- •The ancient near east
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text I the ancient near east
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •The Fertile Crescent
- •Words to remember
- •Unit II ancient egypt
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text II ancient egypt
- •Mumification
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VI. Translation skills
- •Egyptian Religion
- •Words to remember
- •Unit III two great cities oe the indus valley
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text III two great cities of the indus valley
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •Vil translation skills
- •Words to remember
- •Prehistoric china
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text IV prehistoric china
- •I. Reading skills
- •II. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VIII. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Chinese Writing
- •Words to remember
- •Unit V the aryan empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text V the aryan empire
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •Speaking skills
- •V. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Санскрит
- •Upanishads
- •Words to remember
- •Unit VI classes and castes in ancient india
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text VI classes and castes
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Theories of Caste
- •Words to remember
- •Unit VII the mauryan empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text VII the mauryan empire
- •II. Reading skills
- •III. Vocabulary skills
- •IV. Speaking skills
- •V. Writing skills
- •VI. Translation skills
- •Words to remember
- •Unit VIII gupta empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text VIII gupta empire
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •Compare the first and second native India's dynasties.
- •Trace the main ideas of the Guptas' religious policy.
- •Ask as many questions as you can to cover the rest of the text and ask your groupmates to answer them.
- •In a dialogue try to find some similarities in the development of Indian Empires.
- •VII. Writing skills
- •19. Topics for essay writing:
- •VIII. Translation skills
- •Imaginary Beasts
- •Words to remember
- •Unit IX zhous come to power
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text IX zhous come to power
- •IV. Reading skills
- •V. Vocabulary skills
- •VI. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VIII. Translation skills
- •Государство Джоу
- •Words to remember
- •Unit X the greek world
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text X the greek world
- •II. Reading skills
- •III. Vocabulary skills
- •VII. Speaking skills
- •2) Ask your classmates to guess the word by your definition.
- •VIII. Writing skills
- •IX. Translation skills
- •Religion
- •Words to remember
- •Unit XI the roman empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text XI the roman empire
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Древний Рим
- •The Roman Empire
- •Words to remember
- •Unit XII neighbours of hercules
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VII. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •The Seven Wonders of the World
- •Words to remember
- •Reader sumerians
- •Нittite empire
- •Assyrians
- •Babylonians
- •Peoples oe syria
- •Phoenitians and arameans
- •Anatolia
- •Persians
- •Persian Culture in Achaemenid Times
- •Earliest Egypt
- •Old Kingdom
- •Religion
- •Religions Reform of Akhenaten
- •Indus valley
- •China jade
- •China during q1n dynasty
- •The olympic games Origins and Preparations
- •Preparations and Sacrifices
- •Gladiators
- •One of the most famous buildings from ancient rome
- •Chariot-races
- •Europeans and ancient greece and rome
- •Vocabulary
III. Reading skills
Ex. 1. Read the text and say what kind of civilization was found in the Indus Valley.-
Ex. 2. Read the text again and note important details. Divide the text into logical parts. Find key sentences in each part.
Ex. 3. Find in the text and read aloud sentences that prove that:
...the builders of the two great cities were very skilled;
.. .the two cities located so far from one another were very much alike;
...the inhabitants were well protected;
...the houses in the cities were very convenient to live in;
...bathing occupied a very important place in the life of the inhabitants;
...there is some evidence about the religious beliefs of the Indus Valley people;
...the cities were rebuilt;
...the cities were protected from the spring flood damages.
Ex. 4. List the items in Ex.3 in the order in which they come in the text.
IV. Vocabulary skills
Ex. 5. Give Russian equivalents of the following word combinations and reproduce the sentences in which they are used in the text:
to be the carbon copies of each other
to be exactly of the same dimension
to run on a grid pattern
to bisect the city
to enjoy ample resources
to come (be) equipped with
ready access to water
to identify as citadels
taxes in the form of grain
to make smth. Watertight
to perform religious rites
the worship to deities
Ex. 6. Give English equivalents of the following word combinations and reproduce the sentences in which they are used in the text:
пролегать через город
достигать расцвета
(не)обожженные кирпичи
хранить имущество
быть (не)известным кому-либо
высотой в пять этажей
окружать город
дошедшие до нас произведения искусства
осадочные слои
искусственные насыпи
основное ритуальное действие
омовение
Ex. 7. Paraphrase the italicized parts:
1. Despite the distances Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa resemble each other very much.
The main avenue of the city had a corridor that divided it.
Homes had indoor plumbing, the first in the world.
Both cities flourished about 2300 ВС.
Surrounding a courtyard were rooms for the family to meet with friends, sleep and keep personal things.
Some houses had their own wells that made water available.
The baths served the city priests to cleanse themselves before certain rituals.
The cities were built on the hand made hills of earth and rubble to prevent it from spring flood damages.
Ex..8. Arrange the pairs of synonyms:
rites, to perform, to be located, pattern, one another, admission, sanctuary, rituals, access, to carry on, model, citizens, citadel, to be situated, inhabitants, plumbing, sewer, each other.
Ex.9. Arrange the pairs of antonyms:
to protect, prosperity, unfired, regularity, watertight, hardened in a kiln, decline, disorder, to attack, contemporary, permeable to water, ancient.
Ex.10 Complete the sentences:
1. The building material was...
The major streets ran straight through...
Surrounding the courtyard were rooms...
Whoever were, political leaders...
Some houses had their own wells that...
When these cities were excavated, it appears that...
City administrators collected taxes in the form...
Builders used asphalt between...
The city priests cleansed themselves before...
These statues are the only...
Interpreters of the cities remain surmise that...