Halloween Vocabulary
afterlife
жизнь после смерти
In a windowless lab at the University of Galway in Ireland, there’s a fish tank containing an extraordinary creature
лаборатория
Listen to question 1
Lecturers often feel more nervous if a speech is _____
1.Important
fall
осень
This colony consists of tiny marine animals
морской
Listen to question 2
Many think that the ability to make a good public speaking is _____, while in fact it is a skill that can be learned by anyone.
2.A gift
broom
метла
The following picture depicts how Hydractinia can grow back a new head
описывать
Listen to question 3
The audience will only remember the ____ sentence of speech.
3.Last
cobweb
паутина
Along with a growing number of researchers, he claims that the tissue regeneration seen in creatures like Hydractinia could be an ancient power possessed by most animals.
обладающий
Listen to question 4
Ensure that your speech is _____.
4.Well-organised
cemetery
кладбище
The key to Hydractinia’s regenerative talent is the fact that it retains its embryonic stem cells for life.
сохранять
Listen to question 5
Don't start your speech until audience is _______.
5.Paying attention
disguise
маскировка
This means that any wound healing process doesn’t just produce a scab and a scar but a whole new body part as it would in an embryo, even a head.
healing - заживать/исцелять
scar - шрам
Listen to question 6
You can make your main ideas or notes on cards or a ______.
6.Sheet of paper
eyepatch
глазная повязка
At a gathering of developmental biologists earlier this year, Frank showed a video of the creature’s head-budding process in action
gathering - собрание
Listen to question 7
You do not need to write down the ______ speech.
7.Entire-Full
genie
джинн
Key stem cell processes are ancient and common to many animal species.
stem cell - стволовая клетка
ancient - древний
Listen to question 8
You can just write _______ ideas.
8.One or two
howl
выть
Over the past decade or so, researchers have started to believe that stem cells first evolved in a creature even more ancient than Hydractinia, whose soft body has long since dissolved in ancient seabeds
researchers - исследователь
evolved - эволюционировал
dissolved - растворённый
Listen to question 9
Remember to ________ yourself to see how long your speech will be.
9.Time
scarecrow
пугало
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute tested the idea that all planarian flatworms have the same regenerative superpowers but that in some it’s switched off early in development. They were right. With a relatively simple tweak to the stem cell system of a developing embryo they turned a creature that in nature couldn’t regrow a head out of a tiny tailpiece, into one that could.
development - развитие
tweak - поправить (дёргаться South Park)
creature - существо
regrow - отрастить
tiny - крошечный
Listen to question 10
Don't just ________ a script.
10.Read