- •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
Vocabulary:
entire – полный, целый, весь
to postulate – теоретически допускать, принимать без доказательства
Northern Hemisphere – северное полушарие
faint – слабый, тусклый
swath – полоса
pale – бледный
ancient – древний
to liken – уподоблять, сравнивать
band - лента, дорожка, полоса
unaided (naked) eye — невооружённый (глаз) взгляд
to discern – разглядеть
sprinkled – разбрызганный, разбросанный
to dawn – брать начало, исток
to speculate - размышлять, полагать
speculative - умозрительный, созерцательный
fascination - очарование, обаяние, прелесть, привлекательность, притягательность
quest – поиск
intrinsically - по сути, по существу, в сущности; в действительности
irregular - неправильный, не отвечающий нормам
to compile - выбирать информацию, собирать материал
aggregation – скопление, масса, конгломерат
neighbouring - пограничный, смежный, сопредельный, соседний, прилегающий
loose – свободный
cluster - скопление, концентрация
favoured - находящийся под покровительством
I. Answer the following questions:
Do you often look up on the sky? What do you see there?
How did the ancient Egyptians call the God who ruled the land of the dead?
Does the issue of the origin of the solar system continue into the present day?
At what speed is it possible to circle the Earth seven times in a single second?
What can be visible to the naked eye in the Southern Hemisphere?
II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
бледная полоса на чёрном фоне
древние Греки
священный Нил
бесчисленное множество звёзд
разбросанные в глубоком космосе
происхождение солнечной системы
измерить расстояние
соседствующие галактики
на обратной стороне
намного дальше
скорость света
содержать приблизительное количество
округлой формы
ближайшая галактика
за определённое количество времени
прочная научная основа
III. Match the words with their definitions:
astronomy a) an optical instrument for making distant objects larger and brighter;
ancient b) an ordinary or standard;
galaxy c) an interval between two points or things;
conventional d) the world or universe considered as an ordered system;
telescope e) dating from very long ago;
to compare f) the scientific study of the celestial bodies and of the universe;
distance g) to regard or represent as analogous or similar;
cosmos h) a vast number of star systems;
IV. Find the odd word:
a) stars b) Sun c) astronomy d) Galaxy
a) cosmonaut b) rocket c) missile d) shuttle
a) telescope b) TV-set c) computer d) hardware
a) observer b) investigator c) technician d) explorer
a) research b) to explore c) to discover d) to search
a) Pluto b) Apollo c) Venus d) Mercury
a) sky b) nebula c) observer d) clouds
a) to land b) to fly c) to launch d) touchdown