Complete the sentences with the new words and write them down in your exercise book

Дополните предложения с новыми словами и запишите их в вашей тетради

Закончить предложения с новыми словами и написать их в тетрадь, ок. дальше что?

1 – When I was about 12, I (1 - ) the chance to go to western China, looking for rare plants in an extraordinary area of the mountains and forests.

a) got

2 – I wasn’t all that (2 - ) in plants.

c) interested

3 – But my dad’s a botanist by (3 - ) and he was going as assistant to Professor Beall, who was leading the expedition.

b) profession

4 – It was an important international expedition and my name was (4 -) not on the list of the participants.

b) definitely

5 – But at the (5 - ) moment, one of the experts broke his ankle.

c) last

6 – Of course, he had to (6 - ) out.

a) drop

7 – It was impossible to get anyone else to go at such (7 - ) notice, so my dad suggested taking me, for experience.

d) short

8 – The professor was so surprised that he agreed without thinking, but he obviously began to (8 - ) doubts as soon as the plane was in the air.

a) have

9 – I remember him (9 - ) that he hoped I was not going to run around.

d) saying  

10 – He also hoped I wouldn’t (10 - ) on rare specimens, as if I was a little kid!

a) tread

11 – My dad didn’t say anything as bad as that but he did say he hoped he wasn’t going to (11 - ) bringing me.

b) regret

12 – They didn’t realize it at that time that my only ambition was to get a photo of a wild panda; and in the end that was (12 - ) what I did!

c) exactly

My favourite sportsman is Zbigniew Bartman, the famous volleyball player, a member of the Polish national volleyball team. He was in the main staff of the team when they won the men's European championship on volleyball in two thousand and nine. He was also a member of the Polish team that won the gold medals in 2012, and Bartman received the award as the best striker of the championship. He played for the Polish club Asseco Resovia, which won the Polish championship in season two thousand and twelve and two thousand and thirteen year. After the season ended, Bartman had left the club and joined the Italian club Casa Modena.