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Составить 10 вопросов к тексту: Seeing an iceberg for the first time may arguably be the experience of a lifetime. As the white flecks begin to appear, you cannot stop yourself from reaching for your camera. The journey south would be better by boat of course. In the aircraft cabin we cannot feel the chill wind However, as we approach we hear a shrill bell from the cockpit followed by the announcement: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Antarctica." We are on the way to the scientific research station at Rothera. The base is on an island on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula. It is almost on the edge of a massive floating ice sheet, and every year it slides closer to the open water. As the aircraft bursts through the clouds, it feels as if we are somehow intruding. Our arrival at the research base comes as a shock. The metal prefabricated buildings on the slopes are a triumph of substance over style. The summer research season is in full swing when we arrive. Scientists with impressive qualifications live alongside the carpenters, electricians and mechanics. The base's medical facilities are a fair size and the resident doctor has an office which can be converted into an operating theatre. It was difficult to know exactly what to expect at Rothera, but it still came as a surprise to find the former, very influential, BBC weatherman, David Lee here. He receives images from the weather satellites that pass overhead and combines these with air pressure system diagrams to come up with weather forecasts. Rothera is a fully active research base, and it is also a staging post for field parties carrying out research in the heart of the continent. Of the very few people who have visited the continent, most have never made it as far south as our present position The scientists and support workers here live in a very hostile Soon this base environment have to be rebuilt before the ice it rests on breaks away from the main continent. Perhaps then the ice will form an iceberg, drifting north to welcome someone else to the spectacular, hostile white continent that is Antarctica.

Answer 1

Объяснение:

Where is the Antarctic Peninsula?

Where do scientists live?

What do we not feel in the cabin?

Where is the base?

What does a resident doctor have?

What forms ice?

What color is the continent?

What does a forecaster get?

Where is the party's research conducted?

What can you turn an office into?

Answer 2

1. What is the initial reaction of someone seeing an iceberg for the first time, according to the text?
2. Why does the text suggest that the journey to Antarctica would be better by boat?
3. What happens in the aircraft cabin as the travelers approach Antarctica?
4. Where is the scientific research station mentioned in the text located?
5. Why does the research station at Rothera slide closer to open water every year?
6. What does the text say about the appearance of the metal prefabricated buildings at the research base?
7. Who is David Lee, and what is his role at Rothera?
8. What is the purpose of Rothera as a research base, and what kind of work do scientists and support workers carry out there?
9. Why is it mentioned that most people who have visited the continent have not made it as far south as the present position described in the text?
10. What fate does the text suggest for the research base and the ice it rests on in the future?