Стр.74-75 Модуль 4 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 8 класс
4e Unexplained phenomena Reading 1 Read the introduction of the text and the headings. What do you know about each place?
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4e Unexplained phenomena
Reading
1 Read the introduction of the text and the headings. What do you know about each place? What makes each a mysterious place? Listen and read to find out.
mysterious places
We’ve found out about some places that have some extremely weird phenomena. Read on to find out about some of the strangest places on the planet.
A The Hum – New Mexico, USA & Woodland, UK
Everyone knows how annoying constant, low level noise can be. The sound of a slow dripping tap, or someone 1) (REPEAT) tapping their foot could drive a saint to distraction. So imagine what it must be like to live with that kind of irritating sound all the time.
In the 1990s, 2) (RESIDE) of the town of Taos in New Mexico began complaining about hearing a faint sound like a distant car engine. Not everyone hears the strange noise called ‘The Hum’, but many of the ‘victims’ complain of loss of sleep, dizziness, headaches and anxiety. Investigators have suggested that the noise is caused by sounds produced naturally by the ear or by waves crashing together on the ocean floor. Most recently, a Hum also struck the tiny English village of Woodland in 2011. “It’s loudest on Sundays,’’ says one resident. “It’s a bit like a fridge, but it definitely isn’t my fridge.” For the moment ‘The Hum’ remains a mystery that continues to drive its victims mad!
B The Tree of Life – Bahrain
Sitting majestically on a high 3) (SAND) hill in the middle of the desert, two kilometres from Jebel Dukhan in Bahrain, is one of the most fascinating natural wonders of the world. The Tree of Life, an ancient mesquite tree, has survived in the desert for 400 years, miles from any other form of vegetation, and with no apparent source of water. Although the mesquite tree can develop a very wide and deep root system, 4) (SCIENCE) and biologists have been unable to locate the source of water that sustains the tree. This baffling enigma has made the tree a major tourist 5) (ATTRACT) in the Middle East.
But for the local Bedouin tribes, there is no mystery about the tree. They believe that the mythical god of water, Enki, has blessed the tree and has kept it alive and growing all these years.
C The Naga Fireballs – Thailand & Laos
Every year, around the time of the October full moon and at the end of the Buddhist rains, hundreds of red glowing tails of light are seen shooting up from the Mekong River before silently exploding in mid-air. Sceptics put the phenomenon down to a clever hoax, but there are records written by monks who witnessed the mysterious fireballs hundreds of years ago.
To many of the thousands of believers who gather along me banks of the Mekong to view this amazing sight, the fireballs are the 6) (BREATHE) of Naga. a mythical serpent that lives in the river. “I’ve seen the Naga,” says one local. “It was like a huge, silver snake swimming gown the river.” Others, however, believe that the fireballs are a natural phenomenon caused by methane gas bubbles escaping from the river bed.
D Black Mountain – Australia
Formed from 7) (VOLCANO) magma around 260 million years ago, Black Mountain is made up of a labyrinth of massive black boulders. Ittasks a wonderful, unique place but it has a dark history and locals claim visitors should beware. 8) (EXPLORE) have described the maze of caves and narrow passageways in the mountain and some have reported an interior inhabited by vampire bats and gigantic pythons within pockets of suffocating bad air.
Countless stories tell of the people who have walked into the caves never to return. Even a farmer and his herd of cattle are said to have disappeared into the mysterious caves. Some say that the eerie sounds of loud cries and banging are the lost trying to find their way out. Others insist ittasks the natural sounds of water and cracking stones in the caves. There is also a legend that a cat-like beast called taskthe Queensland tigertask is responsible for the 9) (DISAPPEAR) as it prowls the area and drags victims into its lair in the caves. Intriguingly, descriptions of the Queensland tiger 10) (CLOSE) resemble a species of lion which became extinct in Queensland about 20,000 years ago!
Check these words
Tap dripping, tap foot, drive sb to distraction, irritating sound, dizziness, anxiety, remain a mystery, drive sb mad, majestically, vegetation, apparent, sustain, baffling enigma, bless, glowing, gather, serpent, methane gas bubbles, river bed, labyrinth, maze, suffocating, eerie sound, drag, lair, intriguingly, resemble
2 Read again and form derivatives from the words in capitals so that they fit the text. Complete the gaps with the new words.
3 Complete the sentences with words/ phrases from the text.
1 The strange sound called taskThe Humtask sounds like ... .
2 Apart from New Mexico, taskThe Humtask is also heard ... .
3 The Tree of Life is in the centre of... .
4 Experts cannot find ... that is keeping the tree alive.
5 The Naga Fireballs appear in the sky close to ... .
6 It is believed that... leaving from the bottom of the river are causing the fireballs.
7 Inside the Black Mountaintasks cave live ... .
8 The Queensland tiger looks like ... that no longer exists.
4 Match the underlined adjectives to their opposites in the list: nearby, silly, shallow, low, tiny, light, artificial, loud, normal.
5 Explain the words in bold. What part of speech is each?
Sound verbs
6 a) Listen to the sounds, then say.
blow
buzz
crack
crunch
patter
rustle
scratch
splash
stamp
whistle
drip
b) Use the verbs in Ex. 5a in their correct form to complete the gaps.
1 bees buzz
2 the wind blows
3 dogs crunch bones loudly
4 dogstask nails scratch the floor
5 leaves rustle in the wind
6 rain patters on the windows
7 a tap drips
8 children stamp their feet on the floor
9 one whistles a tune
10 children splash in the water
11 tree branches crack
Grammar
Articles
7 Complete with a, an or the where necessary. Check in the Grammar Reference section.
Mysterious ghost lights are frequently seen near 1) the town of 2) Marfa in 3) the Chihuahua Desert in 4) Texas in 5) the USA. They are basketball-sized balls of light that bounce around during 6) the night and they have puzzled visitors and locals for more than 7) a century. 8) The first reported sighting dates back to 9) 1883 when Robert Ellison claims to have seen ‘ghost lights’ shining for days. Many people now believe that 10) the ‘Marfa Lights’ are actually just reflections from car headlights. Some true believers still won’t accept, however, that there is probably 11) an ordinary explanation for 12) the lights. There is even 13) a viewing platform in 14) the area where hopeful light spotters can go!
Speaking & Writing
8 Tell your partner two things you remember about each of the places in the text.
9 Think! Now imagine youtaskre in one of the places. What can you see, hear, sense? How do you feel? Write a few sentences to describe your visit, then read them to the class or to your partner.