1. «А вы его любите?» — «Он хороший человек; отчего же мне его не любить?» (Тургенев) 2. Не понимаю, зачем тебе нужно мучить меня? (Л. Толстой)3. «Я нахожу только странным, что женщины ищут новых обязанностей, — сказал Сергей Иванович, — тогда как мы, к несчастью, видим, что мужчины обыкновенно избегают их». (Л. Толстой) 4. Нет, почему же тебе не приехать?.. Жена ждет тебя. Пожалуйста приезжай. (Л. Толстой)5. Она и всегда рада ему была, но теперь особенно рада была, что он видит ее во всей ее славе. (Л. Толстой)6. Почему же не попробовать своего счастья?., (to try one's luck). (Пушкин)
Exercise 11. Insert the appropriate form of the Subjunctive Mood. Comment on the form and the use of the Subjunctive Mood. Translate into Russian.
1. Strickland was certainly forty, and I thought it disgusting that a man of his age __ himself with affairs of the heart, (to concern) (Maugham)2. He brightened as if he __ a gift. (to. receive) (Lawrence)3, I wish you __ me alone now. (to leave) (Dreiser) 4. It's time I __ it out again from the beginning, (to think) (Snow) 5. When I suggested that he __ to bed he said he could not sleep. (to go) (Maugham)6....glancing sidelong at his nephew, he thought: "I wish I __ his age!" (to be) (Galsworthy)7. If I __ you and __ going to be a banker, I __ first __ a year or so in some good grain and commission house, (to be, to be, to spend) (Dreiser) 8. "God __ us always," I said, "from the innocent and the good." (to save) (Greene)9. She held her baby up to the window that she __ the pretty silvery tinkle of the little bells on the pagoda, (to hear) (Buck)10. She had a conviction that, long as she __, her aunt would live at least as long, and always retain her brilliancy and activity, (to live) (James)11. The arrangement was that Miss Everdene __ them by coming there for a day or two... (to honour) (Hardy)12. She was by now feeling so happy that she __ for joy if it __ for the delicious spell which she felt herself to be under and which still enjoined silence, (to shout, to be — negative) (Murdoch) 13. Why __ he __ the one to hurt her, when really he had wanted to be her friend from the beginning? (to be) (Saroyan)14. For a fortnight it was necessary that someone __ with him all night, and she took turns at watching with her husband, (to stay) (Maugham)15. Lady Bracknell, I admit with shame that I do not know. I only wish I __ (to do) (Wilde)16. Hunter was anxious that a certain person __ it. (to see — negative) (Murdoch)17. Except for the unexpectedly sad lines which ran from his nose to the corners of his mouth he __ like a boy. (to look) (Mailer) 18. Her face looked strange, as if she __ to cry and __ how. (to want, to forget) (Galsworthy)19. But I still don't begin to understand why these people, however silly they __ about their beliefs, __ ready to risk murder, (to be, to be) (Priestley) 20. They were a pleasant pair, and I told myself it was far better that Avice __ him than Roger. (to marry) (Snow)21. Heaven __ me, I left you alone with that scoundrel, (to forgive) (Shaw)22. Mrs. Mann gave him a piece of bread-and-butter, Test he __ too hungry when he got to the work-house. (to seem) (Dickens)23. He was still puffing and blowing as if he __ just __ a mile, (to run) (Priestley) 24. I regret to say, Miss Chiltern, that I have no influence at all over my son. I wish I __.. If I __, I know what I __ him do. (to have, to have, to make) (Wilde)25. "I want to marry Aileen," Cowperwood repeated, for emphasis' sake. "She wants to marry me. Under the circumstances, however you __, you can have no real objection to my doing that, I am sure." (to feel) (Dreiser)26. Besides, it's high time you __ down, (to settle) (Maugham)27. Sir Gregory Hatchland was a poor public speaker,... but he had seen to it that there — some good speakers on the platform, (to be) (Priestley) 28. She ran down to her cabin that she __ the ship pulling away and widening the chasm between her and her beloved shore, (to see — negative) (Buck) 29. I wish you __ me. (to interrupt — negative) (Maugham)30. There had been a time when I __ surprised to see girls like Avice and Tonia drink spirits, but I had come to