Абсолютный причастный оборот

(The Absolute Participle Construction)

1. An object losing its potential energy, that energy is turned into kinetic energy. –

Когда предмет теряет потенциальную энергию, эта энергия превращается в кинетическую.

2.There are different sources of energy, the sun being an unlimited source of all forms of energy. – Существуют различные источники энергии, причем солнце – безграничный источник всех форм энергии.

Упражнение 1. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на независимый причастный оборот.

1. The sun having set an hour before, it was getting darker.

2. Electrons moving through a wire, electrical energy is generated.

3. The cathode heated, the electrons leave the surface and move to the anode.

4. She hurried along, her heels crunching in the packed snow.

5. He sat on the steps, with his arms crossed upon his knees.

6. Our work having been finished, we went home.

7. The underground station being not far, we walked there.

8. Our efforts to start a car (to fail), we spent a night in a nearby village.

9. Substances strongly (to resist) the flow of current, we call them insulators.

Упражнение 2 . Перефразируйте следующие предложения, употребляя независимый причастный оборот.

1. As the storm was arising, the ship entered the harbor.

2. She stood silent and her lips were pressed together.

3. The electrons move with varying velocity and their velocity depends on the temperature and nature of the materials.

4. As the treaty had been signed, trade was at once resumed.

5. As the wind was stirring among the trees and bushes we could hear nothing.

6. In the case electricity passes through a tree or a house we say that they are struck by lightning.

7. When the dinner was over we all gathered in the sitting room.

8. Thoughtful, he finished his meal, his eyes were all the time fixed upon the microscope.

9. As it was very warm children were sleeping in the open air.

Упражнение 3 . Переведите предложения с русского на английский, употребляя все известные вам формы причастия.

1. Так как было очень поздно, аптека была закрыта.

2. Если погода будет хорошей, спортсмены покажут хорошие результаты.

3. Приехав на станцию, мы купили билеты.

4. Прожив много лет в этих краях, он легко нашел дом, который ему был нужен.

5. Ожидая в приемной, он обдумывал все вопросы, которые он хотел обсудить с боссом.

6. Сидя в уютном кресле, я продолжал думать о своих друзьях.

7. Будучи популярным певцом, он объездил с гастролями всю страну.

8. Доктор тщательно обследовал его сломанную ногу.

9. Не так давно она, наконец, нашла хорошо-оплачиваемую работу.

10. После того как собаку накормили, она уже не выглядела такой несчастной.

ПРОВЕРЬ СЕБЯ

(TEST YOURSELF)

1. The professor told the students about the experiments carrying/being carried/having carried/carries out in the laboratory

2. The equipment are loaded/be loaded/having been loaded/have loaded, the workers went straight home.

3. Driving /driven/having driven/being driven a car at night he saw a car accident.

4. She showed us a list of the newly publishing/published /had published/are publishing journals and magazines.

5. The sun having risen/having been risen/risen/is risen they continued the way.

6. Having been advised by the doctor to go to the south she decided to spend summer in Turkey.

7. My brother finished his work, his friend helps/has helped/being helped/having helped him.

8. The work having been finished/having finished/finishing/is finished, the student went home.

9. The teacher praised her well-preparing/well-prepared/well-prepare/well-being prepared report.

10. Having finished/finished/being finished/finishing her work the girl went for a walk.

11. Kerosene is the fuel using/used /having used/having been used in the jet engines.

12. The talks between the two countries were conducted behind the closed doors, measures having been taken/having taken/taking/took that no correspondent should receive any information.

13. Having been taught/teaching/ being teaching/having taught by a good teacher he knew German well.

14. Refused/refuse/had refused/having refused to unload foreign ships the dockers lost their jobs.

15. Having brought /bringing/brought/being brought the dictionaries from the library, the students began to translate the article.

16. The students were translating the article, the teacher watching /being watched/have watched/having been watched them doing it.

17. Reading/having been read/ have read/ read an interesting book he forgot he it was time he went for a walk.

18. Being treated/treating/having treated/ treated kindly by a new family an adopted child gradually calmed down and felt at home.

19. He decided to give up this bad-paid/badly-paid/ badly-paying/badly-pay job.

20. Thinking/being thought/thought/having been thought about all these events he understood that he was not right.

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