Bad Habit

Lena has a bad habit. She smokes. Her friends always tell her to stop smoking. They say that smoking is unhealthy. Lena knows it, but still keeps

on smoking. She wants to stop, but she can't. Smoking is a habit she just can't break.

10. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на герун­дий.

А.

1. Reading English technical magazines is important for an engineer

2. He remembers having added some water to the mixture.

3. They finished installing the apparatus only on Saturday.

4. They began making the experiment in May.

5. After failing his examination in January he had to take it again in February.

6. After graduatmg from the Institute he worked in the Far North.

7. At the meeting they discussed different ways of improving their work.

8. There are different ways of obtaining the substance.

9. The organizers of the conference were informed of his refusing to take part in it.

10. I remember his having been interested in languages in his childhood.

Б.

1.1 know of his having been sent to work to the Far East.

2. What is the reason for his having left our city so suddenly?

3. We heard of the experiment having been started last week.

4. He improved his report by changing the end.

5. They objected to his staying at home

6 Instead of restoring the old theatre they decided to build a new one in the centre of the town.

7. New possibilities for applying atomic energy open up.

8. It is possible to set up power stations based on utilizing the heat of the Sun.

9. The idea of creating a multi-stage rocket belongs to Tsiolkovsky. 10 Before being sent up the balloon was filled with a special gas.

11. What apparatus do we use for measuring air pressure?

12. Science requires experimenting.

13. Speaking foreign languages is important for every educated man.