В & Q, broke the record set by
Francis Joyon, who finished in 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes, and 22 seconds in
February 2004
Later, she told her team, 'I feel absolutely exhausted but I'm elated to be here.
The whole voyage has been very draining, and there's a lot of things going round
in my head. But it's great that I can finally switch my brain off and relax in the
company of others, which I've really missed.'
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II both paid tribute to
MacArthur. French President Jacques Chirac, in whose country MacArthur is
already a household name, also sent his congratulations.
MacArthur's journey began on November 28, and from then on, she slept an
average of 30 minutes at a time and four hours in any day. She reheated freeze-
dried meals on a single burner stove while living in an area measuring 5 feet by 6
feet. Her water supply was desalinated from the sea.
She spent Christmas Day in a storm, but after crossing the half-way mark at
Cape Horn on New Year Eve, she built a four-day lead on the pace set by rival
Francis Joyon. A week later, during the worst storms MacArthur's career, she
badly burned her arm on a generator.
Buffeted by heavy storms in the southern ocean, MacArthur slipped a day
behind Joyon. By late January she was back in contention after crossing theequator. Her 75-foot boat hit a large fish and nearly struck a whale and then light
winds threatened. But a storm helped push her back into the lead.
Task 1 Answer the questions.
1 On which date did Ellen Mac Arthur break the record?
2 Did she sail with a team?
3 What was the name of the boat?
4 Where did the race end?
5 What kind of animal did she nearly hit?
6 How did she feel when she arrived home?
7 What had she missed?
8 How well known is she in France?
9 What kind of food did she eat?
10
When did she reach the halfway mark?
11
Where was she when she fell behind the pace set by Joy on?
12
What eventually helped her to gain speed?
Task 2 Find words or phrases in the text with these meanings.
1 suffering something unpleasant (paragraph 1)
2 a dangerous experience or meeting (paragraph 1)
3 extremely happy and excited (paragraph 3)
4 exhausting (paragraph 3)
5 likely to succeed in a competition (paragraph 7)
ответ:
юрий алексеевич гагарин (1934 – 1968) – летчик-космонавт, герой советского союза, первый человек, побывавший в космосе.
гагарин юрий алексеевич родился 9 марта 1934 года в деревне клушино смоленской области. в 1941 году будущий космонавт пошел в школу, однако из-за оккупации обучение пришлось прервать до 1943 года.
в 1945 году семья гагарина переехала в город гжатск. окончив в 1949 году шестой класс, юрий алексеевич поступил в люберецкое ремесленное училище, одновременно учился в школе рабочей молодежи. с 1951 года гагарин обучается на литейном отделении саратовского индустриального техникума. с 1961 по 1968 года гагарин обучался в военно-воздушной академии им. жуковского. по окончанию учебного заведения он получил квалификацию «летчик-инженер-космонавт».
с 1964 года гагарина назначают начальником центра подготовки космонавтов, он выполняет обязанности депутата верховного совета .
в 1966 году космонавта гагарина избрали почетным членом международной академии астронавтики.
несмотря на длительный перерыв в летной практике, юрий алексеевич стремился восстановить свою квалификацию летчика-истребителя. 27 марта 1968 года краткая биография гагарина прервалась – великий космонавт разбился на самолете ути миг-15 во время тренировочного полета. на борту воздушного судна также был полковник владимир серегин. тела летчиков были кремированы.
yury alekseevich gagarin (1934 - 1968) - russian pilot-cosmonaut, hero of the soviet union, the first person to have been in space.
gagarin yuri alekseevich was born on march 9, 1934 in the village of klushino, smolensk region. in 1941, the future cosmonaut went to school, but because of the german occupation, training had to be interrupted until 1943.
in 1945, gagarin's family moved to the city of gzhatsk. having finished the sixth grade in 1949, yuri alekseevich entered the lyubertsy vocational school, at the same time he studied at the school of working young people. since 1951 gagarin is studying at the foundry of the saratov industrial technical school. from 1961 to 1968 gagarin studied at the air force academy. zhukovsky. after graduation, he received the qualification "pilot-engineer-cosmonaut".
since 1964, gagarin is appointed head of the cosmonaut training center, he serves as a deputy to the supreme soviet of the ussr.
in 1966, cosmonaut gagarin was elected honorary member of the international academy of astronautics.
despite the long break in flight practice, yuri alekseevich tried to restore his qualification as a fighter pilot. march 27, 1968 short biography of gagarin was interrupted - the great astronaut crashed on the plane uti mig-15 during a training flight. on board the aircraft was also colonel vladimir seregin. the bodies of the pilots were cremated.
сократишь как нибудь. я знаю что это ужасный ответ. мой автобус в 12 ровно а мне вообще не отвечают.
The pain from the cut finger was felt throughout the hand.
After a particularly hard day at work, she came home, ate her fill and went to bed.
James fell into the abyss, and so he thought that, as he died, the alarm clock rang, and he realized - it was just a dream.
The blind man felt for the kerb with his stick.
"Found!"- shouted Michael, everyone was insanely surprised for the chance to find the ring was reduced to zero.
Emily went into the room and again forgot what she wanted to do.
She gave a "Medal of courage", because she saved a kitten from a tree.
They left the party because it was too noisy.
He made tea when Sam entered the room.
We ran 5 laps around the house and were pretty exhausted.
He slept all day until there was a knock on the door.
"Pneumonia took him"– announced the doctor.
He won the lottery, it's incredible luck.
J.K. Rowling wrote her first novel in 1997.
When Kate paid the bills, she realized that she didn't even have a cent left.
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