LESSON 8

1. Переведите предложения на русский язык, определив форму и функции герундия:

1. A lot depends on his transmitting computer data in time. 2. Rotating the image on the computer screen was not easy for the user. 3. They finished assigning the program at 10. 4. He was blamed for not having provided them with wires. 5. He was accused of decoding the secret information. 6. He doesn’t like using combined programs too often. 7. Supercomputer is able of performing one billion operations a second. 8. I have no hope of ever carrying out this task. 9. He doesn’t mind being asked about it.

2. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий:

1. Our teacher keeps insisting on our using this draw program. 2. He denied having erased that information. 3. She avoided modifying the image. 4. He enjoyed incorporating text, graphics, sound and video into one program. 5. He postponed displaying his new computer graphics as he fell ill. 6. He went on creating the ways of immersing the users into the artificial world. 7. I can’t put off editing this video sequence. 8. I don’t mind interacting with three-dimensional displays. 9. He couldn’t help checking the data-sending capabilities of his computer.

3. Раскройте скобки, употребляя нужную форму герундия:

1. In (to assign) this device they came across some difficulties. 2. This program is not worth (to carry out). 3. This data requires (to transmit) in digital form. 4. This equipment needs (to deliver). 5. He reproached me for (not to edit) the text. 6. He couldn’t help (to play back) this popular music. 6. The students were busy (to describe) their experiments when one of them suddenly remembered (to leave) his results at home. 8. Do you remember (to post) the letter?

4. Переведите на английский язык, используя герундий:

1. Директор возражает против доставки этого кабеля через неделю. 2. Он настаивает на приобретении специализированных программ. 3. Он не может не погружаться в виртуальную реальность. 4. Она отрицала, что стерла это сообщение. 5. Учитель одобрил использование видеоизображения во время презентации. 6. Я не мог не закодировать эту секретную информацию. 7. Он возражает против того, чтобы уменьшить изображение на экране компьютера.

5. Переведите на русский язык:

1. He looked forward to buying all the necessary attached devices. 2. A laser-based reading device prevents discs from spoiling. 3. The manufacturers succeeded in developing combined programs. 4. She dreamt of getting the access to that information. 5. The workers gave up the idea of being provided with the new equipment. 6. He objected to her buying a modem. 7. We congratulated him on having created such a good paint program. 8. He insists on buying this high-capacity device. 9. We approve of using computer graphics editing methods. 10. Debugging a program is a hard job. 11. One of the benefits of buying this system is that it has detailed documentation. 12. I’m against accepting this plan. 13. The program is worth using. 14. In writing this program we met a lot of difficulties. 15. By using this software you will solve a lot of problems. 16. Programming is the process of preparing, testing, correcting instructions for a computer. 17. After performing calculations a computer displays some result.