accept it as another of the things which are inevitable in these troubled days of ours — and I could not see any possible reason why they __ whisky if they liked it. (to be, to drink — negative) (Snow)31. Far __ it from me to marry any woman on account of her money, (to be) (Trotlope)32. Your father tells me you think highly of his accomplishments whatever they __ (to be) (Lindsay)33. A little Jater Fox suggested that he __ her a monthly allowance, in addition to the rent of the room, (to pay) (Murdoch)34. She __ to bed last night just as if nothing __ if I __ her. (to go, to happen, to let) (Shaw)35. She [Aileen] was greatly outraged to think you __ detectives on her trail, (to put) (Dreiser)36. Perhaps, if such a thing __ again, Mrs. de Winter will tell me personally? (to happen) (Du Maurier)37. It seemed to me important that the weather __, not the least cloud __ on the horizon; I was almost frightened to stare too long at the colour of the water lest it __ or darken by the least degree, (to change — negative, to appear, to dull) (Hansford Johnson)38. He wished now that he __ to look at. Fleur's portrait; it __ him something to talk of. (to stop, to give) (Galsworthy)39. My people told me this story about the man so that I __ what a fool he was and not be like him. (to understand) (Saroyan)40. I am feeling very drowsy, and it is time I __ to bed. (to go) (Maugham)41. As she spoke to me she was glancing about the bar, her gaze hopping from one face to the next, as if it __ imperative that she __ nothing of what was going on in a shrivelling world, no matter how trivial it __ (to be, to miss, to be) (Hansford Johnson)42. I wish you __ with your work instead of interrupting me all the time, (to get on) (Maugham)43. Why __ there __ one law for men, and another for women? (to be) (Wilde)44. She proposed that in a little while she and 1 __ married, (to get) (Coppard)45. Anything's better than to sit there as if you __ you __ a thousand miles away, (to wish, to be) (Shaw)
Exercise 12. Translate into English, using the Subjunctive Mood. (Based on an episode from David Copperfield by Ch. Dickens.)
1. Мисс Мердстон держала себя так, словно она была хозяйкой дома, словно она прожила там всю свою жизнь. 2. Она обращалась с миссис Копперфильд, как будто та была ребенком и совсем не знала жизни. 3. «Вам давно пора отдать ключи моей сестре», — сказал мистер Мердстон жене. 4. Мистер Мердстон не раз говорил, что очень важно, чтобы миссис Копперфильд была строга с Давидом. 5. Миссис Копперфильд никогда не ласкала Давида в присутствии мужа, чтобы не рассердить его. 6. «Странно, что мисс Бетси ни разу не написала нам, — сказала Пеготти. — Не может быть (it is impossible), чтобы она совсем забыла нас». 7. «С какой стати она будет нам писать? — возразила миссис Копперфильд. — Она не любит ни меня, ни моего ребенка!» 8. Мистер Мердстон просил сестру посмотреть за тем, чтобы Давид не был так часто в обществе Пеготти. 9. Давид боялся, как бы мистер Мердстон не увидел, что он пошел на кухню к Пеготти. 10. «Что бы ни говорила миссис Копперфильд, я знаю, чтб она несчастна»,—думала Пеготти. 11. Мистер Мердстон настаивал на том, чтобы его жена уволила Пеготти. 12. «Как бы меня ни уговаривал мистер Мердстон, я ни за что не уволю Пеготти»,—думала миссис Копперфильд. 13. «Если бы случилось так, что Пеготти ушла от нас, наша жизнь стала бы невыносимой»,— думал Давид. 14. Как ни горячо (dearly) любила Давида миссис Копперфильд, она допустила, чтобы с ним плохо обращались. 15. Давид знал, что как бы он ни старался, он не сможет хорошо ответить уроки в присутствии отчима. 16. Давид боялся, как бы миссис Копперфильд не сочла его дурным и ленивым мальчиком. 17. «Как жаль, что матушка вышла замуж за мистера Мердстона, — не раз думал Давид. — Если бы не он, мы были бы очень счастливы». 18. В Салемской школе (Salem House) Давид чувствовал себя очень одиноким. «Как бы я хотел быть сейчас дома с матушкой и Пеготти», — часто думал он. 19. После смерти миссис Копперфильд Пеготти предложила, чтобы Давид поехал с нею в Ярмут. 20. Пеготти взяла мальчика в Ярмут, чтобы он отвлекся там от своих печальных мыслей (to divert oneself from something).
