Задание 1. Прочитайте, перепишите и переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на форму герундия. 1. It is worth while discussing this phenomenon. 2. He is fond of reading. 3. I suggested going by sea but he wouldn't hear of it. 4. I insisted on going to the library. 5. Please go on writing.

1.The discovery of America on October 12, 1492, is perhaps the most important single event in human history, and yet there are a great many unsolved problems about it.
2.Let′s consider some of the questions which arise when we say that Christopher Columbus discovered America. 
3.His name is mysterious
4.One set of documents says that he was a weaver and the son of a weaver at Genoa;
5.but he himself talks of many years at sea and besides this his knowledge of seamanship must have been the result of long years’ experience. 

1) I must to find out the time of flights - Я должен узнать расписание полетов.
2) If I want to get to the interview, I have to take the earliest flight - если я хочу успеть на собеседование, я должен улететь самым ранним рейсом.
3) Aisle was too narrow and I had to go sideways to my seat - проход между рядами кресел был слишком узкий и мне пришлось проходить боком до моего места4) I was very happy when I see the reclining seats adjustable to some positions in the plane - Я был очень рад, когда увидел откидывающиеся сиденья в самолете
5)I had to pay an extra-charge to take luggage to my native city - мне пришлось заплатить доп.расходы, чтобы довезти багаж до моего родного города
≈ ну вот как-то так..)