 206  Frances S. Osgood (1811-1850) * humble though they be - как они не скромны ** eternity - вечность READING DEEPEST LAKE IS DEEPER Recent explorations of Lake Baikal show that worlds deepest lake is even deeper than it was thought. Its greatest depth until recently was 5,712 feet, but new exploration found a cleft (расселина) which is at least 6,365 feet deep. The cleft, which was named by the scientists "the Oklahon cleft", has a length of over 30 miles. Its width is less than half a mile, in some places narrowing (сужаясь) to only a few dozen yards. STREET LAMPS AND THE TELESCOPE The town of Zelenchuk in the Caucasus installed (установил) street lamps which send all the light down. They show no light at all when they are seen from above (сверху). This has nothing to do (не имеет отношения) with the street-lighting in Zelenckuk itself. They are installed because the present lights interfere (мешают) with the operation of a telescope in a Caucasian astronomical observatory- And the telescope is 25 miles away! This fact shows the sensitivity (чувствительность) of modem instruments. The telescope is a giant (гигант). It is almost 100 feet long with a 237-inch mirror (зеркало). Even though it is electronically operated, great precision (точность) is necessary. A one degree variation (отклонение в один градус) in temperature is enough to show a star under observation out of focus (не в фокусе). Stars of the 24th magnitude (величина) - millions of times weaker than anything the naked (букв, голый; зд. невооруженный) eye can see - can be observed be this telescope. PROVERBS What is done cannot be undone. What cannot be cured must be endured. As you make your bed, so you must lie on it. Сделанного не воротишь. (букв. Что сделано, того не переделаешь). Приходится мириться с тем, что нельзя исправить, (букв. То, что нельзя вылечить, следует вытерпеть). 206 |
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