Invent – изобретать

Mankind – человечество

Keep on – продолжать

Discovery – открытие

Amateur – любитель, непрофессионал

Unusual – необычный

Realize – 1) реализовывать; 2) понимать

Further – дальнейший

Steam power – энергия пара

Provide – давать, предоставлять

Contribute – вносить вклад беспрецедентный

Achievement – достижение; успех

Wonder – чудо

Smart – умный

Source – источник

Bewilder – приводить в замешательство

Keep track – отслеживать

Surpass – превосходить, опережать

Overturn – опровергать

Foresee – предвидеть

Link – связь

Chain – цепь

1. Выберите 3–5 слов и составьте с ними текст (4–5 пред-ложений).

2. Перед прочтением текста ответьте на во Я на англиском вообще не шарю добрые люди

1 Great Britain has the official name – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (or UK – for short).

2 The British Isles lie in the north-west of Europe.  They consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland,

3 The territory of the United Kingdom is about 244 square kilometres. His the 75th place among other countries in the world.
 
4 The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland-

5 The capital of the country is London.  The 4 capitols of the United Kingdom are : England is London, Wales is Cardiff, Scotland is Edinburgh and Northern Ireland is Belfast.

6  The two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) are based at The Palace of Westminster, 
in London.

7 The British Parliament is the oldest in the world. It originated in th 12th century as Witenagemot,

8  Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch – Queen Elisabeth II as a head of state.

Micro-Sculptures
Willard Wigan (born in 1957 in England) is the creator of the smallest works of art on Earth! His miniature sculptures include The Titanic on a pinhead, a cat on an eyelash and the six wives of Henry VIII in the eye of a needle. Some art a lot smaller than the full stop at the end of this sentence.
Wigan started making tiny things when he was a child. People made him feel small because he had learning difficulties, so he decided to show them how significant small could be! How does he create his unbelievable micro-sculptures? He slows his breathing, then patiently sculpts or paints between heartbeats, so that his hand stays perfectly still. He spends months carving his tiny creations from materials such as toothpicks, sugar crystals and grains of rice and then paints them with a tiny hair such as an eyelash. So how do visitors to Willard Wigan's exhibitions view his work? Through a microscope, of course!