I. Translate the sentences into Russian. Point out the Gerunds.

1. The old companies were afraid of being removed from the market by the recently appeared companies.

2. The great advantage of the so-called graphic computers lies in solving design problems.

3. Having spent half an hour waiting for their home page to load some users are gradually getting nervous.

4. On leaving school I hoped to find a job that would suit my dispositions.

5. Security considerations prevented the banks from adopting the Internet as a mean of funds transfer.

6. The firm would like to be sure of following the right course of actions.

7. The hacker was accused of having secretly used other people's private information.

8. Success depends on being in the right place at the right time.

II. Translate the sentences into Russian. Point out the Gerundial Constructions.

1. Our having accomplished the work so quickly surprised everybody.

2. Some doctors object to children's playing computer games too often.

3. A good way to learn about a company's doing business on the Net is through the

Commerce Net.

4. You can't start work without a precaution against a computer failure being taken.

5. Computers were appreciated for their having completely changed many fields of

human activity.

6. Computer expert system advising a user how to solve a problem approaches to a

human expert.

III. Begin the following sentences with the given expressions.

A) be sure of, be fond of, be interested in, be engaged in, be proud of.

B) rely on, insist on, prevent from, succeed in, result in.

A)… meeting his friends at the conference.

… setting his business.

… working day and night at the project.

… surfing through the Net.

… having found the solution for the problem.

B) … our going on with the work.

… working out a new televised course.

… using the Web as a tool for exchanging scientific information.

… his having done everything well.

… making a wrong decision.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. If I had known that you were in hospital I (visit) you.

2. If I (know) that you were coming I'd have baked a cake.

3. If you (arrive) ten minutes earlier you would have got a seat.

4. You would have seen my garden at its best if you (be) here last week.

5. I wouldn't have believed it if I (not see) it with my own eyes.

6. I (offer) to help him if I had realized that he was ill.

7. If I (realize) what a bad driver you were I wouldn't have come with you.

8. If he had known that the river was dangerous he (not try) to swim across it.

TEXT 5

WORD-STUDY

Exercise 1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed below:

Nouns virus, sophistication, vendor, environment

Verbs encounter, misidentify, ensure, urge, seek

Adjectives various, manual, prevalent, malicious

Exercise 2. Match the synonyms:

Adverbs

1. rapidly

2. actively

3. previously

4. truly

5. originally

a) actually

b) likely

c) essentially

d) formerly

e) idly

f) quickly

Verbs

1. predict

2. propose

3. extract from

4. protect

5. drop

7. fee

a) correct

b) spread

c) defend

d) derive from

e) go down

f) forecast

g) offer