1 Vocabulary * Match the people to their achievements. Then use the verbs below to ask and answer questions, as in the example. 1. the sun is at the centre of the solar system 2. the World Wide Web 3. radioactivity 4. the environmental organisation EcoCentre 5. the theory of relativity
A Marie Curie B Albert Einstein C Kaisha Atakhanova D Tim Berners-Lee E Nicolaus Copernicus
• invent • discover • found develop • argue A: Who discovered radioactivity? B: I think it was Marie Curie. A: That's right. Hellpp
All animals living near us are called domestic. People keep, feed and take care of them. They live in special premises, such as aviaries, chicken coops, stables or cattle yards.
Domestic animals give us meat, wool and milk. They can share a house with a man in his dwelling. Among such home pets are parrots, cats, dogs, fishes and even snakes. They are caged in or live in terrariums and aquariums.
Predators
Lions, tigers, bears, wolves, foxes and many others are related to predators. Their essential meal is animals. They have a hunt and kill their prey. But some of flesh-eaters, for example, griffons and hyenas eat dead animals. Predators are body-snatches of natural ecosystems.
Herbivores
Weed-eaters prefer only plant food. They are kangaroos, sloths, koalas, giant tortoises and others. Some animals can change their habits becoming omnivorous.
Domestic animals
All animals living near us are called domestic. People keep, feed and take care of them. They live in special premises, such as aviaries, chicken coops, stables or cattle yards.
Domestic animals give us meat, wool and milk. They can share a house with a man in his dwelling. Among such home pets are parrots, cats, dogs, fishes and even snakes. They are caged in or live in terrariums and aquariums.
Predators
Lions, tigers, bears, wolves, foxes and many others are related to predators. Their essential meal is animals. They have a hunt and kill their prey. But some of flesh-eaters, for example, griffons and hyenas eat dead animals. Predators are body-snatches of natural ecosystems.
Herbivores
Weed-eaters prefer only plant food. They are kangaroos, sloths, koalas, giant tortoises and others. Some animals can change their habits becoming omnivorous.
1) Because he feels it to be his city
2) It emerged hundreds of years ago on twelve islands at the place where the Great Russian River joins the Caspian Sea
3) Astrakhan region covers 44.1 thousand square kilometers
4) The city has common borders with Kazakhstan, Kalmyk Republic and Volgograd region
5) Because the Astrakhan region is situated near the Caucasus and there is a sea border with Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Iran and Turkmenia
6) The climate is called continental so we have cold winters with really annoying winds and extremely hot summers
7) Lotus is a very rare flower which can be found in this region