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III. Comprehension check

3.1. Answer the following questions:

1. What is this text about?

2. What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

3. The Large Space Telescope was renamed the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in honour of Edwin Hubble, wasn’t it?

4. What did Edwin Hubble determine?

5. Has Hubble’s Deep Field recorded some of the most detailed visible-light images?

6. When were space telescopes proposed?

7. When was Hubble funded?

8. What did Hubble help astronomers gauge?

9. The Hubble Space Telescope also examines individual stars in various stages of their evolution, doesn’t it?

10. Is Hubble the only telescope designed to be serviced in space by astronauts?

11. What is scientific successor of Hubble?

12. When it is scheduled to be launched?

3.2. Decide whether these statements are true, false or information is not available:

1. A 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) aperture telescope in high Earth orbit, Hubble's two main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra.

2. The Large Space Telescope was renamed the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in honour of Mike Griffin.

3. Hubble’s Deep Field has recorded some of the most detailed visible-light images ever, allowing a deep view into space and time.

4. Hubble is one of the smallest and least versatile, and is well known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy.

5. The HST was built by the Russian Space Agency.

6. Because light takes time to travel long distances, the range of the HST makes it function similar to a time machine.

7. When astronomers pointed the HST to a seemingly-empty patch of sky, for instance, they captured an image of over 5,000 galaxies too distant to be detected by other telescopes.

8. The Hubble Space Telescope also examines individual stars in various stages of their evolution.

9. It takes the time to photograph the planets travelling around our sun.

10.The Hubble Space Telescope photographed many collisions of comets and planets.

11. The telescope is now expected to function until at least 2014, and possibly 2040.

12. The James Webb Space Telescope is the project of NASA.

IV. Grammar in Focus

4.1. Translate the sentences into the Russian. State the type of the Clauses:

1. Why he did not come is still not known.

2. What’s worrying me now is the state of her health.

3. Whether he’ll agree is another question.

4. The trouble is that we’ve got very little time.

5. That’s what I want to tell you.

6. He uses new programs which he usually downloads on the Internet.

7. Do you remember where he lives?

8. I can’t understand what you are laughing at.

9. They said that they did all the tasks.

10. I don’t know when he will come.

4.2. Read and analyze the sentences with the Object Clause:

1. The young engineer is not quite sure what he should do with this new device.

2. The majority of the searchers don’t know who allows to carry on such dangerous experiments.

3. The head engineer doesn’t know when the new equipment will be delivered.

4. You may rely on it that I will give you a full account.

5. I think we will complete our project in time.

6. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry simultaneously.

7. I am not sure whether he will take part in this conference.

8. Are you aware that your time is nearly up?

9. Mary phones us every day and says she intends coming on Saturday.

10. Everybody knows that one must study hard to master foreign languages.