Task 2. Complete the text with the suitable words: radiation, disaster, explosion, contaminated,
nuclear, suffering
In the year 1986 there was a terrible (1)
The explosion was at a (2) … power plant in
Chernobyl, The (3) … caused a lot of damage. It (4) … the soil and water. People lived in the area
when the explosion happened. Twenty years later those people are still (5) … from the explosion
effects. Today, 2.2 million people, including 800,000 children, still live in dangerously
contaminated areas. And while only 56 deaths are directly linked to the (6) … , cases of
childhood thyroid cancer in the Chemobyl zone are more than 200 times above world average and
instances of birth defects have more than doubled since 1986, according to the World Health
Organisation.
169. Выберите правильный вариант.
1. My friend (got used to) playing football at that stadium.
2. My friend (used to) play football at that stadium, but now he (doesn't) play football at all.
3. I know his English (is) good now, but it (used to be) very bad.
4. I (got used to) that scanner.
5. I (used to) switch off that scanner late at night.
6. He (got used to) working late at night.
7. He (used to) work late at night.
8. I know he (teaches) children now, but when he (was) younger he (used to work) in the museum.
9. She (used to drink) tea, but now she (doesn't like) it.
10. She (got used to) drinking cold tea.
1. Fat. Pork fat and borscht are most associated with Ukrainian cuisine. "Heroes" a lot of jokes and aphorisms. Raw, salted, pickled, smoked, fried, grated with garlic and spices. I highly recommend trying this legendary product - in a restaurant or in a good market. By the way, contrary to the common stereotype, fresh bacon does not make you fat. Due to the huge variety of recipes for making bacon, you may have to try several types of bacon to choose what you like.
2. Bread. "White" wheat bread used to be baked for the holidays. On ordinary days, the dish on the table was "black" bread, called "grain" (from the Ukrainian "grain" - rye). The name is "Life". It is rye bread that should be ordered for lunch for Ukrainian dishes.
A small digression. The expression "Ukrainian Stravy" (pronounced "Ukrainian Strava") is translated as "Ukrainian dishes". This means that Ukrainian cuisine is prepared here. That is, Ukrainsky Stravy, as a rule, is not the name of a restaurant. However, in Kiev there is one restaurant with that name.