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Тема 24. Условные придаточные предложения второго типа с инверсией

Examples: Were the weather better, the air temperature would be higher. – Если бы погода была лучше, температура воздуха была бы выше. Had they a modern computer, they would be able to process the data. – Если бы у них был современный компьютер, они смогли бы обработать данные.

Task. Translate the following sentences into Russian

A.

1. Were the resistors connected in parallel, the voltage in each branch would be equal.

2. Had we a digital voltmeter, we should measure voltage with better accuracy.

3. Were there a breaking in the circuit, there would be no current in it.

4. Were there no heater in the room, the temperature in it would be very low.

5. Were I to finish the project quickly, I should work overtime.

6. Could a capacitor conduct direct current, it would not be a d.c. circuit breaking.

7. Were the station more modern, it would consume less fuel.

8. Were the pavement less slippery, there would be less car accidents.

9. Were the particles charged, we should detect them by means of this device.

10. Had I enough money, I should buy the latest model of mobile phone.

B.

1. Had thermal power stations fuel of higher quality, their efficiency would be higher.

2. Were there a breaking in the filament, the lamp would not light.

3. Could we design an effective non-conventional power station, the problem of fuel shortage would be solved.

4. Could we design an effective non-conventional power station, we should use oil and fuel as raw materials for chemical industry.

5. Were the wire larger in its cross-section, the heat produced would be more negligible.

6. Were there a potential difference between the two points, there would be a current flow between them.

7. Had we a platinum thermocouple, we should be able to measure temperature more accurately.

8. Were there no special compensating device connected to the cold end of the thermocouple, we should have a systematic error.

9. Were an amplifier a semiconductor one, it would be more reliable and small-sized.

10. Could we use purification plants of higher quality, the technology would be more environmental friendly.

11. Should wind power plants be more effective, they would be more widely used.

12. Were the transmitter more powerful, it could service more remote receiving base stations.

13. Should the assistant engineer come tonight, the problem would be settled.

14. Should the designers be more trained, their equipment would have much longer life time.

15. Could we modify one of the technical components of the installation, its output power would increase sufficiently.

16. Had the student a technical dictionary, he would translate the article much better.

17. Had we a modern computer, we should obtain better scientific results.

18. Could we carry out this experiment on a working power plant, our conclusions would be more reliable.

19. Should the engineer repair this machine, we should be able to put it into operation.Were there an oilfield in this country, the country would be richer.

Тема 25. Условные придаточные предложения третьего типа

Examples: If he had known mathematics better, he would have passed the exam. – Если бы он лучше знал математику, он сдал бы экзамены. If the calculations had been made accurately, the accident would not have taken place. – Если бы расчеты были выпол-нены точно, авария бы не произошла.

Task. Translate the following sentences into Russian

A. 1. If he had arrived yesterday, we should have asked him to take part in the experiment.

2. If the scientists hadn't built the steam train in 1829, we should have had horses till now.

3. The students would have done the experiment, if they had had everything necessary for it.

4. If we had had more time, we should have considered all the suggestions.

5. If I had had any free time yesterday, I should have done the work myself.

6. If the computers had not been worked out, many important problems might not have been solved.

7. Unless he had been so lazy at school, he would have entered the institute.

8. I should have bought more books, provided I had had more money.

9. If she had given us the tickets, we should not have waited for her now.

10. If the worker had kept all the safety rules, he would not have been injured.

B. 1. If the people of the past had known that the lightning was a discharge of electricity, they would have been surprised greatly.

2. If you had sent us the samples in time, we could have started our tests some days ago.

3. If they could have seen the machines in operation, then they would have got a better idea of the design.

4. We should have increased our deliveries last year, if we hadn't begun the great reconstruction.

5. If they had examined all the devices more attentively, they might have noticed all alterations made by engineers.

6. If they had doubled the number of tools they wanted to buy, we should have given them 2% discount.

7. If you had reequipped the shop last year, you would have increased the output of your production,

8. If they had repaired the device quickly, they would have renewed their researches.

9. The accident would not have happened, if everything had been done according to the rules.

10. Unless there had been contacts between different countries, people would not have known much about each other.

11. If she had known everything beforehand, she would not have gone there alone.

12. If they hadn't told their friends about the accident, the friends would not have been able to help them.

13. If we had had an ammeter at the last laboratory work, we should have been able to measure current in the circuit as well.

14. If we had had advanced equipment, we should have been able to get a higher profit.

15. Provided the circuit had been broken, there would have been no current in it.

16. Provided we had had an optical pyrometer instead of a thermocouple, we should have measured the temperature in the fire-chamber.

17. Unless we had known the voltage and the resistance in the electric circuit, we should not have calculated the current.

18. Provided the wires had been insulated, the short circuit would not have happened.

19. If we had compressed the gas, it would have become liquid in high pressure conditions.If you had placed a floppy-disk near a magnet, you would have lost your data.