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    a) Writers, artists, politicians have used coffee houses as informal places to meet,
talk and do business since the eighteenth century.
    b) They had completed their experiments on solar energy by the first of June.
    c) Astronauts have brought back 382 kilos of rock and dust from the Moon.
    d) Britain has developed a design industry and it is admired in the whole world,
    e) Scientists have known for years that cars, using electricity and not petrol, are
better for the environment.
    f) Seventy British citizens have won Nobel prizes for science — more than any
other country except for the United States.

   10.4 Выпишите из текста глаголы в форме прошедшего совершенного
времени. Прочтите вслух и устно переведите предложения с этими глаго-
лами

                          Was the Shuttle Programme Lucky?

    America's space shuttle programme had begun long before 1981 when the space
shuttle "Columbia" completed its first flight.
    By 1980 there had been four shuttle orbiters in the U.S. — "Columbia," "Chal-
lenger," "Discovery," and "Atlantis" to carry out scientific experiments in space.
    The shuttle programme was a great scientific success. It was very popular with
Americans, who liked to watch the start and landing of each flight.
    The start of "Challenger" on January 28, 1986 was unusual, because one of the
seven astronauts was not professional. Her name was Christa McAuliffe, she was a
high-school teacher.
    The (light had already been delayed five times because of bad weather and tech-
nical problems. The night before had been very cold. But on that day everything
looked fine.
    "Challenger" rose into the air and began its flight. For seventy-three seconds the
flight was normal. There had been no signals of the catastrophe. Suddenly, the people
watching the flight saw a big ball of orange fire in the sky. The seven astronauts
tragically died. The Challenger catastrophe shocked America and was the nation's
worst disaster in space.
    It was possible to begin shuttle flights again in 1988 after some new safety sys-
tems had been created for the three other orbiters — "Columbia," "Discovery," and
"Atlantis."

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                                 The Worst Sea Disaster

   There had never be _ a ship like the Titanic. Built in 1912, it was the biggest and
most beautiful liner that had ever been buil__ before. It w__ also considered very safe
because of its special design.

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