Vocabulary

multimillionaire — мультимиллионер

to gain — приобретать

celebrity — знаменитость

Bachelor — бакалавр

Master — магистр

astronautics — астронавтика

aeronautics — аэронавтика (самолетостроение)

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Honorary Doctorate — почетная докторская степень

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scientist — ученый propulsion — движущая сила jet — реактивный самолет to found — основать indexing — индексирование to dock — приземлиться

Read and translate the text.

DENNIS TITO

Dennis Tito (born August 8, 1940 in Queens, New York) is a United States multimillionaire who gained celebrity status by becoming a space tour­ist. Tito has a Bachelor of Science in Astronautics and Aeronautics from New York University, 1962 and he later received a Master of Science in Engi­neering Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic In­stitute, Troy, New York. He received an honorary doctorate of engineering from Rensselaer Polytech­nic Institute on 18 May 2002 and is a former sci­entist of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 1972 he founded Wilshire Associates, an investment management firm in Santa Monica, California which does indexing.

Tito joined Soyuz TM—32 on April 28th, 2001, spending 7 days, 22 hours, 4 minutes in orbit, and docked with the ISS. Tito paid 20 million United States dollars for his trip.

TEXT WORK

1. Pronounce correctly and transcribe. Consult the dictionary if

necessary.

Multimillionaire, bachelor, astronautics, aeronautics, honorary doc­torate, scientist, propulsion, science, engineering.

2. Answer the questions.

   1. When and where was Dennis Tito born?

   2. What education did he get?

   3. Where did he work before 1972?

   4. What company did he found?

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      Why did he gain celebrity status?

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1. When did he fly into the space?

2. How long did he spend on the ISS?

3. How much did he pay for his trip?

1. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations. Find and translate sentences with them in the text.

Celebrity status, a Bachelor of Science in Astronautics and Aeronau­tics, a Master of Science in Engineering Science, Jet Propulsion Labo­ratory, joined Soyuz TM-32.

4. Give English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

Миллионер; космический турист; почетная докторская степень инженера; бывший ученый; инвестиционная фирма; провести время на орбите; приземлиться на МКС; для этого путешествия.

5. Make word combinations, translate them and find them in the text.

celebrity Doctorate

space Scientist

Bachelor Status

Engineering Management

honorary Science

former Tourist

Jet Propulsion of Science

investment Laboratory

6. Retell the text.

7. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your rea­sons.

For agreement use: For disagreement use:

I quite agree with you. I don't actually agree.

That's quite right. That's wrong.

I think you are right. I wouldn't say it is.

I should think so. I'd like to say yes, but...

1. Many people want to become space tourists.

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   Dennis Tito became multimillionaire because he wanted to go to space.

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3. Becoming a space tourist is becoming a celebrity.

4. Space tourists must be scientists.

5. Space tourists must have a very good health.

6. Space tourists must be young.

7. Space tourism is necessary for financing scientific experiments in space.

8. Discuss.

   1. Space tourism should be developed.

   2. Space tourism is a goon money-making opportunity.

   3. Russia is the leading country in space exploration.

   4. Space tourism will be affordable to everybody soon.

   5. The only way to become a celebrity is to become a space tourist.

   6. Every travel agency can organize a space travel.

9. Translate into English.

НОВЕЙШИЕ РАЗРАБОТКИ В СФЕРЕ КОСМИЧЕСКОГО ТУРИЗМА

Космический туризм не оставляет равнодушными многие ком­пании и ученых, специализирующихся на космической и авиаци­онной тематике. Среди них Берт Рутан — человек, построивший и пилотировавший первый в мире самолет, облетевший земной шар без посадки и дозаправки в воздухе.

Подключился к работе и российский Экспериментальный машиностроительный завод им. Мясищева. Он спроектировал авиационно-космическую систему для туризма М-55Х. В основе ее лежит модернизированный самолет-носитель М-55 «Геофизика». На нем устанавливается суборбитальный модуль C-XXI с ракетным ускорителем, при проектировании которого использован опыт со­здания космического челнока «Буран». Управляемый летчиком самолет-носитель набирает высоту 17—19 км и разгоняется для выполнения маневра, предшествующего разделению с суборбиталь­ным модулем. Отстыкованный модуль включает ракетные ускори­тели и начинает набор высоты в 100 км. На этой высоте начинается сам суборбитальный полет, во время которого туристы в течение нескольких минут находятся в невесомости и наблюдают Землю. Полет заканчивается планирующей посадкой на аэродроме.

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Еще одно направление — это подготовка российского суборби­тального полета совместно с европейским аэрокосмическим кон­церном EADS. EADS предложил использовать один или несколь-

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ко находящихся в резерве истребителей-перехватчиков МиГ-31, внеся в них соответствующие изменения. На облегченном без во­оружений самолете, получившем название «МиГ-бас», установят специальную кабину с большими стеклами и креслами для 12 пас­сажиров и инструктора. Набрав высоту в 30 км, МиГ перейдет в пикирование, и пассажиры на одну минуту окажутся в состоянии невесомости. По словам пресс-секретаря EADS Грегора Курцеля, цена суборбитального полета для каждого туриста может составить порядка $10 тыс. Но EADS сам не собирается заниматься органи­зацией такого путешествия. Это прерогатива туристических ком­паний, которые должны определить емкость такого узкого и специ­фического сегмента своей потенциальной деятельности. Концерн и корпорация «МиГ» готовы взять на себя только техническую часть проекта, стоимость которого оценивается в $50—100 млн.

