Study the given active vocabulary. Make sure you know their translation. Try to memorize the phrases with these words.
Vast (Eckels glanced across the vast office at a mass and tangle, a snaking and humming of wires and steel boxes, at an aurora that flickered now orange, now silver, now blue.- , , , - , , .)
game (Traveling you back sixty million years to bag the biggest game in all of Time.- !)
parchment (There was a sound like a gigantic bonfire burning all of Time, all the years and all the parchment calendars, all the hours piled high and set aflame.- , , , , .)
finicky (A Time Machine is finicky business.- - .)
annihilate (With a stamp of your foot, you annihilate first one, then a dozen, then a thousand, a million, a billion possible mice- , , , , , - !
Starve (For want of ten foxes a lion starves. - - .)
Infinite (For want of a lion, all manner of insects, vultures, infinite billions of life forms are thrown into chaos and destruction. - - , .)
Subtle (Or maybe it can be changed only in little subtle ways. - - .)
Patch (It leaves a red patch on his side. - .)
threaten ( When such occasions threaten, Time steps aside. -. . . )
Write out the sentences with the Active vocabulary and translate them into Ukrainian.
Transcribe the following words.
Phlegm, aurora, wrinkle, dinosaur, severe, spinal column, murmur, Moses, Caesar, wilderness, franchise, vulture, chaos, civilization, grandchildren, earthquake, womb, breath, breathe, scare, Tyrannosaurus, machine, pterodactyl, whisper.
Study the text. Match the beginning with the end of the word-combinations.
1. Gigantic (h) a. grasses
2. humming of (i) b. ferns and palms
3. a film of (k) c. a paint ball
4. incredible (j) d. world
5. oxygen (m) e. tiger
6. the machine (l) f. metal
7. green (n) g. change
8. giant (b) h. bonfire
9. anti-gravity (f) i. wires
10. moist (a) j. monster
11. saber-toothed (e) k. sliding warm water
12. Entire (d) l. howled
13. Slight (g) m. helmets
14. to shoot (c) n. wilderness
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5. Translate the passage from A touch of the hand to the merest touch of a hand. into Ukrainian in writing. In the text it is highlighted in yellow. Moreover, practice reading it with correct sounds and intonation.
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Answer the following questions in writing. Give the information from the text and your own opinion where possible.
1. Which adventure did Eckel decide to experience? How much did it cost?
2. Who won the elections in the USA? Who were the candidates for this position?
3. What was the aim of hunting?
4. Who accompanied Eckel in his journey?
5. How did the place they landed look like?
6. Which age (period) did they travel to?
7. Describe the rules of hunting.
8. Which protective equipment did they wear? Why did they need it?
9. Explain how the death of one small insect can cause the incredible changes in the whole world?
10. How the animals for shooting were selected?
