Combine two sentences into one using the Absolute Participle Construction.

XVI. Combine two sentences into one using the Absolute Participle Construc-
tion.

Model: The article was written; they sent it to the journal.
The article being written, they sent it to the journal.
Когда статья была написана, они отправили ее в журнал.

1. The train has left; we went home.
2. The book was read; we decided to discuss it.
3. The first part of the work was completed; the results were published.
4. The journal contained a number of interesting articles; one of them was de-
voted to cybernetics.
5. Many specialists work on the problem of corrosion; special attention is paid
to the problems of protection of steel surfaces from corrosion.
6. The articles on plasma chemistry were published; the students got interested
in them.