Practical assignments. 1. Determine the type of syntactic relations between the components of word-phrases

1. Determine the type of syntactic relations between the components of word-phrases. Translate either into Russian or English:

a) The great majority of people; magazine stories; dry, shaking sobs; he sat smiling; I saw him approaching; proud of her Dad being a doctor; was extremely upset; described new findings; tired after hard work; he went to a college; studied Maths; we waited for him to arrive; have the flat redecorated; a human, kindly man; was dramatically destroyed; made an interesting suggestion; too young to travel; came without invitation; either newspapers or journals; insisted on their signing; weekend radio broadcast; the decision to take; has given her a present; it has been showing; will attend the conference; a placid place of orchards; his Sunday night’s sleep; silk scarf; a three-day Christmas holiday visit; she is missing; is based in London; thought hesitating refused; put down the address to remember; on entering she smiled; it smells lovely; he sounded interesting; the paper in question; too complicated to be neglected; there were books to read.

b) Программа телевидения, он – инженер, широкая улица, она подстриглась, старик в очках, любуюсь картиной, весьма похвально, брюки в полоску, ее кукольное лицо, длинная статья Питера на предложенную тему, в сегодняшней вечерней газете, бежал не оглядываясь, жил в гостинице, девушка в шляпе, ни в городе, ни в деревне, очарование женщины, на пятой странице, странный взгляд на проблему, обязанности директора, хорошая школа для девочек, сегодня тепло, пришел утомленный, активный член клуба, ответ на вопрос, интерес читателей к журналу, линия по производству машин, следующая встреча слушателей с лектором, наблюдать за играющими детьми, плитка шоколада, расстроилась из-за провала, задержался из-за плохой погоды, школьная библиотека, отдел по работе с кадрами, вино из винограда, талантливый, чтобы написать, доставляющее удовольствие путешествие, красиво танцевала, ожидавшие пассажиры, взлетает через минуту, собрание было перенесено, пришел проверить, жертвы катастрофы, продуктовый склад, деятельность по защите окружающей среды, если основывается на выводах, для того чтобы факты были учтены.

с) Disease producing organisms; the recent statement of President; the subject in question; the issue of common interest; neither sister nor brother; invites you to join them; language skills; research priorities; high quality products; pay rise; powerful sophisticated computers; culture incorporates; facts referred to in the article; the audience applauding; nearly missed; they were listening; both developed and undeveloped countries; he seems to be smiling; consists of four items; congratulated him on the event; the writer of deep psychological insight; a strong sense of property; are aching terribly; left them talking; has made a cake for David; he was passing; it is Sunday; the meeting in the office; despite the troubles; had the car repaired; was very disappointing to get; the problem under discussion; he kept knocking and shouting; knew perfectly well; Mary and John’s mother; secondary school English texts; decision-making power; education committee; sales supervisors; enhancing effect; dinner table; waste disposal system; family doctor; driving force.

2. Distinguish between the phrases; show differences in translation:

A flower garden, a garden flower; a school teacher, a teacher school; a car company, a company car; the head office, the office head; a candle wax, a wax candle; a station bus, a bus station; company insurance, insurance company; efficiency politics, politics efficiency; oil export, export oil; the clock’s tick, the clock tick; the lake’s edge, the lake edge; the butcher’s shop, the butcher shop; Africa problems, Africa’s problem; a race car, a car race; family coach, family’s coach; earth radius, earth’s radius; women emancipation, women’s emancipation.