Ex. 4. Find the Absolute Participle Complex in the following sentences. Translate them into Ukrainian.

1.When evaporated water forms clouds from where it falls on the earth as rain or snow, the soil absorbing the water which appears on the surface again in the form of streams to begin a new cycle of evaporation. 2. Virtually all life on earth exists in a thin film of air, water and rock in a zone extending from about 61 meters below the ocean surface to 6,000 meters above sea level. 3. The experiment being demonstrated, all the students watched it with great attention. 4. The temperature being raised, the kinetic energy is increased. 5. The data having been obtained, we discussed the results at the conference. 6. Simple substances consist of atoms, each substance having its own special atom. 7. The experiment being very interesting, we work readily. 8. Ordinary salt being examined with a magnifying glass, they saw that the crystals were of cubic form. 9. A gas can be dissolved in a liquid, the liquid changing its boiling point. 10. The elements having been arranged in the Periodic Table, it became easier to predict new elements. 11. Three isotopes of hydrogen have been found by scientists, each of them being able to combine with oxygen. 12. Oxygen contained in water is a mixture of three isotopes: oxygen – 16, oxygen – 17, oxygen – 18, the first being the most common. 13. Water being heated, it boils at 100⁰ C. 14. The pressure removed, the air spring back to its original temperature.

Ex. 5. Combine the following sentences using the Absolute Participle Complex according to the model:

Model: The problem is important. Everybody works with great interest.

The problem being important, everybody works with great interest.

1. The results were wrong. The students had to make the experiment once more.

2. The motor was broken. The machine did not work.

3. The broken bone has been located. The doctor saved the boy.

4. Mendeleyev discovered the Periodic law of elements. The table of elements bears his name.

5. The ice was very thin. We could not cross the river.

6. Molecules are in constant motion. The motion becomes more rapid with the increase of temperature.

7. The work has been done. All the workers went home.

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Read the text very carefully, then try to discuss items suggested to you. Concentrate on the style, the language, choice of words and grammatical structures. Your discussion should be bound by the text of which you must have a thorough knowledge.

MOTHER NATURE’S LAST WILL

The other night I was home reading a book when I received a telephone call that Mother Nature was dying. I dressed hurriedly and rushed over to the hospital. A lot of people had gotten there before me, and they were all sitting in the waiting room crying and wringing their hands. I searched out the doctors who were in another room having a heated argument as to how to save her. Each doctor seemed to have a different remedy:

One doctor said, “We have to get her some fresh air. She can’t breathe. We’ll have to turn off the power plant because of the smoke.”

“Are you out of your mind?” another doctor said. “We turn off the power, and she’ll freeze to death.”

“Perhaps we could keep all cars away from the hospital,” a third doctor suggested. “That would relieve her breathing.”

“Out of the question,” a fourth doctor barked. “How would we get back and forth to work if we prohibited cars near the hospital?”

“Gentlemen,” another doctor said, “I don’t believe it’s the air that is hurting her as much as the water. We have to find some water that’s drinkable. Strong measures must be taken immediately against polluting the hospital water.”

The director said, “Where would we get the money to support the hospital if we closed down the factories because they’re polluting the streams?”

“We’d also have to give up detergents,” a doctor added, “and we can’t have a clean hospital if you give up detergents.”

“Isn’t anybody going to do anything?” I shouted.

They saw me for the first time, and one of the doctors said angrily, “We’re sorry, this is a medical conference for professionals only. Would you kindly leave?”

I walked out and down the hall. Suddenly I saw a closed room, which had the name MOTHER NATURE handprinted on the door. Underneath it, in large red letters, was another sign: NO VISITORS.

No one was in the hall, so I opened the door. There was Mother Nature propped up on pillows. She looked old and tired and haggard. I couldn’t believe anyone could have changed so much in ten short years. But she seemed glad to see someone and smiled weakly.

“Hi, Ma,” I said. “You’re looking swell.”

“You wouldn’t kid a very sick lady, would you?” she said, gasping.

“No, I’m not kidding. You look wonderful.”

“I’ve just been talking to the doctors, and they say they’ll have you on your feet in no time.”

“Those quacks don’t know anything,” she said. “All they do is come in every few hours and take my temperature and give me something to relieve the pain. I think I’ve had it this time.”

“Don’t talk that way, Ma. You’re going to pull through. You’ve survived worse things than this before.”

“It’s never been this bad,” she said and then started having a coughing fit. “This time the Grim Reaper’s coming to get me.”

“But if you go, we’ll all have to go, Ma,” I cried. “You have to hold on. Please, Ma.”

“I kept complaining of pain,” she whispered, “but no one would pay attention to me. I said, “If you keep doing what you’re doing, I’m going to die.” But everyone said, “Ma, You’ll never die.” Why didn’t they listen to me?”

“We’re listening now, Ma. We’re listening. We have the best doctors in the world. They’re out there now, and they have a plan.”

“I guess the real thing that hurts,” she said, “is that my will won’t be worth anything now. I left every person in the world clear water, pure air, green fields, brilliant sunsets and blue skies. It wasn’t much, but it was everything I had.”

Just then the door opened and a nurse came in. She went over to the bed waving a thermometer.

“Come on, Mother. It’s time to take your temperature.”

(Art Buchwald)

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