10. Write an essay on the topic "My Dream".

PROJECT WORK

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Advertise on space tourism. Work out itineraries and describe all op­tions for space travels and travellers. Work out terms, conditions and re­quirements for the trip. Make presentation to your group.

GROUP WORK

• Have you ever tried mountain climbing?

• Have you ever been in a cave?

• Have you ever explored the Pyramids of Egypt?

• Have you ever tried diving or bungee jumping?

If yes, If no,

1. How was it? Tell about 1. Would you like to try? your experience. Why?

2. Would you advise your friends to try that?

What forms of adventure tourism do you know?

Why do you think people like adventure tourism?

TEXT 1

Vocabulary

adventure — приключение niche — ниша

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exploration — исследование

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remote — далекий, отдаленный

to expect — ожидать

beach — пляж

inaccessible — недоступный

hostile — враждебный

to require — требовать

grit — выдержка

to involve — вовлекать

to surpass — превосходить

wonder — чудо

to discover — открывать, обнаруживать researcher — исследователь according to — согласно...

backcountry — деревенская местность, дикая местность

insignificant — незначительный

bat guano — летучие мыши гуано

mining claim filed — заявленное поле раскопок

to contain — содержать

pit — яма, ямка

dead-end — тупик

passage — проход, коридор

unique — уникальный

subterranean — подземный

to roar — реветь

rubble — развалины, обломки

rubble-choked floor — засоренный обломками пол

cave — пещера

obvious — очевидный, видимый

route — путь, маршрут

to gain permission — получить разрешение

to dig — копать

breakthrough — прорыв

to occur — случаться

mere — простой, всего лишь...

cavern — пещера

to explore — исследовать

depth — глубина

to track — идти (по следу), отслеживать

surface — поверхность

limestone — известняк

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to flock to — стекаться, сбегаться, слетаться

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гаге — редкий

array — массив, масса, множество speleothem — наросты на сводах пещер gypsum — гипс, гипсовый chandelier — люстра beards — борода

soda straw — соломинка для коктейля

hydromagnesite — гидромагнезит (магниевый минерал)

balloon — шар

pearl — жемчужина

subaqueous - субаквальный

helictite — геликтит, спирально закрученный сталактит

loop — петля

beneath — под, внизу

wilderness — дикая местность, пустыня

to extend — простираться, расширяться

adjacent — прилегающий

access — доступ

approved — одобренный, получивший лицензию survey — исследование spelunker — спелеолог otherwise — иначе

roost — усаживаться, устраиваться на ночлег to satisfy - удовлетворять(ся)

Read and translate the text.

THE UNKNOWN CAVE OF MYSTERY

Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveller should expect the unexpect­ed. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing in popularity as tourists seek unusual holidays, different from the typical beach vacation.

Adventure tourism typically involves travelling into remote, inacces­sible and possibly hostile areas. It may include the performance of acts that require significant effort and grit and may also involve some degree of risk.

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The Lechuguilla Cave in Carlsbad National Park, Colorado, surpasses the more famous Carlsbad Cavern itself in size and, perhaps, natural beauty, but few have seen the wonders of this under-unexplored cavern, or discovered the secrets and mysteries it may hide, for the cave is closed to all but scientific researchers.

Unit 3. Adventure Tourism

According to a National Parks Service web site, Lechuguilla Cave was known until 1986 as only a small, insignificant historic site in the park's backcountry. Small amounts of bat guano were mined from the entrance passage for a year under a mining claim filed in 1914. The historic cave contained a 90-foot entrance pit which led to 400 feet of dry dead-end passages.

Or so thought geologists who have been studying the unique subter­ranean structure of the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas and New Mexi­co for decades. But in the mid 1950s cavers heard wind roaring up from the rubble-choked floor of the cave. Although there was no obvious route, different people concluded that cave passages lay below the rubble. A group of Colorado cavers gained permission from the National Park Ser­vice and began digging in 1984. The breakthrough, into large walking passages, occurred on May 26, 1986.

What was once thought of as a mere geologic anomaly in the cavern rich region quickly became one of the world's most exciting cave explo­rations into one of the finest known caves on the planet.

In all, over 100 miles of passages have been explored in recent years and the depth of the cave has been tracked to 1,567 feet below the sur­face, ranking Lechuguilla as the fifth longest cave in the world (third long­est in the United States) and the deepest limestone cave in the USA.

Cavers and geologists from around the world have flocked to the site to examine rare arrays of speleothems, some of which had never been seen anywhere in the world, including a 20-foot gypsum chandelier, 20-foot gypsum hairs and beards, 15-foot soda straws, hydromagnesite balloons, cave pearls, subaqueous helictites, u-loops and j-loops.

