The Earth — Планета Земля

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1. Earth. Земля Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System’s four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the Blue Planet, or by its Latin name, Terra. Home to millions of species including humans, […]...
2. Pluto — Плутон Pluto, which is only about two-thirds the size of our moon, is a cold, dark and frozen place. Relatively little is known about this tiny planet with the strange orbit. Its composition is presumed to be rock and ice, with a thin atmosphere of nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane. The Hubble Space Telescope has produced […]...
3. The Earth and the Solar System — Земля и Солнечная система We, humans, live on the Earth. And our planet Earth is surrounded by space. The sky is what we see of space. There are billions of stars and probably billions of other planets moving through space. Our planet is moving through space too. We live on the surface of our planet Earth. Gravity keeps us […]...
4. The Sun — Солнце The big burning ball of gas that holds nine major planets in orbit is not unlike many stars in the universe. The Sun makes up 99.86 percent of the solar system’s mass and provides the energy that both sustains and endangers us. Scientists have lately begun calling its tremendous outpouring of energy «space weather». The […]...
5. Модальные глаголы may, might, could, should, ought to, shall, will ТЕСТ: Модальные Глаголы may, might, could, should, ought to, shall, will Подходит для школьного тестирования : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 класс Выберите наиболее подходящий вариант: 1 Your jeans are dirty. You ___ wash them. A Should B Will C Should to 2 Let’s ask Jenny. She ___ know what happened. A […]...
6. Mars. Марс Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. It is often described as the «Red Planet», as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance. […]...
7. Jupiter. Юпитер Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-thousandth of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a […]...
8. Venus. Венера Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason […]...
9. The Solar System. Солнечная система The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by gravity, all of which were formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. Of the many objects that orbit the Sun, most of the mass is contained within eight relatively solitary planets whose orbits […]...
10. Uranus. Уран Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and the third-largest and fourth most massive planet in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus. Though it is visible to the naked eye like the five classical planets, it was never recognized as a planet by ancient observers […]...
11. Neptune. Нептун Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in our Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than Uranus. On average, Neptune orbits the Sun […]...
12. Asteroids — Астероиды Quick quiz: how many planets orbit our Sun? If you said nine, you’re shy by several thousand. Scientists consider asteroids to be minor planets — some are hundreds of miles wide. The vast majority of asteroids are small, compared with a large one like Ida, this 32-mile-long chunk of stone and iron that was photographed […]...
13. Биография Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress and pop music singer. After gaining prominence in the television show Lizzie McGuire, she has since gone onto a film career, with roles in mainstream pictures such as Cheaper by the Dozen and independent films such as Material Girls and The Perfect Man. Duff has also launched a […]...
14. Биография Христофора Колумба на английском языке, Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. History places a great significance on his landing in America in 1492, with the entire period of the history of the Americas before this date usually known as Pre-Columbian, and […]...
15. Биография Jimi Hendrix, биография Джимми Хендрикса James Marshall Hendrix was an American musician, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, widely regarded as the best electric guitarist in the history of popular music. Mostly self-taught on the instrument, the left-handed Hendrix used a right-handed guitar that was restrung and played right side up. As a guitarist, he built upon the innovations of blues stylists […]...
16. Mercury. Меркурий Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 days. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits. Mercury is bright when viewed from Earth, but it can only be viewed in morning or evening twilight. Comparatively little is known about Mercury; ground-based telescopes […]...
17. Количественные числительные / Cardinal Numerals 1-12 13-1920-90100 и более 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20 twenty 21 twenty-one 22 twenty-two И т. д. 30 thirty 40 forty […]...
18. Биография Madonna, биография певицы Мадонны Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, principally known by her first name, is an American pop singer, composer, actress, dancer, author, activist, and fashion icon. She rose to prominence in the 1980s, and has become the most successful female solo artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records. Madonna was born in Bay City, Michigan, to […]...
19. Модальный глагол Ought to Модальный глагол Ought Должен, следует имеет только одну форму. После него употребляется инфинитив с частицей to. Сокращенная форма от ought not — oughtn’t. Модальный глагол Ought Употребляется: 1. Для выражения необходимости совершения действия. Эта необходимость обусловлена силой чьего-либо мнения. Если ought употребляется с неперфектным инфинитивом, то он выражает совет или рекомендацию и относится к настоящему […]...
20. Биография Prophet Muhammad Muhammad, was the final prophet of Islam. Islam is considered by Muslims to be the final step in the revelation of a monotheist religion of which earlier versions were the teachings of Moses, Jesus and the other prophets. Summary. Muhammad is said to have been a merchant who traveled widely. Early Muslim sources report that […]...
21. Биография Амели Эрхарт на английском языке, Amelia Earhart, биография английский язык Amelia Mary Earhart, daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart, was an American aviator and noted early female pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational flight in 1937. Early Life Amelia’s grandfather was Alfred Otis, a former federal judge and a leading citizen in Atchison who reportedly was not satisfied with her […]...
22. Saturn. Сатурн Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus. Saturn’s symbol represents the god’s sickle. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Saturn has an average […]...