Exercise 13. Insert should or would and state whether they are auxiliary or modal. Translate into Russian.
1. She smiled; her smile was really very sweet, and she blushed a little; it was singular that a woman of that age __ flush so readily. (Maugham) 2. He glanced at Sir Edgar, but the old man __ not share the joke. (A. Wilson)3. Richard proposed that we all __ go to London together. (Dickens)4. He saw a thousand things he __ have done, but had not done. (Jones) 5. It is no use, I fear, to ask Tod; but of course if he __ come too, botb Stanley and myself __ be delighted. (Galsborthy)6. I wish you __ not talk about that, Father. (Dreiser)7. Her eyes were fixed on Lady Arabella, and her position seemed to say that it was time that her ladyship _ go. (Trollope)8. At the gate of Huntercombe whom __ they meet but Compton Bassett, looking very pale and unhappy? (Reade)9. It was lonely! A woman in the room __ have made all the difference. (Galsworthy)10. I asked him one or two questions, but he __ not answer. (Maugham)11. I wish you — not talk like that. (Hardy)12. He looked more than ever out of place: he __ have stayed at home. (Greene)13. I went to my bureau, with a sort of haste and trembling lest Madame __ creep upstairs and spy me. (Ch. Bronte)14. You see that it is necessary that he __ pay us a visit, don't you? (Shaw)15. Why __ you expect her to act as you __ act yourselves? (Galsworthy)16. Now again he had forgotten that unemployment was not a mark of the lazy man; that the beggar did not beg because he __ not work. (Greene)17. She promised to inform him if anything important __ occur. (Reade)18. In his weary and hungry state, he __ never have come here. (Dreiser)19. Please, say to Mr. Townsend that I wish he __ leave me alone. (James)20. It is most important that you __ be good. (Shaw)21. He hesitated. "It's queer that you __ be treating me like this, like a friend." (Greene)22. During I the year she was sent to a Chinese boarding-school where she was given
an education in her own language, for Carie __ not sepa- rate the child from her own people. (Buck)23. I was thinking angrily of Roger. He __ have broken the news himself. (Snow) 24. He says, naturally enough, that it is absurd that he __ be asked to provide for the children of a man who is rolling in money. (Shaw)25. I swore that I forgave her everything, but she __ not listen. (Maugham)
Exercise 14. Comment on the Subjunctive Mood and modal verbs. Translate into Russian.
