Vocabulary to the text "Fossil Fuels"
1. Get acquainted with the words and word combinations that you will run across while watching:
harsh [hɑːʃ] |
сложный |
rig [rɪg] |
оборудование; оснастка; установка |
drilling rig |
буровая установка |
off-shore |
прибрежный |
rough [rʌf] |
бурный (о море, погоде) |
blow up |
пускать на воздух |
submerged [səb'mɜ:ʤ] |
погружённый |
dare [deə] |
сметь, осмеливаться |
DT (data processing) |
обработка данных |
thruster ['θrʌstə] |
домкрат |
semi-submersible |
полупогружная буровая платформа |
anchored rig |
устройство на якоре |
versatile ['vɜ:sətaɪl] |
разносторонний; универсальный |
excavate ['ekskəveɪt] |
разрабатывать месторождение |
abundant [ə'bʌndənt] |
обильный; изобилующий |
shovel ['ʃʌvl] |
лопата; механическая лопата |
mount [maunt] |
подниматься, повышаться |
bucket wheel excavator |
роторный экскаватор |
mine [maɪn] |
рудник, шахта |
deposit [dɪ'pɒzɪt] |
месторождения полезных ископаемых |
pit [pɪt] |
шахта, забой |
2. Fill in the gaps using the given words. Each word can be used only once:
сoal, invention, wood, source, consumption, fossil, oil, fuel, energy
1. We still use fire, or combustion, but, … doesn't have enough energy to power today's coolest inventions.
2. … fuels which contain much more … than wood, got everyone fired up with new possibilities
3. Fossil fuels are currently the world's primary energy … .
4. Two fossil fuels, and …, provide most of the daily energy that heats our homes, powers our cars, and generates our electricity.
5. Since the late 18th century we have increased our … of fossil fuels.
6. With the … of steam engines, the demand for coal skyrocketed.
7. Our … needs for transportation and heat, drive oil exploration in the harshest corners of the planet.
3. Make up sentences using the following words:
1. for, land, gas, from, has, Exploration, oil, and, moved, to sea.
2. Canada, began, off, its, voyage, the coast, of in, first, It, 2002.
3. main, is, That, the, goal.
4. out, been, reserves, where, previously, have, of reach.
5. is more, semi-submersible, in rough, anchored, design, stable, than, Its, rigs, weather.
6. Responsible, but, also, are, environmentally, more, machines.