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2. Aren`t we amazing?. Grammar and Reading - номер 1, страница 16.

Условие.

GRAMMAR AND READING

1 Look at the illustrations, the title and the headings. In pairs, predict what each text might be about.

Amazing People

In this week's edition of Amazing People, we have decided to include not only well-known celebrities. They may not be world famous or household names, but, as we often say, there's more than one way to be special!

I am a traveller ...

Fedor Konyukhov is the first person in the world to have reached the five poles of the planet – Everest (the highest pole), Cape Horn (the sailors' pole), the Southern Geographic Pole, the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility in the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole, which he has conquered three times. When praised for his achievements, Fedor said, 'I am a traveller,' and attributed his success to the people who'd helped him. In 2002, Konyukhov set the world record crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a single row-boat in 46 days. Previously he'd participated in a solo, round-the-world sailboat race beginning and ending in Charleston, South Carolina. He'd also sailed round the globe from Sydney through Cape Horn.

Child prodigy

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart showed musical gifts at a very early age and was already composing his first works when he was four. Born in Salzburg in 1756, he was one of the greatest musical geniuses in history. By the age of six, he'd played before the Austrian empress and had begun to write his earliest symphonies. A year later, he was playing to audiences in London and Paris, astonishing them with his brilliance. He worked all over Europe during the next seventeen years, finally settling in Vienna. He lived just a little over half of Wagner's life span but was amazingly prolific. He died in 1791, aged only thirty-five, having composed over 600 works, including great operas like The Magic Flute. Just before his death, he'd been composing the Requiem, one of his most famous works.

Lightning never strikes twice?

Roy Sullivan, a forest ranger from Virginia, was struck by lightning seven times in his thirty-six-year career. The first strike was in 1942. He wasn't hit again until twenty-seven years later, driving his truck. The following year, another bolt of lightning burnt his shoulder, while his hair caught fire in a fourth strike in 1972. A year later, Sullivan was driving around the park when a bolt came out of a small cloud, knocking off his shoe. 'I actually saw the lightning coming straight for me,' he said. Lightning struck for the sixth time in 1976. But it was the final strike in 1977, while he was fishing, that put him in the Guinness Book of World Records. Two of his Ranger hats, burnt by lightning, are now in Guinness Exhibit Hall – proof that lightning does strike in the same place twice.

Решение.

Решение 2.

1 Взгляните на иллюстрации, заголовок и подзаголовки. В парах предскажите, о чем может быть каждый текст.

Ответ:

Based on the title "Amazing People" and the headings with illustrations:

Основываясь на заголовке "Удивительные люди" и подзаголовках с иллюстрациями:

1. The text titled "I am a traveller ..." with the illustration of a person at a polar signpost likely talks about an adventurous person who travels to extreme places, like explorers or record-breakers.

Текст под заголовком "Я путешественник ...", с иллюстрацией человека у полярного указателя, вероятно, рассказывает о предприимчивом человеке, который путешествует в экстремальные места, например, об исследователях или рекордсменах.

2. The text titled "Child prodigy" with the portrait of a young boy probably tells a story about a child who showed exceptional talent at a very young age, perhaps in music, art, or science.

Текст под заголовком "Вундеркинд" с портретом молодого мальчика, вероятно, рассказывает историю о ребенке, который проявил исключительный талант в очень юном возрасте, возможно, в музыке, искусстве или науке.

3. The text titled "Lightning never strikes twice?" with the illustration of a burnt hat and a lightning bolt probably describes someone who has been struck by lightning multiple times, disproving the common saying.

Текст под заголовком "Молния никогда не бьет дважды?" с иллюстрацией обгоревшей шляпы и молнии, вероятно, описывает человека, в которого молния попадала несколько раз, опровергая распространенное выражение.