 363  READING NEWS IN BRIEF Police arrested an Uruguayan woman at a Montevideo airport with 45 lbs of gold hidden in her belt and shoes. VOLCANOES HEAT GIVE ELECTRICITY In the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Russian Far East, half a million tons of fuel have been saved in the past ten years by using heat from volcanoes and geysers (гейзеры). Hot water and steam from underground heat comes as well as greenhouses (парники) which grow fresh vegetables all the year round Ten years ago the only fuel was coal brought from distant parts of the country. * * * An automatic camera which will photograph lighting damage (повреждения, причинение молнией) on power installations has been designed. * * * Pompeii, Italy. Scientists have discovered the remains of 11 more people buried under ruins (развалины) of the Roman city of Pompeii. Earlier the remains of a man and a girl were found. Pompeii was destroyed in 79 of our era by an eruption of Vesuvius. PARADOXES В английской литературе и публицистике часто встречаются парадоксы, т.е. своеобразно выраженное мнение, резко расходяшееся с общепринятым (иногда только внешне). Прочтите несколько образцов широко известных парадоксов. Tis strange but true; for truth is always strange, - Stranger than fiction (выдумка). George Gordon Byron (England, 1788-1824) I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln (USA, 1809-1865) True love i like ghosts (привидения), which everybody talks about but few have seen. Francois de la Rochefoucauld (France, 1613-1680) In this world there are only two tragedies. One is getting what one wants, and the other getting it. Oscar Wilde (England, 1856-1900) To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance (роман). Oscar Wilde Animals are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, pass no criticisms (не наводит критику). George Eliot (England, 1819-1880) Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first. 363 |
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