Упр.1 Юнит 5 Step 7 ГДЗ Rainbow English 7 класс
Текст аудирования:As Dead as a DodoYou have never seen a dodo. Your friends and teachers have never seen a dodo either.
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Текст аудирования:
As Dead as a Dodo
You have never seen a dodo. Your friends and teachers have never seen a dodo either. Your great-grandparents never saw a dodo. The last of these large quiet birds died many years ago.
The dodo lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. About four hundred years ago Dutch ships came to that island and found there were a lot of different birds, among which there were big fat dodos. Dodos had no true wings. So, they did not fly, but they were not in danger from other animals of the island and there were no people there, so dodos were not afraid. They were so easy to catch that the Dutch began to call them “dodos” from the word “dodo” — “a stupid person”.
People visiting Mauritius from other countries killed all the dodos on the island. Rats and dogs from the ships ate dodo eggs and chicks. By the year 1690 there were no dodos on the island. Nowadays you can see only bones of these birds and their pictures. In the English language there is a saying “as dead as a dodo”, which means that somebody is dead and people don’t remember them.
The story of the dodo is very sad and it shows you how dangerous man can be and how easy it is to destroy wildlife.