Task 2. Read the text and mark the sentences as True (T) or False (F). Text: “Animals in the Air.” Did you know that the first passengers in a hot-air balloon were a sheep, a duck, and a chicken? In 1777, Joseph Montgolfier was sitting by a fire. His clothes were drying nearby. Suddenly, he saw one of his shirts moving up! He was surprised. Joseph threw some small pieces of paper into the fire. The paper also went up. He understood that hot smoke can lift things. Joseph loved science and wanted to be an inventor. He decided to make a machine to capture smoke and heat to lift people. Together with his brother Jacques, Joseph started doing experiments. Soon, they learned that it was the heat, not just smoke, [text continues beyond the image]. Statements: 1. Joseph Montgolfier saw his shirt flying in the air near the fire. 2. The first hot-air balloon was made of metal and glass. 3. The Montgolfier brothers were the first people to fly in their balloon. 4. The first passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a chicken. 5. The first human flight took place in London.

Перевод задания: Прочитай текст и отметь предложения как верные (T) или неверные (F).

1. T. Joseph saw one of his shirts moving up beside the fire, so the statement is true. (Джозеф увидел, как одна из его рубашек поднимается рядом с огнём, поэтому утверждение верно.)
2. F. The first hot-air balloon was made of paper and fabric, not metal and glass. (Первый воздушный шар был сделан из бумаги и ткани, а не из металла и стекла.)
3. F. The first passengers were animals. The first people to fly in a balloon were not the Montgolfier brothers. (Первыми пассажирами были животные. Первыми людьми, совершившими полёт на воздушном шаре, были не братья Монгольфье.)
4. T. The text says that the first passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a chicken. (В тексте сказано, что первыми пассажирами были овца, утка и курица.)
5. F. The first human balloon flight took place in France, near Paris, not in London. (Первый полёт человека на воздушном шаре состоялся во Франции, недалеко от Парижа, а не в Лондоне.)

Перевод ответа: 1 — верно; 2 — неверно; 3 — неверно; 4 — верно; 5 — неверно.