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Enterprise 2. Prometheus, Colonel William Ronson, Stargate SG-1: Memento 3 Úkol č. 1 1. Enterprise, Jonathan Archer, Star Trek: Enterprise 2. Prometheus, Colonel William Ronson, Stargate SG-1: Memento 3. Red Dwarf, Frank Hollister, Red Dwarf 4. Lewis and Clark, Captain Miller, Event Horizon 5. Apollo 13, Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 6. Lexx, Stanley H. Tweedle, Lexx series 7. Planet Express Ship, Turanga Leela, Futurama 8. Heart of Gold, Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 9. Icarus, George Taylor, Planet of the Apes 10. Ark, Optimus Prime, Transformers Úkol č. 2 In general, science fiction is the literature of things that might someday be possible, and fantasy is the literature of things that are inherently impossible. Magic and mythology are popular themes in fantasy. 1. Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: I loved the humour of the book; it made me laugh out loud. I also liked the advice “don 't panic”. 2. Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451 3. Aldous Huxley – Brave New World 4. John Wyndham – The Day of the Triffids 5. Kazuo Ishiguro – Never Let Me Go 1. The Matrix series: I was stunned by the main theme, by the simple idea of us humans being used as “batteries” and, of course, Keanu Reeves is gorgeous. 2. Men in Black 3. I, Robot 4. War of the Worlds 5. Avatar 1. Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials: I fell in love with the book at first sight; I especially enjoyed the magical world created by Pullman. 2. J. R. R. Tolkien – The Lord of the Rings 3. Terry Pratchett – Masquerade 4. J. K Rowling – Harry Potter books 5. Lewis Carroll –Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy: I admired the way Peter Jackson adapted the books, the movies were almost as good as the original. 2. Harry Potter film series 3. Underworld series 4. Alice in Wonderland 5. The Chronicles of Narnia Úkol č. 3 Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: I have to say that I really enjoyed both – the book and the movie. I saw the movie first, because a friend of mine told me I should watch it – and he was right. The film thrilled me in the very beginning, when Arthur finds himself in a terrible situation - lying in front of the bulldozers. I enjoyed all the jokes – the towel, whales and a bowl of petunia as well as British humour. After seeing the film, I immediately went to a bookshop and bought all five books – and I didn't regret – I could relish all the jokes again. And only then I realized how fantastic the book is and that it is the book that allowed the director to create such a good film. As far as characters are concerned, my most favourite book character is Arthur Dent, thrown into space just with a towel. But in the film, I loved Marvin the Paranoid Android. All in all I think the film is worth seeing, because it makes you laugh. And if you fall in love with it, there are the books waiting for you. Úkol č. 4 1. What is the meaning of the title Fahrenheit 451? a) It is the maximum temperature of electric kettles b) It is the temperature at which gold melts c) It is the temperature at which paper burns d) It is the temperature at which your tea is ready 2. In the final scene of the Men in Black, our galaxy resembles … a) a tree b) a marble c) a strongbox d) two entangled circles 3. If this mutant girl touches anyone, she absorbs their strength, memories and abilities. Her name is … a) Rogue b) Storm c) Mystique d) Tomboy 4. Which one is not a name from Stargate series … a) Goa'uld b) Ancients c) Tok'ra, d) Jedi 5. The Time Machine is a science fiction novel later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name. Who was the writer of the novel? a) A. C. Clarke b) H. G. Wells c) J. Verne d) A. C. Doyle 6. The spaceship in Alien (film) is called a) Nostromo b) Nebuchadnezzar c) Lewis and Clark d) Icarus 7. At the end of The War of the Worlds, the aliens are dying because of a) homesickness b) an attack by another race c) a disease d) an atomic bomb attack 8. The film I, legend is set in … a) London b) Washington, D.C. c) Los Angeles d) New York 9. A robot named WALL-E falls in love with another robot. What is her name? a) EVA b) JAVA c) EMILY d) IVA 10. In Johnny Mnemonic, the title character is played by … a) Tom Cruise b) Keanu Reeves c) Val Kilmer d) Tobey Maguire 1. c – Fahrenheit 451 is the maximum temperature at which paper ignites and burns; in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 2. b – a marble; it is then picked up by the hand and placed into a bag full of galaxy-containing marbles 3. a – Rogue; Anna Paquin as a seventeen-year-old girl in X-Men 4. d – Jedi; they are characters in the Star Wars universe 5. b – H. G. Wells; the novel was first published in 1895 6. a – Nostromo is a commercial towing vehicle, the film takes place aboard the ship 7. c – they are dying because of a disease which they contracted from consuming Earth's air and resources 8. d – set in New York, including a $5 million scene at the Brooklyn Bridge, the most expensive scene ever filmed in the city at the time 9. a – the robot is called EVA and WALL-E follows her into outer space 10. b – Keenu Reeves; he plays a man with a cybernetic brain implant designed to store information Úkol č. 5 1. aerocar (n.) – létající auto 2. antimatter (n.) – antihmota 3. artifitial gravity (adj. + n.) – umělá gravitace 4. blast off (v.)– odpálit, odstartovat (raketu) 5. continuum (n.) – vesmír 6. credit (n.) – měnová jednotka 7. dirtside (n.) – povrch planety 8. flitter (n.) – malý osobní letoun 9. force field (n.) – silový štít 10.ftl. (adj.) – zkratka pro faster than light, rychlejší než světlo 11.hibernation (n.) – umělý spánek 12.hyperspace (n.) – hyperprostor 13.interstellar jump (adj. + n.) – mezihvězdný skok 14.jump gate (n.) – brána pro skok do hyperprostoru 15.lifeship (n.) – záchranná loď, záchranný modul 16.matter transmission (n.) – přenos hmoty 17.morph (n.) – forma, podoba 18.mother ship (n.) – mateřská loď 19.nanobot (n.) – nanorobot 20.parallel universe (adj. + n.) – paralelní vesmír 21.quantum flux (n.) – kvantový tok 22.replicant (n.) – uměle vyrobený člověk, napodobenina 23.sleeper ship (n.) - vesmírná loď, jejíž pasažéři jsou v umělém spánku 24.space-dock (n.) – dok pro vesmírné lodi 25.starfarer (n.) – mezihvězdný cestovatel 26.time machine (n.) – stroj času 27.time warp (n.) – časová diskontinuita, anomálie v toku času 28.timestream (n.) – proud, tok času 29.warp speed (n.) –vysoká rychlost, rychlejší než světlo 30.wormhole (n.) – červí díra .
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