- •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
- •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
II. Reading skills
Ex. 1. Read the text for the first time and get its central idea.
Ex. 2. Read the text again and note important details. Divide the text into logical parts and find key sentences in each part.
Ex. 3. Find in the text and read aloud sentences that prove that...
... the people of the Mycenaean culture were linguistically related to the Greeks.
... the early Iron Age was an unsettled period of depopulation and migration.
... the Minoan culture of Crete was in the focus of the Aegean civilization in the early second millennium ВС.
... Archaic Greece was a world of city-states.
... the coincidence of imperial wealth and artistic splendor found brilliant expression in Athens.
... Greek thought, literature and art continued to be disseminated throughout the Roman and Byzantine empires.
... the Hellenistic world was briefly unified in the fourth century ВС.
... democracy was seen in its purest form at Athens in the fifth century ВС.
... a variety of political systems coexisted in the Greek world.
10. ... the Hellenistic Era is the period between Alexander's death and the Roman conquest.
Ex. 4. List the items of Ex. 3 in the order in which they come in the text.
III. 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 see the birth of a distinctive culture the focus shifted to to be evident in the architectural splendor a related civilization to survive into another century to be disseminated
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linear script the art of human representation the exploration of the human form citizenry kingship of tyrants semi-independent rule to gain control of a region to dissolve the empire
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Ex. 6. Give English equivalents of the following word combinations and reproduce the sentences in which they are used in the text:
геометрический рисунок алфавитное письмо эпические поэмы роспись на вазах краснофигурная ваза чернофигурная ваза связаны исторически и политически
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люди знатного происхождения обеспечить политическое могущество типично для эпохи политические системы сосуществовали быть вне конкуренции оспаривать первенство
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Ex. 7. Paraphrase the italicized parts:
In Asia Minor a variety of political systems ranged from local autocracy to priests' power.
Archaic Greece was a world of city-states linked politically and historically.
Alexandria, the new Egyptian capital, dominated as the capital of Hellenistic culture.
The people of the Mycenaean culture spoke the language of the group to which Greek belonged too.
The literary works of Homer were written down long after reliable memories of it had faded.
Phoenician traders had already introduced writing to Greece.
Typical Greek vases were black and red.
The type of writing in which the Mycenaean recorded their documents has been interpreted as an early form of Greek.
A related civilization at Mycenae and other sites of the Peloponnese could still be seen in the late twelfth century ВС.
Ex. 8. Complete the sentences:
In the fourth millennium ВС the Cycladic islands ...
Phoenician traders had already ...
The epics of Homer ...
The people of the Mycenaean culture were ...
Archaic Greece was a world of ...
Democratic Athens is often regarded as ...
Fifth-century Athens was a haven ...
In Asia Minor a variety of political systems ranged ...
This diverse world was briefly unified by ...
The coincidence of imperial wealth and artistic splendor …
Greek thought, literature and art continued to be ...
As the Macedonian empire dissolved ...