Упр.10 Unit 3 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ English Михеева 9 класс
10. Read the text and complete it with the phrases (a—g) below. a) meaning dark b) perhaps the world’s first ‘human rights’ document c) The Roman words Tam (wide) and Isis (water) d) sailed from the Thames e) England’s longest f) the Great Plague and Fire of London g) for sure The Thames:
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10. Read the text and complete it with the phrases (a—g) below.
a) meaning dark
b) perhaps the world’s first ‘human rights’ document
c) The Roman words Tam (wide) and Isis (water)
d) sailed from the Thames
e) England’s longest
f) the Great Plague and Fire of London
g) for sure
The Thames: Dark Waters
The Thames is (1) England’s longest and most famous river. Nobody knows (2) for sure how the Thames got its name: maybe from the Sanskrit word Tamas, (3) meaning dark. The waters of the river are often murky. Or maybe from (4) The Roman words Tam (wide) and Isis (water). Whatever is the origin, the Thames has played a starring role in British history. In 54 BC Julius Ceaser crossed the Thames to battle British tribes. In 1215 AD King John signed the Magna Carta — (5) perhaps the world’s first ‘human rights’ document — on a Thames island. During (6) the Great Plague and Fire of London (1665—1666), Londoners gathered on the riverbanks. They thought the Thames could save them from illness and disease. The explorers and immigrants who settled North America (7) sailed from the Thames, and the great trading companies that turned London into a commercial metropolis built vast docks for their cargo ships.