2 VOCABULARY PREVIEW
A Read the word lists. Put a check (V) next to the words that you know and can
use in a sentence. Compare your answers with a partner. Then look up any
unfamiliar words in a dictionary.
Earth Science Academic Word List Engineering
elevation
explore
ocean floor
(above / below) sea
level
surface (n.)
trench
complex
(make) contact
monitor (v.)
release (v.)
survey (v.)
electronic
float (v.)
pressure
robot. Please help me to make a text
2. East or West home is best — В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше.
3. Better late than never — Лучше поздно, чем никогда.
4. All’s well that ends well — Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается.
5. Out of sight out of mind — С глаз долой, из сердца вон.
6. As fit as a fiddle — В полном здравии, в хорошем настроении.
7. No sweet without sweat — Не вкусив горького, не видать и сладкого.
8. A penny saved is a penny gained — Не истратил пенни — значит, заработал.
9. By one’s father’s side — С отцовской стороны, по отцовской линии.
10. Just a joke — Всего лишь шутка.
11. Have a heart! — Сжальтесь!, помилосердствуйте!
12. A good beginning makes a good ending — Хорошее начало полдела откачало.
13. Too good to be true — Невероятно, не может быть / Слишком хорошо, чтобы быть правдой.
14. Who knew, who is who — Кто знает — «кто есть кто».
15. New lords new laws — Новая метла метёт по-новому…
Надеюсь
I remember my uncle Thomas very well. My mum says I can’t because I was a little girl, only three at the time. But my memories of him are still very vivid. Uncle Thomas was a sailor. When he returned from his last trip, he brought several large BOXES with him. Inside there WERE bits of wood, metal, and painted cloth. “What is it for?” I asked my uncle. He GAVE me a broad smile and said: “Have your breakfast first and then come to the backyard. You WILL SEE everything with your own eyes.” When I came to the backyard, Uncle Thomas WAS READING an instruction manual. It took all his attention because the manual WAS WRITTEN in Spanish, a language my uncle didn’t know very well. All in all, it took HIM a couple of weeks to assemble the object from the parts. To all my questions he said that it was a machine that COULD fly like a bird. I was probably the only one in the family who took his words seriously. They could never believe that soon we were going to see one of the FIRST airplane flights in the country.