2. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие причастия, определите их форму и функцию, переведите предложения на русский язык: 1. Fearing foreign competition Australia has for years been concerned more with creating jobs than encouraging industrial efficiency.
2. The decision being considered is that of investment in a large indus- trial project.
3. Having been promoted the goods sold well.
4. A similar plant having 3 times this capacity is already on the drawing board.
5. The new production technologies involved will be energy efficient.
6. The companies surveyed suffered only slight reductions in the volume of sales.

Travelling is very popular nowadays. a lot of people travel to different countries if they have such opportunity. travelling allows you to get interesting experience, learn about people’s life in other countries and continents. i think it is very interesting to discover new things, new places and different ways of life. while on travel, you meet new people, try different meals; see world famous places with your own eyes. these are many ways of traveling — by train, by plain, by ship, on foot. if you want to visit a far country, you’ll definitely choose a flight. if your aim is to see many countries for a short time, you’ll choose travelling by bus or by car. if you want to be closer to nature, you may choose a trip on foot. lots of people nowadays live in big cities. so it’s natural that they want to have a holiday by the sea or in the mountains with nothing to do but relaxing. there is other sort of travellers. they want to visit as many countries as possible. so after exploring europe and north america they go to exotic countries. people who travel a lot, are very interesting, they always have a good story to tell. thanks to them you can learn many things which you didn’t know before. they motivate to see something new, to explore the world, which is so easy to do nowadays. any kind of travel helps you to understand many things that you would never see or learn at home. as english people say — a picture is worth a thousand words. and i totally agree

1. What is your full name?

2. Where were you born?

3. When were you born?

4. Where do you live?

5. How long have you lived here?

6. Do you have any brothers/sisters?

7. Are they younger/older?

8. What do you do in your free time?

9. Have you been in other countries?

10. Do you have hollidays in summer?

11. How long have you studied English?

12. Do you speak other languages?

13. What you enjoy in doing English?

14. What do you want to do after you leave school?

15. What is your dream?