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Every year, millions of birds traveltravel (verb)To go from one place to another.≈ Synonym: journey🇺🇿UZ: sayohat qilmoq🇷🇺RU: путешествовать incredible distances between their breeding groundsbreeding groundThe area where animals go to mate and raise their young.≈ Synonym: nesting areas🇺🇿UZ: urchish joylari🇷🇺RU: места гнездования and their winter homes. This journey is called migrationmigration (noun)The regular movement of animals from one region to another, often with the seasons.≈ Synonym: seasonal journey🇺🇿UZ: migratsiya, ko'chish🇷🇺RU: миграция. Some species, like the Arctic ternArctic ternA small seabird famous for its extremely long yearly migration.≈ Synonym: migratory seabird🇺🇿UZ: arktika chag'aloqi🇷🇺RU: полярная крачка, fly more than 70,000 kilometers in a singlesingle (adj)Only one.≈ Synonym: one🇺🇿UZ: yagona, bitta🇷🇺RU: единственный, один year, traveling from the Arctic to Antarctica and back again. Migration is one of the most impressiveimpressive (adj)Causing admiration because of size, skill, or quality.≈ Synonym: remarkable🇺🇿UZ: hayratlanarli, ta'sirli🇷🇺RU: впечатляющий behaviors found in the animal kingdomanimal kingdomAll animals considered together as a group.≈ Synonym: animal world🇺🇿UZ: hayvonot dunyosi🇷🇺RU: животный мир.
Birds migrate mainly to find food and better weather. In autumn, as temperatures droptemperature dropWhen the temperature becomes colder.≈ Synonym: cooling temperatures🇺🇿UZ: harorat pasayadi🇷🇺RU: температура падает and food becomes scarcescarce (adj)Not enough of something; hard to find.≈ Synonym: limited🇺🇿UZ: kam, tanqis🇷🇺RU: дефицитный, скудный in northern regions, many birds fly southsouth (adv)Towards the south.🇺🇿UZ: janubga🇷🇺RU: на юг to warmer places where insects, seeds, and fruit are still plentifulplentiful (adj)Available in large amounts.≈ Synonym: abundant🇺🇿UZ: mo'l-ko'l🇷🇺RU: обильный. When springspring (noun)The season between winter and summer.🇺🇿UZ: bahor🇷🇺RU: весна returns, they fly back north to breedbreed (verb)To produce young; to reproduce.≈ Synonym: reproduce🇺🇿UZ: urchimoq, nasl qoldirmoq🇷🇺RU: размножаться, since longer days and fresh vegetationvegetation (noun)Plants in general, especially those in a particular area.≈ Synonym: plant life🇺🇿UZ: o'simliklar🇷🇺RU: растительность make it easier to raise chicksraise chicksTo care for baby birds until they grow up.≈ Synonym: rear young birds🇺🇿UZ: jo'jalarni voyaga yetkazish🇷🇺RU: выращивать птенцов.
Scientists are still studying exactly how birds find their way across such long distances, but they have discovered several methods birds use to navigatenavigate (verb)To find one's way from one place to another.≈ Synonym: find one's way🇺🇿UZ: yo'l topmoq, mo'ljal olmoq🇷🇺RU: ориентироваться. Many species can sensesense (verb)To feel or notice something without seeing it.≈ Synonym: feel🇺🇿UZ: sezmoq🇷🇺RU: чувствовать, ощущать the Earth's magnetic fieldmagnetic fieldAn invisible force around the Earth that affects compasses and some animals.≈ Synonym: Earth's magnetism🇺🇿UZ: magnit maydoni🇷🇺RU: магнитное поле, which acts like an internal compassinternal compassA natural, built-in sense of direction.≈ Synonym: built-in sense of direction🇺🇿UZ: ichki kompas🇷🇺RU: внутренний компас. Others use the positionposition (noun)The place where something is.≈ Synonym: location🇺🇿UZ: joylashuv, holat🇷🇺RU: положение, позиция of the sun and stars to stay on course. Some birds also memorizememorize (verb)To learn something so you remember it exactly.≈ Synonym: learn by heart🇺🇿UZ: yod olmoq🇷🇺RU: запоминать, заучивать landmarkslandmark (noun)Recognizable features of the land used to find one's way.≈ Synonym: geographic markers🇺🇿UZ: mo'ljal nuqtalari🇷🇺RU: ориентиры, such as rivers, coastlinescoastline (noun)The line where land meets the sea.≈ Synonym: shorelines🇺🇿UZ: qirg'oq chizig'i🇷🇺RU: береговая линия, and mountains, from previous journeys.
