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Нужно определить функции Герундия! Из вариантов: подлежащее, именная часть сказуемого (переводится сущ. или инфинитивом), часть глагольного сказуемого (переводится инфинитивом), дополнение, определение, обстоятельство.
1. A generator is a machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by making use of the interaction between a conductor and a magnetic field. 2. It is possible to add a considerable amount of heat without producing any temperature change in the given substance. 3. In connecting the ends of the metals with a metal wire one causes the current to flow through that wire. 4. On connecting the ends of the metals with a metal wire we caused the current to flow through that wire. 5. The electric lamp widely used for the generation of light also depends upon the heating property of electricity. 6. Programming a computer involves analyzing the problem to be solved and the plan to solve it. 7. In stretching an elastic object the elastic limit should not be exceeded. 8. Superheating is a process of heating a liquid above its boiling point without converting it into vapor. 9. On studying the nature of that new phenomenon they were not satisfied with the results obtained. 10. In studying the theory of semiconductors Joffe had in mind the direct conversion of solar energy into electricity.