суббота, 18 февраля 2017 г.

Gerunds in articles

Hello! In this post I'd like to share sentences with gerunds which I've found in some articles. While reading these articles you can travel without leaving a room and find out something new about our world as well as relax. Enjoy!:)

Cuba travel guide: 10 tips for first time travel to Cuba

1. Visiting Cuba is a highlight-packed sensory overload, especially if you take the time to understand the past political strife that has shaped a nation that stands on the cusp of a social and economic revolution.- NPA

2. Being able to hail a taxi and negotiate the destination and fare are vital to getting around, and being able to order food and drink is handy.- NPA

3. Of greater concern, my Airbnb host Gustavo warns, is the risk of dengue fever, which can be debilitating. - NPA

4. Cubans are, by and large, exceptionally outgoing people.- NPA

5. Approach these interactions expecting to pay for a slice of their time and local knowledge, which is sometimes well worth it.- NPA

6. You might think the massive, curvaceous American cars for which Havana is famous are a myth, and finding one is like tracking down a white whale.- NPA;NPA

7. Knowing a little Spanish helps a lot.- NPA

8. Even better is that you'll probably be seated next to some locals heading off to work, with Cuba's taxis running more like a bus service that picks up and sets down various fares during any given trip.- NPA;NPA

9. Havana has some brilliant museums, featuring the artwork of abundantly talented locals, plus a number of institutions dedicated to detailing the nation's history of political instability, bloodshed and proud defiance.- NPA;NPA

10. The Museo de la Revolucion in the Old Havana part of town is an essential stop – behind the stunning façade are hundreds of artefacts, photos, weapons and blow-by-blow explanations of events.- NPA

11. Perhaps most poignant of all are the bullet holes in the walls, a sobering reminder that this beautiful metropolis was once, as the museum name suggests, the site of bloody revolution.- NPA

12, Said to be the oldest stone fort in the Americas, it's also home to an excellent museum highlighting the nation's proud maritime past.- NPA

13. It's a great spot to enjoy the passing parade of classic American cars, too.- NPA

14. Cuba is much more than just Havana, although you can easily spend a week wandering the old town, poking around Vedado, and taking in the neighbouring coastal settlements.- NPA;NPA;NPA

15. You can take a 20-minute taxi ride to out to Cojimar, the setting for the Ernest Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea and the place where Hemingway kept his own boat.- NPA

Bob Marley Mausoleum, Jamaica: Getting to know Bob Marley's Jamaica

1. He  died in Miami trying to get home from a cancelled European tour.-NPA

2. A tour of Good Hope is a great way to learn about Jamaica's colonial history, walking through the renovated Great House and visiting the onsite pottery workshop before a barbecue lunch.- NPA;NPA

Sir Bani Yas island, United Arab Emirates: Exotic Arab escape

1. Instantly I'm descending at disconcerting speed, the pressure building in my ears ...- NPA;NPA

2. So now it's just a question of how long I can hold my breath while collecting as many oysters as possible.- NPA

3. They begin as nine-year-old boys, learning to pry open the oysters with a lethally sharp knife to search for the elusive jewels.- NPA

4. At 12, they are old enough to dive, working from sunrise to sunset.- NPA

5. The odds of finding a pearl are well over 2000 to one.- NPA

6. Not that guests who try the three-hour pearl diving experience at Sir Bani Yas Island – a three hour drive and 25-minute ferry ride from the city of Abu Dhabi – leave the dhow empty handed.- NPA

7. Which is ironic because it was the cultured pearl that killed off pearl diving, and we have an Australian to thank for that.- NPA

8. British-born marine biologist William Saville-Kent is credited with being the first to produce both blister and spherical pearls of commercial quality.- NPA

9. Bani Yas is the name of the Bedouin tribe who went from being part-time pearl divers to full-time rulers by the time oil was discovered in 1958. -NPA

10. Today that guest lodge is the centre point of Anantara Sir Bani Yas Island Resorts, spread over three contrasting but luxurious properties.- NPA

11. Al Sahel, within the wildlife park, has an African safari atmosphere with antelope and other herbivores grazing on the lawns and drinking from the pools.- NPA;NPA

12. Undiscovered until 1992, it is the only known pre-Islamic Christian site in the UAE – and a key site on the guided history tours departing Desert Sands each day.- NPA

13. So in 1977 he banned hunting on the island and began planting 2.8 million acacia and mangrove trees to provide the habitat for his private wildlife park.- NPA

14. Gibbs and Gabriel, brothers from the same litter, lying next to each other in the sun, having just caught and devoured a sizeable Barbary sheep.- NPA, PA


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