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Unidad III

Frases y compuestos nominales

Leccin 1

1. Con los vocablos dados en la lista conforme 10 compuestos nominalesfusionados o separados por un guin y determine su probablesignificado en espaol.

stone mill basket house glass plant time book street wheel

man store base vase door ball hand shop wood fiber

girl paper steel box cup sugar door table block shoe

2.-Separe en sus componentes sustantivales las expresiones siguientes:

cowboy catwalk drugstore conman seaman

treehouse lightyear classroom nighttime screenwritersoutheast keyholder shoemaker ironmill pigtailwoodwork roommate worktable fusebox floorman

3.- De su diccionario saque 10 vocablos compuestos con su respectivosignificado en espaol.

4.- Determine en cul(les) de las expresiones siguientes hay compuestonominal:

- The book covers most of the subject but the book cover is mostly worn out.

- These alloy mixes react very fast while this alloy mixes very fast.

- The road detours are marked in red. The train detours after the overpass.

Two express trains left early. The express company trains the engineers.

- Those first branch circuits were shorted. The branch circuits all the block.

- This company cans fish. The company cans are red.

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- My friends sell iron walls. These iron walls are very common.

- We prefer to change the bottom fuses in the back. Those fuses are cheap.

- We prefer no change since the bottom fuses in the back.

- The road detours five miles from here. Train detours are very rare.

Leccin 2

1.- Identifique los compuestos nominales en las expresiones siguientes:

- We went to the Country club.

- This college student is Venezuelan.

- She is an airplane pilot there.

- The tool man is young.

- Lock the file cabinets.

- Why not drain the motor oil?.

- Unplug the oil drain now !

- That is a good steel knife.

- Those iron levers break.

- Take a lunch break later.

- We bought a silk scarf.

- Guilln executed a safety bunt.

- The pillow party was nice.

- The Workers Party is strict.

- Canal locks take 5 minutes to close down.

- My father works for the Orinoco Commission.

- Two young Mexicans came to the Science Convention.

- The plane factory sold its Canada shares.

- Our mailman sold his tool box to our neighbor.

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- Steelholster, the icecream man, went to a movie house.

- This is the Wills team that won the tournament..

- We had a book fair last year in our hometown.

- They brought several sheet drills to do the drills.

- Coil wire really hardened when the weather got colder.

- A few glare protectors for me and my fellow workers.

- My beer mugs are on the higher bar shelves .

- Take your rain coat and put it on the coat rack overthere..

- Banks left his baseball glove in the visitors clubhouse .

- Biology books had a picture of a plant on the front cover.

- Radiology technicians were paid much less than us.

2.- Invierta a la forma abreviada con compuestos nominales lasexpresiones siguientes:

Ejemplo: The book is about Biology. It is a Biology book.

- It is a shop that sells jewelry. It is a

- This is a rule made by the panel. It is a

- The commission is headed by Chance. It is the

- That steel comes from Cerro Bolvar. It is

- Those projects involve The Orinoco River. They are called the

- Te oil we use comes from soy. It is

- This valve is made of plastic. It is a

- That machine uses water power. It is a

- Prints taken from peoples fingers are

- My school only opens at night. It is a

- It is polish for platinum. It is

- It is a tree that provides shade. It is a

- It is a load in a ship. It is

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- She is a teacher in a college. She is a

- At dawn is a newspaper sold only in the morning. It is a

3.- Invierta o convierta a una posible versin original los compuestosnominales simples siguientes:

Ejemplo:

Monday magazine: Magazine of Mondays, magazine that ispublished on Mondays, magazine that comes out on Mondays, etc.

Sunday magazine metal fatigue engine oil oil engine

Rome commission building beams pig iron iron pig

New Zealand butter salt compound T.V. cable cable T.V.

