Номер 25, страница 107, part 1 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс учебник часть 1 Афанасьева, Михеева

25 a) Read the text and complete it with the phrases below (a–g). Check (🎧 52).

a) for some unknown reason¹

b) of the South Atlantic Ocean

c) plants and animals

d) separated from Africa

e) as Wegener says it did

f) created a theory

g) a German scientist

Take a look at the map of the world. Can you find Africa and South America on it? Don't you think you can easily put them together like a puzzle and make them one continent?

Well, about a hundred years ago 1) ___________ Alfred Wegener ['vegənə] was sure that South America and Africa used to be one continent. The coasts² 2) ___________ on the territory of Brazil [brə'zıl] are very much like the eastern³ coastlines of Africa.

Then there are also facts that many 3) ___________ used to be more or less the same in the prehistoric life of South America and Africa. That was why Wegener thought that these two continents used to be one great land mass two hundred million years ago.

He 4) ___________ which he called the theory of the displacement of continents.⁴ According to this theory, the land masses of the earth were once one continuous continent. They used to be one great mass of land. Then 5) ___________, this land mass began to break up. South America 6) ___________ and moved away. North America separated from Western Europe and moved to the west. That was how all the continents appeared.

Did this really happen 7) ___________? We don't know. It's only a theory. But as you can see from the map, it is quite possible. And the further studies of prehistoric plant and animal life show that it is really possible. So perhaps Wegener was right!

b) Say what you think about Alfred Wegener's theory. Have the facts in the text convinced⁵ you that the theory of continent displacement is true? Do you think that all the continents on the earth used to be one great mass of land?

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a) Прочитайте текст и дополните его приведенными ниже фразами (a-g).

Ответ:

b) Скажите, что вы думаете о теории Альфреда Вегенера. Убедили ли вас факты, приведенные в тексте, в том, что теория перемещения континентов верна? Считаете ли вы, что все континенты на Земле когда-то были единым большим массивом суши?

Ответ:

I think Alfred Wegener's theory is very interesting. The facts in the text are quite convincing. The idea that the coastlines of South America and Africa fit together like puzzle pieces, and that similar prehistoric plants and animals are found on both continents, makes a lot of sense. Yes, I do think that all the continents used to be one great mass of land called Pangaea, just like the map shows. (Я думаю, что теория Альфреда Вегенера очень интересная. Факты в тексте довольно убедительны. Идея о том, что береговые линии Южной Америки и Африки подходят друг к другу, как части головоломки, и что на обоих континентах находят одинаковые доисторические растения и животных, звучит очень логично. Да, я думаю, что все континенты раньше были одним большим массивом суши под названием Пангея, как и показано на карте.)