Here are some quotations from famous people. Add the article a where necessary.
“ Vacation is what you take when you can’t take what you’ve been taking any longer.”
(The Lion from The Wizard of Oz)
“ Character is simply habit long continued.” (Plutarch, Roman biographer)
“Never hide behind busy work. It takes just as much energy to fail as it does to
succeed.” (Og Mandino)
“ camel is horse designed by committee.” (Sir Alec Issigonis)
“I’m great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
(Thomas Jefferson)
A group of Russian students have visited Britain and talked a lot with British students about unusual things in their country. They tried to make notes to tell the most interesting stories to their classmates in Russia. Here is one of them abut the Crafty Crone of Kirkby. Unfortunately, the students made some mistakes. Help them to improve their notes.
A Fill in the gaps in the text Nikita wrote with the articles and pronouns a, the, -, his, her, its, it.
TEXT A
This bridge has always been known as the Devil’s Bridge, thanks to
. tale of the Crafty Crone of Kirkby. The Crafty Crone lived beside (2) river before any bridge existed. She kept her
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cattle on the far side and reached them by wading across. When the river was swollen by (3) rain and she could not cross
, the Devil offered to build her (5) bridge overnight if she gave him (6) soul of (7) first creature who crossed it. In (8) morning the Devil waited for (9) to cross (10) and thus get her soul, but the Crafty Crone threw
bun across (12) bridge and her dog chased
it to (13) other bank. The Devil disappeared in a fury, the crone reached (14) cattle, the dog ate (15) bun, (16) local poet wrote a poem about it and Kirkby Lonsdale Tourist Association has kept (17) story going ever since.
GLOSSARY
crafty — good at getting what you want by clever planning and secretly deceiving people
crone — an ugly, unpleasant old woman
В Ann missed nine articles in her notes and put in one extra. Try to correct the text.
The first mistake has been corrected for you.
TEXT В
There is salamander crawling uo wall of Churche’s Mansion in the Cheshire. a
Much of town was destroyed by fire in 1583, and mansion was one of only
three large buildings to survive. It was the home of Richard Churche, wealthy
salt merchant; when he built it six years earlier he had the foresight to put
salamander on it — according to legend creature cannot be destroyed by
fire. This early form of fire protection was obviously effective, and although
restaurant, which now occupies the ground floor, probably has a better
insurance policy, salamander is still on duty.
(^GLOSSARY
mansion [‘maenj'an] — a large, impressive-looking building
Read the text and answer the questions alongside.
KARELIAN PETROGLYPH SITES
Belomorsky and Pudozhsky Districts,
Russia 4,000 to 3,500 BC
Considered among the most complex and expressive examples of rock art in northern Europe, the petroglyphs of the Karelian Republic include scenes of warfare, religious ritual and even skiing, carved into the red granite of the White Sea coast, and fantastic figures cut in rock on the shores of Lake Onega, 325 kilometres to the south. More than 70 ancient settlements have been identified in association with the White Sea carvings. Collectively, they constitute the largest Neolithic site in the region.
In the nineteenth century, local monks altered them by “adding” strategically placed religious symbols. Human activity remains the biggest threat to the petroglyphs, which have been defaced with graffiti and scorched by campfires since the sites were reopened to the general public in 1992-1993. Changes in seawater chemistry, resulting from new hydroelectric power stations in the area, have contributed to the erosion of the White Sea carvings, while lichen growth has resulted in damage to sites around Lake Onega. A lack of understanding of the importance of rock art among local residents, compounded with a lack of resources, puts the Karelian petroglyphs at serious risk.
The author of the text mentions a) 2 b) 3 c) 4
different sites where we can see petroglyphs.
These sites helped to