Давайте разберем, как правильно раскрыть скобки, учитывая времена глаголов. Для этого мы сначала определим контекст каждого предложения и выберем подходящее время для глаголов.
- Historians tell us that the problem of pollution (1) … (to exist) even in ancient Troy, but it (2) … (to be) very simple.
- Для первого глагола "to exist" мы используем Past Simple, так как речь идет о существовании проблемы в прошлом: existed.
- Для второго глагола "to be" также используем Past Simple: was.
- The citizens of ancient Troy (3) … (to allow) their refuse to accumulate on the floor until there was such an amount that their doors would not open.
- Здесь мы также говорим о действии в прошлом, поэтому используем Past Simple: allowed.
- Then they simply (4) … (to reposition) the doors.
- Это действие также произошло в прошлом, поэтому используем Past Simple: repositioned.
- The decrees issued to decrease pollution (5) … (to record) as long ago as the Middle Ages.
- Здесь мы говорим о том, что декреты были записаны в прошлом, поэтому используем Past Simple: were recorded.
- In England, smoke-abatement law (6) … (to pass) in 1273, and in 1306 a man (7) … (to execute) for burning coal.
- Для "to pass" используем Past Simple: was passed.
- Для "to execute" также Past Simple: was executed.
- However, the Industrial Revolution changed all prior concepts of pollution. The introduction of power-driven machinery created a pollution problem that (8) … (to increase) steadily from the mid-eighteenth century to the present time.
- Здесь мы говорим о продолжающемся процессе, поэтому используем Present Perfect: has increased.
- The results of industrial pollution (9) … (to be) water and air toxification, respiratory diseases, and even death.
- Это состояние, которое актуально и сейчас, поэтому используем Present Simple: are.
- That (10) … (to prompt) the Environmental Protection Agencies to establish laws to regulate levels of air and water pollution.
- Это действие произошло в прошлом, поэтому используем Past Simple: prompted.
Теперь давайте соберем все вместе:
Historians tell us that the problem of pollution existed even in ancient Troy, but it was very simple. The citizens of ancient Troy allowed their refuse to accumulate on the floor until there was such an amount that their doors would not open. Then they simply repositioned the doors. The decrees issued to decrease pollution were recorded as long ago as the Middle Ages. In England, smoke-abatement law was passed in 1273, and in 1306 a man was executed for burning coal. However, the Industrial Revolution changed all prior concepts of pollution. The introduction of power-driven machinery created a pollution problem that has increased steadily from the mid-eighteenth century to the present time. The results of industrial pollution are water and air toxification, respiratory diseases, and even death. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agencies to establish laws to regulate levels of air and water pollution.