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Especially when a big, black rock estrela bet vasco basquete whizzes past as you fall.

Anders Helstrup filmed what some think is a estrela bet vasco basquete meteorite during his jump in Norway.

One estrela bet vasco basquete geologist is convinced that the object is indeed from space.

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Transcriçãoestrela bet vasco basqueteportuguês

Skydiving pode ser perigoso…

Especialmente quando uma grande rocha negra passa zunindo enquanto você cai.

Anders Helstrup filmou o que alguns acreditam ser um meteorito durante o seu salto na Noruega.

Um geólogo está convencidoestrela bet vasco basqueteque o objeto teria vindo do espaço.

Mas buscas na terra até agora têm sido infrutíferas.

Vocabulary

estrela bet vasco basquete skydiving a sport in which you jump from an aircraft and fall for as long as possible before opening a parachute

estrela bet vasco basquete whizzes moves very fast

estrela bet vasco basquete meteorite piece of rock from space that has fallen to earth

estrela bet vasco basquete geologist scientist who studies rocks

estrela bet vasco basquete fruitless unsuccessful

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

skydiving/ whizzes / meteorite / geologist / fruitless

1. Rare, prehistoric rock art which could be more than 4,000 years old has been discovered in the Brecon Beacons. The Bronze Age discovery was made late last year by national park _________ Alan Bowring.

2. Employees at the online storage firm _________ through corridors on skates and office scooters, some take time off to play pool and video games, and a plush music room is ready for a karaoke contest.

3. A _________ team from Garvagh, County Londonderry, have celebrated their 30th anniversary by jumping from a hot air balloon.

4. Spanish astronomers spotted a _________ with a mass of about half a tonne crashing into the lunar surface last September.

5. However Mr Burns has admitted that Fuel Entertainment's search may prove _________. "We don't know exactly what we'll find, but it's bound to be interesting," he said.

Answers

Answers:

1. Rare, prehistoric rock art which could be more than 4,000 years old has been discovered in the Brecon Beacons. The Bronze Age discovery was made late last year by national park geologist Alan Bowring.

Source: Bronze Age rock art uncovered in Brecon Beacons http://bbc.in/1oETx7c

2. Employees at the online storage firm whizz through corridors on skates and office scooters, some take time off to play pool and video games, and a plush music room is ready for a karaoke contest.

Source: Digital Indians: How Ruchi Sanghvi engineered her rise http://bbc.in/1g1dmF2

3. A skydiving team from Garvagh, County Londonderry, have celebrated their 30th anniversary by jumping from a hot air balloon.

Source: Skydive team celebrates anniversary http://bbc.in/1mVtPim

4. Spanish astronomers spotted a meteorite with a mass of about half a tonne crashing into the lunar surface last September.

Source: 'Biggest observed meteorite impact' hits Moon http://bbc.in/1gx9FV1

5. However Mr Burns has admitted that Fuel Entertainment's search may prove fruitless. "We don't know exactly what we'll find, but it's bound to be interesting," he said.

Source: ET game excavation confirmed by studio http://bbc.in/1qjH5uf