Задания на тему "Объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты"
Exercise 1. Переведите предложения на английский язык.
- Он хотел, чтобы ему ответили сразу.
- Известно, что атомные ледоколы работают на незначительном количестве топлива.
- Этот план оказался очень успешным.
- Мы думали, что каучук привезли из Америки.
- Считалось, что корабль прибыл из Испании.
Exercise 2. Point out the Complex Object and the Complex Subject Infinitive Constructions. Translate into Russian.
1. Never once had she been seen to cry. (Mansfield) 2. It was the first time he had ever seen her weep. (Buck) 3. He didn't mean this to be a long meeting. (Snow) 4. There was a rumour that at last they were likely to be married, (Snow) 5.... without remonstrance she suffered me to have my own way. (Ch, Bronte) 8. Irving proved to be a long, sallow-faced butler chap, solemn as an undertaker. (Priestley) 7. Mr. Worthing is sure to be back soon. (Wilde) 8. I came to get someone to tell me the truth. (Hansford Johnson) 9. I'll have Bertha bring you breakfast. (Stone) W. Unfortunately, at this moment he chances to catch sight of Judith's face. (Shaw) 11. I have never known Hector Rose behave like this. (Snow) 12. His "office" turned out to be in one of the back streets close by Olympia. (Snow) 13. Conrad pulled out a chair and made her sit down. (Greene) 14. He... looked at his watch, rang the bell, and ordered the vehicle to be brought round immediately. (Eliot) 15. Paul felt his heart lift as at a great victory. (Croniri) 16.... people took an oath, a pledge, when they were married, and that was supposed to hold them together. (Lindsay) 17. You make me think of spring flowers... (Braine) 18. At thirteen he began to read books that were said to be evil. (Saroyan) 19. She watched him go up the street and enter a door. (Faulkner) 20. He [Cowperwood] appeared to be an ideal home man. (Dreiser) 21. Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them. (James) 22. He said he wouldn't suffer a word to be uttered to him in his uncle's disparagement. (E. Bronte) 23. She doesn't seem to want to do anything I suggest. (Dreiser) 24. Cecily and Gwendolen are perfectly certain to be extremely great friends. (Wilde) 25. He heard the town clock strike twelve. (Faulkner) 26. Nearly a year ago, 1 chanced to tell him our legend of the nun... (Ch. Bronte) 27. Harriet, pale and trembling... suffered her to go on uninterrupted. (Dickens) 28. "You will not allow this base newspaper slander to shorten your stay here, Mr. Winkle?" said Mrs. Pott, smiling through the traces of her tears. (Dickens) 29. He turned out to have no feeling whatsoever for his nephew. (Snow) 30. I don't like him to be so long alone. (Hansford Johnson) 31. From the extreme freshness and purity of her complexion I estimated her age to be sixteen, or less perhaps. (Clark) 32. This appeared to amuse the policeman. (Priestley) 33. I can't bear any one to be very near me but you. (Eliot) 34. At any moment he was expecting Erik to pull a gun and rob him. (Wilson) 35. He decided to write her... and ask for an explanation, as well as have her meet him. (Dreiser) 36. You can easily get in through a window if the door happens to be locked. (Priestley) 37. You are sure to be there to-morrow night, агелЧ you, Professor Engelfield?... (Priestly) 38. He was said to be one of the most promising of nuclear physicists. (Snow) 39. Why can't he get a valet to stay with him longer than a few months? (Shaw) 40. The peasants did not seem to see her, (Hemingway) 41. He then ordered her horse to be put into the gig. (Hardy) 42. Mrs. Merridew instantly permitted herself to be taken by the arm, and led into the garden... (Collins)
Exercise 3. Translate into English, using the Complex Object or the Complex Subject Infinitive Construction.
1. Мы хотим счастья всем русским. Мы хотим, чтобы каждый человек был свободен. (Л. Толстой) 2. У нас в полку я считался одним из лучших стрелков. (Пушкин) 3. Извини меня, мой ангел, но твое патетическое письмо рассмешило меня. (Пушкин) 4. Герман слышал, как хлопнула дверь в сенях (porch), и увидел, что кто-то опять поглядел к нему в окошко (through the window into his room). (Пушкин) 5. Заря сияла на востоке, и золотые ряди облаков, казалось, ожидали солниа... (Пушкин) 6. «Не ожидала я, чтобы ты была такая злая (spiteful)»,—сказала Любочка. (Л. Толстой) 7. Охота (the shooting) оказалась хуже, чем ожидал Левин. (Л. Толстой) 8. Тугилово от нас недалеко, всего три версты: подите погулять в ту сторону... вы, верно, встретите его. (Пушкин) 9. Алексей Александрович велел подать чай в кабинет... (Л. Толстой) 10.... как только случалось нам быть одним, мы усаживались в уютный уголок и начинали рассуждать, забывая все на свете. (Л. Толстой) 11. Ему было около тридцати пяти лет, и мы за то почитали его стариком. (Пушкин) 12. Она ГКити) была прекраснее, чем он воображал ее. (Л. Толстой) 13. Она [Кнти] ждала, что он пригласит ее на вальс (to ask somebody for a waltz), но он не пригласил, и она удивленно взглянула на него. (Л. Толстой) 14. Вечером... они пошли на мол (pier), чтобы посмотреть, как придет пароход. (Чехов) 15. Письма из дому приходили тихие, добрые, и, казалось, все уже было прощено и забыто. (Чехов) 16. Я хочу быть артисткой, я хочу славы, успехов, свободы, а вы хотите, чтобы я продолжала жить в этом городе, продолжала эту пустую (dull) бесполезную жизнь, которая стала для меня невыносимой. (Чехов)