Lechuguilla Cave lies beneath the national park wilderness area. But researchers theorize that the cave's passages may extend out of the park into adjacent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land.

Access to the cave is limited to approved scientific researchers, sur­vey and exploration teams, and NPS management-related trips. But se­rious spelunkers can check with the National Park Service to see if they or their group can be included in special trips into the cavern.

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Otherwise, adventure activists will have to settle for backcountry hik­ing and camping in the park's wilderness area and be satisfied simply roosting on top of what may well be the world's largest cavern system.

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TEXT WORK

1. Pronounce correctly and transcribe. Consult the dictionary if

necessary.

Adventure, niche, beach, inaccessible, hostile, require, wonder, re­searcher, mining claim filed, dead-end, unique, subterranean, roaring, rubble-choked floor, obvious, route, permission, breakthrough, occurred, mere, surface, rare, gypsum, chandelier, beards, straw, hydromagnesite, pearl, subaqueous, beneath, wilderness, adjacent, access, survey, spelunk- ers, otherwise.

2. Answer the questions.

   1. What is adventure tourism?

   2. Why is adventure tourism rapidly growing?

   3. What does adventure tourism include?

   4. Why is Lechuguilla Cave so interesting and notable?

   5. What was known about Lechuguilla Cave before 1986?

   6. What did the historic cave contain?

   7. What happened in the cave in 1950s?

   8. What did the researchers think of that?

   9. What did the scientists began doing?

   10. What happened in May 1986?

   11. What was thought of the cave before 1986 and what is thought of the cave now?

   12. How big and deep is the cave?

   13. Why did cavers and geologists all over the world flock to the cave?

   14. What is interesting about the speleothems of the cave?

   15. What is the size of the cave, scientists think?

   16. Who can access the cave?

   17. What can adventure activists do to see the cave?

3. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word

combinations. Find and translate the sentences with them in

the text.

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Adventure tourism, niche tourism, inaccessible and possibly hostile areas, require significant effort and grit, the wonders of this under-un­explored cavern, scientific researchers, web site, insignificant historic site, park's backcountry, bat guano, entrance passage, mining claim filed, dry dead-end passages, wind roaring, rubble-choked floor of the cave, world's most exciting cave explorations, finest known caves, tracked to 1,567 feet,

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below the surface, the deepest limestone cave, flocked to the site, gyp­sum chandelier, gypsum hairs and beards, soda straws, hydromagnesite balloons, pearls, subaqueous helictites, rusticles, u-loops, j-loops, ap­proved scientific researchers, special trips into the cavern, otherwise, backcountry hiking and camping, roosting on top.

4. Give English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

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Включая исследования; путешествовать в отдаленные районы; нужно ожидать неожиданное; растущая популярность; туристы ищут; необычный отдых; отличаться от обычного отдыха на пля­же; некоторая степень риска; неизвестная пещера; превосходить; по размеру; природная (естественная) красота; открыть секреты; так как пещера закрыта; согласно...; небольшое количество; состо­яла из входа длиной около 30 метров; привело к...; так думали гео­логи; уникальная подземная структура; не было видимого прохо­да; прорыв; регион, богатый пещерами; разные люди пришли к выводу; пещерные коридоры; получить разрешение; более ста миль проходов; глубина пещеры; пятая в мире пещера по длине; изучать редкие массивы наростов на сводах пещеры; нигде в мире; под тер­риторией национального парка; простираются за пределы парка; доступ в пещеру; ограничен; исследовательские команды ученых; серьезные спелеологи; разместиться; самая большая в мире пещер­ная система.

5. Make word combinations, translate them and find them in the

text.

tourism cave park trips

occurred

holidays

site

growing

amounts

passage

the unexpected

site

areas

tourism

adventure

niche

remote

expect

rapidly

unusual

typically

hostile

breakthrough

significant

unknown

national

web

historic

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small	involves
entrance	exploration
dead-end	areas
special	effort
	^ ^
typical	land
subterranean	passages
roaring	teams
obvious	arrays
cave	area
people	structure
gain	beach vacation
geologic	wind
below	spelunkers
rare	helictites
gypsum	route
subaqueous	concluded
wilderness	permission
adjacent	chandelier
exploration	anomaly
serious	the surface
backcountry	hiking
cavern	system
Match the synonyms in the columns. Translate
find them in the text.
remote	look for
seek	secret
rapidly	happen
amount	region
cave	beneath
mystery	place
web	quantity
occur	clear
site	internet
find	fast
obvious	cavern
below	discover
area	distant

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7. Match the antonyms in the columns. Translate the pairs and find them in the text.

rapidly	friendly
hostile	shallow
closed	the same
entrance	wet
simple	slowly
different	above
dry	open
below	shortest
deep	exit
longest	difficult

8. Form antonyms using negative prefixes un~, in-, ilim-, ir-, dis-, mis-. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

Accessible, usual, expected, typical, significant, explored, natural, limited.

8. Convert all distances in feet and miles into meters and kilo­meters.

9. Make a summary of the text.

10. Choose the right word from the list below. Mind the forms of the verbs.