Синхронный перевод. Гоголь О.В. - 8 стр.

       • North Korea warned Monday that Washington's «delaying tac-                  • Beginning late Christmas Eve, a small armada of exploratory
tics» would only prompt it to step up its nuclear development and re-         spacecraft will reach Mars, some attempting to enter orbit, others to
jected a US-backed proposal on ending a crisis over its atomic weapons        make risky landings on the Red Planet's surface.
program.                                                                             • Japan vowed Sunday to pursue its bid to host an experimental
       • It's «very important for the world and for Canada» that the          project that would generate energy by reproducing the sun's power
country participate in the reconstruction of Iraq, a project that will        source after negotiations by international sponsors ended in a deadlock
likely be accelerated with the capture of Saddam Hussein, Prime Minis-               • Proof that a mysterious force called «dark energy» is pushing
ter Paul Martin said.                                                         the universe to expand endlessly at a faster and faster rate has been se-
       • The West African states of Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal          lected as the «Breakthrough of the Year» by the editors of Science
are turning a blind eye to illegal ivory sales that are fueling poaching in   magazine.
surrounding countries, wildlife monitors said on Monday.                             • The winter months will be warmer than usual in the US Central
       • A UN conference on curbing global warming ended Friday               Plains states and the West, while the Northeast should brace for tem-
with scant progress after 12 days of wrangling about the fine print of        perature extremes in either direction.
the Kyoto global warming protocol, which will collapse if Russia says                • The European Union, the United States and four other coun-
«No».                                                                         tries failed in talks here to agree on a site for a 10-billion-dollar inter-
       • Federal spending on science and technology is expected to sur-       national nuclear fusion reactor.
pass $8.5 billion in fiscal 2003–2004, up seven per cent from the pre-
vious fiscal year, says Statistics Canada.                                          • The ice covering the Arctic Ocean is getting thinner as
       • The deeply divided General Assembly agreed Tuesday to delay          summers lengthen, say British scientists.
any discussion of a global treaty against cloning for one year – over-              Melting seen in recent years is set to continue, they warn, with
turning the vote by its legal committee for a two-year delay.                 the eventual disappearance of ice during the summer months. It puts
                                                                              the habitat of the polar bear, which relies on the ice to hunt for seals,
                                                                              under increasing threat. Melting will also increase the effects of global
      Part III (English)                                                      warming in the northern hemisphere, say researchers from University
      Ecology And Environmental Issues                                        College London (UCL) and the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate
                                                                              Prediction and Research.
       Work in pairs (small groups ) and translate the following into
                                                                                     • Pollution is still a big problems for many of the country's
Russian:
                                                                              most important rivers, according the Environment Agency.
       • Norway extended a marine conservation area around a chain of
                                                                                     The agency says more needs to be done to protect them from
Arctic islands on Friday, shutting out any future mining or oil and gas
                                                                              waste from farms and sewage treatment works. Figures show that in
drilling to protect local sea life including polar bears, seals and fish.     England and Wales, almost 20 % of rivers designated as sites of special
       • A study published on Friday in the journal Science has found         scientific interest (SSSI) – the UK's top conservation status – have poor
the devastating effects on Alaska's waters and beaches from 1989's            water quality. The agency says the River Eden in Cumbria and its
Exxon Valdez oil spill lasted far longer and are far worse than first         tributaries, one of the best catchments in the North West for otters, has
suspected.                                                                    been singled out for action against pollution from agriculture. In North
                                                                              Yorkshire the River Derwent, a protected SSSI river, is also suffering.

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