Номер 19, страница 66 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс (enjoy english) учебник Биболетова, Бабушис

Unit 2. It`s a big world! Start travelling now!. Section 1. Why do people travel? - номер 19, страница 66.

Условие.

19 Read the brief information from a teen magazine and say:

• why icebergs can be very dangerous for ships;
• how an iceberg caused the tragedy of the Titanic;
• what you have learned about the Titanic's sisters.

Icebergs are huge floating pieces of ice, and sometimes they can be as big as a ten-storeyed building. The main part of an iceberg is below the water and only a small part of it can be seen above. Icebergs can be not only blue and white but also green, brown and even black – depending on stones, plankton (планктон) and even plants that are in them.

Icebergs can be dangerous for ships as they can move very quickly and sometimes it's not so easy to detect them in time. Waves, speed of wind, and ocean current (течение) can prevent even modern radar equipment from detecting them. Big ships can't stop or change their direction suddenly and that can make crashing unavoidable.

Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, one of the biggest ships that crashed into a huge iceberg. The Titanic was considered to be very safe and unsinkable, but she sank in the Atlantic Ocean on her very first sea voyage in 1912. Few people, however, know about the Titanic's sisters – the Britannic and the Olympic, another two huge ocean liners. Those three ships were very much alike. During the World War I, the youngest sister, the Britannic, became the biggest floating hospital. She was badly damaged by a German mine (мина) and sank not far from Greece. The Olympic was launched in 1910, two years before the Titanic, and unlike her unfortunate sisters, lived a long life – almost half a century.

Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте краткую информацию из молодежного журнала и скажите:
• почему айсберги могут быть очень опасны для кораблей;
• как айсберг стал причиной трагедии «Титаника»;
• что вы узнали о кораблях-близнецах «Титаника».

Ответ:

1. Icebergs are dangerous for ships because most of their mass is hidden underwater. They can move very quickly, and waves, wind, and ocean currents make them hard to detect. Big ships cannot stop or change direction quickly enough to avoid crashing into them.
Айсберги опасны для кораблей, потому что большая часть их массы скрыта под водой. Они могут двигаться очень быстро, а волны, ветер и океанские течения затрудняют их обнаружение. Большие корабли не могут остановиться или изменить направление достаточно быстро, чтобы избежать столкновения с ними.

2. The Titanic, which was considered a very safe and unsinkable ship, crashed into a huge iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean during its very first voyage in 1912.
«Титаник», который считался очень безопасным и непотопляемым кораблем, столкнулся с огромным айсбергом и затонул в Атлантическом океане во время своего самого первого плавания в 1912 году.

3. I learned that the Titanic had two sister ships: the Britannic and the Olympic. The Britannic was a hospital ship during World War I and sank after hitting a mine. The Olympic was launched two years before the Titanic and lived a long life, almost half a century.
Я узнал, что у «Титаника» было два корабля-близнеца: «Британник» и «Олимпик». «Британник» был госпитальным судном во время Первой мировой войны и затонул, подорвавшись на мине. «Олимпик» был спущен на воду на два года раньше «Титаника» и прожил долгую жизнь, почти полвека.