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▪ Learning a foreign language requires →▫ Learning a foreign language one has to learn
working regularly. grammar rules and new words by heart.
▪ Constructing railways took much time →▫ Constructing the railway workers use various
before the invention of a track-laying machines and mechanisms.
machine.
▪ Smoking is forbidden in most public →▫ Smoking a cigar Mr. Wargrave ran in an
places in the United States. interested eye through the political news in
“The Times”.
▪ Planning your work is necessary if you →▫ Planning his work he manages to do a lot of
want to succeed at the Institute. things.
▪ Watching television too close or for a too →▫ Watching television, listening to the radio,
long time is dangerous for your eyes. reading newspapers people get information
about what is happening in the world.
▪ Traveling abroad has become now much →▫ Traveling through various time zones people
easier and cheaper than ever before. can feel tired and experience jetlag.
Ex.8. Memorize the verbs and word combinations requiring gerunds.
to begin/ to start начинать to think of думать о
to go on/ to keep on/ to continue продолжать to dream of мечтать о
to stop/ to finish прекращать, заканчивать to hear of слышать о
to enjoy/ to like/ to be fond of нравиться to decide against решать не делать
to hate/ to dislike не нравиться to prevent from мешать
to need /to require нуждаться, требовать to result in приводить к
to postpone/ to put off откладывать to object to возражать против
to risk рисковать to look forward to ждать с нетерпением
to remember/ to recall помнить to be ready for быть готовым к
to mind возражать to be afraid of бояться
to suggest предлагать to be capable of быть способным на
to avoid избегать to be engaged in заниматься
can’t help не может не to be surprised at удивляться
to insist on настаивать на to be good at хорошо справляться с
to excuse for извиняться за to be tired of устать от; надоесть
to thank for благодарить за to be responsible for отвечать за
to congratulate on поздравлять с to be worth стоит сделать
A. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the verb + gerund constructions.
1) They kept on talking though the band began playing. 2) I avoided speaking to them about
that matter. 3) Try to avoid drinking unboiled water. 4) I can’t insist on your staying a little longer
because you risk missing the last train. 5) I can’t help thinking of it. 6) Would you mind my
leaving for a few minutes? 7) Would you mind my joining the discussion? 8) Who is responsible in
your company for taking the most serious decisions during the talks? 9) Have you ever dreamed of
earning a million dollars? 10) I’d like to thank you all for coming here today. 11) You should stop
promising things you are unable to do. 12) He decided against calling her again. 13) I suggest
holding another meeting next week. 14) I didn’t remember meeting her before but I pretended I
knew her. 15) Why did they postpone discussing this project for an indefinite time? 16) She likes
giving advice to other people. 17) Why does he object to signing the contract with this firm? 18) A
heavy rain prevented the fire from spreading. 19) I can’t help being grateful to him for all he has
done for me. 20) I live only a short way from here, so it is not worth
taking a taxi to get home. 21) I
don’t mind going by bus but I hate standing if there are a lot of people; it is better to go by Metro.

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