

7. The huge automatic unit in the shop is looked after by only a few men.

8. The new model of the device will be worked at in the plant laboratory.

9. The original design of the device was already referred to in some journals.

10. The engineers’ measurements and calculations can be relied on.

11. The operation of the turbine will not be influenced by outer factors.

12. All these problems will be dealt with from both theoretical and experimental viewpoints.

13. The conductivity of metals is very little influenced by temperature.

14. The discovery of that substance is much spoken about.

15. His lectures are always listened to with much attention.

16. Any flying vehicle is acted upon by aerodynamic forces.

17. International cooperation in the field of space and science may be spoken of as a long-standing tradition.

18. Can anyone among us explain what exactly is thought leadership?

19. Two quasars were thought to be one, an illusion of the cosmos.

20. How am I supposed to survive on my less than $200 per month as a music teacher?

21. It is heard that the wrong doings of a few in America in the last 8 years resulted in the loss of wealth they built up over 100 years.

22. It was seen that light had a constant speed irrespective of the frame of reference

23. His ideas have been seen through various eyes, and new light has been thrown upon these ideas.

24. The letter has been described as the first direct communication from an Iranian leader to an American president since 1979.

25. I bought a motorcycle that was described as perfect on Website.In this case, the backslash is followed by at most six hexadecimal digits.