Vocabulary & Speaking 2
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with them and study at the Sorbonne. It was then that she 3)
her name to Marie. Marie studied Physics and Maths and got her
Master's degree in both subjects. When she graduated from
university, she started research 4) magnetism. It was at that
time she met Pierre Curie, a young scientist. They 5) in love
immediately and got married. Marie moved to his house and they
both started examining uranium and other elements to decide
whether they were radioactive. It 6) them four years to
isolate the radioactive source which she named radium. For this,
they 7) a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. In 1906, her
husband died in an accident and Marie got the position they had
offered him at the Sorbonne.
In 1911, she got a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. 8)
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War I, she designed the first mobile X-Ray machine and travelled
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Marie died in July, 1934 in Paris. She died 9) radiation
poisoning. She worked hard and proved that if a person keeps to
their goals, they will 10) For her, success came with the
two Nobel Prizes she received and the fact that she was the first
woman to ever get one. We all owes her our respect and admiration.
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The most common type of law court in England and Wales is the magistrates’ court.
2. Where do more serious criminal cases go?
More serious criminal cases go to the Crown Court.
3. What is the highest court of appeal in England and Wales?
The highest court of appeal in England and Wales is the House of Lords.
4. What courts do deal with offenders under 17?
Juvenile courts deal with offenders under seventeen.
5. Which courts do investigate violent, sudden and unnatural death?
Coroners’ courts investigate violent, sudden or unnatural deaths.
6. What makes quick, cheap and fair decisions?
Administrative tribunals make quick, cheap and fair decisions.
7. What do administrative tribunals do?
Administrative tribunals deal with professional standards, disputes between individuals, and disputes between individuals and Government departments (for example, over taxation).
8. Who are «Justices of the Peace»?
"Justices of the Peace" (JPs) or "Magistrates" are the vast majority of judges which are unpaid.
9. Are «High Court Judges» paid?
Yes, «High Court Judges» are paid salaries by the State.
10. Who are magistrates selected by?
Magistrates are selected by special committees in every town and district.
От безногих ящериц змеи отличаются подвижным соединением левой и правой частей челюстей (что даёт возможность заглатывать добычу целиком), отсутствием подвижных век и барабанной перепонки, отсутствием плечевого пояса.ПитаниеВсе известные змеи — хищники. Питаются разнообразными животными: позвоночными и беспозвоночными. Существуют виды змей, которые специализируются на поедании определённого вида добычи, то есть стенофаги. Например, рачий уж (Regina rigida) питается почти исключительно речными раками, а африканские яичные змеи (Dasypeltis) — только яйцами птиц.
Неядовитые змеи заглатывают добычу живьём (например, ужи) либо предварительно умерщвляют её, сжимая челюстями и придавливая телом к земле (стройные полозы) или удушая в кольцах тела (удавы и питоны). Ядовитые змеи убивают добычу, вводя в её тело яд при специализированных ядопроводящих зубов.
Змеи, как правило, заглатывают добычу целиком. Механизм заглатывания состоит в попеременном движении правой и левой половинами нижней челюсти (змея как бы натягивает себя на добычу).appearanceThe body is elongated, without limbs. The body length of 10 cm to 14.4 m.
From legless lizards snakes differ movable joints of the left and right sides of the jaws (which makes it possible to swallow prey whole), no moving eyelids and the eardrum, the absence of the shoulder girdle.nutritionAll known snake - predators. They feed on a variety of animals: vertebrates and invertebrates. There are snake species that specialize in eating a certain type of production, ie stenofagi. For example, rachy too (Regina rigida) feeds almost exclusively on crayfish and Dasypeltis (Dasypeltis) - only the eggs of birds.
Nonpoisonous snakes swallow prey alive (eg, snakes) or pre sacrificed her, clenching jaws and pressing down the body to the ground (Coluber) or suffocating in the rings of the body (boas and pythons). Poisonous snakes kill prey by injecting poison into her body with the help of specialized yadoprovodyaschih teeth.
Snakes tend to swallow prey whole. Swallowing mechanism is alternately moving left and right halves of the lower jaw (the snake as it pulls itself extraction).
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