Orinoco River basin bus driver tool box box tool

4.- Determine qu tipo de compuestos nominales seran los siguientes:

airlog beta particle air weapon woodant warhead

quitclaim payload seat belt nose cone log cabin

Leccin 3

1.- Invierta o convierta a la forma abreviada las expresiones siguientes:

Ejemplo: It is hard as a rock. It is rock-hard.

- It is soft as a baby.

- It is green like the forest.

- It is gray like steel.

- It is blue like the sky.

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- He is conscious of the problems.

- It was free of problems.

- We were crazy about movies.

- They are mad about cars.

- It lasts for a week.

- They last only for one minute.

2.- Convierta a una forma ms explcita las expresiones siguientes:

Ejemplo: life-long: That lasts a life (time).

deep-black tone bug-free buglars-safe

mountain-fresh hell-cold steel-hard

school-related sky-blue square-drafted

cloud-thick leak-free war-inclined

desert-hot year-long metal-plated

3.- Investigue el significado de los compuestos nominales siguientes:

blackboard hothouse software hardware whitecapbluegrass blackeyes greenbacks longboat sharpshooter

meatball ballpoint tablecloth football wristwatchkeyboard trashcan fingertip shipmate strawhat

Leccin 4

1.- Traduzca al espaol las expresiones nominales siguientes:

- Handbook techniques norms.

- Steel complex powerhouse.

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- Neighborhood drugstore night clerk.

- Wheat growers association policies.

- Water pressure emergency level.

- Airmail package delivery system.

- Rik Van Wooten early research systems.

- Computer keyboards installation problems.

- University entrance requirements and expenses.

- North-northeast daytime emergency flight airplots.

- Gold mines extraction leak-proof company techniques.

2.- En los contextos siguientes, subraye las frases nominales ytraduzcalas al castellano:

- They checked the oil pressure duct last month.

- We inspect all garbage disposal valves twice a week.

- Those are iron-alloys air pipes from Sweden.

- Horsepower engines do not need that point control.

- Night and day radio newscasters aired the government

official press release.

- Braille hand-size aluminium thickness meters were used to

grade the Mathews-Watts darkroom.

- In Canada, blood banks use airproof laser needles in all the

detection and prevention procedures.

1.- Redacte 5 frases nominales inglesas de tres sustantivos cada unacon su respectiva traduccin al espaol.

2.- Redacte 5 frases nominales compuestas de cuatro o ms nombressustantivos incluyendo uno fusionado, con su traduccin.

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Leccin 5

1.- Traduzca al espaol las expresiones nominales siguientes:

- Many portable expensive fog meters.

- A few large Russian powerhouses.

- Seven aluminum houseware shelves.

- Our third design techniques handbook.

- Its general policewomen induction program.

- Those foreign iron factories new procedures

- No special Swedish highschools requirements.

- Which baseball players association policies?

- Several very narrow British air extraction steel ducts.

- How many regular medical check norm sheets?

2.- Convierta las expresiones siguientes a la forma abreviada conguin.

Ejemplo:A cord four feet long: A four-foot cord.

A wall nine meters long. A truck with five gears.That program of thirteen years. Replays of two hours.Bills of twenty dollars. The brick house with six rooms.Several cables 300 feet long. Delays of three or four months.One thousand bills of five dollars. A board 20 feet long, 3 inches wideTanks with a capacity of 6 pints. 35 steel pipelines 7 inches thick.

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3.- Subraye y luego traduzca las frases nominales en los contextossiguientes:

- They bought some metal five-foot long shelves.

- General Motors planned to assemble three thousand of thosefour-door heavy-duty trucks.

- That was the policy of the banana growers of that selvaticCentral-American country.

- They had manufactured several air pressure gaskets to be

used in their large two-year old steel casements project.

- We dumped the oid emergency level regulations and wrote upnew appropriate security measures.

- A small number of bright, highly-schooled teenagers were engagedin the Venus- exploration two-phase project.

- They realized that another half-size steel blade had been replacedin the Swedish furnace compartment.

