land is mountainous. It is called the Highlands. 10. The South has beautiful valleys and plains. It is called the Lowlands. 11. The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the English Channel. They are washed by the Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea and the North Sea. 12. We made a tour round the town. We visited Westminster Abbey. 13. The Thames is the deepest river in Great Britain. It is the most important one. 14. We have accepted the invitation with pleasure. We made a tour round the Houses of Parliament.

Герундий (The gerund)

Герундий — это неличная форма глагола, обладающая свойствами как существительного, так и глагола.

Герундий выражает действие, представляя его как название процесса, и образуется путем прибавления окончания к основе глагола. В русском языке нет формы глагола, соответствующей английскому герундию. Подобно существительному, герундий может быть в предложении подлежащим, частью сказуемого, прямым дополнением; перед ним может стоять предлог в функции определения или обстоятельства и, наконец, герундий может иметь в качестве определения существительное в притяжательном общем падеже или притяжательное местоимение.

Подобно глаголу, герундий имеет видовременные и залоговые формы, прямое дополнение и может определяться обстоятельством выраженным наречием.

Формы герундия (табл. 38).

Таблица 38

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Упражнение 47.

Переведите предложения и определите неличную форму глагола (герундий или причастие I).

Being in London I couldn’t help him.

While staying in London he visited the British Museum.

His colleagues living in London, Louis wrote to them about his discovery made in France.

Being appointed head of the department, Dr. Blume resumed his work on atomic collisions.

Dr. Blume’s being appointed head of the department was quite unexpected. They objected to the data being published before all the experiments were

completed.

Some of the problems not being solved, our group had difficulties in proceeding with the work.

Упражнение 48.

Переведите предложения.

1. I hate interrupting people. 2. I hate being interrupted. 3. Betty hates disturbing people. 4. George hates being disturbed when he is watching TV. 5. Lawrence is against sending them the document. 6. Lawrence is against being sent to Belgium. 7. William likes being read to. 8. William likes reading detective stories. 9. Philip mentioned visiting them from time to time. 10. Philip mentioned having been visited by a stranger. 11. Charles denies having been helped.

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К О Н Т Р О Л Ь Н Ы Е З А Д А Н И Я ДЛЯ ФАКУЛЬТЕТА СОЦИАЛЬНЫХ НАУК Контрольная работа № 1

Вариант 1

I. Перепишите и переведите предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения.

1.A different type of understanding helps sociologists to analyse the most unusual forms of human behaviour.

2.To get better results in scientific research sociologists study statistics.

3.Today’s homeless persons tend to be younger and include growing numbers of families without any shelter.

4.The greatest number of observations about sociological theory was made by Henry Spencer.

5.Source of wisdom of an individual is less reliable than common sence.

II. Перепишите и переведите предложения; подчеркните в каждом

из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент.

1.Sociologists consider people social animals and they have to examine human relations.

2.We should remember about drug education to prevent the growth of drug-abuse in our country.

3.Many people go to special psychological centers where they can have help of a specialist.

4.The teenager committed the suicide because nobody was able to understand him.

5.We need not speak about high crime-rate, it is evident in modern

society.

III. Перепишите и переведите предложения; укажите функцию глаголов «to be» и «to have» (смысловой глагол, вспомогательный глагол, модальный глагол).

1.A sociologist has a distinctive way of examining human interactions.

2.In human society newspapers, television and radio are usual sources of information.

3.At present we are to recognise the changing role of a woman in society.

4.Sociological theory has established the statements, concepts to explain problems, actions or behaviour.

5.During the years of persecution and anticlerical activity believers had to conceal their faith.

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II. Перепишите и переведите предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент.

1.There are five steps in scientific method that researches must follow in developing theories.

2.Unfortunately some people can not find job because of their deficiency.

3.Even after the Declaration of Independence the native Americans were not able to protect their rights.

4.Speaking about the sociological theory we should mention acrosociology and microsociology.

5.Not long ago women were not allowed to vote.

III. Перепишите и переведите предложения; укажите функцию глаголов «to be» и «to have» (смысловой глагол, вспомогательный глагол, модальный глагол).

1.Social science is the studying of various aspects of human society.

2.As a field of study sociology has extremely broad scope.

3.Nowadays we have to restore such values as religious moments and

temples.

4.Christianity is based on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.

5.Sociologists and psychologists are trying to define the functions of religion in a contemporary society.

IV. Перепишите и переведите предложения, выпишите глаголы - сказуемые, определите их видовременную форму и залог.

1.Social institutions are organized patterns of believs and behaviour.

2.Herbet Spencer dominated scholarly thinking in his time.

3.Sociologists make a useful distinction between elements of material and nonmaterial culture.

4.Specialists have studied cases when children were raised in isolation.

5.German philosopher Max Weber greatly contributed to the scientific study of society.

6.Religion will survive in the private of individual and family life and on a personal level.

7.Sociologists have been influenced by the crime-rate between teenagers.

8.Nationalism is based on the devotion to one’s nation.

9.At that time researches were emphasizing the importance of early socialization experiences for humans.

10.The figures of statistics will be carefully tested by researches.

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