Inform 2
Animals
in the air
Can you believe that the history of the hot-air balloon
all began with a sheep, a duck and a chicken?
One day in 1777, Joseph Montgolfier was relaxing in front of the fire with
his laundry drying nearby. After a while, he noticed that one of his shirts had
started to float upwards. The young man was curious about what was
happening, so he threw some small pieces of paper into the fireplace to see
if the same thing happened to them. When he saw them coming out of the
chimney, he came to the conclusion that smoke had the power to lift things
up and carry them through the air. Joseph loved science and wanted to
become an inventor, so he started trying to think of a craft that would be able to
capture smoke and heat and lift people off the ground. Along with his brother,
Jacques, he began performing experiments on something that later became
the first hot-air balloon.
b. Does Mrs Smith spend her weekends gardening?
2. a. Harry doesn't prefer to travel by air.
b. Does Harry prefer to travel by air?
3. a. I don't do a lot of travelling.
b. Do I do a lot of travelling?
4. a. They don't wish to speak to you.
b. Do they wish to speak to you?
5. a. The children don't like sweets.
b. Do the children like sweets?
6. a. Tom doesn't enjoy driving at night.
b. Does Tom enjoy driving at night?
7. a. They don't sell fresh grape juice here.
b. Do they sell fresh grape juice here?
8. a. My brother doesn't smoke a lot.
b. Does my brother smoke a lot?
9. a. I don't brush my teeth every night.
b. Do I brush my teeth every night?
10. a. The boys don't hurry home after school.
b. Do the boys hurry home after school?
11. a. The taxes don't rise every year.
b. Do the taxes rise every year?
12. a. I don't use a computer in my work.
b. Do I use a computer in my work?
13. a. Mart doesn't work hard at her pronunciation.
b. Does Mart work hard at her pronunciation?
14. a. Betty doesn't go out with someone every Saturday.
b. Does Betty go out with someone every Saturday?
15. a. Nick doesn't like porriage.
b. Does Nick like porriage?
16. a. My working day doesn't last eight hours.
b. Does my working day last eight hours?
2. the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the School of Oriental and African Studies, the School of Architecture.
3. Whereas colleges within a university teach all subjects, and schools – a group of subjects, these institutes specialize more narrowly, and are often more occupied with research than teaching undergraduates.
4. Most of the redbrick universities founded in the nineteenth century are scattered throughout the country and are to be found in Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton and some others.
5. The redbrick universities organize their academic work in a va-riety of ways. Subjects are taught in individual departments which are in turn grouped into faculties covering the main subject grouping, like arts, science, engineering, social science.
6. The “new universities” were all founded after the Second World War. They are Keele Uni-versity (in Staffordshire), the universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick, York.