Стр.8-9 Модуль 1 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 8 класс

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1a Volcano chasers

In the Heat Moment of the

When a volcano erupts, most people want to get as far away as possible, as quickly as they can! German engineer Martin Rietze, on the other hand, grabs his camera and tries to get as close as he can and stay alive at the same time!

He’s so close that he can feel the heat burning his face even through his gas mask. The lava flow is about a metre away and ittasks getting closer every second. The ground beneath his feet is shaking and there is a deafening roar like a plane taking off. He cantaskt stay this close for too long because the gases and acids will destroy his camera, but Martin Rietze waits just long enough to see flaming hot lava and ash explode out of the nearby crater - and gets the perfect shot.

Martin is a freelance photographer whose stunning photographs of volcanic eruptions are in high demand with newspapers, and magazines all over the world. He is one of a small but dedicated group of volcano chasers. When a dormant volcano becomes active, they book the first flight to be as near as possible to it, set up camp and wait, sometimes for as long as two weeks. It takes a lot of patience as a volcano can erupt at any time, night or day and clouds, fog and steam often block the view. The final results though, like Martintasks shots of volcanic lightning - a phenomenon that still mystifies scientists - are definitely worth it!

When the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland erupted in 2010 and ash clouds closed airspace over Northern Europe, Martin was already on the scene for some of his most spectacular shots. After spending three sleepless nights in freezing temperatures, Martin got within three feet of the lava flow and even took photos of lava fountains - jets of lava that shoot up as high as a thirty-storey building! He didntaskt get any sleep because the volcano was throwing out rocks the size of cars, so for most of the time he was sheltering behind a large boulder!

Martin says that hetasks had more accidents when mountain climbing than volcano chasing, but that doesntaskt stop him from taking precautions because this is a job where safety is a priority. Goggles and a gas mask provide protection from poisonous gases, but gloves are just as important because fresh lava can be as sharp as a knife. Volcano chasing is quite risky. As Martin admits, “One has to know when it is safe to come near and when it is a matter of survival to stay away-sometimes many kilometres away!”

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Vocabulary

Volcanic eruptions

1 Listen and say. Use the picture and the captions to tell the class what happens when a volcano erupts.

Listening & Reading

2 a) Read the title of the text, the introduction and the first sentence in each paragraph. What is the text about? Listen, read and check.

b) Now read the text again and for questions 1-5, choose the best answer А, В, C or D. Justify your answers.

1 Martin Rietze cantaskt stay near a volcano for a long time because ittasks bad for his equipment.

A ittasks bad for his equipment.

В he cantaskt stand the heat.

C ittasks too loud.

D ittasks dangerous for his health.

2 Volcano chasers have to be patient.

A very active.

В talented scientists.

C patient.

D freelancers.

3 When the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted, it was difficult for Martin to protect himself from flying rocks.

A get a flight to Iceland.

В find somewhere to stay.

C get close enough to take good photos.

D protect himself from flying rocks.

4 It seems that Martin understands the risks hetasks taking.

A doesntaskt take enough safety precautions.

В understands the risks hetasks taking.

C often gets injured.

D underestimates the dangers of volcano chasing.

5 Martin suggests that a volcano is sometimes too dangerous to photograph up close.

A he sometimes takes photos when he knows ittasks too dangerous.

В volcano chasing is for anyone.

C volcanoes arentaskt as dangerous as people think.

D a volcano is sometimes too dangerous to photograph up close.

3 Match the words in bold in the text to their synonyms. What part of speech is each? rock, earth, devoted, puzzles, moving up and down, not employed by others, prevent you from seeing, hiding, safety measures.

4 Use words from the Check these words box in the correct form to complete the sentences.

1 The 3300 ft Chilean Chaiten volcano erupted last Thursday for the first time.

2 The deafening roar scared people who hurried to evacuate the area.

3 The dormant volcano awoke after 9,000 years of silence.

4 Poisonous gas caused breathing problems for residents.

5 Flaming hot lava started flowing down the volcano.

6 Clouds of steam and ash blocked, the view for miles, making it difficult to see.

Grammar

Tense revision

5 Put the verbs in brackets in present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous or present perfect. Give reasons.

1 John tripped and cut his knee as he was walking up the volcano.

2 Martin hasntaskt reached the crater yet.

3 Look at the volcano. Huge rocks are exploding out of the crater!

4 They are going volcano surfing tomorrow.

5 Luke has been working hard for the last three weeks.

6 We are leaving for Chile next Monday.

7 People were looking at the volcano as lava was flowing down during the eruption last night.

6 Use the adverbs to make sentences about you: every day, last week, at this time last Monday, ago, yet, now, for a month, already, since last weekend.

Speaking

7 Give a 2-minute talk on Martin Rietzetasks job as volcano chaser. In your talk,

say what his job involves.

describe his experience of the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption.

say how risky his job is and what he does to keep himself safe.