Despite these remarkableremarkable (adj)Worthy of attention because it is unusual or impressive.≈ Synonym: extraordinary🇺🇿UZ: ajoyib🇷🇺RU: замечательный skills, migration is extremely dangerous. Birds may face severe stormssevere stormVery strong and dangerous weather events.≈ Synonym: violent storms🇺🇿UZ: kuchli bo'ronlar🇷🇺RU: сильные бури, exhaustionexhaustion (noun)Extreme tiredness.≈ Synonym: extreme fatigue🇺🇿UZ: charchoq, holsizlik🇷🇺RU: изнеможение, and a lacklack (noun)When there is not enough of something.≈ Synonym: shortage🇺🇿UZ: yetishmovchilik🇷🇺RU: нехватка of food along the way. Many also collidecollide (verb)To crash together with force.≈ Synonym: crash🇺🇿UZ: to'qnashmoq🇷🇺RU: сталкиваться with buildings, power linespower lineCables that carry electricity, often strung between poles.≈ Synonym: electric cables🇺🇿UZ: elektr liniyalari🇷🇺RU: линии электропередачи, or wind turbineswind turbineTall machines with spinning blades that generate electricity from wind.≈ Synonym: wind generators🇺🇿UZ: shamol turbinalari🇷🇺RU: ветряные турбины lit up at night. Habitat losshabitat lossThe destruction of the natural environment where animals live.≈ Synonym: loss of natural habitat🇺🇿UZ: yashash muhitining yo'qolishi🇷🇺RU: утрата среды обитания makes the journey even harder, since birds need safe resting spotsspot (noun)A particular place.≈ Synonym: place🇺🇿UZ: joy🇷🇺RU: место to refuelrefuel (verb)To take in more food or fuel before continuing a journey.≈ Synonym: restock energy🇺🇿UZ: kuch to'plash, oziqlanish🇷🇺RU: восполнять запасы before continuing their flight.
To help migrating birds survive, conservationistsconservationist (noun)People who work to protect nature and wildlife.≈ Synonym: nature protectors🇺🇿UZ: tabiatni muhofaza qiluvchilar🇷🇺RU: защитники природы are working to protect key resting sitesresting sitePlaces where migrating animals stop to rest and recover.≈ Synonym: stopover spots🇺🇿UZ: dam olish joylari🇷🇺RU: места отдыха and reduce light pollutionlight pollutionExcess artificial light at night that disturbs animals and darkness.≈ Synonym: excess artificial light🇺🇿UZ: yorug'lik ifloslanishi🇷🇺RU: световое загрязнение in cities. Simple actions, like turning off unnecessary lights during migration season, can save countlesscountless (adj)Too many to be counted.≈ Synonym: numerous🇺🇿UZ: son-sanoqsiz🇷🇺RU: бесчисленный birds. Understanding and protecting these incredible journeys helps ensureensure (verb)To make certain that something happens.≈ Synonym: make sure🇺🇿UZ: ta'minlamoq, kafolatlamoq🇷🇺RU: обеспечивать, гарантировать that future generations can witnesswitness (verb)To see something happen personally.≈ Synonym: see firsthand🇺🇿UZ: guvoh bo'lmoq🇷🇺RU: стать свидетелем this natural wondernatural wonderAn amazing sight created by nature.≈ Synonym: marvel of nature🇺🇿UZ: tabiat mo'jizasi🇷🇺RU: чудо природы.
In your own words, write a short summary of what you just read (70–100 words). Don't copy sentences — explain the main ideas.
