Complete the following sentences using the gerund and gerundial constructions. 1. excuse (i ask a question) 2. thank you for (you help me) 3. our group has succeded in (to solve the problem) 4. the experiment is worth (to do) 5. would you mind (i open the window) 6. go on (to read) 7. i insist on (to be told the truth) 8. i object to (she is sent to the conference)

By 1514 - 1515 years. it includes the creation of a masterpiece of the great masters - "mona lisa."until recently, the thought that this portrait was painted much earlier, in florence, about 1503 people believed the story of vasari, who wrote: "took leonardo perform for francesco del giocondo a portrait of mona lisa, his wife, and, having worked on it for four years, nedovershennym left him. this work is now the french king at fontainebleau. incidentally, leonardo resorted to the following trick: since madonna lisa was very beautiful, during the portrait writings he kept the people who play the lyre and sang, and there were always fools who supported it fun and removes melancholy, which is usually reported painting portraits performed. " this whole story is wrong from beginning to end. according to venturi, "mona lisa, mona lisa later, was the creation of novelist fantasy, arezzo biographer, giorgio vasari." venturi in 1925 suggested that the "mona lisa" - a portrait of the duchess costanza d'avalos, the widow federigo del balz, sung in a little poem eneo irpino, mentions of her portrait painted by leonardo. costanza was the mistress of giuliano de 'medici, who after marriage with filiberto of savoy gave back portrait of leonardo. most recently pedretti put forward a new hypothesis: the louvre portrait depicts the widow of giovanni antonio brandao named pachifika, who was also the mistress of giuliano de 'medici, and bore him a son ippolito in 1511whatever it was, vazarievskaya version is in doubt simply because does not explain why the portrait of the wife of francesco del giocondo was left in the hands of leonardo, and he was taken away to france.

One of the largest zoos in russia. covers an area of 63 hectares, it contains about 11,000 specimens of 756 species. more than 350 species listed in the international red book. about 180 species listed in the red book of russia and regional red books. 77 types there is an international studbook. in novosibirsk zoo have been breeding felids and mustelids, so here is one of the world's finest collections of representatives of these families. the staff of the zoo takes part in 67 international programs on preservation of rare and endangered species of animals