4.- Subraye y traduzca las frases nominales y sus modificacionesadjetivales en los contextos siguientes:

- It was then concluded that the cold water vertical induction floorstability could not be reached

- Any single state channel hollow model would be used to set up aneffective ray emission system.

- Accordingly, the researchers included in their two-year studies the

previous spray liquid similarity analysis in order to obtain better andmore effective results.

- In those high power level ground emitters, we have foundsimilarities with our envelope network design.

- They bought several lengthy design techniques handbooks to usethem as reserve for their third college project.

- While the other pack model incorporates easy circuits that provide

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ultra-fast stable and a lot more flexible display for measurements.

- It was thought that perhaps the first entrance requirements to thestrict Japanese university system would be known by May.

- Iron is a tough, abundant, malleable and strong magnetic metallicelement, seldom obtained in its pure metal form but that is found widelyin both ferrous and ferric compounds

5.- Aparee las frases nominales siguientes de modo de formar expresionesms complejas, usando la preposicin with(con). Luego traduzcalas.

Ejemplo: The ray emission system with low error rate.

- a few air pressure ducts. - plastic three-way intakes.- Steel-covered alloy. - three-month terms.- water extraction technique. - high power generators.- shiny, well built facers. - liquid expansion system.- medical check norms. - five-gear German trucks.

6.- Redacte 10 frases nominales utilizando en cada una por lo menosun adjetivo (Use adjetivos diferentes en cada frase).

7.- Redacte 10 frases nominales utilizando en cada una por lo menosun adjetivo determinado (Use uno diferente en cada frase).

Leccin 6

1.- Convierta a la forma modificadora abreviada con guin las expresionesSiguientes y luego tradzcalas al castellano:

Ejemplo: chosen by computer : computer-chosen

(escogida por computador)

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selected by hand made by man proven in the water

frozen in a deep way flown by jet shaped like an arc

dried with air with one foot drawn with pencils

chosen by computer ran by a family covered with plastic

2.- Subraye los participios pasivos que funcionan como modificadores delsustantivo en las expresiones siguientes:

-All of the selected papers were OK.- Engineers had broken off the particles.

- They have been judged for their mistakes.- The diced and minced parts were mixed.- The long observed army exercises.

- Those watered down charged solutions.- John took the handed out documents.- Any mass that could have hardened up.- Both formulas were thickened down a little.- They diced and minced the mixed parts.

3.- Traduzca al espaol las expresiones siguientes:

- A lot of sickened school-aged children

- Several well exposed theories.

- Any specially softened mass.

- Some unusually well kept lathes.

- Those Z-shaped, very high metal dividers.

- Hand-woven fish baskets from Paria.

- Slowly formed whitish brain tissue.

- Five-inches fairly grown lab samples.

- Four-foot portable three-eyed light sensors.

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- Spring-seeded fully aged random-planted trees.

- A 3-meter long, cement-reinforced back wall.

- Another of those lead-reinforced flagpoles.

- Important drug-related carefully discussed USA-Canadapolice procedures agreements.

- Unusually, well preserved air-dried hardened outspecimens.

- Treeless, ravine-scattered, drought-stricken, totally deserted

regions.

4.-Aparee las expresiones siguientes de modo que se formendescripciones coherentes:

three-armed, plastic-coated. college-educated technicians

air-dried, hardened up. machine-tested devices.

bell-shaped, quick-softened. special-design machine.

these overworked, underpaid. glue-sealed valves.

5- Redacte 10 oraciones con participios pasivos como modificadoressimples utilizando para ello 10 verbos frasales.

Ejermplo: Those watered-down solutions did not work out.

Leccin 7

1.- Subraye el participio activo que funcione como modificador adjetivalen las expresiones siguientes:

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- The miners had an automatic sifting device for that.

- We bought a scanning processor for treating patients.

- In scanning there has to be some careful tuning.

- The mining industry is conscious of the problems.

- Mining was done in three operating stages.

- Electrical engineering is a growing field.

