Английский язык в сфере профессиональной коммуникации: природопользование. Тарасова Л.А - 18 стр.

«Vityaz» studied a particulary deep area of the Pacific — the Tuscarora
Deep running from the Bering islands to the Isle of Hokkaido. The
materials collected by the expedition are of great scientific interest.
      The Tuscarora Deep going down over six miles, is one of the
nineteen deepest spots found in the depths of the sea. Fifteen of them
are in the Pacific, most of them in the western parts of the ocean.
      In 1864, an American shi p, the «Tuscarora», found adepth of
nearly 8.534 km in this area. This depth, well over five miles, was at
that time the greatest depth in that part of the ocean. The greatest
depth found by the «Vityaz» in 1953, however, was over 10.363 km,
some 6.5 miles. This is over a mile deeper than the depth found by
the Tuscarora. It makes it one of the deepest places in the Pacific
Ocean. By using echoes coming back from the sea floor, the scientists
on the «Vityaz» mapped its shape in great detail.
      Earthquakes, and volcanic activity generally, was found over a
wide area, particularily in the northern part, where part of the sea bed
dropped down hundreds of feet. Undersea volcanoes were found by the
expedition. Deep water fishes were caught, many of them not only of
the new species, but even of new types, unknown to science. Some of
them have no eyes and they move about with the aid of tentacles. Other
have large eyes like telescope lenses, or eyes on the end of long stalks.

                                WORDS

     stalk [st :k]              -   íîæêà (çîîë.), ñòåáåëü, ÷åðåíîê
     tentackle ['tent kl]       -   ùóïàëüöå
     volcano [v l'keinou]       -   âóëêàí
     species ['spi: i:z]        -   âèä (áèîëîã.)
     lens [lenz]                -   ëèíçà
     echo ['ekou]               -   ýõî

                           GRAMMAR
                      ÌÎÄÀËÜÍÛÅ ÃËÀÃÎËÛ

     Ìîäàëüíûå ãëàãîëû — ãëàãîëû, âûðàæàþøèå íå äåéñòâèå
èëè ñîñòîÿíèå, à îòíîøåíèå ëèöà ê äåéñòâèþ èëè ñîñòîÿíèþ.
Ìîäàëüíûå ãëàãîëû â ñî÷åòàíèè ñ èíôèíèòèâîì îáðàçóþò â
ïðåäëîæåíèè ñîñòàâíîå ãëàãîëüíîå ñêàçóåìîå. Îíè âûðàæàþò
çíà÷åíèå âîçìîæíîñòè, íåîáõîäèìîñòè, æåëàòåëüíîñòè è ò. ï.

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