- •Unit 14. Integrated Circuit. Language Work
- •1. Fill in the table:
- •2. Divide the words into four columns according to their part of speech (verb, noun, adjective, adverb).
- •3. Choose the appropriate equivalents.
- •4. Put in the missing words, using the words from the table above:
- •6. Cross out the odd word. All the words in the line should belong to one part of speech.
- •7. Read and translate the following word-combinations.
- •8. Read and translate word-combinations starting from the first component:
- •9. Match the following word-combinations with their translation:
- •11. A) What do these people want others to do for them? Fill in the table. Remember that The Complex Object is translated into Russian beginning with words чтобы, что, как.
- •12. These two sentences have a different structure but the same meaning. Change the structure of the sentences below so as to keep their meaning unchanged.
- •13. Restore the original sentences.
- •14. Translate the sentences into English paying attention to the Complex Object.
- •15. Replace the following group of sentences by a sentence with a ‘for’-phrase subject.
- •16. Complete the following sentences by adding ‘for’-phrases to them.
- •Specialist Reading
- •18. Read the text ‘Integrated Circuits’ and fill in the table.
- •Ic holders (dil sockets)
- •Static precautions
- •19. Read the text again and complete the sentences.
- •20. Match the terms in Table a with their definitions in Table b.
- •Speaking
- •21. Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue, using the following questions and answers. Если это упр к тексту на summary, то надо его дать до упр 21 как подготовку к пересказу
- •23. Divide into 2 groups. Group 1 translates Extract a and group 2 – extract b of the text “What Is an Integrated Circuit” with a dictionary in writing.
Unit 14. Integrated Circuit. Language Work
The Complex Object
Subject |
Predicate |
Object |
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noun or pronoun in the objective case |
(to)* + infinitive |
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I/you/we/they
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expect don’t expect
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me/you/him/her/us/them |
to repair the car. |
he/she/it
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expects doesn’t expect
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*Remember: to is never used after let, make, see, hear, feel, watch, notice, observe in the Active Voice: e.g. We watched the engineer make a hologram. Then he let us experiment with a laser.
The Complex Object is used after the main verbs denoting:
wish |
mental activity |
sense perception |
awareness |
inducement |
to want to wish to desire need I would like (= I’d like) |
to suppose to expect to consider to assume to prove to believe to understand to think to find
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to see to hear to feel to watch to notice to observe |
to know to find to note to claim to state to declare to pronounce to announce to report |
to make to cause to force to let to allow to permit to enable to ask to tell to order to command
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For example:
We would like you to test the device.
I consider him to be a professional in his field.
She found the carburetor to be blocked.
The engineer told us to stop the experiment.
The teacher makes us study hard.
He heard the engine start after a loud click.
Remember: The Infinitive in the Complex Object is often used in the Passive Voice but it is translated into Russian in the Active Voice and is placed before the noun.
For example:
The engineer allowed the technology to be used. - Инженер разрешил использовать эту технологию
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The For-To-Infinitive Construction
Function |
Examples |
1. Subject.
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2. Predicative.
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3.Object.
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4. Adverbial modifier of purpose and consequence. |
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5. Attribute. |
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