1. Translate into English:

1. Приходите сегодня в наш клуб потанцевать – у нас новая программа. 2. Мне бы хотелось пожить здесь – зимой можно кататься на лыжах и сноуборде, летом хорошо в походах по окрестностям пешком и верхом на лошадях. 3. Хочешь – поедем за грибами? 4. Наше лето на побережье прошло в прогулках на яхте под парусом, подводном плавании и рыбалке. 5. Приезжай – покатаемся в выходные на коньках, у нас новый открытый каток. 6. В Англии они ездили на экскурсии в Лондон, Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне, Кембридж, Оксфорд и Шеффилд. 7. В субботу, как обычно, она пошла за покупками. 8. Сначала мы покатались на новой машине Дейва, а затем отправились на озеро пожить пару дней в кемпинге. 9. После того, как я обменял деньги в ближайшем банке, я отправился осматривать город. 10. Активный отдых – вот, что Вам необходимо. Вам бы отправиться на сплав по горным рекам или на альпинистское восхождение.

Ex.5. PRACTICE written translation.

1. It is not worth repeating it, for it was only a cruel little sentence, rapped out before thinking that made him flush to the roots of his hair.

2. The very first thing one feels like doing when he gets into camp, all burning up and dusty, is to hunt up a bath.

3. Until they start making one kind of human being, we’ll continue to make more than one kind of luxury automobile. – Mitsubishi.

4. A few minutes ago he had felt like seizing the hand of the beautiful lady by his side, and kissing it; he had felt like flinging his arms about the neck of the man on the other side of him. And now he began to realize again that he was a “hobo”, that he was ragged and dirty, and smelled bad, and had no place to sleep that night!

10. The Gerund in the function of Object.

10.0. In the function of Object GER is used either as a direct or indirect prepositional Obj. to the verb predicate depending on the transitivity of the verb. It is also a direct Obj. to such predicates as be worth, can’t help, can’t stand/bear. GER is an Obj. in such impersonal sentences as It entails/involves/means/necessitates doing something.

10.1.1. As a direct Obj. immediately following the predicate GER is used after a number of monotransitive verbs (taking only one object). Some of them may be followed only by the GER, while others take either GER or INF (with or without any difference in meaning – for details see the section describing the alternative use of INF or GER).

Admit, appreciate, avoid, be worth, can’t help, celebrate, consider, contemplate, defer, delay, deny, detest, discuss, dislike, dispute, endure, enjoy, (it) entails, escape, excuse, explain, fancy, forgive, hinder, imagine, (it) involves, loathe, (it) means, mention, mind (=object to), miss, pardon, postpone, practice, prevent, put off, recall, recollect, report, resent, resist, risk, suggest, understand: Jane and he tacitly avoided being left together. Even in his most horrible nightmares, Dr. van der Berg had never imagined being stranded on a hostile world in a tiny space capsule, with only a madman for company. “Then what is it? ... If you don't mind my asking?” “She's got to be captain – I can't risk destroying this mis­sion.” Yesterday Mr. Jacobs was discussing flying. Mustapha enjoyed fishing in the tradi­tional way: he did not fish for food, but for life.

+ GER

Advise, allow, attempt, can’t stand/bear, deserve, dread, fear, forbid, forget, hate, intend, like, love, mean, need, omit, permit, recommend, regret, remember, require, prefer, propose, want: But none of us wanted to test that theory, although it needed testing. I came in through the window – I can’t stand going through the house anymore. I feared skiing rapidly down the mountain. “Can you stand seeing him this evening?” This position requires your getting here on time every day. The front gate wants mending. Do you want to test the device? I need to tell you where I was wrong. She can’t stand to be left alone. I am advised to be out of doors as much as I can.

+ GER or INF

10.1.2. When the cognition verbs such as find, think, consider, believe take an Obj. expressed by the gerundial phrase the Obj. is extraposed – it appears after the objective predicative (predicative to the Obj.). The position of the Obj. in this case is filled with the formal, ‘empty’ or introductory it:

I find it strange our going without you. I think it no use your/you arguing about trifles.

10.1.3. GER as a Prepositional Object goes with the predicates expressed by one of the following verbs or phrases be + Adj/PII (mind specific prepositions with GER after certain verbs):

Monotransitive verbs requiring prepositions with their objects	Ditransitive verbs taking a direct and a prepositional object	Phrases be + Adj/PII/Stative	Preposition
Hear, learn, think1 (all in the meaning ‘have an opinion’)	Accuse, suspect	Be afraid, be tired, be conscious, be aware, be capable, be fond, be sure, be ignorant, be proud	of
Think2 (=consider, meditate, ponder), dream		Be excited	about
Persist, consist, succeed	Assist, have no difficulty	Be absorbed, be engrossed	in
Count, depend, rely, insist, agree1 (=decide)	Congratulate	Be keen	on
Agree2 (=to consent), object, look forward		Be accustomed, be/get used	to
	Thank, blame, to take blame, praise, punish, sentence	Be responsible, be famous	for
	Prevent, stop		from
	Help		with/in
		Be charged	with
		Be good, be bad,	at
		Be surprised	at (time) by (cause)
		Be (dis)pleased	with/by
		Be angry	at (time) about/over (cause)

E.g. Rachael was surprised at her mother's forgetting about their plan. He was accused of bribing a government official but charged with only trying to do it. Do you agree to our seeing him first, before he tries to meet you? We are looking forward to seeing you again. We easily got used to driving in a big city. Please come tomorrow, I count on your staying for the whole evening. He was not at all afraid of dying but he was angry at being trapped on this hill which was only utilizable as a place to die.

Note: Mind the difference in the meaning when a verb is combined with different prepositions, e.x.: use be sorry about + GER to tell your feelings concerning some situation or fact, etc. where you were not involved e.g. I’m sorry about her leaving. Use be sorry for + GER to refer to what you did wrong, to repent or regret, e.g. I ‘m sorry for leaving you alone that night.