EXERCISES

I. Переведите предложения, обращая особое внимание на форму инфинитива, входящего в « объектный инфинитивный оборот ».

A. 1. We think our professor to develop his new theory in the nearest future. 2. The engineer wants us to use new methods in our work. 3. The manufacturers believe them to have shipped the goods already. 4. We know Morse to have been a painter by profession. 5. We know this scientist to be working at this scientific problem. 6. Scientists expect lasers to solve the problem of controlled thermonuclear reaction. 7. The laboratory assistant expects the devices to be repaired in time. 8. We know metals to be the best conductors of electricity. 9. Engineers suppose a new “night vision” system to enable drivers to see better after dark. 10. They believed him to be capable.

B. 1. The great heat made us utilize other working conditions. 2. The captain made the sailors wash the deck. 3. The unsatisfactory results of Bell’s experiments made him change the method of testing. 4. The professor allowed them to repeat the reaction. 5. Bad weather conditions make pilots switch over to automatic control. 6. The excellent properties of Damascus steel made metallurgists of the whole world look for the lost secret of the steel. 7. The company allowed the machine-tools to be sent by rail.

C. 1. Hundreds of radio navigation stations watch the airplanes find their destination and land safely. 2. Twice a year people see birds fly south and north, but we don’t know how they find their way. 3. At the Paris Exhibition people watched the cargo airplane “Ruslan” carry a great amount of cargo. 4. When you stand near a working engine you feel it vibrate. 5. Making experiments with electric telegraph Morse noticed a pencil make a wavy line when connected to an electric wire.

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