XIII. Герундий и его функции.

1.Boiling continued for as long as 80 hours.

2.Balancing is done by adjusting the position of the rods.

3.My favourite occupation is reading books.

4.The product tended to turn white on drying.

5.After having been discussed the report was published.

6.Samples observed remain liquid on cooling.

7.They succeeded in raising the accuracy of their measurements by means of introducing another variable.

8.Besides being very involved this procedure is very costly.

9.He is against carrying out a set of experiments.

10.In addition to carrying out installation work, the specialists are also to give assistance in starting the atomic reactors.

11.In the next chapter the actual procedure for reducing the errors as far as possible is discussed.

12.The governments of the East had to pass new laws to prohibit commercial ventures from copying software.

13.This section discusses making vibration measurements in aircraft.

14.Making good measurements is the important step in good vibration analysis.

15.A vibratory system must include a means for storing potential energy, a means for storing kinetic energy and a means by which energy is gradually lost.

16.Each different way of displaying the resulting data signal is called an Analysis Mode.

17.Metals cannot be dissolved without being changed into new substances.

18.The reaction is far from being completed.

19.A discussion on solving this problem was under way.

20.These compounds have the advantage of being cheap.

21.There was a strong objection to carrying on this costly investigation.

22.There are unmistakable proofs of Pauling’s having been wrong.

23.That prevents you from having more than one bus attached to the same memory system.

24.On connecting the upper ends of the metals with a metal wire, we made the current flow through the wire.

New words:

rod n – стержень

tend v – стремиться

dry v – сушить

sample n – образец

succeed v – иметь успех, суметь

involved a – сложный

prohibit from v – запрещать

venture n – сделка, авантюра

dissolve v – растворять

proof n – доказательство

prevent from v – препятствовать, мешать

ХIV. Герундиальный оборот.

1.They depended on the laboratories supplying them with starting compounds.

2.We have already referred to the reaction having resulted in a new yield.

3.There are unmistakable proofs of Pauling’s having been wrong.

4.There is no hope of our getting positive results in the future.

5.Oxidation led to the reaction taking another course.

6.This have given rise to the molecular changing its configuration.

7.This is due to the reaction running at a low temperature.

8.The second theory was given preference due to its being based on more recent data.

9.This have taken place as a result of the molecular having changed its conformation.

10.We insisted on the cases being taken away.

11.No evidence has been found for any of these compounds maintaining their configuration.

New words:

refer to v – указывать, ссылаться

yield n – выход, результат

proof n – доказательство

prefer v – предпочитать

evidence n – доказательство

case n – (зд.) ящик

compound n – смесь, соединение

maintain v – сохранять