2. Check your understanding: gap fill Complete the gaps with a word or phrase from the box
friend
mum
he failed his exam
her dog got hit by a car
dad
the mobile phone he borrowed got stolen
that
2
The boy is telling his
The girl is telling her
The boy is telling his
that
3
that
австралия держит мировой рекорд по вымираниям млекопитающих. мы потеряли 20 видов в последние 200 лет, почти половины общемирового показателя в то время. но грядущая экологическая трагедия в тасмании может означать этот мрачный рекорд собирается получить хуже.
млекопитающее вымираний на материке были вызваны в первую очередь, лисицы и дикой кошки. лисицы никогда не утвердились в тасмании, и хотя тасмания диких кошек, они, кажется, имеют мало влияния. помимо исчезновения тыласина (далее «тасманский тигр»), тасмания сохранила здоровую фауну млекопитающих.
лисица теперь имеет точку опоры в тасмании, недавней серии случайных внедрений и, возможно, вредоносных выпусков. тасманские дикие животные и сельскохозяйственные власти стремятся сильно подавить эту небольшую популяцию, прежде чем она взрывается и разрушает их острова биоразнообразие и наносит вред сельского хозяйство.
australia holds the world record for mammal extinctions. we have lost 20 species in the last 200 years, almost half the global total in that time. but an impending ecological tragedy in tasmania could mean this dismal record is about to get worse.
mammal extinctions on the mainland were caused primarily by the red fox and feral cat. foxes never became established in tasmania, and although tasmania has feral cats they seem to have had little impact. aside from the extinction of the thylacine (the “tasmanian tiger”), tasmania has kept a healthy mammal fauna.
the fox now has a foothold in tasmania, thanks to a recent series of accidental introductions and possibly malicious releases. tasmanian wildlife and agricultural authorities are striving mightily to suppress this small population before it explodes and wrecks their island’s biodiversity and damages farming
At this point I want to travel to the past for a while. Let's go to the stone age. People of the age didn't know how to use knifes so they used stones as tools. They used stones to process food,to process wood and for other things which known by them only. When they wanted to communicate they used their languageto build phrases and their mouth to pass the information. When it was something dangerous for people and they required to pass the information they used fire. People one by one fired their torches to "send" the S.O.S. message.When they were sad or felt blue they communicated to get some entertainment. Of course I think there were differentmethods to entertain but it was so long ago that no ones knows about it. That was the life of prehistoric peoples (тут имеется ввиду народов. peoples - народы, people - люди)
Now let's back to the present time. We have the same requirements as prehistoric people (тут я имел ввиду люди) did.But to satisfy these requierments we use... modern technologies! Want to eat? Just use metal or ceramik knife, thenput your food on the inductive ring and... that's all! Do you want to chat someone? You do not need even to meet him now.E.g. I use my phone to send text messages. If I want to discover something I use internet, If I want someone to help meI use my phone and of course the radio waves are used by military people to send S.O.S. signal. Our life consists of eventsthat we fill with technologies. Even more. I think there are too few things in the life that are not covered wih the modern technologies so far.
My conclusion is the fabric of our life is stitched up with modern technologies.