I. перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог. переведите предложения на язык. в разделе (б) обратите внимание на особенности перевода пассивных конструкций. а) 1. we often use plastics nowdays. 2. scientists have found ways of measuring the sizes and positions of bodies in the universe. 3. scientists had solved many interesting problems by the end of the 19th century. б) 1. iron is referred to as the most important metal of our metallic age. 2. the name electron was given to the small negative particle discovered by thomson. 3. the ignition was followed by combustion. ii. перепишите следующие предложения. подчеркните participle ii и установите его функцию, т. е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола-сказуемого; предложения переведите на язык. 1. when electrified a body may repel as well as attract different objects. 2. heat gained by one substance is heat lost by another. 3. another method to produce high-energy particles is based on superconductivity. iii. перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент; предложения переведите на язык. 1. infra-red waves can be stopped by glass. 2. soon we shall be able to understand many phenomena which occur on the solar surface. 3. today the scientists have to concentrate their attention on the production of artificial materials. 4. the samples are to be analysed at our laboratory.

1. He stood beside a bush of pale roses watching the last bees crawling into the hive. He did not seem to have paid attention to Ann’s cry.

2. You look rather tired. You are unlikely to finish the work in time. You had better go home now. It is not worth working for another several hours.

3. Remember to phone them tomorrow. They are said to have returned from their voyage. I’d rather meet them in a couple of days.

4. He made her promise several times that she would never breathe a word about it, and finally, with many pauses and many groans, he let her know the whole story.

5. She had been sitting there so long that she rose quite stiff and so hungry that she could not help going into the kitchen.

1) William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in April 1564.

2) The theatre was 30 metres in diameter and had 20 sides, giving it its perceived circular shape.

3) A seat in the gallery on the first or second floor cost two or three pennies, and for a penny more you could have a cushion. Even poor people could afford to go to the theatre – a standing ticket in front of the stage cost just one penny.

4) In 1614 the Globe Theatre was rebuilt (referred to as Globe 2). In 1642, under the force of the Puritans, the English Parliament issued an ordinance suppressing all stage plays in Theatres and in 1644 the Globe Theatre was demolished by the Puritans.

5) The New Globe Theatre was inaugurated in London in 1997, nearly 350 years after the original Globe Theatre of William Shakespeare was destroyed by the Puritans.