Session 28

 6th April 2022 

sunny, cool 

Wednesday 

Reading part - olympics 8th grade 

heir = mostenitor 

fortune = avere / noroc

fortunately = din fericire 

to set sail = a porni in calatorie pe mare 

to waste (ed) = a risipi / a pierde 

waste = ramasite / deseuri

(ad)venture = aventura 

to venture (ed) = a se aventura 

aim / objective = obiectiv / tel / scop 

phenomenon (sg) - phenomena (pl) 

cactus (sg) - cacti ( pl) 

curriculum (sg) - curricula ( pl ) 

patch = petic 

sample = mostra 

to publicise/ publicize (ed) = a publica 

peril /  danger = pericol 

to pose (ed ) = a scoate in fata / a expune / a supune atentiei 

crusader = razboinic 

environment = mediu inconjurator 

environmental = legat de mediu 

disposable = de unica folosinta 

to epitomise / to emphasize =  a scoate in evidenta / a evidentia 

to trek (ed) = a face drumetie pe o zona periculoasa 

showjumper = calaret participant la concursuri 

to undergo = a fi parte a unei experiente/ a trece prin / a suferi 

affluent / rich = bogat 

raft = pluta 

In a few weeks, the heir to one of the world’s greatest fortunes, David Rothschild, will set

sail across the Pacific- in a boat

When will D set sail across the Pacific ? 

When it is ready, in a few weeks, it will carry de Rothschild and a crew of six on a 10,500-mile journey from San Francisco to Hawaii,...

When is the boat ready ?

The patch, north-west of Hawaii, was discovered in 1999 by researchers who found that its

waters contained tens of thousands of pieces of plastic per square mile, the remains of rubbish

caught in the region’s circulating ocean currents.

When was the Great Pacific Rubbish Patch discovered ? 

This pollution is now devastating populations of seabirds and fish that live in the region.

What is the pollution devastating now ? 

To further highlight the ocean’s plastic pollution problems, the 30-year-old environment

crusader has designed a special catamaran with a hull made of frames filled with 12,000 plastic

bottles.

Who has designed  a special catamaran ? 

As a result, the 20-metre catamaran has cost several million

dollars to construct and has taken three years its current design.

How much has the catamaran cost ? 

to focus attention on one of the world’s strangest and most

unpleasant environmental phenomena

What is the aim of the David's sail?

ROW = RAND 

RUM = ROM 

SWAN = LEBADOI 

DUN = GRI - MARONIU 

TRIWORDS

Mada -  81

Ariana - 68 

Andra- 62 

Cosminache - 55