Грамматические упражнения
Упражнение 1. Переведите следующие условные предложения.
1. The properties of the hardened concrete will be altered if the proportions of the ingredients are changed.
2. Steel wouldn’t have become available in large quantities if the Bessemer process hadn’t been invented (изобретать).
3. If the owner wanted this builder to do the building work he would give him the contract.
4. If the beams support a plaster ceiling they fail at a unit stress that causes plaster cracking.
5. I would have told her about the examination if I had seen her yesterday.
6. If a force remains constant the cross section unit stress will change when the cross section changes.
7. If the cost of this building material were lower we would choose it.
8. If I had seen my friend on Monday, I would have asked his advice (совет).
9. We shall have to wait for him if he doesn’t come in time.
10. Concrete wouldn’t crack if it were reinforced.
Упражнение 2. Переведите предложения. Помните о сослагательном наклонении.
1. It would be better to reduce temperature changes.
2. For this purpose concrete would be easier to produce at the factory.
3. We could have used some admixtures but we didn’t know the results of the test.
4. Smaller size would increase deformation.
5. An increase in the value of this ratio would produce a concrete with more voids.
Упражнение 3. Прочтите следующие числительные.
1/10; 0.46; 2.54; 684.75; 3/5; 0.5; 2.5; 3.63; 8Ѕ; 7/8; 35.04; 28.8; ј; 65.5; 0.91; ѕ;
Упражнение 4. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на заменители модальных глаголов.
1. Sometimes concrete should be used reinforced with steel.
2. Concrete that is precast at a factory has to be transported to the site.
3. The builders were not able to precast concrete on site because of bad weather (погодные) conditions.
4. The quantities of aggregates, cements or admixtures were to be varied according to the design.
5. A typical hardened and compacted concrete is a two-phase material with aggregate, which should be an inert filler material.
6. Concrete ought to be placed in a plastic state in a form.
7. Because concrete is at the beginning in a plastic state, builders are able to use it in all kinds of construction.
8. If concrete is to counteract tensile stresses, it has to be reinforced with steel.
Упражнение 5. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на оборот there + be.
1. There are different kinds of concrete reinforcement.
2. There will be precast walls in this building.
3. There were temperature changes which caused cracking.
4. There mustn’t be weak aggregates in a concrete mix.
5. There are natural and artificial building materials.
6. There should not be too much thrust either to the right or to the left.