2. Аудіювання тексту “How Umbrella Appeared”.

Vocabulary: pharaoh – фараон; ancient – стародавній; afford – дозволяти собі; slave – раб; widely spread – широко розповсюдженні; oiled canvas hemisphere – промочена маслом полотняна півкуля; mocking – насмішкуватий; fold – складати.

2.1. Listen to the text: How Umbrella Appeared

We can often hear our relatives say: “It is going to rain, take an umbrella with you”. Umbrella is a usual thing nowadays, but what do we know about its history?

People began to use umbrella long time ago. In ancient Egypt pharaohs used umbrellas. The first umbrellas were different from what we have today. There were very heavy, that’s why only rich people could afford them. Usually umbrellas were carried by slaves behind rich people of ancient Rome and Greece. Later umbrellas appeared in China. People used them to protect themselves against hot rays of the sun. But umbrellas were not so widely spread until the 18^th century.

Imagine grey rainy autumn day in London, 1750. It was raining hard and there were few people in the streets, but those few were very surprised to see a tall man walking along the street and carrying a strange object over his head. It was stick with an oiled canvas hemisphere which liked like a mushroom. The name of the man was David Hanway. On and on, taking no care of mocking looks, he appeared in the streets of London with a “mushroom” in his hands, which couldn’t fold.

Only in 1852 another English inventor Fox created an umbrella which we call the grandfather of today’s ones. Light and comfortable, it has become a devoted friend of people all over the world.

2.2. Say if the sentence is true or false:

1. The first umbrella appeared in China.

2. Rich people carried umbrellas behind their slaves.

3. People needed umbrellas to protect themselves against the rain.

4. Modern umbrella was invented by American inventor Fox.

5. Umbrellas were widely spread before the 18^th century.

6. The first umbrellas were very comfortable.

7. The 17^th century is the time when people began to use

umbrellas.

2.3. Answer the questions:

1. Who was the first to use umbrellas?

1. What did the first umbrellas look like?

2. Where they different from what we have today?

3. What was the reason of using umbrellas?

4. What did Hanway’s umbrella look like?

5. Why did people laugh at him?

6. When was the grandfather of today’s umbrella created?

3. Робота з опорним текстом “British Traditions and Customs”.

4. Перевірка засвоєння граматичного матеріалу з теми “Ступені порівняння прикметників”. Контроль.

4.1. Complete the sentences.

Melbourne was interesting, but for me, Paris was ________ interesting _______ Melbourne, and in some ways Dubai was the _______ interesting of all because it was so different _________ any other place I know. It was also the ________, driest, and __________ modern. It was hot in Melbourne but not ______ hot _______ in Dubai. Dubai was ________hotter! Melbourne is _________older _________ Dubai but not ______ old _______ Paris. Paris was ________ oldest city I visited, but it has some great modern buildings, too. It was the _______ romantic place. I loved it.