Упр.1 Unit 4 Секция 5 ГДЗ English Михеева 8 класс
1 Read the text, then listen to the tape, (56), and say what information is missing in the text.As Dead as a DodoYou have never seen a dodo.
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Михеева, Афанасьева 8 класс, Дрофа:
1 Read the text, then listen to the tape, (56), and say what information is missing in the text.
As Dead as a Dodo
You have never seen a dodo. Your friends and teachers have never seen a dodo. Your grandparents never saw a dodo. The last of these large quiet birds died many years ago.
The dodo lived on the island of Mauritius. Dutch ships came to that island and found these big fat birds. Dodos could not fly but they were not afraid of people.
Visitors to Mauritius killed all the dodos on the island. By the 1690s there were no dodos in the world. Nowadays you can see only bones of these birds and their pictures.
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.
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As Dead As a Dodo
You have never seen a dodo. Your friends and teachers have never seen a dodo. Your 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 and there were no people on the island, so dodos were not afraid. They were so easy to catch that the Dutch began to call them “dodos” from the Portuguese word “doudo” — “a silly 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 1690s 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 wild life.