Read the text and underline gerund in the sentences, Translate the sentences into Russian
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
There are numerous professional bodies offering support, advice and education for the fledgling designer. Most countries have them. Most require membership fees and in return you get helpful advice and useful opportunities to learn more about design and design-related matters from fellow professionals. Of course, some designers prefer to remain aloof from communal activities: they see joining design institutions as a step towards losing their independent status and becoming linked to the design establishment; they tend to dismiss professional organizations as smug and self-admiring. Others, with more clubbable instincts, camaraderie that come with banding together with like-minded individuals, and become energetic participants The fundamental altruism of the various professional bodies and associations, and the degree to which they promote the interests of design and designers, cannot be questioned. In recent years, they have made conspicuous and vigorous efforts to become more inclusive, with particular emphasis on helping and encouraging students and recent graduates. They run lectures, educations sessions and have made extensive and effective use of online material. But, inevitably, in their attempt to become all-encompassing, they tend to represent the mainstream; if you interests are in the margins and slipstreams of design and contemporary culture, they are perhaps less relevant to you. Whether you join is a matter of personal judgment.
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the sentence into Russian:
1. Anne was able to keep the kids still by telling them an interesting story.
2. David found a small frog walking near the pond in his garden.
3. I believe I will still have an opportunity of introducing you to my collegues.
4. My having been to South Korea helped me learn the language when I took classes.
5. Sheila is very upset. She isn’t used to being treated like that.
6. I don’t approve of your behavior. You’d better stop quarrelling with everybody.
7. The students enjoy being taught.
8. Being accepted to Harvard University was the greatest day of my life.
9. The criminals denied stealing anything.
10. Have you ever gone skiing?
2)Translate the sentences paying attention to the use of Gerund:
1. After having a shower, I waited for Steven.
2. The tablet must not be taken before getting up in the morning.
3. I manage it by working much longer than 40-hour weeks.
4. He told the joke without laughing.
5. Before sleeping, I like to have a snack.
6. Without exercising regularly it’s impossible to keep fit.
7. Everybody did his best to help homeless children by bringing them food and clothes.
8. The class was exhausted from thinking and studying all day.
9. After seeing the movie, we left.