I. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие независимый причастный оборот. Проанализируйте и определите тип придаточного предложения. Переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. In the next 25 years or so the average age in the USA increasing, problems of the aged rather than young people will be of importance.
2. Mabel hurried out of the car and walked away, tears streaming down her face.
3. Ice having been broken, the two former rivals grew still more affectionate.
4. The next day I observed you, myself unseen for half an hour.
5. She went on reading, her eyes fixed on the pages of the book.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие предикативный герундиальный оборот. Переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. We rely on your keeping your engagements.
2. What is the reason for your being so upset?
3. Everything depends on the contract being cancelled in time.
4. Nobody is interested in his concealing these facts.
5. I disapprove of your missing lectures.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие инфинитивный оборот. Определите тип инфинитивного оборота. Переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. I don’t think I should care for it to be known.
2. No one has ever heard her cry.
3. I always liked him to sing.
4. This company proved to contribute a lot to the pension fund.
5. I hated him to be sent away.
IV. Перепишите следующие условные предложения. Определите тип условного предложения, переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. We could go to the skating-rink if it were not so cold.
2. If I were you, I would ring him up myself.
3. If you gave me the article tomorrow, I would give it back to you on Saturday.
4. But for the rain, the children would have slept in the open air.
5. If changed market factors result in demand changes.
V. Прочитайте и письменно переведите следующий текст.
THE FUTURE OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION
Among various recent trends in the engineering profession computerization is the most widespread. The trend in modern engineering offices is also towards computerization. Computers are increasingly used for solving complex problems as well as for handling, storing, and generating the enormous volume of data modern engineers must work with.
Scientific methods of engineering are applied in several fields not connected directly to manufacture and construction. Modern engineering is characterized by the broad application of what is known as systems engineering principles.
Engineers in industry work not only with machines but also with people, to determine, for example, how machines can be operated most efficiently by workers. A small change in the location of the controls of a machine or of its position with relation to other machines or equipment, or a change in the muscular movements of the operator, often results in greatly increased production. This type of engineering work is called time-study engineering.
A related field of engineering, human-factors engineering, also known as ergonomics, received wide in the late 1970s and 1980s when the safety of nuclear reactors was questioned following serious accidents that were caused by operator errors, design failures, and malfunctioning equipment.
Human-factors engineering seeks to establish criteria for the efficient, human-centered design of, among other things, the large, complicated control panels that monitor and govern nuclear reactor operations.
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