Windsurfing was invented in the mid-sixties by two southern Californian surfers, Hoyle Schweitzer and Jim Drake. Surfers need strong rolling waves, and hate days of calm sea. Schweitzer noticed that on days when waves were not high enough to surf, there was often a strong wind and he set about finding a way to use it. His first experiments Involved standing on his surfboard holding out a piece of sail cloth in his hands. Gradually he and Drake refined this idea into a basic design for a sailboard, similar to a surfboard, but holding a mast and a triangular sail which could be tilted and turned in any direction. The windsurfer operates a boom which controls the amount of wind in the sail, for speed and change of direction. Schweitzer immediately went into business designing and making the new sailboards and taking the idea abroad. By mid-seventies, the sport had spread to Holland, Germany and France.
The Tower of London is one of the most imposing and popular of London's historical sites.
Many stories associated with British history come from the Tower. In 1483 King Edward IV's two sons were murdered in the so-called Bloody Tower. Over two centuries later the skeletons of two little boys were found buried beneath steps in the White Tower.
Countless prisoners, including the future Queen Elizabeth I of England, were brought to the Tower by barge and ascended the steps before being imprisoned. For many it was their last moment of freedom before their death. But Elizabeth was released from the Tower and became Queen. The King's second wife, Anne Boleyn, was brought to trial there in 1536 and beheaded. Six years later her cousin, Catherine, Henry VIII's fifth wife, suffered the same fate. Sir Thomas More was beheaded there in 1535.
; huge black birds who are an official part of the Tower community. Legend states that if the ravens were to leave the Tower the Crown will fall Under the special care of the Raven Master, the ravens are fed a daily diet of raw meat. And there is no danger of them flying away, because their wings are clipped.
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Лондонский Тауэр является одной из самых внушительных и популярныхисторических памятников Лондона.
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C глаголом Finish можно употребить только герундий, в данном случае doing: Finished doing - means compliting something.
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GERUND: She regrets saying that. (Ей жаль, что она это сказала.) - Talking about an action that has already happened.
INFINITIVE: She regrets to say that. (Ей жаль говорить об этом.) - Action now or in the future.
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GERUND: I remember telling her the addres yesterday. (Я помню, что сказал ей адрес сегодня.) - Means remembering something that has already happened.
INFINITIVE: I remember to tell her the addres yesterday. (Я помню, что нужно сказать ей адрес сегодня.) - Means remembering to do something; to not forget something to do.
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GERUND: She stopped working at 5 o'clock. (Она перестала работать в 5 часов.) - The sentence meaning is that she stopped doing it at the current moment.
INFINITIVE: She stopped to work at 5 o'clock. (Она остановилась в 5 часов, чтобы поработать.) - The sentence assumes that she stopped to do something and start working.