19. Group work:

Express your opinion on the contents of the utterance by R.E. Hellmurd given above. Discuss all your pros and cons with your group mates.

UNIT III

From the history of human dwellings

Many people lived in tents until

they could afford to build a house.

Ralth Elison

1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:

Modern, a construction, industrial, activities, origin, primitive, a decoration, a model, historic, to finish, typical, a column, a centre.

2. Read out the following words and memorize them:

a dwelling	жилище
a cave	пещера
to shelter	укрываться
а hut	хижина, лачуга
а branch	ветка (дерева)
а pole	столб, шест, жердь
a courtyard	внутренний двор
a covered walk	аллея
a pillar	колонна, столб
a quarter	помещение
to plaster	штукатурить
a clay	глина
a hearth	очаг
a mud	глинистая масса
a castle	замок
huge	огромный
a dugout	землянка

3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.

4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:

a primitive man – первобытный человек;

the branches of trees – кроны деревьев;

the Ice Age – Ледниковый период;

the Old Stone Age – Каменный век;

to feel a need – чувствовать потребность;

at first – в начале, сначала;

much later – намного позже;

therefore – поэтому;

inside and outside – внутри и снаружи;

а wicker basket work – плетение из прутьев;

at least – по крайней мере.

5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:

1. a castle	a. очаг
2. a covered walk	b. колонная, столб
3. to plaster	c. помещение
4. a hearth	e. хижина
5. huge	f. внутренний двор
6. a pillar	g. аллея
7. a cave	h. ветка
8. a quarter	i. огромный
9. а hut	j. столб
10. to shelter	k. замок
11. a courtyard	l. укрывать
12. а pole	m. пещера
13. а branch	n. штукатурить

6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.

Translate these word combinations:

1. the walls	a. trees
2. cultural activities	b. the caves
3. the purpose	c. human dwellings
4. the efforts	d. war
5. the branches	e. some building
6. skins	f. wood
7. walls	g. primitive men
8. huts built	h. animals
9. the earliest types	i. houses
10. structures	j. the people
11. in time	k. family life
12. the days	l. modern buildings
13. different kinds	m. branches
14. the centre	n. early civilization
15. to build	o. later historic times