23. Таблица модальных глаголов Ниже приведена таблица модальных глаголов английского языка с примерами использования и пояснениями. Возможность / Невозможность Вероятность, уверенность Предположение, неуверенность Физическая возможность, умение Can — могу по обстоятельствам Anybody can make a mistake. — Ошибиться может каждый. May = Can = It’s possible — могу по факту You may find everything here. — Вы можете найти […]...
24. Биография Mark Twain, биография марка твена Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. At his peak, he was probably the most popular American celebrity of his time. William Faulkner wrote that Twain was «the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs». […]...
25. Our Planet Earth. Наша планета Земля The planet Earth is only a tiny part of the universe, but it’s the only place where human beings can live. Today, our planet is in serious danger. Acid rains, global warming, air and water pollution, overpopulation are the problems that threaten human life on Earth. Who is to blame for the disaster? The answer […]...
26. Биография Jesus Christ, биография Иисуса Христа Jesus, or Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, is Christianity’s central figure, both as Messiah and, for most Christians, as God incarnate. In Islam and the Bahá’í Faith, he is regarded as a major prophet. The primary sources about Jesus are the four canonical Gospel accounts, which depict him as a Jewish preacher, […]...
27. Биография Michael Jackson, биография Майкла Джексона Michael Joseph Jackson, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and philanthropist. He began his career as the lead singer of the Motown act, The Jackson 5, in the 1960s, and made his first solo recordings in 1971 as part of the Jackson 5 franchise. Jackson began a full-fledged solo career in 1979 and […]...
28. Биография Pope John Paul II The Venerable Pope John Paul II Latin: Sevorum Dei Ioannes Paulus P. P. II), born Karol Józef Wojtyla, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death. He was the first non-Italian to serve in office since the Dutch — German Pope Adrian VI died in […]...
29. Биография Альберта Эйнштейна на английском языке, Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was a German-born Jewish theoretical physicist of profound genius, who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20-th century and one of the greatest scientists of all time. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1905 and «for his services to […]...
30. Артикли. Articles There are a couple of interesting questions which were asked in connection with the rules. If you have been taught simply to use «a», «an» with countable nouns and «the» with uncountable nouns, please forget everything you have learnt. We shall begin from the beginning! Once upon a time, there was a house. In the […]...
31. Биография Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. At various times a soldier, journalist, author and politician, Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in British and world history. […]...
32. Биография Элвиса Пресли на английском языке, Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley, also known as The King of Rock and Roll or The King, was an American singer and actor. Early in his career he was referred to as The Hillbilly Cat. Later, his friends referred to him as «E». Rolling Stone magazine said «Elvis Presley is rock ‘n’ roll» and called his body […]...
33. Moon — Луна Though a satellite of Earth, the Moon is bigger than Pluto. Some scientists think of it as a planet. There are various theories about how the Moon was created, but recent evidence indicates it formed when a huge collision tore a chunk of the Earth away. Because it takes 27.3 days both to rotate on […]...
34. Биография Thomas Jonathan Jackson Thomas Jonathan «Stonewall» Jackson was an American teacher and soldier. He became a famous Confederate general during the American Civil War, and was killed midway through the conflict. Jackson is often considered one of the most gifted battlefield commanders in American history, and his death was a severe setback for the Confederacy. Paternal ancestry. Thomas […]...
35. Правила употребнения числительных в английском языке Научные цифры в английском языке К техническим или, как их еще называют «научным» числительным, относятся сложные числительные, имеющие положительную или отрицательную степень. В данной таблице приведены наиболее распространенные и часто употребляемые из них: SCIENTIFIC NUMERALS ; Число Обозначение Название 10-12 = 0.000 000 000 001 P Pico 10-9 = 0.000 000 001 N Mano 10-6 […]...
36. Биография Jessica Simpson, биография Джессики Симпсон Jessica Ann Simpson is an American pop singer who rose to fame during the late 1990s. She has starred with her husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Newlyweds, released her own line of beauty products called Dessert, and has also started a career as an actress. Early life and career. Simpson was born […]...
37. Husbands and Wives. Мужья и жены Men are lazy at home, according to an official survey published today. They have about six hours a week more free time than wives, but play very little part in cooking, cleaning, washing and ironing, according to the social trends survey conducted by the central statistical office. Nearly three quarters of married women claimed to […]...
38. Топики по английскому языку животные, Animals need help, Earth is in danger, Животные нуждаются в помощи, Земля в опасности People have lived on our planet for many years. They lived and live on different continents, in different countries. People depend on their planet, on the sun, on animals and plants around them. People must take care of Earth. Our ecology becomes worse and worse with every new day. Many species of animals and birds […]...
39. Масштаб Чтобы на листе бумаги разместить изображение местности, его дают в очень уменьшенном виде. Что такое масштаб. На местности расстояния указывают в метрах или километрах. Например, расстояние от Киева до Харькова составляет 480 км. Такое расстояние показать на бумаге невозможно. Поэтому на планах и картах расстояния даны в уменьшенном виде — в сантиметрах и миллиметрах. Чтобы […]...
40. Биография Эмили Дикинсон на английском языке, Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Though virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded with Walt Whitman as one of the two great American poets of the 19-th century. Her life has inspired numerous biographers and voluminous speculation; mostly about her sexuality, of which little is definitively known. Life. Dickinson […]...