1.4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя герундий в активной или пассивной форме.

1. Why do you avoid (to speak) to me?

2. She tried to avoid (to speak) to.

3. The doctor insisted on (to send) the sick man to hospital.

4. The child insisted on (to send) home at once.

5. Do you mind him (to examine) by a heart specialist?

6. He showed • no sign of (to recognize) me.

7. She showed no sign of (to surprise).

8. He had a strange habit of (to interfere) in other people's business.

9. I was angry at (to interrupt) every other moment.

10. He was always ready for (to help) people.

11. He was very glad of (to help) in his difficulty.

12. In(to make) this experiment they came across some very interesting phenomena.

13. The results of the experiment must be checked and re-checked before (to publish). The watch requires (to repair).

14. The problem is not worth (to discuss).

15. Jane Eyre remembered (to lock) up in the red room for (to contradict) Mrs. Reed.

1.5. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на существительные и местоимения перед герундием.

Пример 1: I don't mind opening the window. – Я не против (не возражаю), чтобы открыли окно. I don't mind his opening the window. – Я не против, чтобы он открыл окно.

Пример 2: She insisted on being allowed to go home. – Она наставила на том, чтобы ей позволили пойти домой. She insisted on her son being allowed to go home. – Она настаивала на том, чтобы ее сыну позволили пойти домой.

1. I had no idea of his leaving St. Petersburg so soon.

2. Aunt's coming here gives me much pleasure.

3. The librarian did not object to the reader keeping the book one day longer.

4. She said that she knew nothing about the door having been left open.

5. The mother was surprised at her daughter having tidied up the room so quickly.

6. My trying to convince him is of no use.

7. When asked why she had missed the train, she said something about her watch being slow.

8. She approached without my seeing her.

9. She stayed in town the whole summer because of her daughter being ill.

10. She did not object to doing the room. She did not object to my doing the room.

1.6. Прочитайте и переведите статью. Составьте по тексту 10 вопросительных предложений с ответами. Teacher Loses Job, Heads to Prison for dwi Crash

Most often, when a teacher is charged with a criminal offense, their job is in jeopardy. A tenured teacher facing disciplinary and possible dismissal from employment must endure a 3020a hearing. Robert J. Thompson, 38, a Schuylerville school teacher resigned from his job and will serve a prison sentence of 1 to 3 years after pleading guilty to vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated.

Thompson had a blood alcohol content of .18 percent. Thompson crossed the middle line of Route 29 in Saratoga Springs and struck a vehicle operated by 19-year-old Clinton English. English, of Greenwich, was ejected from his vehicle and broke his back and left ankle. He wore a back brace for three months and cannot work. Thompson was not hurt in the crash. The Gansevoort man pleaded guilty to first-degree vehicular assault.

A 3020a hearing is an evaluation of a tenured teacher to determine whether a school district has grounds to dismiss them from employment. These hearings are before an administrative officer and can take years to be heard. During the period between when the accusations are initially made and the hearing, a teacher may find themselves confined to one of a district’s “rubber rooms.” These rooms are a purgatory where the teacher must report to while school is in session. While in the rubber room, the teacher is paid their full salary, however, they are not allowed to teach and must sit all day with no meaningful work to do.