| Task 2. Analyze the sentences and translate them into Russian.
1. I’m fed up with living in the city – it’s too dirty and crowded.
2. Speaking a foreign language every day is the best way of learning it.
3. There’s no point in having a car if you never use it.
4. Being admired by all, she felt proud and happy.
5. The boy was ashamed of having been beaten in class by his sister.
6. My answering in the affirmative gave him great satisfaction.
7. He is in the habit of boasting of his cleverness.
8. We are proud of being taught four foreign languages at this
University.
9. After having the same job for ten years, I felt I needed a change.
10. He is an artistic person – he is very good at writing poems and
composing music.
11. I don’t want to force you into doing something against your will.
12. I think you should apologize to your mother for being so rude
to her.
13. Do you mind meeting different people every day? Meeting the
same people every day, listening to people for many hours?
14. He had the most irritating habit of joking at the wrong
moment.
15. I hate reminding people of their duties or being reminded of mine.
16. Forgetting may be very rapid when one has no desire to reme-
mber; over learning shows that through extra effort, one can build up
resistance to forgetting.
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