ГРАММАТИКА: Придаточное предложение в функции дополнения.
Section I
Ex. 1. Practise your pronunciation.
a) measure ['тезэ], centigrade ['scntigrcid], advance [od'va:ns], usage [ju:z)d5], bureau ('bjuorao], adopt [o'dopt], committee [ko'miti], law [b:], govern
['ддуоп], decision [dt'sison], analogous [o'naclogos], previously ['prr.viosli], ambiguous [acm'bigjuds], thoroughly ['ОлгэЬ], tongue [1л ij], draft [draift]
b) forjhe^'scale^f temperature, in^ad'vance^ol^theNconfcrcncc, o'fficial language, thej>ro'posedtcxt, inu'Englishu'speakingcountrics, itjmight^be argued
c) It might be rc/markcd | that/Celsius | was analogous to the 'names /Kelvin, | /Fahrenheit, | /Reaumur | and Rankinc | 'used for 'other 'temperature Nscales.
Ex. 2. Pay attention to the structure of the following words. Translate them into Russian.
a) international, interact, interchange, interrelation, interview, intermediate
b) transform, transformation, translation, translocation, transmission, transport, transuranium, transvalue
c) supercool, superheat, superman, supernatural, supersaturate, supervision, superconductivity
Ex. 3. Define the meanings of the word appear in the following sentences:
1. When the atomic hypothesis appeared, there was no dircct evidence of the existence of atoms. 2. Oxygen was first obtained by heating various compounds of i}, particularly mcrcuric oxide, and the first account of the work appeared in 1774. 3. It appears that about one-fifth of the air by volume is oxygen. 4. She appeared frightened when the door suddenly opened and somebody came in. 5. In the interest of uniformity the use of 6 "Celsius" appeared desirable. 6. The electrons and the nuclcus occupy only a small portion of the whole space of the atom, therefore, it appears to be composed largely of empty spacc. 7. It appears that many reactions with oxygen liberate heat and light. 8. He appears to be able to do it himself.
Ex. 4. Find the predicate, the subject and the object in the following sentences:
1. It was known that Celsius had previously been used in some countries. 2. It is quite correct to say that carbon tetrachloride boils at a temperature of 70°, if the pressure is 620 mm Hg. 3. It is ncccssary that you should know how to convert temperature from one scalc to another.