Новости из прошлого на английском языке. ВЫПУСК №5

Cloudy weather in other parts of Western Siberia prevented many people from enjoying the spectacle.

Viewers were repeatedly warned to prevent eye injuries by wearing protective glasses, which sold throughout Novosibirsk for 50 rubles ($2).

In Moscow, half the sun was blocked, but cloud cover prevented Muscovites from viewing the partial eclipse. In St. Petersburg, people shouted «Look! Look!» and pointed above as the sun’s outer corona appeared in the sky.

«You just feel part of nature. … This is so rare,» said Lev, a software specialist in St. Petersburg. Many used special sunglasses, computer disks and even beer bottles to watch it.

In the remote Siberian settlement of Berezovaya Katun, near Russia’s border with China, a large crowd of tourists, including some from France and Mongolia, clapped and cheered as organizers released thousands of balloons into the darkened sky.

«It is quite eerie for any thinking person to watch how everything turns into darkness in broad daylight,» the Kremlin’s top medical adviser, Gennady Onishchenko, told Vesti-24 channel. People have been recording solar eclipses for perhaps 4,000 years, and they typically inspire a combination of dread, fascination and awe.

According to NASA, the next total eclipse will occur July 22, 2009, starting in India and moving across Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and over the Pacific Ocean. (AP, Reuters)[2 - «The Moscow Times» 2008 год]

Announce            Объявлять
Awe                     Благоговейный страх
Cage                    Клетка
Cheer                   Приветствовать громкими возгласами
Clap                     Аплодировать
Crowd                  Толпа
Dread                   Ужас
Eclipse                 Затмение
Eerie                    Сверхъестественный, зловещий
Enrapture             Восхищаться, восторгаться
Fascination          Привлекательность, обаяние
Flock (v)               Собираться (стаями)
Gaze                     Пристально смотреть
Gush                    Стремительный поток
Huge                    Огромный
Inspire                  Вдохновлять, вселять
Omen                   Знамение, примета
Partial                  Частичный
Path                     Тропа
Prevent                1) Мешать 2) Предотвращать
Prove                    Доказывать, подтверждать
Remote                 Отдаленный
Restless                Беспокойный
Settlement           Поселение
Silence                  Молчание
Spectacle              Зрелище
Submerge             Погружаться, окунаться
Swath                   Полоса, ряд
Tear (tore, torn)     Рвать, рваться
Wonder                 Чудо, удивление

Palace Made Hiring Mistake

LONDON – Buckingham Palace said an administrative mistake led to a Russian trainee butler working illegally in the royal household.

Buckingham Palace failed to apply for the correct work permit when it hired Igor Golovanov, 32, in 2006, a spokesman for Queen Elizabeth’s official residence said. Golovanov was fired when the mistake was discovered.

The spokesman said Thursday that Golovanov will be recommended for reemployment if he can obtain the correct permit and it is determined that he represents no security threat.

Golovanov has lived in Britain since 2000 and has a residency permit. (AP)[3 - «The Moscow Times» 2008 год]

Apply                  Направлять свое внимание
Butler                 Дворецкий, старший лакей
Determine          Определять, обнаруживать
Discover             Обнаруживать
Fire                     Увольнять
Hire                    Нанимать
Household          Королевский двор
Lead (led, led)     Приводить к…
Obtain                Получать
Permit                 Разрешение
Residency permit       Разрешение на проживание
Royal                   Королевский
Security threat     Угроза безопасности
Trainee                 Стажер, практикант

French Villa Link to Prokhorov Denied

COMBINED REPORTS

An official at Mikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim Group denied Sunday that the billionaire was close to buying the legendary Villa Leopolda on the French Riviera.

French newspaper Nice-Matin reported Saturday that Prokhorov would soon pay 496 million euros ($729 million) for the villa, which is owned by the widow of banker Edmond Safra. The newspaper did not say where it got the information.

Villa Leopolda is located in Ville-franche-sur-Mer, a French Mediterranean seaside resort between Nice and Monte Carlo, and is named after Belgian King Leopold II, who built the house at the start of the 20th century.

Onexim deputy CEO Sergei Chernitsyn said Sunday that the Nice-Matin report was not true. «The rumors may be connected with the activities of the Onexim division dealing with luxury real estate.» Chernitsyn said by telephone.

He added, «Mr. Prokhorov will not make any business in France until the Courchevel incident is settled and the French authorities give him an official apology.»

Prokhorov, whom Forbes ranks the sixth-richest man in Russia with an estimated fortune of $19.5 billion, last year announced that he was splitting from longtime business partner Vladimir Potanin after he and 25 other people were taken in for questioning at his hotel in the French ski resort of Courchevel over a suspected prostitution ring.

Prokhorov was released without charge after a few days. He has denied any wrongdoing and has demanded that the French authorities close the case.

Villa Leopolda was at one time owned by Fiat magnate Giovanni Agnelli, Agence France Presse reported.

Safra is said to have hosted U.S. President Ronald Reagan and crooner Frank Sinatra at the villa, the BBC reported. (Bloomberg, MT)[4 - «The Moscow Times» 2008 год]

Announce           Объявлять
Apology              Извинение
Buy (bought, bought)    Покупать
Crooner              Эстрадный певец
Deal with            Иметь дело с…
Deny                    Отрицать
Division               Отделение
Fortune               Состояние, богатство