Упражнения. 1. Определите функцию «one» и переведите предложения.

1. Определите функцию «one» и переведите предложения.

A 1) One must know at least one foreign language. 2) One can easily do it! 3) One must work hard at foreign language if one wants to master it. 4) One shouldn’t forget this rule. 5) One should know that the present-day economists unlike economists of the 19^th century include land in capital. 6) One can do what one likes. 7) It’s a risk, but one has to take risk sometimes. 8) Having bought a share in a business, one risks to lose only the sum of money invested in it. 9) Soon people will learn about this little-known phenomenon – one that we must study carefully. 10) The forthcoming weeks and days will be the ones of intensive actions. 11) That country cannot satisfy one’s own requirements in fuel.

B 1) One can be more economical buying large quantities of goods rather than small ones. 2) Distrust in national banks is prompting legal entities to opt for foreign ones. 3) At present one should speak of the quality of goods rather than of their number. 4) Our political and economic system is one of free enterprise. 5) It is difficult to make optimum decisions if one lacks the proper information. 6) One sometimes wonders whether some manufactures test their products in real situations. 7) A bank and a banker should be chosen mainly on the basis of their experience with transactions similar to the ones you are planning. 8) Every one's heard of the Seven Wonders of the World but few have actually seen them. 9) Greece implemented the biggest debt write-down in history, swapping the bulk of its privately held bonds with new ones worth less than half their original value.10) The information of one's private life is confidential unless if one decides to share it with others. 11) A 'renewable contract' is one which can be continued after it has finished by a new one.

2. Замените соответствующие слова и словосочетания словом-заместителем «one».

Example: The other problem is the problem of unemployment. – The other problem is the one of unemployment.

1) It is necessary to replace this inefficient equipment with the new equipment. 2) The production cycle for manufacturing Coca Cola and some other drinks in Russia is not the same as the production cycle in West Europe. 3) The firms prefer the factor of production retaining its old price to the factor of production that has become more expensive. 4) Generally, the value of renewable resources is not as high as the value of non-renewable resources.

§ 3 Функции «it»

The Functions of «it»

*В качестве формального подлежащего «it» входит в безличные конструкции следующих типов:

ü В качестве дополнения «it» может стоять после глаголов find, make, think (+ adj + to V) и также не переводится на русский язык.

I find it difficult to discuss this question with you.

Мне трудно обсуждать этот вопрос с вами.

I thought it necessary to discuss this problem.

Мы считаем необходимым обсудить эту проблему.

Demand analysis makes it possible to determine customer needs.

Анализ спроса позволяет (делает возможным) определить потребности покупателей.

ü В усилительной конструкции It is ... that вместо that могут употребляться местоимения which, who.