Английский язык в сфере профессиональной коммуникации: природопользование - 10 стр.

      VI. Ïåðåâåäèòå íà ðóññêèé ÿçûê, îáðàùàÿ âíèìàíèå íà ïåðåâîä
ñëîâà ‘times’ è îáîðîòà ‘as...as’ :
      1. Elbrus is more than two times as high as Hoverla mountain. 2.
The gravity of the sun is 28 times that of the earth. 3. We must keep
up with times. 4. In past times the climate of the region was quite
different. 5. In times to come we expect a new bridge across the Volga.
6. At certain times the sky was overcast with clouds. 7. Five times five
is twenty-five. 8. Two times two is four. 9. I have met him in Volgograd
at various times. 10. From time to time we watch the partial lunar
ecli pse. 11. The Baikal is three times as large as Onega lake. 12. I have
been to Samara several times. 13. He reads half as fast as Nick. 14. This
substance reacts one third as fast as that one. 15. Volgograd is one fifth
as large as Moscow. 16. In 1990 man knew four times as much as he
did in 1930
      VII. Ïåðåâåäèòå ïðåäëîæåíèÿ, îáðàòèâ âíèìàíèå íà çíà÷åíèå
âûäåëåííûõ ñëîâ:
      1. Do it by all means, otherwise you’ll not have another
opportunity. 2. This examination means a lot for him. 3. Computers are
means to accelerate our work. 4. What does this word mean? 5. We
mean to write them a letter. 6. His friendshi p means very much for
me. 7. The end justifies the means. 8. The means of communication are
very important facilities in our time. 9. The scientists took heaps of
devices and means to control them.
      VIII. Ïåðåâåäèòå ïðåäëîæåíèÿ íà ðóññêèé ÿçûê, îáðàùàÿ
âíèìàíèå ñëîâîñî÷åòàíèÿ «that of» è «those of»:
      1. The length of the Volga is larger than that of the Dnieper. 2.
The atmosphere of the earth is denser than that of Mars. 3. The
distances between the stars are much greater than those between the
sun and the earth. 4.The mass of the moon is about one eighty-first
that of the earth. 5. The gravitative pull of the moon upon the earth is
greater than that of the other celestial bodies except the sun. 6. The
elements which compose the sun and the stars are the same as the
ones that compose the earth. 7. The temperature of the sea is much
more uniform than that of the land.
      IX. Óêàæèòå ðóññêèé ýêâèâàëåíò âûäåëåííûõ ñëîâ:
      1. People are aware that the development of the country depends
on the development of each region.
      à) ðàçðàáîòêà; á) ïîñòðîåíèå; â) ðàçâèòèå; ã) ðàñêðûòèå.


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