- •The very headline of the article poses a problem.
- •Active vocabulary
- •Tales of st. Pete
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Russian province: family oriented, averse to politics
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Ads have no limits
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Russia confronts aids crisis
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Sherlock holmes revealed at last
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Boiling pleasure
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Tea or coffee?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Men in the kitchen
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Orphans thrive at a new concept home
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Kids and aids
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Searching for a smile in moscow
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Ghost in the shell
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Elves and hobbits in russian woods
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •British quality
- •Vocabulary notes
- •A school for vip kids
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Experience: teenager from moscow in u.S. High school
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Alma mater abroad
- •Vocabulary notes
- •The wild side of a russian education
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Russian studies: a risky business?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Stay at home fathers
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Marriage made in hell
- •Vocabulary notes
- •An unprotected look at western-russian relations
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Hello. Can u meet 4 coffee asap
- •2 Discuss english lingo, cheers!
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Lost in translation?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •It’s clean air month
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Environmentally friendly moscow
- •Vocabulary notes
- •10 Things that will do you good
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Foods that americans like
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Walking for better health
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Architecture may be unhealthy
- •Videoecology explains why megapolis dwellers prefer looking at the ground
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Bad, bad thing
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Tourism chiefs to tout russia’s regions
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Ecotourism
- •Vocabulary notes
- •The baikal
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Dig at stonehenge
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Dna identifies the child victim of titanic
- •Visit was emotional
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Astronomers find earth-like planet
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Contents
Vocabulary notes
DNA – ДНК (дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота)
doomed – обреченный
recovery ship – спасательное судно
steamer – пароход
funeral ['fju:nrql] похороны
coffin ['kPfin] гроб
cemetery ['semqt(q)ri] кладбище
headstone ['hed"stqun] надгробный камень
determine [dI'tE:mIn] определять
genealogist ["GI:ni'xlqGist] специалист в области генеалогии
researcher [rI'sE:tSq] исследователь
infant ['Infqnt] дитя, ребенок
to pay one’s respects [ris'pekts] отдать дань уважения
beaming eyes – сияющие, лучистые глаза
donate [deu'neIt] давать, жертвовать
sample – образец
concrete ['kPNkrI:t] конкретный, определенный
Analyze the following words
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unknown documentary recovery
steamer
fair-haired identification
crewmen
headstone producer
emotional
Find the English equivalents
Спасательное судно; телевизионный документальный фильм, отдать дань уважения, почтить память; сияющие глаза; семейная утрата; в начале прошлого месяца; анализы крови подтвердили; объясняться через посредника; анализ ДНК; приблизительно того же возраста; съемочная группа; не просто история; останки мальчика; хранить память; зачем что-то менять.
Comprehension questions
How long did it take to identify the ‘Unknown Child’ from Titanic?
Who did the child turn out to be?
Who found the little boy after the disaster?
Where did the scientists find the boy’s relatives?
How did they manage to identify the child?
Why was the visit to the cemetery so emotional?
Why did the relatives of the drowned boy decide not to take him back to his native country?
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ACTIVE VOCABULARY
compete [kqm'pI:t] соревноваться, конкурировать
discover [dis'kAvq] обнаруживать
evidence ['evidqns] свидетельство, доказательство
existence [ig'zIst(q)ns] существование
find – находка
habitable ['hxbItqbl]обитаемый
it is worth noting – следует отметить
nearby ["nIq'baI] близко, неподалеку
relatively ['relqtIvli] относительно
search (for) – поиск
significant [sig'nIfIkqnt] значительный
statement – утверждение
step – шаг
surface ['sE:fis]поверхность
tempt [tempt] соблазнять
theory ['TIqri] теория
tiny ['taIni] крошечный, ничтожно малый
Practise aloud
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caution
search
surface
theory
tiny
system
nearby
length
special
liquid
dozen
treasure dwarf
compete
significant
habitable
potentially
similar
mystery
telescope
evidence
relatively
energy
researcher
category
proximity
possibility existence
temperature
requirement
astronomer
diameter
co-author
extraterrestrial inhospitable