Word-formation:prefixes denoting time, order, location, state.

ad- - возле, по направлению к

ante-, pre- - перед, до, прежде

con-, co-, col-, cor- - вместе (с)

contra- (contro-, counter-) - против

e-, ex- - из, от (направление); из, с (место); с, от, после (время)

extra- за пределами

in-, im- - в, на, внутрь

infra- - низко, внизу

inter- - между, среди

intra- - внутри

ob- - против, путем

out- - из, пере-

peri- - вокруг

post- - после

pre- - до, впереди

prime- - первый

pro- - вперед

retro- - назад

sub- - под

super- - слишком

trans- - через

under- - низкий, незаконченное действие

re- - повторение действия

 

sonic - звуковой sell - продавать curriculum – учебная программа   graduate - выпускник apt – способный write – писать

super sonic – cверхзвуковой              under sell - продавать по низкой цене extra curricular – внеклассный, за пределами учебной программы post graduate – аспирант ad apt - приспосабливаться re write -  переписать

Exercise 1. Translate the following words into Russian, paying attention to the prefixes.

Adherent, extramural, superman, antecedent, emigrate, immigrate, outwit, retrospective, trans-Siberian, reorganize, eminent, exhibit, inscribe, exclusive, inclusive, extravagant, intermission, controversy, intersect, outside, exception, periphery, transgress, protrude, intrude, proficient, efficient, excavate, project, elaborate, preside, controversy, obliterate, obstacle, collision, conclusion, extraterrestrial, exceed.  

 

Exercise 2. Translate the following sentences into Russian, paying attention to the prefixes.

1. The House and the Senate will convene at noon to hear an address by the President.

2. As the results are irregular the program will have to be rewritten.

3. Running water is one of the principal causes of soil erosion.

4. A warning signal is posted wherever railroad tracks intersect a highway.

5. Today’s rain has completely obliterated yesterday’s snow; not a trace remains.

6. A few prominent guests were expected to take part in this conference.

7. We were not going to procrastinate the work on the project.

8. The success of the discussion on protein structure exceeded all expectations.

9. Many literary historians have begun to reinterpret and revise the study of women writers.

10. He will be on a business trip from January 21 to 25, inclusive, for a total of 5 days.

11. In coherent writing, every sentence is connected in thought with a previous sentence.

12. For his role as an intermediary in helping to end the Russo-Japaneese war, Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize.

13. Visual recognition involves storing and retrieving memories. Neural activity, triggered by the eye, forms an image in the brain’s memory system that constitutes an internal representation of the viewed object.

14. Over the centuries the Colorado River has carved its bed out of solid rock by the process of erosion.

15. International companies compete with each other for global executives to manage their operations around the world.

16. The contemporary version of Darwinism that has reigned for thirty years, took the model of adaptive gene substitution within local populations as an adequate account, by accumulation and extension, of life’s entire history.

17. Previous chapters have looked at many of the underlined assumptions that make cultures different and may cause problems in intercultural communication.

18. Since sugar is a non-electrolyte it remains stationary as the current passes and provides a means for detecting any changes in concentration around the electrodes due to water molecules being carried in or out while attracted to the moving ions.

19. The total number of participants at the International Congress of Crystallography was in excess of 250.

20. The opening of the session was preceeded by the General Assembly to elect a new president of the Congress.

 

UNIT V

Сослагательное наклонение и условные предложения.