Английский язык: Аннотирование и реферирование текста

188 1. Approximately. 2. Flight. 3. Distinguishes. 4. Operates. 5. Resembles. 6. Must be. 7. The drawback. 8. Velocity. 9. Usual. 10. Great. 11. Only. 12. Take off. IV . Divide the text into several logical parts and headline them . V . Make up the abstract and the annotation of the text , using the given phrases and expressions . Текст 2. Space News By Seth Borenstein , Washington With a series of small beeps from a spiky globe 50 years ago, the world shrank and humanity’s view of Earth and the cosmos expanded. Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, was launched by the Soviets and circled the globe Oct. 4, 1957. The space age was born. And what followed were changes to everyday life that people now take for granted. What we see on television, how we communicate with each other, and how we pay for what we buy have all changed with the birth of satellites. Communications satellites helped bring wars and celebra- tions from thousands of miles away into our living rooms. When we go outside, weather satellites show us whether we need to carry an um- brella or flee a hurricane. And global positioning system satellites even keep us from getting lost on unfamiliar streets. Sputnik gave birth to more than mere technology. The threat of a Soviet-dominated space spurred the U.S. government to increase ten- fold money spent on science, education and research. Satellite pictures of Earth inspired an embryonic environmental movement. Spy and communications satellites also kept the world at relative peace, experts say. Just last week, scientists used commercial satellite images to document human rights violations in Myanmar.