- •Unit 11. The Forward-Biased p-n Junction Language Work
- •Match the English sentences with their Russian equivalents. Define the forms of participles (Present/Past/Perfect/Active/Passive).
- •Translate the following sentences paying attention to Participle I.
- •Translate the following sentences paying attention to the ways of translation of –ing-forms.
- •Translate paying attention to the ways of translation of -ed-forms.
- •Change the complex sentences given below according to the examples and translate them into Russian:
- •Choose the sentences with Participle I from the ones given below and translate them:
- •Analyse the following examples and translate them.
- •Read and translate the following international words paying attention to suffixes and prefixes:
- •Fill in the table
- •Read the following words. What Russian words with analogue meaning do they resemble?
- •Starting from the second component
- •Read and translate
- •Translate the following word-combinations. Compare the word-order in English with that in Russian:
- •Match the following sentences with their translation:
- •Choose a correct modal verb
- •Specialist Reading
- •Read the text “The Forward-Biased p-n Junction” only once. How much can you remember? Answer these questions without additional reading.
- •If you failed try to answer these questions again after doing the exercises given below the text.
- •Study the text and translate the following:
- •Say word-combinations in bold in turn. Each next student repeats the word-combinations of the previous ones. The last student repeats everything.
- •Insert the following words in the gaps in the text below.
- •Speaking
- •In Russian write a content-based summary of the text you have translated.
- •Make a reverse written translation (from Russian into English) of your summary.
- •Find more information about different types of junctions and tell your group mates.
Unit 11. The Forward-Biased p-n Junction Language Work
Forms of Participles
|
Active |
Passive |
Present (I) |
examining |
being examined |
Past (II) |
-------- |
examined |
Perfect |
having examined |
having been examined |
For example:
Speaking about the new method the engineer told us many interesting things.
The results obtained are very important.
Having been made carelessly the experiment proved useless.
Study the examples. When do the actions expressed by participles take place?
Predicative Constructions with Participles
The Objective Participial Construction
Noun (Common case)/Pronoun (Objective case) + Participle I/II (after: feel, hear, notice, observe, perceive, see, watch, listen, have, get, imagine, help, etc.)
For example:
We saw him providing an experiment.
Please, help me to start these mechanisms working.
Noun (Common case)/Pronoun (Objective case) + Participle II (after: make, get, like, want, etc.) and when the subject represents a lifeless thing.
For example:
He had the battery connected across the crystal.
They wanted the holes removed from the positive end of the battery.
The Subjective Participial Construction (A Predicate is in Passive)
For example:
He was seen providing the experiment.
The electrons were noticed repelling from the negative end of the crystal.
The current was perceived increasing very rapidly.
The Absolute Participial Construction
Noun (Common case)/Pronoun (Nominative case) + Participle I/II
For example:
The engineers having tested this device, we can use it. (После того как инженеры испытали этот прибор, мы можем его использовать.)
New machines were brought to the plant, all of them being in good order. (Новые машины были привезены на завод, причем все они были в хорошем состоянии).
The signal given, the rocket starts immediately. (Когда (как только) дается сигнал, ракета сразу взлетает.)
There being many people in the conference hall, we could not enter it. (Так как в зале было много народу, мы не могли войти.)
The Prepositional Absolute Participial Construction
Preposition + Noun (Common case)/Pronoun (Objective case) + Participle I/II
For example:
This drift of holes and electrons reduces the depletion layer with the junction being forward biased.