- •Часть I
- •Contents
- •Prehistory
- •Stone age and neanderthals
- •Bronze age
- •Iron age
- •I. Hallstatt culture
- •II. La tène culture
- •Atlantis
- •Ancient egypt
- •Ancient greece
- •Ancient rome
- •The celts
- •The vikings
- •Easter island
- •The maya
- •Mini humans
- •History as a science
- •Methods of archeology
- •Stonehenge
- •Egyptian pyramids
- •Babylon
- •The hanging gardens of babylon
- •The acropolis
- •The temple of artemis in ephesus
- •Associated carved decorated deserved destroyed disappeared founded helped noted modeled reconstructed revived
- •The lighthouse of alexandria, egypt
- •The coliseum
- •Teotihuacán
- •The greatest architectural monuments
- •Pangaea
- •Aurora borelis
- •Isthmus and peninsula
- •Ethnic native physical considered separated joins country inhabitants isthmus landbridge projection region subcontinent
- •Perception of geography
- •Errors in geography
- •Do you know where the kong mountains are?
- •Polar exploration
- •Arctic encounter
- •Great discoveries and tragedies
- •I. Captain cook
- •Survey charted natives continent passage coast
- •II. Lieutenant bligh
- •Boat explorer conspiracy navigated voyage adrift circumstances feat crew instruments
- •Hot springs and geisers
- •From the history of toponymy
- •I. Horse latitudes
- •VI. Australia or antarctica?
- •Confusing geographical terms
- •Quizz 1. Words of geographical origin
- •Apple casual city glossy goat headwear inhabitant jeans leather pattern porcelain race slot steel
- •Quizz 2. “national brands”
- •Natural selection
- •Mutualism in nature
- •Brainy crows learn how to upgrade tools
- •Interfering with nature
- •Invaders
- •Unwelcome gifts
- •Camels in america
- •Fatal frogs
- •Ants united
- •The grizzly bear
- •Appearance flesh nature reputation temper avid cautious frosted terrifying classed destroyed observed
- •Spiders
- •Crocodiles, blood and carbon dioxide
- •MBreeding long mass mysterious only particular regular return sure steadily bodies causes efforts guideposts landmarks ysterious migration
- •Curious facts about animals
- •Balance in nature
- •Hunting
- •Nature’s last resorts
- •Golden lion tamarin
- •The american eagle
- •Vanishing horses
- •The coelacanth
- •Analysis fossils coast decomposed prevented presumed exciting enabling carrying ancient common extinct hollow peculiar
- •Crocodiles: scary but lovely to watch
- •Extinct species
- •Dinosaurs
- •Existent features prehistoric powerful principal vegetarian era hind period range
- •Stegosaurus
- •Mammoth
- •The phoenix: extinct or never existed
- •Number one factor
- •Keeepng fit
- •Feeling happy against all odds
- •Keeping warm in winter
- •Wake up, it is summer!
- •Medical smile
- •Sleep is vital
- •A breath of fresh air
- •Is smoking beneficial for you?
- •Living a long time
- •Good news for baldies
- •Running
- •Exercise – the case against
- •Mountaineering
- •Evolution of nutrition
- •Food: quality vs. Quantity
- •Canned food
- •A short history of beef
- •Worcestershire sauсe
- •Retirement order safe local wonderful original manufacturers horrible clearing stuff natural annually
- •It takes your breath away!
- •Ice cream
- •Margarine
- •CPhysical sequence combined brewed substance range resist unknown currency addiction explorers divine powers similar energized hocolate
- •Coca-cola
- •The sandwich
- •Existed sense advertising established incident gambling drag toast lump original portable
- •Eat more fruit and vegetables
- •Learning strategies
- •Intellegence and learning languages
- •Advantage animal approach genius intelligence habit measure mistakes question solution way word
- •The unique role of language
- •Iq (intelligence quotient)
- •Age and performance
- •Midlife crisis
- •Eq (emotional intelligence)
- •Rapport
- •How to be in high spirits
- •Caused claimed overcome improved guilt damage suicide hesitation shift coloured fed undervalued
- •Ways to successful learning
- •English spelling
- •Alarming tendency
- •Television and reading
- •Listening
- •Who invented writing
- •Invention in literature
- •Backgammon
- •Popular board games
- •I. Monopoly
- •II. Scrabble
- •The piano
- •Central combine central early impressive irritating
- •The origins of photography
- •Farewell to darkness
- •How television was invented
- •Available commercial convinced determination exploring earnings live living origin outline overnight persuaded recognizable transmitted spare
- •Gilletee, men’s best friend
- •The can opener
- •Inventions in sport
- •I. Frisbee
- •II. Basketball
- •Named after their creators
- •Boots cloth footwear hat instrument jacket pen raincoat revolver tuba
- •Technology and human history
- •Information revolution
- •A new generation of mobile phones
- •Indespensable device?
