Английский язык (11 класс)

The deadliest terrorist strikes to date were the September, 11 attacks (2001), in which suicide terrorists associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes,

17 sailors aboard a U.S. naval ship, the USS Cole, in the Yemeni port of Aden.

The crashes destroyed much of the World Trade Center complex and

a large portion of one side of the Pentagon and killed more than 3,000 people.

In 2000 an explosion triggered by suicide bombers caused the deaths of

crashing two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City and one into the Pentagon building near Washington, D.C.; the fourth plane crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The ancient Greek historian Xenophon (c. 431–c. 350 BC) wrote of the

throughout history and throughout the world.

Roman emperors such as Tiberius (reigned AD 14–37) and Caligula (reigned AD 37–41) used banishment,

expropriation of property, and execution as means to discourage opposition to their rule.

Terror has been practiced by state and nonstate actors

effectiveness of psychological warfare against enemy populations.

During the 19th century, Russian and

his ship at the port of Kronstadt after a direct transatlantic voyage.

Earlier contacts had occurred

Qing Empire.

They defeated the Boxer rebels in the

between Americans and Russians.

In 1698, Peter the Great and William Penn had met in London, and in 1763 a Boston merchant had anchored

American frontiers met in Alaska.

tortoise

флора и фауна

turtle

истреблять, уничтожать

to annihilate

черепаха (морская)

flora and fauna

черепаха (сухопутная)

Likewise, the use of terror was openly advocated by Robespierre during the French Revolution, and the Spanish Inquisition

who engaged in frequent violent attacks on fellow Hebrews suspected of collusion with the Roman authorities.

After the American Civil War (1861–65), defiant Southerners formed the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate supporters

of Reconstruction (1865–77) and the newly freed former slaves.

The most commonly cited example of early terror, however, is the activity of the Jewish Zealots, often known as the Sicarii (Hebrew: “Daggers”),

used arbitrary arrest, torture, and execution to punish what it viewed as religious heresy.

air pollution index

радиоактивные отходы

purist

разлив нефти

oil spillage

борец за чистоту нравов (здесь – природы)

radioactive waste

показатель загрязнённости воздуха

When we travel on buses (trams, etc.) we have

that the traffic is heavy.

If the vehicles are few we say that the traffic

it doesn't depend on the distance you go.

It's 20 roubles and

is light.

If there are many cars, buses and trolley-buses in the town we say

to pay fare.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

and the Second World War were tense.

In 1938 a few Western countries, including Britain,

Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

After the Russian Revolution, Britain sent troops to Russia in the failed

signed the Munich Agreement with Nazi Germany.

Relations between then

recognised the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on February 1, 1924.

It covers an area of 172 square miles (445 square km)—of which more than one-third is old-growth forest —

and was designated a World Heritage site in 1980.

Preserving virgin (old-growth) groves of ancient redwood trees, including the world's tallest tree,

the northwestern corner of California, U.S.

Redwood National Park is in

the park also features 40 miles (64 km) of scenic Pacific coastline.

It was established in 1968, with a boundary change in 1978,

and includes land held in three state parks: Jedediah Smith Redwoods, Del Norte Coast Redwoods, and Prairie Creek Redwoods.

Since the early 1900s, when movie-making pioneers found in southern California an ideal blend of mild climate, much sunshine, varied terrain, and a large labour market,

whose name is synonymous with the American motion-picture industry.

Lying northwest of downtown Los Angeles, it is bounded by Hyperion Avenue and Riverside Drive (east),

a prohibitionist from Kansas who envisioned a community based on his sober religious principles.

An adobe was the first house built on the site near Los Angeles, which was then a small city in the new state of California, Hollywood was laid out as a real-estate subdivision in 1887 by Horace Wilcox,

Beverly Boulevard (south), the foothills of Santa Monica Mountains (north), and Beverly Hills (west).

Hollywood is a district within the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.,

the image of Hollywood as the fabricator of tinseled cinematic dreams has become worldwide.

research staff

прочное усвоение

to pursue a degree

стремиться получить степень

a sound command

научные сотрудники

Polytechnic

"краснокирпичные университеты"

polytechnic school

политехнический институт/колледж

the Redbrick Universities

политехникум

I went off to take my first pictures of

obviously I didn't have much money in those days.

My love of nature goes right back to my childhood,

I trained as a scientist and therefore my way of expressing myself is very different.

Unlike many of the wildlife photographers of the time,

to the times when I stayed on my grandparents' farm in Suffolk.

I became keen very quickly, and learned how to develop and print;

sea anemones and starfish.

Similarly, guerrilla forces, which often rely on acts of terror and other forms of propaganda,

and terrorism as the “weapon of the weakest.”

Terrorism proper is thus the systematic use of violence to generate fear,

and thereby to achieve political goals, when direct military victory is not possible.

This has led some social scientists to refer to guerrilla warfare as the “weapon of the weak”

aim at military victory and occasionally succeed.

The weather changes with the change

with heavy rain and gales.

At first they melt in the warmth of the early morning sun but

or warm fine summer days return in mid-October (Indian summer) gilding the autumn leaves.

Winter cold comes back when spring seems already to be here,

as the days get shorter they may last throughout the day.

At other times strong winds bring stormy weather

of the seasons.

to work on research projects

системный подход в обучении

to enrol

зачислять

systematic approach to learning

работать над научными проектами

Many stars, past and present, live in neighbouring communities such as

many of the famous lots and sound stages or turned them over to television show producers.

By the early 1960s it had become the source of

Hollywood began to alter its functions.

With the advent of television,

much of American network television entertainment.

After World War II, film studios began to move outside Hollywood; and location filming around the world emptied

Beverly Hills and Bel Air.

In the latter half of the 19th century, terror was adopted in Western Europe, Russia, and the United States by

used arbitrary arrest, torture, and execution to punish what it viewed as religious heresy.

After the American Civil War (1861–65), defiant Southerners formed the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate supporters

of Reconstruction (1865–77) and the newly freed former slaves.

Likewise, the use of terror was openly advocated by Robespierre during the French Revolution, and the Spanish Inquisition

adherents of anarchism, who believed that the best way to effect revolutionary political and social change was to assassinate persons in positions of power.

In 1698, Peter the Great and William Penn had met in London, and in 1763 a Boston merchant had anchored

Alaska.

During the 19th century, Russian and

to the United States.

In 1867, Alaska was sold

American frontiers met in Alaska.

Russia had colonized

his ship at the port of Kronstadt after a direct transatlantic voyage.