Vocabulary 12

Vocabulary 11

Discuss the possible recommendations to space tourists

Vocabulary 10

Find information about the latest multinational space missions and speak about them.

Vocabulary 9

Work out a declaration on US-Middle East cooperation in the sphere of education.

199) a space mission
200) launched in Kazakhstan
201) Earth-like planets
202) outside the solar system
203) monitor smth
204) the brightness of stars
205) hundreds of thousands
206) characteristic twinkle
207) Russian-built Soyuz rocket
208) blast off
209) Baikonur Cosmodrome
210) a satellite
211) spend some years in orbit
212) onboard
213) measure minute changes
214) detect planets
215) orbit around smth
216) an eclipse
217) close to impossible
218) exoplanets
219) ground-based telescopes
220) support life

2. Think about possible tasks of such a mission in a five years. How can the goals change with time?

221) an astronaut
222) return from one’s stint
223) on the space station
224) age-related osteoporosis
225) set in
226) crew members
227) bone mass
228) round trip
229) work on a solution
230) on a regular basis
231) deprived of gravity
232) a model for ageing
233) weight bearing
234) as we age
235) skeleton wastes away
236) load your skeleton
237) a means of
238) accelerated ageing
239) rapid ageing decline
240) put mechanical signals into the skeleton
241) subtle spring
242) fracture
243) femur
244) thighbone
245) bone density loss
246) zero gravity
247) get normal exercise

1. What is being done by scientists to prevent damage to cosmonauts’ health?

248) top police investigator
249) alleged
250) involvement with a syndicate
251) criminal corruption
252) levelled at a senior policeman
253) an elite crime fighting agency
254) bust drug traffickers
255) law enforcement community
256) an elite unit
257) a cocaine smuggling ring
258) Raid
259) the Crime Commission's 260) offices
261) a major chemical a. importation plot
262) policing circles
263) police Sydney's docks
264) one’s arrest has sent 265) shock waves
266) a senior police officer
267) controversial
268) an alleged conspiracy
269) border controlled precursor 270) chemical
271) links to Asia
272) ramifications
273) investigative powers
274) compel witnesses to testify
275) conduct operations
276) covert surveillance b. operations
277) there is growing concern c. among lawyers
278) it's about time
279) a judicial officer
280) (be) given full power
281) fulfil an organization’s d. charter

1. Study the media information related to drug issues. What are the most flagrant cases?

2. Set up an imaginary commission which is to deal with police involvement in drug trade. What experts should be invited? Why?

238) crystal methamphetamine
239) the Salvation Army's
240) detox centre
241) charity
242) a drop-off in the numbers of people
243) people addicted to ice
244) a spiked increase
245) National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
246) get a bad reputation
247) have negative effects of using a drug
248) check oneself in for a drug addiction
249) get into punch-ups
250) burn down smth to a puddle on the ground
251) annual drug figures
252) availability
253) constantly evolving challenge
254) take a firm line on smth
255) the use of illicit drugs
256) highlight the dangers of a drug
257) pleasing

1. What countries are the most successful in their war on drugs?

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