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199 9. What do you think about this problem? II . Translate the introduction in written form and define the purpose of the article . III . Find English equivalents in the text . Я допускаю , что мне в какой - то степени нравится это чувство . IV . Read the article attentively and define its main ideas . V . Find the paragraph where the author ( makes ) gives his / her conclusion . VI . Make up the abstract and reduce it to the annotation . Текст 5. Polar Satellite Freeze Delays might undermine climate studies and forecasts By Charles Q . Choi ( Scientific American , February 2006 . P . 8-9 ) The long-range weather forecasts that warned of where Hurri- cane Katrina would strike depended on data from polar satellites. They capture not only details over the Arctic and Antarctic but also virtually every point on the planet's surface as the world turns under them. Now the replacements for the aging U.S. military and civilian fleet are in jeopardy. The program is $3 billion over budget, and the launch of the first replacement satellite is three years behind schedule. Today two agencies each maintain two polar satellites at a time: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Defense. In 1994 the U.S. decided to create the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System to serve the combined needs of NOAA and the DOD. The joint program's six orbit- ers would pack in 14 instruments, roughly twice as many as either mili- tary or civilian polar orbiters, and save $1.8 billion. After the U.S. awarded the satellite contract to Northrop- Grumman in 2002, a test satellite with four sensors was supposed to fly this May, and the first fully functioning replacement was set to roll out in June 2008. Now the launch of the test orbiter (overseen by NASA) is