Ex. 10. Replace the clauses with the Absolute Participial Construction. 1. After Fritsch and Hitzig had applied mild electric stimulation to different parts of a dog’s cortex, they discovered an important and unexpected principle of brain activity. 2. As specified areas of the cortex being damaged, the individual will likely lose the ability to perform the corresponding function. 3. As recently developed brain-imaging technologies are advanced, researchers can study the neural basis of human thought and language. 4. As functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is noninvasive, the research participant simply enters the machine and the scans begin. 5. After advanced modern technology had been developed, researchers could build more accurate understanding of the brain functioning.

hippies in the 1960s and 1970s a hippy was a person who opposed the normal standards of society. hippies wore unusual clothes. girls, for example, often wore Indian-style silk dresses and both men and women usually had long hair. they lived in groups together,often in places in the countryside. hippies believed in peace. a lot of hippies in the US and Europe went on marches to protest against the Vietnam War. when the hippy movement started in the US, especially in California, young people showed their peaceful feelings by wearing flowers in their hair. for this reason, they were also called flower people of flower children. hippies listened to rock music. they enjoyed the songs of bob Dylan and it was at this time that the Beatles wrote songs like `give peace a chance` and `all you need is love`.

The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) - the war between the USSR, Germany and its allies in the framework of the Second World War on the territory of the USSR and Germany. Germany attacked the USSR on June 22, 1941 with the expectation of a short military campaign, but the war dragged on for several years and ended in the complete defeat of Germany. The main reason for the outbreak of World War II was the expansionism of the Third Reich and its desire for world domination. Hitler has repeatedly stated that his main opponent is the Soviet Union. The Great Patriotic War ended in the complete defeat of Germany and its allies. The USSR not only defended its independence, but also liberated the countries of Eastern and Central Europe from Nazism.

But the victory to the Soviet people went very hard. Over 27 million people died, thousands of cities and tens of thousands of villages were destroyed. Most of the infrastructure in the territories captured by the Germans was destroyed: enterprises, bridges, railways. Severe losses were suffered by agriculture, especially livestock. The Soviet Union lost over 30% of its national wealth.