READING The Microsoft airplane game Flight Simulator has been upgraded to include every airport in the world. This means gamers will have a choice of over 37,000 airports to take off from and land at. The upgrade has added over 13,000 new airports to the previous version of the game, which included 24,000 airports. The game includes international hubs like New York's JFK and London Heathrow. It also includes tiny airports like rural, grassy landing strips and runways that are in the middle of deserts or on the top of mountains. The 37,000 airports in Flight Simulator have been manually designed to look like the real airports. Designers used satellite images and Bing Maps to do this.
The graphics are also much better in the latest release of Flight Simulator. The designers put a lot of work and effort into increasing the level of detail you see. Gamers will see windsocks blowing in the wind and service vehicles driving around the roads next to the runways. The markings on the runways in the game are the same as those on the real runways. Lead game designer Sven Mestas said: "To reach a new level, we needed a new approach. We decided to innovate by editing airports from real satellite pictures. This technique involves editing each airport manually. This means we paid particular attention to detail to bring every airport a step closer to reality."
Task 1. Read sentences and mark True (T) or False (F).
Gamers will be able to simulate landing at more than 37,000 airports. T / F
The new game does not include landing strips or desert runways. T / F
Designers want to add windsocks in a future version of the game. T / F
A designer said airports in the game are exactly the same as in reality. T / F
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В Английском языке существуют местоимения , которые указывают на некоторое количество того или иного .Я выделяю следующие из них: some,any,much,many,a few,a little , a lot of.
Теперь о каждом по порядку и более подробно
SOME и ANY указывают на небольшое количество вещества и могут иметь Русский перевод “немного” или “несколько. Употребляются они как с исчисляемыми , так и с неисчисляемыми существительными в единственном и множественном числе.
SOME употребляем в утвердительных предложениях
I’ve got some questions to youGive me some juice , pleaseИ в запросах
Won’t you have some cake?Can I have some more tea?ANY употребляем в вопросительных и в отрицательных предложениях
Have you got any spare time?I didn’t see any brand new film last weekMUCH или “много” употребляется с неисчисляемыми существительными ( с теми ,которые не можем посчитать)
Much work/time/attentionMANY или “много” употребляется только с исчисляемыми существительными ( которые можно посчитать)
Many problems/questions/tasks/tests/windowsA FEW или “несколько” употребляем с исчисляемыми существительными
A few problems/questions/tasks/tests/windowsA LITTLE или “ несколько “с неисчисляемыми существительными
There is a little time leftХочу указать так же некоторые эквиваленты much/many.Это:
A LOT OF ,LOTS OF , PLENTY OF (их мы употребляем как с исчисляемыми ,так и с неисчисляемыми), A GOOD DEAL OF , A GREAT DEAL OF ( употребляем только с неисчисляемыми)
We’ve got plenty of time leftLots of friends will be able to come to the rescue / I thinkHe pays a great deal of attention to his process of studying2. We heard about the earthquake in the news.
3. This must be finished by five o’clock without fail.
4. Paul and I arrived at the party at the same time.
5. We were under the impression that they were moving to France.
6. Crime is on the increase in many cities.
7. The knock at the door took me by surprise.
8. He erased his project from the computer and had to start from scratch.
9. In my opinion, he is the greatest musician of our time.
10. I don’t know for certain, but I think she’s gone on holiday.
11. You’re looking a bit off colour – are you feeling alright?
12. The ceremony is being held in honour of the Pope’s visit!
13. He put salt in his tea by mistake, thinking it was sugar.
14. I can’t stop and talk. I’m in a hurry.
15. She waved until the car was out of sight.
16. We always stay in. Why don’t we go out for a change?
17. He told us the plan in brief and didn’t go into detail.
18. I mustn’t eat any chocolate. I’m on a diet.
19. Peter has gone to London on business.
20. She selected a CD at random and put in the CD player.