Английский для бакалавров. Зарубина Л.П - 159 стр.

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III. Translate the sentences with the predicative clauses.
1. The question is whether they will finish the test in time. 2. The main point
was where he could find the necessary data for his report. 3. This is why I want to be
present at the lecture. 4. The trouble is that I have lost his address. 5. A very impor-
tant problem is how job stress can be managed. 6. The most important feature of the
English language is that it has a fixed word order. 7. The thing which greatly inter-
ested the scientists was whether other elements besides uranium possessed the prop-
erty of radiation. 8. The most interesting thing about lasers is that they can transform
electrical energy directly into light wave energy. 9. The primary problem is whether
you can cope with job overstress. 10. The trouble is that overstress is as dangerous to
humans as it is to engineering structures.
IV. Translate the sentences with the object clauses. Mind the sequence of tenses.
1. The designer asked us what we thought of his project. 2. The professor was
told that the new assistant had arrived. 3. I thought I should achieve good results. 4.
When setting up a plan one must pay attention to how this plan should be imple-
mented. 5. The Curies found polonium was many times more active than uranium.
6. In 1898 the Curies announced that they had discovered the element radium. 7. We
can now calculate how many atoms there are in 1 gramme of any element. 8. We
can’t imagine how people could do without electrically operated devices. 9. We
know that isotopes are atoms of the same atomic number but of different atomic
weights. 10. We believe that automation not only makes labour more productive but
radically changes its nature. 11. Now we know that 80% of industrial accidents are
caused by a lack of psychological well-being.
V. Translate the sentences with the attributive clauses.
A. 1. The railroad line that connected Moscow with St. Petersburg was built at
the close of the 19th century. 2. I addressed a student who was entering our labora-
tory. 3. A number whose value is to be found is called an unknown number. 4. Alu-
minium which is preferable to steel for certain parts of electric machinery is a very
light metal. 5. The heat which a body contains is the kinetic energy of its molecules.
6. The student who is studying these diagrams will make a report at our conference.
7. The man whose report we appreciated highly spoke very well. 8. The engineer
who invented this device works in our shop. 9. I work at the laboratory where new
measuring devices are tested. 10. The problem which greatly interested the scientists
was how protection could be given against radioactive substances. 11. In America
where both the Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales are used, it is often necessary to find
what reading on one scale corresponds to a given reading on the other. 12. In engi-
neering, stress is a force that induces strain – a deformation.
B. 1. The man you ask me about works at our office. 2. The student our teacher
wants to speak to is absent today. 3. The lectures I listen to at the University are very
interesting. 4. Tell me something about the discoveries your friend made in this

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