Учебное пособие по развитию навыков устной речи и чтения для студентов 1 курса технических специальностей

2. Answer the following questions on the text.

1. 
   What kind of TV program is MythBusters?
   
2. 
   Who created this show?
   
3. 
   Where do filming and experimentation take place?
   
4. 
   How do the MythBusters usually test myths? Describe the process.
   
5. 
   What methods do they use to test myths?
   
6. 
   How are the results of the experiments measured? What equipment is usually used?
   
7. 
   What kind of myths do the Mythbusters refuse to test? Why?
   
8. 
   How is each myth rated at the end of the episode?
   

3. Using a dictionary find the English definitions and the translations of the following words from the text. Make up 3-4- sentences of your own with any of these words.
Validity, rumour, to compile, to allege, to expand, consistency, to execute, appropriate, to gauge, to yield, dummy, blunt trauma, carcass, plausible, inconclusive.
4. Complete each sentence with the correct ending A-E from the box below.
1) The show’s creators use scientific methods …
2) The show can go to any part of the world …
3) If the alleged result of the experiment fails, the MythBusters attempt …
4) The MythBusters commonly use crash test dummies in order …
5) They also make use of pig carcasses …

A.	to test a particular myth.
B.	to observe blunt trauma injury.
C.	to achieve a more accurate simulation of human organs.
D.	to test the validity of various myths.
E.	to expand the circumstances to the point that will cause the described result.