Specific English. Грамматические трудности перевода

1. It was difficult to persuade him. 2. It is impossible to understand such things. 3. It was unusual to find the collection in the house of a planter. 4. It was good to bask in the sun of the Indian summer. 5. It was almost impossible to obtain these small luxuries now. 6. It is very difficult to get wine these days. 7. It was impossible to approach her on the subject. 8. It was hard to put up with her temper. 9. But it was hard now even to imagine that time. 10. It was hard to bear her malice all the same. 11. It was not easy to enforce the laws. 12. It’s amusing to talk to her and it’s nice to look at her. 13. It was very hard to please him. 14. It was not so easy to catch him as all that. 15. It was wonderful to behold Mrs Towler’s face.

VI. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык.

1. Мне холодно. 2. Ему душно. 3. У меня кружится голова. 4. Джин хочется пить. 5. Нам было бы скучно без дяди Пита. 6. Меня тошнит. 7. Готов обед? Нам хочется есть. 8. Как мне жарко! 9. Не будет ли вам удобнее (comfortable), если я включу свет? 10. Ты хочешь спать?

VII. Переведите на русский язык, перестраивая предложения в соответствии с нормами русского языка.

1. The countryside was hot. 2. Pork’s voice was suspicious. 3. Keith’s mouth was dry. 4. She smiled a bright hot smile which was forgetful of time and place or anything but the memory of his mouth on hers. 5. If it freezes, the roads will be dangerous. 6. If I tried to get him on the subject he got mad at me. His eyes were spiteful. 7. Her voice was speculative. 8. His voice was surprised. 9. Her voice was contemptuous. 10. His voice was stubborn. 11. His voice was harsh. 12. Vito’s voice was curious. 13. Millersen’s voice was hesitant. 14. My throat was so dry that I could hardly speak.

VIII. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык. Укажите, в каких предложениях персонификация проявляется наиболее ярко.

1. The provincial newspapers give very full attention to local as well as national affairs. 2. She’s just the way the message said, only more so. 3. His father’s death left him entirely alone. 4. His origins recommended him to the American ladies of title. 5. If there was no competition, the railways could charge what they liked. 6. It would have pleased her to think that he made these trips to see her, but even her abnormal vanity refused to believe this. 7. His eyes mocked the fear in her face. 8. His mistake had wasted precious seconds. 9. Modern research tends to emphasise the role of the liver in maintaining blood sugar levels. 10. Recent years have seen the accumulation of new facts in this field. 11. Each day that brought her nearer England increased her distress. 12. Only the most searching investigation could disclose it. 13. The same report found that $2 billion worth of property was stolen that year from community residents and small businessmen. 14. Curiosity explained the attendance of Amos Legrand. 15. The last drenching night in the tree-house had left me with a bad cold. 16. The Knapp Commission report disclosed that a majority of the New York police force was involved in corruption. 17. Another night, deep in the summer, the heat of my room sent me out into the streets. 18. He appeared to have a serious link with his work, which was obscurely governmental, vaguely important and took him to Washington several days a week. 19. The open shops displayed wares that arrested my foreign eyes. 20. He was about to take his leave when the door to the living-room, which had remained ajar, opened fully. It framed the Duke of Croydon.

IX. А. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на значение глагола to want. 1. Не wants to study English. 2. I want you to know it. 3. Tell him you want some tender meat this time for someone who’s not well. 4. It’s as I suspected, you want watching; your stomach wants educating. 5. Patroni may want more people, depending on what his ideas are. 6. You’re quite sure you want a two-storey house and not a bungalow? 7. If I want help, I’ll ask a policeman. 8. Shall you want a garage? 9. I want some one to amuse Fleur; she’s restive. 10. Please tell Mr Jon that I want him.

Б… Переведите следующий отрывок из рассказа У. Сарояна

«The Fire». Обратите внимание на значения глагола to want.