Упр.10 Юнит 1 Урок 91011 ГДЗ Happy English Кауфман 10 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Кауфман 10 класс, Титул: 10 Read the story about «Murphy’s Law» and mark these sentences true or false. 1. «Murphy’s Law» was invented by a scientist after a series of tests. 2. «Murphy’s Law» was just a joke that the team at Edwards Air Force Base liked. 3. People talked about «Murphy’s Law» when they wanted somebody to be very careful. 4. Their belief in «Murphy’s Law» didn’t help the team in their work. 5. Journalists liked the story about «Murphy’s Law». For your information «Murphy’s Law» gets its name from Captain Edward A. Murphy, an engineer who worked on a very challenging project at Edwards Air Force Base in 1949. One day, he noticed that a technician, who was known for his mistakes, had just made another one. Captain Murphy said, «If there is any way to do something wrong, this guy will find it.» Since then the team members always thought about the worst possible scenario when they got ready for a new experiment. They called it «Murphy’s Law». When the project was over, the pilots and engineers always mentioned this «law» in their interviews. They said it had helped them in their work because it made them extra careful. Soon after that, Murphy’s Law appeared in a lot of magazines and newspapers and became famous. Nowadays there are a lot of witty statements that are similar to Murphy’s Law. They are made up by different people all over the world. *Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

1. False — Murphy’s Law was not invented after a series of tests; it got its name from Captain Edward A. Murphy.

2. False — it was not just a joke that the team liked; they used it to think about the worst possible scenario.

3. False — people did not use it to tell somebody to be careful; the team members themselves thought about it before experiments.

4. False — their belief in Murphy’s Law did help them in their work because it made them extra careful.

5. True — journalists liked the story, and Murphy’s Law soon appeared in many magazines and newspapers.