Дополнительный материал для устной речи
The use of sputniks and manned (с людьми на борту) space
ships for observations and photography makes it possible to
organize control over the state of the environment (окружающая
среда). It is possible to trace dust storms covering hundreds
of thousands of square miles, to find their points of origin
(происхождение) and the movement of these giant "dry
clouds" and other atmospheric pollutants (загрязнители).
At present a new science - cosmic ecology - has come into
being and is making great progress.
The Department of the Physics of the Atmosphere at St Petersburg
University has found original methods and made instruments
for the detection (обнаружение) of air pollution (загрязнение).
One such instrument is a spectrograph with which Soviet cosmonauts
to Soyuz spaceships have obtained ecologically important information.
It is possible to study from outer space not only dry land
and air, but also oceans and rivers and the degree to which
they are polluted by oil and other waste (отходы). Such studies
of the world ocean were started from the Russian manned spaceships.
The Stenberg Institute in Moscow has published the third
and last part of its atlas of the Moon.
The first appeared in 1960 and included data from the photographs
sent back to Earth by the Luna-3 moon probe (зонд) which made
it possible to see for the fust time the hidden side of the
moon.
The second part, in 1967, contained pictures transmitted
by Zond-3, and the new one has photographs made by Zonds 6,
7 and 8.
The pictures are remarkably clear, showing much detail of
the Monn's surface.
It is now clear that the mountains near the south lunar pole
are over six miles high.
The volume also contains much explanatory matter (пояснения)
- tables, diagrams and figures - and a list of over 100 famous
people after whom places have been named (в честь которых
были названы) on the hidden side of the moon.
SOYUZ APPOLLO "SPACE SEEDS" ARE PLANTED
Seeds of Canadian spruce (канадская ель) from the USA which
have been in outer space have been planted in the main botanical
garden of the Academy of Sciences.
They are part of the seed exchanged (обмененные) during the
Soyuz-Appollo space link-up (стыковка).
Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov handed (передали) their
American colleagues (коллеги) seeds of pines (сосны) from
the Volga region, larches (лиственницы) from Tuva, firs (ели)
from Northern Caucasus and cedars (кед-ры) from Siberia. Thomas
Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton gave the Russian
cosmonauts seeds of Wisconsin spruce.
Each country is planting the other county's seeds in the
hope that they will grow into string trees, a living reminder
(живое напоминание) of peaceful cooperation between two great
nations.
PROVERBS
The greatest talkers are the least doers.
The empty vessels make the greatest noise.
At open doors dogs come in.
Scalded (ошпаренная) dog fears cold water.
QUOTATIONS
Man is the measure of all things.
Protagoras (Greece, 481-411 B.C.)
When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above
las own (1), his voyage is done, he is dead.
Henry Ward Beecher (USA, 1813-1887)
He has the right to criticize who (2) has
the heart to help.
Abraham Lincoln (USA, 1809-1865)
Примечания
(1) conception of excellence above his own
- представление о том, что его кто-нибудь может превзойти
(2) Не has ... who ... - только тот имеет
.... кто ..
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