- The engineering exercises were done in the morning.

- Exercising early in the morning was his routine.

- He was mirroring the ideas of working people.

- We saw a mirroring image of the atoms.

2.- Escriba la forma abreviada de las expresiones siguientes:

Ejemplo: A machine that plates wood: A wood-plating machine

- A device that changes money - machine that selects coffee

- method to solved problems - norms for the broadcasting of news

- country that speaks French - plants that grow normally

- scheme to save money - medicine that works fast

- pipes to water crops - lathe used to machine copper

3.- Traduzca al espaol los compuestos siguientes:

beet raising woodworking tape recording

house wiring footnoting sand blasting

search lighting computer planning broadcasting

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land-farming car making book-biding

target finding carpet weaving proof-reading

hand writing steel engineering second-guessing

metal alloying oil painting cattle driving

4.- Traduzca al espaol las siguientes expresiones:

spinning rod boiling oil sealing baskets

widening gap arriving time balancing act

cooling bed welding gun cooking pot

wiring chart swimming trunks turning point

timing device sharpening tools reading materials

recording tape rinsing cycle eating hours

weaving needle answering machine typing rules

5. - Traduzca las expresiones siguientes:

worth-reading books time-sharing plan

iron-cooling tools door-locking code

tape-loading slot ever-rising flood

self-aligning controls far-reaching effects

all-knowing fame still-lingering smell

6. - Traduzca al espaol:

- We solved the problem by calling John. - On seeing that, he left.

- The teenager was speeding. - We dont like coming late.

- The class subject was speeding. - That is a speeding ticket.

- Dreaming is a physical function. - Closing down is the solution.

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- He called before going out. - It was done without ironing.

- She had been dicing the carrots. - A machine is dicing carrots.

- Dicing the carrots was easy. - We like dicing the carrots.

7.- Redacte 10 expresiones compuestas por un participio activo y unsustantivo, utilizando verbos diferentes.

8.- Redacte 10 expresiones compuestas por un sustantivo y un

participio activo, utilizando verbos diferentes.

Leccin 8

1.- Determine el equivalente espaol de los verbos siguientes:

window shop fire proof video tape

short circuit soft pedal baby sit

fast forward arc weld finger point

freeze dry hand pick finger paint

arm wrestle screen write second guess

name call jay walk sand blast

short change tape record register tape

2.- Derive verbos compuestos con modificadores de las siguientes

versiones largas y dles sentido en castellano:

Ejemplo: type with a machine: machine-type (escribir a mquina)

carry by hand weave by hand blaze a trail

shape by hand grab with a hand drag ones feet

dry by blowing drip in a slow way dance the tap

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record with a tape travel by land trap with sand

rehearse with dresses announce by radio mail by air

3.- Redacte 10 verbos compuestos con modificadores y dles unequivalente vlido en nuestra lengua.

Leccin 9

1. - Traduzca al espaol las frases siguientes:

arms build-up motor turnover expensive by-pass

telephone link-up data feedback a 100 dollars write-off

money drawback blast countdown 20-second knockout

tree-lined drive-in car-filled lot 10-year jail sentence

2. Traduzca al espaol las frases siguientes:

cooling-off period sell-out concert drive-in bank

fade-off technique getaway vehicle shaking-up norms

check-in counter look-out post blackout insurance

input software heating-up lapse total-loss wreck

3. Traduzca al espaol las frases siguientes:

noise measurement sep-up single R-C roll-off

additional pull-down resistor decreasing turn-down time

precise playback equalization start-up and shut down problems

inverter output voltage voltage output inverter

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Leccin 10

1. Convierta a la forma abreviada las expresiones siguientes:

Ejemplo: That has 2 seats: 2-seater

That has five seats That lasts two weeks

That is five inches long That weights four ounces

That has ten hats That comes from 1966

That goes tow bags That is new coming

That has new three sides That plays is the big leagues

2.Convierta a la forma original las expresiones siguientes:Ejemplo: 3-incher : That is 3 inches long

three-placer three-baser five-nighterbig-leaguer seven-miler small-timer

tow-pointers gold-miner no-branchers

little-leaguer book-seller water-dispenser

3. Traduzca al castellano:

- They are called the eighty-niners. My truck is a ten-wheeler.

