И. А. Курбасова Е. И. Силантьева

Урок 10

Грамматика: Герундий (§37);

ВВОДНЫЕ УПРАЖНЕНИЯ К ТЕКСТУ А
1. Укажите, по каким формальным показателям можно определить герундий в данных предложениях; переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The idea of building the Underground in Moscow was first proposed before the Great October Socialist Revolution.

2. Making long and complicated calculations by computers saves much time and labour. 3. The high tractive efforjt' of electric locomotives leads to their being widely employed эп mountainous routes. 4. After having equipped the largest power plants with automatic control a greater reliability af their operation was ensured. 5. Stephenson's inventing the first practical steam locomotive is a well-known fact.

3. On being applied for the interior finishes of passenger ;ars plastics greatly contribute to the reduction of mainte-lance costs.