- •Telephone calls
- •Intelligent home
- •Satellite tv
- •Identity cards
- •Credit cards
- •Multycard
- •Refrigerators and environment
- •Technology and crime
- •Contribution of thieves
- •The microwave
- •Traffic lights
- •The world’s most loved car
- •Life behind the wheel
- •Housed humble luxury obsession response
- •Shortages traced used waiting working
- •6 . The car of the future
- •In Search of the Ideal Car
- •Deadly driving
- •Bicycles
- •Vanadium in automobile industry
- •Analyzed beaten discovered found invited made mined picked revolutionized remained unknown used
- •What does it take to be an astronaut?
- •Early years of space exploration
- •Board cooperation countdown joint mission orbit space risks crewed astronautics traveler scientist
- •Crewed space station
- •I. Salyut
- •II. Skylab
- •Challenger disaster
- •Weightless and heavenly happy
- •Apollo 13
- •Moon walk
- •Alone attention captured circling collective eternity fault historic link slipped surface uttered witnessed
- •In and out of space
- •Moon colony
- •Shelters explore determined attempts survival speculating permanent maintain steps conquering serve expand manufacturing extreme require
- •Sustaining life in space
- •Interstellar travel
- •Список использованной литературы
- •Useful words and facts текстовые задания по словообразованию и словоупотреблению
- •Часть I
- •195251 Санкт-Петербург, Политехническая ул., 29
A breath of fresh air
Since people’s aware (1) of the dangers of smoking has increased a lot in recent years, the government has decided to take the popular (2) decision to ban smoking in a lot of public places. Though a lot of people find smoking
pleasure (3), and though experts all agree it is health (4) and that it costs the state a lot to treat victims of smoking, it is also deny (5) that many people get pleasure from the habit and find smoking resist (6) when they are in company.
However, it is now possible (7) to deny the social (8) nature of the habit. As advertising has proved effect (9) with many smokers, the government has now made smoking law (10) in public places. Smokers who are ability (11) to stop smoking will be obliged to enjoy their pastime in private and may feel new rules are justice (12), but for passive smokers who find a room full of smoke
bear (13) that will doubt (14) come as a breath of fresh air. When smoke (15) policy is first introduced, there is usually some protest from smokers. But eventually even smokers come to appreciate the benefits of working in a smoke-free environment, and many are courage (16) to give up smoking all together.
9. Выберите подходящее слово из предложенных двух вариантов.
Is smoking beneficial for you?
Smokers stay hooked for a variety/variation (1) of reasons. One powerful inducement to continue smoking is to avoid the inconvenience/discomfort (2) of nicotine cut-down. However, ten cigarettes a day is enough to avoid withdrawal/drawer (3) symptoms. This is because nicotine literally/literary (4) alters the availability of important brain chemical involved in the feeling of reward/award (5) and well-being.
There is evidence that nicotine makes task performance easier, improves/approves (6) memory, reduces anxiety, increases tolerance /
tolerant (7) of pain, and reduces hunger. Nicotine produces these temporal/temporary (8) improvements in performance through a remarkable two-step process. Depending/dependent (9) on how the cigarette is smoked – short puffs versus long drags – the smoker is aroused/raised (10) or calmed. Smokers can adjust nicotine intake to selected/selectively (11) enhance these effects. Nicotine is a self-administered/administrated (12) drug that, unlike/like (13) marijuana or alcohol, has short-lived effects that do not interfere with normal sociable/social (14) intercourse.
Regardless of this amazing/amusing (15) evidence, smoking kills seven times more people than automobile accidents/incidents (16).
10. Образуйте соответствующее однокоренное слово.
Living a long time
It is often said the Japan (1) as a nation, on average, live much longer than Europeans. To a large extend (2), this must be due to the food the Japanese eat, since regarding life-style, life in modern Japan is no less stress (3) than that in the west. The Japanese live main (4) on a diet consisting of fish and rice. A typical Japanese family consumes at little (5) twice as many vegetables as we do in Europe. In compare (6) with Europeans, the Japanese eat less meat and
few (7) potatoes; at the same time they eat seven times more fresh fish than we do, which makes their diet far health (8). It is need (9) to say that, in general, the Japanese consume consider (10) less sugar than Europeans, though the modern Japanese – frequent visit (11) to Europe on business or for pleasure – are discovering the pleasures and dangers of western-style eat (12) habits.
11. Образуйте соответствующее однокоренное слово.
