2.Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на герундий.

1. Discounting is the process of buying a security for less than its face value. 2. So far as temperature is concerned, Britain is fortunate in having warmer winds than any other district in the same latitude. 3. We discussed opening a new business. 4. He risks losing all of his money. 5. His taking part in the development of the new system was a great help to us. 6. We knew nothing about his being sent to London. 7. We knew nothing about his having been sent to London. 8. I heard of the experiment having been started last month. 9. The control of the money supply is probably one of the most important instruments for regulating total demand in an economy. 10. Funding is the way of reducing the supplies of liquid assets available to the banking system.

3. .Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на инфинитив.

1. I am glad to have told you this story. 2. I am glad to have been told this story. 3. I want to introduce you to this actress. 4. I want to be introduced to this actress. 5. I am glad to have met her at the station. 6. I am glad to have been met at the station. 7. We are happy to have invited him to the party. 8. We are happy to have been invited to the party. 9. He will be happy to visit this famous picture gallery. 10. He was happy to have visited this famous picture gallery.

4. Перепишите предложения и переведите их обращая внимание на инфинитив.

A. 1. I want my son to go in for sports. 2. I don’t want you to take so much trouble. 3. I would like you to practice your English every day. 4. I don’t think he wanted Bob to lose his temper, he simply wanted him to play according the rules. 5. We want our contacts to increase in the near future. 6. The manager doesn’t want his assistants to do so much routine paper-work any longer. 7. We are friends, and I naturally want him to be perfectly frank to me. 8. The Director General wants us to compare all those projects and say what we think of them. 9. I didn’t expect the discussion to be so tiring. 10. Frankly, we had expected them to find a better place for the exhibition.

B. 1. When I entered the gym, I saw a group of girls practicing without their coach. 2. I’ve never seen him lose his temper. 3. I’ve never heard her complain. 4. I heard them quarreling, and decided to go up and ask what the matter was. 5. I heard that Helen was a good pianist, but I have never heard her play the piano. 6. We saw that the conversation was growing tiring and decided to stop before it was too late. 7. We watched the coach giving last-minute instructions to the players. 8. We saw the policeman go up to the driver and say something to him. 9. I’ve never heard him say anything unfair. 10. We heard that after the last injury he was no longer fit to take part in serious competitions.

5. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на сложное подлежащее.

1. Many books are known to be published in our country every year. 2. You are supposed to graduate in four years. 3. Radium is said to be very radioactive. 4. This device was known to have been designed in that laboratory. 5. His invention is considered to be of great importance. 6. The sun is known to represent a mass of compressed gases. 7. The new rocket is reported to go into operation next year. 8. This type of rocket is supposed to have many advantages. 9. For a long time the atom was thought to be indivisible. 10. The helium atom was found to have two electrons.