- That bicycle is a ten-speeder. - They sold the three-leggers.

- He is a life-timer. - We ate the eight-ouncers.

- The basketball player converted several three-pointers.

- The White Sox played a double-header in Comiskey Park.

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Leccin 11

1.- Convierta las expresiones siguientes a la versin con frasemodificadora:

Ejemplo: Books that are difficult to find: Difficult-to-find books

- Jobs that are difficult to obtain. - Protocols that are easy to program.

- Son that is good for nothing. - Liquids that are heavier than water.

- Attitude that never gives up. - Ratio (from) signal to noise.

- Teachers are easy to please. - Tone of busy line.

- Objective questions for the exam that were harder than expected.

- Programming techniques that are complex to understand

2.- Traduzca las frases nominales siguientes:

- Anti-hog cholera serum. - Larger-that-life expectations.

- Dumber-that-ever instruction. - Bad-for-your-health nutrients.

- Difficult-to-complete exercices. - Start-to-work whistle.

- Peter-Pan kind-of-life. - An I-dont-care kind-of-attitude.

- Gold-glove, tin-bat type-of-player. - A back-to-play order.

- Stronger-than-steel new aluminium alloy

3.- Traduzca las frases nominales siguientes:

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- Easy-to-clean no-foam flooder.

- Hard-to-breakdown three-lid scrambler.

- Slow-heating difficult-to-tune up shielder.

- Start-to-idle set-on-your-marks regulations.

- Sturdier-than-iron highly-priced alloyer.

Leccin 12

1.- Investigue la conformacin original de los acrnimos y abreviaturassiguientes:

LOPAR CRT INCH ALNICO EHV MASERTELEX PIXEL HAG AMP GIN RAD WILCO

3.- Convierta a la forma abreviada ms adecuada a las expresionessiguientes:

Ejemplo: Venezuelan Tennis Federation national tournaments:VTF national tournaments

- International Electronic Commission regulated bus interface.

- Cathodic ray tube two-way lateral labelling.

- Extra-high voltage half-tone multi-ways transformer.

- Direct current ragional distribution system.

- High-power retribution random-access memory.

- Blind approach beacon three-phase system training.

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3.- Traduzca al espaol:

- 5-million dollar LOPAR Chinese space expansion program.

- Alnico special alloying sparkle-free features.

- IEC non-compulsory North-american regulations.

- Computer-designed easy-to-program long-life CRTs.

- AAS radar maintenance and uptooling costs.

Leccin 13

1.- Convierta las expresiones siguientes al posesivo apostrofado:

Ejemplo: The pricy last book of Physics Nobelist Brown:Physiscs nobelist Browns pricy last book.

- The basic Chemistry book of chemical engineers.

- The slow-growing plant facilities of German steel industry.

- The 4-door model of the new Italian car company.

- The particularly hard questions of my Math students.

- The rapidly-selling computer-designed new compact 300 HP Model of that

booming Brazilian special-use machine manufacturer.

2.- Traduzca al espaol:

- That IBM computers late night output.

- Rosits revolutionary 17th-century theorem.

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- 1989 Hondas disc-controlled braking devise.

- Our visiting lecturers thoroughly researched creation-of-the-universe theory.

- General Electrics custom-designed multichannels television technology.

- The Chinese automakers 10-wheel suspension fiberglass hand-made trucks.

- Amco Chemical Divisions glass-polishing vynil-reinforced compounds

- The Russian astronauts twenty-four week stay in outer space.

- That new engines rattling noise was fixed in a full days work.

- 1986 Dodges braking spinners are different from 1987s.