Különleges, az űrből fényképezett képek földünkről, melyeken az ABC minden betűje ábrázolódik - és néhány földrajzos idióma.
Check out these stunning images which show an entire alphabet from space.
NASA’s Adam Voiland, with the help of readers, some colleagues and the agency’s wealth of imagery, has located every letter of the alphabet somewhere on Earth.
A – Utah’s Green River Bowknot Bend
B – Arkansas River and the Holla Bend Wildlife Refuge
C – Artificial island at southern end of Bahrain Island
D – Akimiski Island as seen via an Enhanced Thematic Mapper
E – A phytoplankton bloom near New Zealand
F – Mountains in southeast Tibet
G – Pinaki Island
H – Rivers alongside ridges in southwest Kyrgyzstan
I – Andaman Islands
J – Australia’s Trunk Reef
K – Glaciers at Mittimatalik, Canada’s Sirmilik National Park Pond Inlet
L – Snow in the northeastern US
M – Glaciers surrounding Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains
N – Ship tracks on the Pacific Ocean
O – A meteorite crater in Mauritania
P – Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta
Q – Lonar Crater in India
R – The waters of Lago Menendez in Argentina
S – Clouds swirling over the Atlantic Ocean
T – Roadside developments in the United Arab Emirates
U – Utah’s Gooseneck State Park
V – Shiveluch, an active Russian volcano
W – Dust blowing across the Red Sea
X – Leidy Glacier of Greenland
Y – Namibia’s Ugab River
Z – Smoke above wildfires in Canada
Földünk sok-sok angol idiómában fordul elő. Tudod párosítani az idiómát a jelentésével?
1. salt of the earth |
a. to the remotest and most inaccessible points on the earth |
2. to the ends of the earth |
b. very strange |
3. down-to-earth |
c. to be very expensive |
4. back to earth |
d. something extremely good |
5. heaven on earth |
e. to do everything possible to achieve a result |
6. like nothing on earth |
f. a very unpleasant situation |
7. to move heaven and earth |
g. a very good or worthy person |
8. Why on earth? |
h. returning to a more usual condition |
9. hell on earth |
i. a phrase used as a question expressing that someone is incredulous |
10. to cost the earth |
j. realistic or interested in everyday things |
Key:
1. g. 2. a. 3. j. 4. h. 5. d. 6. b. 7. e. 8. i. 9. f. 10. c.
Vocabulary
stunning |
lenyűgöző |
entire |
teljes |
alphabet |
ABC |
wealth |
gazdag tárház |
imagery |
képtár |
to locate |
megtalálni, megjelölni |
letter |
betű |
bowknot |
hurokcsomó |
bend |
kanyarulat |
wildlife refuge |
vadaspark |
artificial island |
mesterséges sziget |
mapper |
térképkészítő |
bloom |
virágzás |
alongside |
valami mentén |
ridge |
hegygerinc |
reef |
zátony |
glacier |
gleccser |
pond |
tó |
inlet |
keskeny öböl |
track |
nyom |
Pacific Ocean |
Csendes-óceán |
to swirl |
örvényleni |
volcano |
vulkán |
dust |
por |
Red Sea |
Vörös-tenger |
wildfire |
futótűz |
remote |
távoli |
inaccessible |
elérhetetlen, megközelíthetetlen |
to achieve a result |
eredményt elérni |
worthy |
érdemes valamire |
incredulous |
hitetlenkedő, kétkedő |