I 2.3 Инфинитив в составном сказуемом

10 I 2.3.1 Инфинитив в конструкциях ‘to be + inf.’

Если подлежащее в предложении типа Our aim is to speak English fluently (Наша цель ─ говорить по-английски свободно) является отвлеченным существительным (aim, object, purpose, approach, manner, technique, method, way, task, plan, problem, step, intention, concern), то глагол, который обычно употребляется в разных временах группы Indefinite и Perfect, является связкой. Если существительное – конкретное, то глагол выражает долженствование по договоренности, или по расписанию: He is to come on time (Он должен придти вовремя).

Упр.10 I.14 Перефразируйте следующие предложения, используя ‘to be + inf.’ и подсказки, данные в скобках.

1. The committee have decided to send you to Paris. (You (go) to Paris) (Исключите: The committee have decided to send.)

2. This is the plan: someone will meet you at the station. (You …(be met) at the station)

3. We agreed to compare the relative weight of two substances in our experiment. (Исключите: agreed)

4. If we want to make the substances react intimate contact of them is always necessary. (Исключите: want)

5. If we intend to burn fuels efficiently it is necessary to mix air with the fuel before it is burned. (Исключите: intend)

6. The book gives the description of all possible types of transformations in a crystal lattice. (The aim of the book…)

7. We studied the factors causing electron scattering. (Our task…)

8. These lectures depict the present situation in nuclear physics. (The object of these lectures…)

9. The conference outlined the most fruitful approach to the problem. (The concern of the conference…)

10. We intended to establish the relation between these two quantities experimentally. (Our intention...)

11. The strikers decided that the strike should continue. (The strikers’ decision...)