9. Listen to the text “How the Ancient Builders Put a Hand to the Development of Different Languages” and be ready to answer to the following test

Key – words:

1. to be lacking – быть недостаточным

2. to keep – хранить, содержать

3. heaven – небеса

4. angel – ангел

5. to order – приказать

6. to pile up – возводить

7. the east side – восточная сторона

8. stairway – лестница

9. the west – запад

10. load – груз

11. invader – захватчик, интервент

12. to cooperate – сотрудничать

13. to split – разделять

14. a tongue – язык

15. understandable – понятный

16. to lay – класть

17. a mess – беспорядок

18. to blame – обвинять

19. to be ruined – быть разрушенным

Test

“How the Ancient Builders Put a Hand to the Development of Different Languages”

1. In ancient Babylonia only one thing was lacking

a) men had only the earth to enjoy

b) God had kept heaven for everyone

c) the king of Babylonia was rich and powerful

2. The king of Babylonia decided ______, so he ordered _________.

a) to build a great tall tower, to keep heaven

b) to enjoy working together, to make bricks

c) to have heaven for his people, to build a tower

3. _________ men began making bricks and mixing mortar

a)60 000 b) 6 000 c) 600 000

4. Men carried bricks and mortar up a stairway ______ and walked down _______ of the tower.

a) west side, north side

b) east side, west side

c) east side, south side

5. The building went on for _______ until the Tower was _________.

a) 52 years, 207 miles high

b) 32 years, 20 miles high

c) 42 years, 27 miles high

6. When the Tower _____, God decided ______

a) was ruined, to reconstruct it

b) had risen nearly to heaven, to keep the invaders out

c) was being built, to cooperate with people

7. God sent _______ and gave order _______

a) 70 angels down to Earth, to take away common language

b) 17 orders, to creat a new tongue

c) 7 tongues, to split the people up into groups

8. No one man could _______ and everybody _______ for not understanding.

a) carry bricks, made mortar

b) work there any longer, laid the bricks

c) say an understandable word, blamed everybody

10. Imagine, that one of you is God, another student is the King of Babylonia and rest of the group are people of Babylonia. Act the situation what would happen if God could not split people into groups or the King could make people cooperate and finish building of the Tower

11. Write down the composition “History of Building”. Pay attention to the differences of using building materials in different periods and invention of new methods and constructive forms. Add some more information and facts to your composition

Lesson 2

TOWN PLANNING

Tasks before reading:

1. Define meaning of the following English words. Explain them

description 1. полный

purpose 2. основной

freedom 3. свобода

development 4. изменять

to exist 5. движение

society 6. развитие; расширение

recent 7. окружать

needs 8. нужды

to accept 9. описание

to define 10. цель

to connect 11. определять

complete 12. создание

movement 13. существовать

to change 14. приспособлять(ся)

main 15. общество

to adapt 16. соединять

creation 17. принимать

to surround 18. недавний