1. There was no immediate answer, but presently I heard my name again, in a tone so very mysterious and awful, that I think I should have gone into a fit, if it had not occurred to me that it must have come through the keyhole. (Dickens)2. As he walked along the north side of a certain street, what should he see but the truly beautiful and remarkable eyes of Mr. Angelo. (Reade)3....you should never neglect a chance, however small it may seem. (Conan Doyle)4. I hope he may not return here just yet. I pray God he may not come into my sight, for I may be tempted beyond myself. (Hardy)5. Annette sighed. If Nicholas were only here, he would advise her. As he was not here, should she confide in Rosa? That was the question. (Murdoch)6. Harper Steger... walked always as though he were a cat and a dog were! prowling somewhere in the offing. (Dreiser)7. It was as if she had received a physical blow and were rocking on her feet. (Heym)8. She had suggested that Abraham arrive precisely at one-thirty. (Stone)9. If 1 were to die—and I may die soon—it would be dreadful that you should always think mistakenly of me. (Trollope) 10. She strove to ensnare him with comfort and would not see that comfort meant nothing to him. (Maugham)11. I wished he would not always treat me as a child. (Du Maurier)12. It is likely that except for the instruction of his grandfather, Karl himself would now be more like the other children. He would not have the military manner of walking which is the chief difference between him and the other children. (Saroyan)13. He proposedto change his will to the effect that his collection should be bequeathed to the city only on certain conditions, the most important of which was that I should be retained as curator. (Hansford Johnson)14. His spirits fell, however, when, upon reaching the park, he waited and waited and Carrie did not come. Could something have happened out there to keep her away? (Dreiser)15. I never saw a man so hot in my life. I tried to calm him, that we might come to something rational; but he got hotter and hotter, and wouldn't hear a word. (Dickens)16. I think you might have the decency to treat me as a prisoner of war, and shoot me like a man instead of hanging me like a dog. (Shaw)17. At lunch she did not tell Michael she was going — he might want to come, too, or at least to see her off. (Galsworthy)18. It's odd, bethought, very odd; I must be mistaken. Why should he have followed me this distance? (Greene)19. My only terror was lest my father should follow me. (Eliot)20. But I find now that you left me in the dark as to matters which you should have explained to me years ago. (Shaw)21. Tony must have had several drinks by the time Erik arrived, and he insisted that Erik join him in still one more. (Wilson)22. It would be monstrously selfish if I disturbed a state of things which is eminently satisfactory to you both. I will not come between you. (Maugham)23. You shall smart for this!.. You shall rue it to the end of your days. (Conan Doyle)24. And I will arrange that the funeral shall take place early tomorrow. (Hardy)25. Your husband shall be treated exactly as if he were a member of the royal family. No gratitude, it would embarrass me, I assure you. (Shaw)26. He felt as if something in him were collapsing. (Heym)27. I am sure this William Wallace is a fine fellow... but I can't see why my daughter should marry without even sending me an invitation to the wedding. (Stone)28. Stener was to be sentenced the maximum sentence for his crime in order that the party and the courts should appear properly righteous. (Dreiser)29. Vincent knew that his sketches from life were not all what they should have been; but he was confident that if he worked hard they would come right in the end. (Stone)30. An old gentleman suggested that she walk' to the village where she might yet catch the bus to the Plaza. (Baum)31. This was to be the very last dinner he would ever eat at Mrs. Fawset's...; but he did not know this and neither did Mrs. Fawset. (Priestley) 32. That girl that I spoke of was to have married me twenty years ago. She was forced into marrying that same Drebber, and broke her heart over it. (Conan Doyle)33. Indoors nothing was to be heard save the droning of blue-bottle flies. (Hardy)34. The light was not good where they had stopped, and he might have made a mistake. (Priestley) 35. No doubt life held many strange secrets. Perhaps it was essential that somebody should investigate them. However that might be, the call of his was in another direction. His business was to make money. (Dreiser)36. Your feelings do you honour. You are young; may you never outlive your feelings! (Dickens)37. This mayn't be the first time you've pulled me out of a mess, but I swear it shall be the last. (Hansford Johnson). 38. He insisted that the boy remain in bed. (Cronin)39. I ought not to have left Knapwater last night. I wish I had not. (Hardy)40. You must have mistaken him, my dear. He could not have intended to say that. (Trollope)41. Hooker repeated the name as if he had never heard it before. (Priestley) 42. If the tradition be ever broken it will be for an abler man than Stephen. (Shaw)43. Whatever unfortunate entanglement my dear boy may have got into, I will never reproach him with it after we are married. (Wilde)44. I may have been foolish, inspector, but I've never done anything wrong before the law. (Lindsay)
