- •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
V. Speaking skills
Ex. 11. Agree or disagree. Prove your answer:
The cult of the classics is not confined to low-brow culture.
Less and less university and school students are now studying classics.
Classicists had a guaranteed readership and did not have to market themselves to survive.
The classical revival is bringing some nonsense in its wake.
Hollywood has discovered that great writers are not worth plundering.
Great writers often told good stories, that had universal appeal.
To fill air space, TV programmers are forced to plunder the whole civilization, ancient and modern.
"The Odyssey" provides a meditation on family values similar to those of 'soap operas'.
Ex. 12. a) Answer the following questions to see if you understand every word in the text:
Why is America hot for ancient classical heroes?
What are the signs of classical revival in the USA?
Why are the classical writers good for plundering?
How can you explain people's interest in the classics?
Why are the ancient writers so attractive for film-makers?
b) Put questions of your own to the rest of the text.
Ex. 13. Develop the ideas of Ex. 3.
Ex. 14. Make up a plan of the text, provide each point of the plan with necessary words and word combinations.
Ex. 15. Retell the text using your own plan and expressions from Ex. 5, 14.
Ex. 16. Give the gist of the text.
Ex. 17. Discuss the problem of classical revival in a dialogue. Try to take into consideration all pros and cons.
VII. Writing skills
Ex. 18. Make up sentences of your own using expressions from Ex. 5, 7.
Ex. 19. Topics for discussion and essay writing:
The revival of the classics today.
Classics and low-brow culture.
New forms of studying classics.
Ex. 20. Make a list of words to do with:
literary terms;
mass media terms;
educational terms.
VII. Translation skills
Ex. 21. Translate the title and the subtitle of the text, paying special attention to the words "trash", "tripe", "trivia", "mass media".
Ex. 22. Translate into English:
Многочисленные подвиги Геракла уже в древности стали сюжетами в скульптуре, росписи, мозаике. Особенно много было монет с изображением Геракла и тех, кто с ним боролся и соперничал. Огромное количество монет посвятили Гераклу города, объединенные в морскую лигу во время войн с Персией. Александр Македонский, разгромив Персидскую империю Дария II и считая себя божественным потомком Геракла, чеканил в более чем 20 крупнейших монетных дворах Греции, Малой Азии и завоеванной Персии серебряные монеты с изображением Геракла вместе с богом богов Зевсом, чтобы подчеркнуть важность героя и свое собственное значение.
Ex. 23. Translate into Russian:
The Seven Wonders of the World
The Seven Wonders of the ancient world are preeminent architectural and sculptural achievements of antiquity, as listed by various Greco-Roman observers.
Included on the best known list were the Pyramids of Giza (the oldest of the wonders and the only one substantially in existence today), the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (a series of landscaped rooftop terraces on a ziggurat, ascribed to either Nebuchadnezzar II or the semi-legendary Queen Sammu-ramat), the Statue of Zeus at Olympia (a large gold-and-ivory figure of the god on his throne by Phidias), the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (a temple, built in 356 ВС, famous for its imposing size and the works of art that adorned it), the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandria (a lighthouse built с 280 ВС on the island of Pharos off Alexandria, said to have been more than 350 ft, or 110 m, high). These wonders inspired the compilation of many other lists of seven attractions, or "wonders," by later generations.
The modern wonders include Channel Tunnel and Concord Airliner (UK/France); Sydney Opera House in Australia; Empire State building and Golden Gate Bridge in the USA; Aswan Dam in Egypt; US Space Programme (Apollo, Cape Canaveral, Space Shuttle).