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Suddenly a snowy mound wiggles and reveals two dark eyes. The lump is transformed into the furry white body of a lone arctic fox.  They live on the land and sea ice within the Arctic Circle. Winter in the Arctic is unlike winter in most parts of the world. From October to February, the sun never rises to shine warmth and light. Luckily, these small foxes have some useful adaptations for living in the icy Arctic. Their thick fur coat keeps the fox’s body at a toasty 104°F. When it’s not trying to keep warm or avoid predators, an arctic fox is on the hunt for food. They prefer to eat small rodents called lemmings, but when times are tough they’ll eat whatever they can find: insects, berries, and even the droppings of other animals. Sometimes an arctic fox will follow a polar bear on a hunting trip and eat the bear’s leftovers. mound - насыпь lump - комок arctic fox - песец warmth - тепло adaptation - адаптация predators - хищники rodents - грызуны droppings - помет leftovers - остатки #intermediate

Black Friday is an informal name used to describe the day after Thanksgiving. It's often the busiest shopping day of the year because it kicks off the holiday season. This day can be crucial for the economy, especially for certain retailers. The term "Black Friday" has its roots in the middle of the 20th century. Police in Philadelphia initially used the term "Black Friday" to refer to heavy, disruptive traffic on the day after Thanksgiving. The term spread and businesses latched onto it. It worked well for retail businesses that depended on holiday shopping to put their finances "in the black" (earning profit) rather than "in the red" (operating at a loss). Thanksgiving - День Благодарения crucial - ключевой retailers - розничные торговцы initially - изначально disruptive - разрушительный spread - распространять earning profit - получение прибыли operating at a loss - работает в убыток #intermediate

Hawaii is the world’s largest island chain, and it’s the only U.S. state completely made up of islands. But only 7 of its 132 islands are inhabited. The Hawaiian Islands are volcanic islands. They have formed as the Earth’s crust, made up of giant rocky slabs called tectonic plates, moves over a particularly hot spot in the molten layer beneath the crust. Though Hawaii has thousands of plants and animals, it has only one native land mammal: the Hawaiian hoary bat. Hawaii’s other mammals, including the mongoose, rat, and feral pig, were brought to the islands by humans. Hawaii’s rich soil is considered one of its most important natural resources. Sugarcane, pineapples, coffee, macadamia nuts, and flowers are all important sources of income for the state’s economy. Tourism is the state’s leading source of income. island chain - цепь островов inhabited - обитаемый crust - кора slabs - плиты molten - расплавленный mammal - млекопитающее feral pig - дикая свинья sugarcane - сахарный тростник #intermediate

Television is really a three-part invention: the TV camera that turns a picture and sound into a signal; the TV transmitter that sends the signal through the air; and the TV receiver (the TV set in your home) that captures the signal and turns it back into picture and sound. When TV was first developed, all it could handle was black-and-white pictures; engineers struggled to figure out how to cope with color as well, which was a much more complex problem. Now the science of light tells us that any color can be made by combining a mixture of the three primary colors, red, green, and blue. So the secret of making color TV was to develop cameras that could capture separate red, green, and blue signals, transmission systems that could beam color signals through the air, and TV sets that could turn them back into a moving, multicolored image. transmitter - передатчик receiver - получатель capture - захватывать struggle - прилагать усилия, бороться combining - комбинирование beam - передавать #elementary

Whatever kind of man you are, whether you have a full-grown beard or are shaven clean, you know how important it is to have a good razor. Cartridge razors are often seen as an essential part of men’s shaving kits. They are available in a wide range of blade counts. They even come with soothing aloe strips to protect your skin from irritation. Each package of heads may be disposed of according to your preferences. This makes them very convenient for traveling business travelers, making them the most popular type of razor. Pros: Cartridges are changed as needed. Each cartridge provides three to four shaves. In addition to being safe to use, they take only ten minutes to do a good shave. Cons: The blade gets stuck in the hair follicles as it goes through the beard, so it takes multiple passes to shave cross-sections of stubble, leading to irritation and ingrown hairs. razor - бритва kit - комплект soothing - смягчающий irritation - раздражение preferences - предпочтения blade - лезвие #advanced