- •Английский язык для школьников
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- •It's a must это просто необходимо; без этого нельзя
- •I'm really optimistic about the future. After all, we are becoming wiser.
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- •Videophone ['vidiafaun] видеотелефон
- •It's up to us это зависит от нас; это наше дело
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- •Industry [Indastri] отрасль промышленности, neural network [,njuaral 'netwa:k] нейронная сеть
- •1. Have you got a computer?
- •In 1986 the Russian space station Mir was launched.
- •If the moonbase is a success, the first lunar city will be built. It will have schools and universities, cinemas and discos, scientific laboratories and hospitals. Even babies will be bom on the moon!
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- •Inevitable [in'evitabl] неизбежный
- •1. Do you believe that one day we'll be able to live in space?
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- •Industrial and nuclear ['nju:klia] waste промышлен-
- •1. Why is our planet in danger?
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- •Incurable [in'kjuarabl] неизлечимый
- •It's common knowledge ['nolidj] общеизвестно
- •Its main advantage is that news appears on the screen as soon as things happen in real life and you don't have to wait for news time on tv.
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- •Intimate [Intimit] интимный
- •1. Do the media play an important part in your life?
- •Intelligently [in'telid3entli] с умом
- •In short, I think that tv, radio and the Internet have their advantages, but nothing can substitute newspapers.
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- •In short короче говоря
- •Issue [iJii:], [Isju:] выпуск, вопрос
- •1. Do you read newspapers regularly?
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- •I want to become a student. I'd like to learn foreign languages. I think I take after my father. I'm tall, fair-haired and even-tempered. I always try to be in a good mood.
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- •Vacuum cleaner [vaekjuam,kli:na] пылесос nursery ['пз:зэп] school детский сад
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- •View [vju:] of вид на
- •Video cassette recorder ['vidieu ke'set ri'ko:de]
- •1. Do you live in a house or in a block of flats?
- •1. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you to get up early?
- •I miss Nick when we don't see each other for a long time. Without him I would feel lonely and uncomfortable. Our friendship helps me to feel strong and sure of myself.
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- •Video ['vidiau] видеозапись
- •I liked my class. I always felt at home there. Everybody was so friendly and easy to get along with. I was on good terms with my classmates and we often spent our free time together.
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- •International Friendship Club Клуб интернацио-
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- •Independent [jndPpendant] независимый trait [trei/treit] черта характера
- •1. Have you decided on your career?
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- •Various [vearias] разнообразный
- •It's not very healthy [tieiei] зд. Вредно для здоровья
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- •I can't help telling я не могу не рассказать
- •Insomnia [irrsomnia] бессоница
- •1. Do you agree with the saying "Health is the greatest wealth"?
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- •Variety [va'raiati] разнообразие
- •Value [vaelju:] ценность
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- •1. Nick doesn't have much time to spare, does he?
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- •View [yju:] вид
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- •Valentin serov
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- •Isaac levitan
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- •Vocabulalry
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- •Supplementary reader the english language
- •Hot issues
- •Mass media
- •Hobbies and pastimes
- •Video games
- •Countries and cities
- •Literature and arts
- •Science and scientiests
- •Customs and traditions
- •Independence Day, July, 4th:
- •Veterans Day:
- •Зоо questions (Вопросы для общей беседы)
- •Содержание texts:
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- •300 Questions
Vocabulary
outstanding [aufstaendirj] выдающийся
public figure ['figa] общественный деятель
to defend one's thesis ['9i:sis] защищать диссертацию
degree [di'gri:] of Candidate ['kaendidit] of Science
ученая степень кандидата наук
Doctorate ['doktarit] thesis докторская диссертация
to elect [i'lekt] выбирать, избирать
graduate student ['graedjuit ,stu:dant]
студент-старшекурсник
nuclear weapons Lnjuiklia 'wepanz] ядерное оружие
to suggest [safest] предложить
totally [lauteli] полностью, совершенно
hydrogen bomb ['haidrad3in ,130111] водородная бомба
design [di'zain] конструкция
consequence ['konsikwans] последствие
responsibility [risponsi'bilati] ответственность
to possess [pa'zes] владеть
to attack [a'tsek] нападать, критиковать
democratic [,dema'kraetik] демократический
dogmatism ['dogmatizm] догматизм
champion ['tfaempian] защитник, борец
human ['hju:man] rights права человека
to award [a'wo:d] награждать, присуждать
conscience ['konjans] совесть
mankind [maen'kaind] человечество
authorities [oi'Goratiz] власти
protest ['prautestj протест;
to protest [pa'test] протестовать
to defend [di'fend] защищать
to imprison [im'prizn] заключать в тюрьму
dissident ['disidant] диссидент
repute [itpju:t] репутация
jail [d3eil] тюрьма
intervention [jnta'venjn] насильственное
вмешательство, интервенция
to deprive [di'praiv] of лишать чего-либо
title [taitl] зд. титул, звание
order ['o:da] орден
to exile feksail] ссылать, изгонять
humanist ['hju:manist] гуманист
to inspire [in'spaia] вдохновлять, воодушевлять
to foresee [fo:'si:] (foresaw, foreseen) предвидеть
Questions
1. When was Andrei Sakharov bom?
2. What were his parents?
3. What university did he graduate from? When?
4. What is Sakharov famous for as a scientist?
5. When did he defend his Doctorate thesis?
6. What conclusion did he come to while working on the bomb?
7. When did he take part in his first human rights demonstration?
8. What prize was he awarded?
9. Why was he exiled to Gorky?
10. Who helped him to come back to Moscow?
11. Why is Sakharov known all over the world?
WILL WE LIVE TO SEE THE FIRST CLONED HUMAN?
Films and science fiction books have often played with the idea of reproducing exact copies of people. Today, science fiction has become science fact. We have our first real clones, though they are not human beings — yet!
The gene revolution began in 1997, when British scientists from Edinburgh University produced the first cloned sheep, Dolly. Since then scientists have cloned mice, cows, dogs and pigs.
Cloning animals opens exciting medical possibilities:
- Many people are in need of tissues and organs for transplantation. But it isn't easy to get such organs as, for example, heart, liver or kidneys. Cloning can solve this problem.
— Many animals are on the brink of extinction. Cloning can be used to preserve them.
— Scientists can create animals which produce more milk, meat and wool, or animals which don't catch certain diseases. This can save the lives of starving people.
Cloning is a controversial issue. Some people are ready to eat cloned fruits and vegetables, but many people are against cloning animals. They think it is morally unacceptable. The question of human cloning is even more controversial.
Suppose we cloned a man.
Are we really sure he will be a man? Who will be responsible for him? Who will bring him up? Will he be happy? Will he have the same rights as we have?
What would happen if a dictator, someone like Hitler, cloned himself?
Would we be able to survive?
Nevertheless, the idea of human cloning seems very exciting.
Names
Edinburgh University [,edinbara ^nfvaisiti] Hitler ['hitla] Гитлер
Эдинбургский университет (один из лучших
университетов Великобритании)