pooch дворняжка
pup щенок
remind напоминать
rescue спасать
rich богатый
shelter приют, пристанище
slope-style skiing горнолыжный спуск
so far до сих пор
stray dogs бездомные собаки
team команда
tiny village маленькая деревня
try пытаться
win (won, won) выигрывать
winner победитель
Soyuz Successfully Docks at ISS
THE MOSCOW TIMES3
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station, or ISS.
The three-man Expedition 39 reached the orbital outpost at 3:53 a.m., the Federal Space Agency reported, marking the beginning of a six-month stay in orbit. After running a series of routine checks to ensure that the connection between the spacecraft and the space station was airtight and without leaks, the crew opened the hatch and joined cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata, who have been staying at the station since November 2013.
The Expedition 39 crew, comprised of cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and astronaut Steven Swanson, was originally scheduled to dock with the space station on Wednesday morning, the Soyuz navigation computer prevented the vessel from executing a critical burn that would have kicked it up to the 370 kilometer orbit of ISS.
A minor problem in the ships orientation has been identified as the cause of the problem.
In early March Wakata became the first ever Japanese commander of the football-field sized orbiting laboratory, which has been permanently staffed by crews representing 16 nations since the arrival of Expedition 1 in November 2000.
airtight герметичный
arrival прибытие
become (became, become) становиться
burn запуск ракетного двигателя
cause (n) причина
comprise включать в себя
crew команда, экипаж
dock стыковаться, причаливать
ensure убедиться
execute выполнять, осуществлять
glitch проблема
hatch люк, крышка люка
join присоединяться, объединяться
kick бросать, толкать, ударять
leak утечка
minor незначительный
orbital outpost космический форпост
permanently постоянно, неизменно
prevent препятствовать
reach достигать
represent представлять
run (ran, run) проводить (какие-либо работы)
schedule назначать, планировать
spacecraft космический корабль
staff (v) укомплектовывать штаты
successfully успешно
vessel корабль, летательный аппарат
Russia to set up trading house for products made in jail
THE MOSCOW TIMES4
Russias prison service said Friday that it is creating a trading house to sell wares made by inmates.
The Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement that setting up the marketplace to place orders and sell goods will create a link between government agencies and product manufacturers.
Officials did not disclose in what way revenue from the sale of the products is to be used.
Sberbank, the countrys largest bank, will provide credit to finance the venture, the penitentiary service said.
Oleg Korshunov, who heads the prison services economic and financial department, says penitentiary inmates produce over 100,000 kinds of goods, ranging from uniforms and shoes to kitchenware and furniture.
Jail labor is used by governments around the world to profit from the manpower of incarcerated criminals, although the practice has ignited controversy in light of allegations that prisoners are forced to work unreasonably long hours for pitiful wages.
Inmates being forced to work 17-hour days sewing police uniforms for about 30 rubles ($1) a month.
The International Center for Prison Studies estimated that there were about 681,000 prisoners in Russian jails in 2013.
allegation заявление
although хотя
controversy спор, полемика
create создавать
disclose разглашать
estimate оценивать
furniture мебель
goods товары