The Earth's surface has numerous testimonies to extraterrestrial bodies hitting its surface. They are called impact craters, The Earth Impact Database contains a list of 190 impact craters. One of them is the Zhamanshin crater in Irgiz, Kazakhstan. About one million years ago, a gigantic meteorite exploded here and formed a crater700 m deep and 14 km wide.
The energy released by the explosion was equivalent to tens of thousands of megaton bombs, and temperatures in the region reached several thousand degrees centigrade. Zhamanshin meteor crater is a unique phenomenon among
impact craters because of the tektites, or irgizites, which have
been found here.
Ex 3 Read the text again and correct the mistakes in the sentences below, so that the sentences are true about the text.
• 1 There is very little evidence that extraterrestrial bodies hit the Earth.
· 2 The number of impact craters in the special Database is two hundred.
• 3 Zhamanshin is a crater created by small meteorite.
. 4 The crater has the depth of 14 km.
Кроме общественных праздников существуют специальные фестивали в Великобритании. Один из них проходит 5 ноября. В этот день в 1605 году, Гай Фокс попытался взорвать здание Парламента и убить короля Джеймса I. Он не сумел. Люди короля нашли бомбу, заточили Гая Фокса в Тауэр и отрубили ему голову.С тех пор британцы отмечают 5 ноября. Они сжигают чучело, сделанное из соломы и старой одежды на костре, и пускают фейерверки. Этот манекен называется "парень" (как Гай Фокс), и часто можно увидеть детей на улицах 5 ноября говорящих: "Пенни для парня". Если они собирают достаточно денег, они могут купить фейерверки.
Besides public holidays there are some special festivals in Great Britain. One of them takes place on the 5th of November. On that day, in 1605, Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I. He didn't succeed. The King's men found the bomb, took Guy Fawkes to the Tower and cut off his head.Since that day the British celebrate the 5th of November. They burn a dummy, made of straw and old clothes, on a bonfire and let off fireworks. This dummy is called a "guy" (like Guy Fawkes) and children can often be seen in the streets before the 5th of November saying, "Penny for the guy." If they collect enough money they can buy some fireworks.
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2 coltsfoot / a foalfoot - мать-и-мачеха
3 cone - шишка
4 dog rose - куст шиповник
5 milfoil / yarrow - тысячелистник
6 mint -мята
7 motherwort-пустырник
8 plantain-подорожник
9 raspberry bush-малиновый куст
10 sage-шалфей
11 aloe-алоэ
12 Arrowwood, snowball, guelder -калина
13 Common valerian - валерьяна лекарственная, маун аптечный
14 Hips(ягоды) шиповник
15 Infusion / herbal potion - настой / настой из трав
16 Lime (tree) / linden - дерево / липа
17 St. John's wort -зверобой