A bright flying object and another enigmatic crater
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The curious event described (to describe) in the following abstract is eerily like the fireball and suspicious "crater" mentioned in SF#110. In that incident, which occurred November 22, 1996, near the HondurasGuatemala border, there was also (also / to be) a detonation.
«On the early morning of 1994 January 18, a very bright luminous object crossed (to cross) the sky of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. From visual sightings, it is concluded (to conclude) that the object wasn't a meteoric fireball (bolide). A surface "crater" in Cando (close to Santiago) with dimensions 29 x 13 m and 1.5 m deep was later discovered (later / to discover) within 1 km of the projected "impact" point of the luminous object. At this site, in addition to the topsoil, full-grown pine trees greater than 20 m high were thrown (to throw) downhill over a nearby road, leaving the downslope edge of the "crater" untouched and with a steep interior wall (this would not be the case if a regular landslide were responsible for the transport). Standing trees below the "crateг" showed (to show) embedded soil and plant residues up to heights greater than 3 m. No strange materials (meteorites or artifacts) were recovered (to recover) in or close to the "crater"; all materials belonged to the site and were not shocked; thus an impact is very improbable.
A possible explanation capable of reconciling all of the observations is presented (to present). It hypothesizes an eruption of earth gases to create the crater, with the rising gas plume then interacting with atmospheric electricity to produce the propagating fireball that was observed.»
(Docobo, J.A., et al; "Investigation of a Bright Flying Object over Northwest Spain, 1994 January 18," Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 33:57, 1998.)
(A) The shallow Spanish "crater"
(D) "crater" lip
(E) walkway
(F) trees plastered with soil
(G) soild thrown from "crater"
(H) trees 0.6-meter (2-feet) in diameter thrown down the slope.
№3. О каких невероятных природных явлениях вы слышали? Есть ли им объяснения? Опишите 2 таких явления в 4 - 5 предложениях.
1. The first improbable natural phenomena is goats, which can climb on trees. This is not a joke. Unusual goats are from Morocco. They like to clamber on trees, eating gentle greens of trees. Except leaves goats also eat nuts which they can't digest. And local residents often collect this nuts which are deduced from an organism of goats by a natural way. They use it to receive natural oil which is a valuable component of different cosmetics.
2. The second improbable natural phenomena happened in India in 2001. There were two months of red «blood» rain. Of course it did not consist of blood. Scientists have quickly cleared a situation. Simply there were a lot of disputes of sea algae in rain drops.
№4. Расставьте слова в правильном порядке так, чтобы получились вопросительные предложения.
1. the/ occurred/ curious/ where/ did/ incident?
Where did the curious incident occurred?
2. meteoric/ the/ fireball/ was/ object/ a?
Was the object a meteoric fireball?
3. full-grown/ what/ trees/ with/ than/ pine/ happened/ 20 m high/ greater?
What happened with full-grown pine trees greater than 20 m high?
4. meteorites/ were/ in/ the/ or/ artifacts/ the/ recovered/ close/ "crater"/ to/ or?
Were the meteorites or artifacts recovered in or close to the "crater"?
5. possible/ of/ curious/ what/ a/ event/ the/ could be/ explanation?
What a possible explanation could be of the curious event?
№5. Переведите следующие предложения в пассивный залог.
1. The author of the article mentioned the curious incident.
The curious incident was mentioned by the author of the article.
2. Witnesses saw a very bright luminous object which crossed the sky of Santiago de Compostela.
A very bright luminous object which crossed the sky of Santiago de Compostela were seen by Witnesses.
3. The luminous object threw full-grown pine trees greater than 20 m high downhill over a nearby road.
Full-grown pine trees greater than 20 m high downhill over a nearby road were thrown by the luminous object.
4. Scholars didn't recover any strange materials in or close to the "crater".
Any strange materials were not recovered in or close to the "crater" by scholars.
5. A possible explanation is that an eruption of earth gases created the crater.
A possible explanation is that the crater was created by an eruption of earth gases.