1. Astronomers discovered Gliese 581g in 2010
2. Gliese 581g is situated in the Libra Constellation
3. Chemical analysts of Gliese 581g atmosphere has been conducted
4. Gliese 581g does not cross the face of its red dwarf star relative to our line of sight
5. Astronomers think most stars in the universe have potentially –habitable planets orbiting them.
6. Gliese 581g isn’t 20 light years from Earth.
7. Gliese 581g is a red planet.
B) Archaeologists in Guatemala c) have found a Mayan wall painting which they think is more than 2.000 years old. Archaeologist William Saturno has been exploring the site since 2002.
C) Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope think they have found two new moons circling the planet Pluto. Astronomers f) have been looking closely at Pluto since 1978 when they g) spotted its first moon. The telescope has been working for fifteen years, and i) has produced more than 700,000 images of the universe.
D) Australian scientists j) have discovered a new coral reef over 60 km long in the Gulf of Carpentaria by using satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. Recently divers k) have managed to reach the reefs and take photographs.
A) How a) are you getting on in Paris? Sorry b) I haven’t written before but c) I’ve been training hard for my basketball team. We d) played in a tournament last week – we e) came third! I really f) enjoyed taking part, but g) I haven’t done anything else for the past month.
B) Unfortunately, when Sarah’s big day h) arrived , things i) went disastrously wrong at first. For a start, it j) was raining and the traffic was so heavy, she k) arrived nearly ten minutes late for the interview. Then while she l) was crossing the road, a passing bus m) splashed her with water. But inside the building her luck n) changed . ‘Mr Fortescue o) is expecting me,’ she p) told the receptionist. ‘He q) hasn’t arrived yet,’ she was told. ‘Just take a seat.’ Perhaps everything would be all right after all!
C) An art historian r) has discovered two missing paintings by Fra Angelico (c 1395 – 1455) in the home of a pensioner from Oxford who s) died earlier this year. Jean Preston t) bought the paintings when she u) was working in America in the 1960s. Shortly before her death, a friend v) recognized them as part of a group of six small paintings which Angelico w) painted in 1439. Miss Preston x) paid about £200 for the pair, but experts y) say they are now worth around £1 million.
1. Первая электрическая лампочка была изобретена в 1873 году А. Н. Лодыгиным, а первая искусственная лампа - П.Н. Яблочковым в 1876 году.
2. Ток в проводнике определяется двумя вещами: напряжением в проводнике и сопротивлением проводника.
3.Вольтметр измеряет напряжение и разность потенциалов в вольтах.
4.Масса измеряется в граммах или килограммах.
1. was invented - Past Simple Passive 2. is determined - Present Simple Passive 3. measures - Present Simple Active 4. is measured - Present Simple Passive.