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17. Imagine you've been to gb and are going to make a report about your trip. Get ready to do that in a written form.

18. Read and learn to pronounce correctly.

the Celts - кельти

the Saxons - саксонці

the Normans - нормандці

the Germanic tribes - германські племена

the Angles - англи

Hastings - the name of a town

William the Conqueror - Вільгельм Завойовник

Canterbury - the name of a town

19. Rеad the text. The history of the english language

The ancient inhabitants of Great Britain were the Celts. The language then was not like the English of today. Only a few of their words remained in the language now, spoken by the English people. Then Great Britain was occupied by the Romans. The Roman period of the British history lasted 465 years. The Romans brought a few Roman words into the English language: street, Lincoln, Don-caster and some other names.

Then the Saxons came and settled down in the land they conquered. Later came other Germanic tribes who settled on different parts of the coast. Among these tribes were people called the Angles. These Germans were the founders of the English nation. When the Angles and the Saxons mixed into one nation, they were called the Anglo-Saxons, or the Angles (English). The general name they gave to the country in which they had settled was England. The Saxons as well as the Angles called their speech English.

The Normans came to Great Britain in 1066 and the great battle between the English and Normans began. The English had a better position on a hill, but the Normans pretended to run away and when the English ran after them they turned on them and cut them down.

The battle in which the Normans won was near the town of Hastings.

William who was at the head of the Normans was called the Conqueror after this battle.

The Normans came to Dover, Canterbury and London and conquered all these cities, and William the Conqueror became the king of England.

Though the Normans became the masters of England and the Saxons became their servants, the Saxons didn't want to speak their language and the Normans had to learn English to make the English people understand their orders. In this way the Anglo-Saxon was changed a little by the Normans and real English language was formed. That's why the pronunciation of English words differs so much from their spelling.

20. Match two parts of the sentences according to the text.

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William who was at the head of the Normans ...

The ancient inhabitants of Great Britain ...

Then the Saxons came and ...

Later came other Germanic tribes ...

The battle in which the Normans won was...

The Saxons didn't want to speak their language and ...

The Normans came to Great Britain in 1066 and ...

The Normans became the masters of England and ...

Normans had to learn English to ...

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... near the town of Hastings.

... the Saxons became their servants.

... make the English people understand their orders.

... was called the Conqueror after this battle.

...settled down in the land they conquered.

... who settled on different parts of the coast.

... the Normans had to learn English.

...were the Celts.

... and the great battle between the English and the Normans began.