- •Development of rockets Part I
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Give definitions to the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •Development of rockets Part II
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Spacecraft
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Give definitions to the following words:
- •III. Complete the sentences in your own way:
- •Manned Flights
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with some of the phrases listed above.
- •IV. Make up a dialogue: you are the cosmonauts who are going to conduct some researches on the space station, so you discuss the future tasks and purposes of this mission. Gagarin’s First Flight
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Simulators
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the following phrases:
- •IV. Match the words with their definitions:
- •V. Give the definitions to the following words:
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the following phrases:
- •IV. Give the definitions to the following words:
- •V. Read the following statements and discuss them with a partner:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Cosmos
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Ufo (Visiting the aliens)
- •Hubble Space Telescope
- •Where did constellations come from?
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Make up the sentences with the following phrases:
- •III. Find the odd word:
- •Exploration of the Moon
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Match the words with their definitions:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the given word combinations:
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences using the phrases listed above.
- •IV. Look at the words listed below. Which word is the odd one?
- •Energia
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Compose some phrases from the words given in the vocabulary and make up a short dialogue using these phrases.
- •III. Make up the sentences with the following word combinations:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Upgrading the MiG-29
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. A) Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •International Cooperation
- •Korolyov, Sergey Pavlovich
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich
- •Titov , Gherman Stepanovich
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. State the words on their definitions:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the words given in the essential vocabulary.
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •The Wright brothers
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the phrases and words listed above.
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Look at the words listed below. Find the odd word.
- •Civil aircraft
- •Vocabulary:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken
- •By Sergei Dmitriyev, The Moscow News
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the several phrases listed above.
- •IV. Look at the group of words below. Which word is the odd one?
- •Airplanes and security
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Russian-American Aircraft Designer Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich
- •Tupolev
II. Make up the sentences with the following phrases:
nothing more
visible at different times
not much differentiation between…….
the myths associated with……
helpful for remembering…….
III. Find the odd word:
a) constellations b) stars c) galaxies d) planet
a) sky b) Galaxy c) Milky Way d) Alpha Centauri
a) Scorpio b) Orion c) Venus d) Aquarius
a) astronomer b) observer c) astronaut d) explorer
a) to observe b) to define c) to determine d) search
a) exploration b) investigation c) observation d) explanation
a) solar b) nebular c) terrestrial d) celestial
a) launch b) take-off c) to fly d) touchdown
Exploration of the Moon
Detailed photographs of the Moon have made possible a nearly complete map, including the hidden far side. Soft-landing vehicles have televised views of the surface by remotely controlled cameras, determined the physical and load-bearing characteristics of the soil, and performed chemical analysis by isotope backscatter technique. Seismometers, laser reflectors, solar wind and ion detectors, charged particle measuring devices, magnetometers, and other instruments have been set up. Six Apollo missions brought back 382 kilograms of selected lunar rocks and soil for study.
The physical nature of the Moon has been revealed by space exploration in a way impossible before. The list of discoveries is long and detailed. Perhaps the most significant is that the age of the surface material studied has been determined to be 4,600,000,000 years. For much of that time the Moon has not drastically changed, but lunar history appears to have been complex. Because it has changed so little, a record of the Sun can be traced on the lunar surface. This type of data has many implications for Earth history.
Other findings about the Moon are: there is no life or water; lunar rocks are similar to Earth rocks but have different compositions; seismometers have recorded numerous “moonquakes” about the time the Moon is closest to the Earth each month; there is a lunar magnetic field, but it is much weaker than the Earth's; the solar wind is not disturbed as it approaches the Moon, signifying that there is no layer of charged particles similar to the Earth's ionosphere; laser reflection makes it possible to measure Earth–Moon distance to within about 23 centimeters.
Essential vocabulary :
exploration – исследование;
complete – полный, законченный;
map – карта;
hidden – скрытый, спрятанный;
surface – поверхность;
soil – почва;
to scatter - разбрасывать;
charged particle – заряженная частица;
to measure – измерять;
to reveal – показывать, обнаруживать;
significant – значимый, основной;
to determine – устанавливать, обнаруживать;
implication – причастность, подтекст, смысл;
composition – композиция, состав;
solar – солнечный;
to disturb – мешать, беспокоить;
to approach – достигать, приближаться;
drastically – резко;
to trace – прослеживать;
to signify – значить;
layer – слой, уровень;
similar – похожий;
reflection – отражение;