Every highlighted word from this story with its meaning in Uzbek 🇺🇿 and Russian 🇷🇺, and an example. Tap 🇬🇧 or 🇺🇸 to hear the word or the sentence in a British or American accent.
| # | 🇬🇧 | 🇺🇿 | 🇷🇺 | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travelverb | sayohat qilmoq | путешествовать | We travel to Samarkand by fast train. |
| 2 | breeding ground | urchish joylari | места гнездования | The lake is an important breeding ground for flamingos. |
| 3 | migrationnoun | migratsiya, ko'chish | миграция | Spring migration brings storks back to Bukhara. |
| 4 | Arctic tern | arktika chag'aloqi | полярная крачка | The Arctic tern sees more daylight than any other animal. |
| 5 | singleadjective | yagona, bitta | единственный, один | He didn't say a single word. |
| 6 | impressiveadjective | hayratlanarli, ta'sirli | впечатляющий | Her English is impressive for someone who started a year ago. |
| 7 | animal kingdom | hayvonot dunyosi | животный мир | The elephant has the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom. |
| 8 | temperature drop | harorat pasayadi | температура падает | In the desert, temperatures drop quickly after sunset. |
| 9 | scarceadjective | kam, tanqis | дефицитный, скудный | Water is scarce in many parts of Central Asia. |
| 10 | southadverb | janubga | на юг | Birds fly south in the autumn. |
| 11 | plentifuladjective | mo'l-ko'l | обильный | Fruit is plentiful and cheap in summer. |
| 12 | springnoun | bahor | весна | Navruz is celebrated in spring. |
| 13 | breedverb | urchimoq, nasl qoldirmoq | размножаться | Many birds breed in the north during the summer. |
| 14 | vegetationnoun | o'simliklar | растительность | The hills are covered with green vegetation in spring. |
| 15 | raise chicks | jo'jalarni voyaga yetkazish | выращивать птенцов | Both parents help to raise chicks in the nest. |
| 16 | navigateverb | yo'l topmoq, mo'ljal olmoq | ориентироваться | Sailors used the stars to navigate at night. |
| 17 | senseverb | sezmoq | чувствовать, ощущать | Dogs can sense when you are sad. |
| 18 | magnetic field | magnit maydoni | магнитное поле | A compass works because of the Earth's magnetic field. |
| 19 | internal compass | ichki kompas | внутренний компас | Some people seem to have an internal compass — they never get lost. |
| 20 | positionnoun | joylashuv, holat | положение, позиция | Check the position of the sun before you take the photo. |
| 21 | memorizeverb | yod olmoq | запоминать, заучивать | I memorized twenty new words today. |
| 22 | landmarknoun | mo'ljal nuqtalari | ориентиры | The TV tower is a useful landmark when you're lost in Tashkent. |
| 23 | coastlinenoun | qirg'oq chizig'i | береговая линия | The road follows the coastline for fifty kilometres. |
| 24 | remarkableadjective | ajoyib | замечательный | It's remarkable how quickly children learn languages. |
| 25 | severe storm | kuchli bo'ronlar | сильные бури | A severe storm damaged hundreds of homes. |
| 26 | exhaustionnoun | charchoq, holsizlik | изнеможение | After the marathon, he collapsed from exhaustion. |
| 27 | lacknoun | yetishmovchilik | нехватка | Lack of sleep makes it hard to study. |
| 28 | collideverb | to'qnashmoq | сталкиваться | Two cars collided at the crossroads. |
| 29 | power line | elektr liniyalari | линии электропередачи | The storm brought down several power lines. |
| 30 | wind turbine | shamol turbinalari | ветряные турбины | Wind turbines turn the wind's energy into electricity. |
| 31 | habitat loss | yashash muhitining yo'qolishi | утрата среды обитания | Habitat loss is the biggest threat to many wild animals. |
| 32 | spotnoun | joy | место | This is a great spot for a picnic. |
| 33 | refuelverb | kuch to'plash, oziqlanish | восполнять запасы | The plane stopped in Dubai to refuel. |
| 34 | conservationistnoun | tabiatni muhofaza qiluvchilar | защитники природы | Conservationists are working to save the snow leopard. |
| 35 | resting site | dam olish joylari | места отдыха | The lake is a key resting site for birds flying south. |
| 36 | light pollution | yorug'lik ifloslanishi | световое загрязнение | Because of light pollution, you can't see many stars in the city. |
| 37 | countlessadjective | son-sanoqsiz | бесчисленный | I've told you countless times to close the door! |
| 38 | ensureverb | ta'minlamoq, kafolatlamoq | обеспечивать, гарантировать | Please ensure that all windows are closed. |
| 39 | witnessverb | guvoh bo'lmoq | стать свидетелем | Several people witnessed the accident. |
| 40 | natural wonder | tabiat mo'jizasi | чудо природы | The canyon is one of the region's greatest natural wonders. |