Стр.126 Revision 3 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 9 класс

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Reading

1 Read the text. Name three things which you can see near Uffington.

The Mysterious White Horse

In our history class at school wetaskre doing a project about local history, so our teacher took us to visit a fascinating place near the village of Uffington about half an hour from Oxford. There, in a beautiful open space, is an amazing white horse which is ’drawntask on the hillside.

Who created this White Horse, and why was it made? Well, historians say that an Iron Age tribe used to live there, and they created it as a sign of their territory. Certainly, the horse must be very old, because an almost identical figure appears on gold coins which were found in the area, and which date from the first century BC.

What fascinates me is how people were capable of creating such a perfect figure when they couldntaskt see it from above! How could they see clearly what they were doing, when they didn’t have planes or even balloons? To make the White Horse, they had to dig large holes in the grass and then fill them with chalk - the soft white stone which is very common in this area.

If you go to this part of England, you must visit the White Horse. Ittasks an amazing place full of historical interest and mysterious stories. For example, legend says that Saint George killed the famous dragon near here, on Dragon Hill. Theretasks also an Iron Age hill fort nearby.

2 Read the text again and answer the questions.

1 Why did the writer visit the White Horse?

2 Where is Uffington?

3 When was the White Horse made?

4 Why were the gold coins significant?

5 How did people create the White Horse?

6 According to local legend, what happened on Dragon Hill?

Listening

3 Listen to a news item about an event at Stonehenge. Choose the correct answers.

1 There were about 30000 people at Stonehenge,

a) 300

b) 3000

c) 30000

2 They were celebrating the longest day of the year.

a) at a demonstration.

b) celebrating the longest day of the year.

c) celebrating the shortest day of the year.

3 The weather was wet.

a) warm.

b) stormy.

c) wet.

4 Musicians entertained the people.

a) Musicians

b) Actors

c) Theatre groups

5 The police said that the event was quite peaceful.

a) no arrests were made.

b) the event was quite peaceful.

c) many protesters became violent.

6 The public have had free access to Stonehenge on this day each year since 2000.

a) since 2000.

b) forever.

c) since last year.

Текст аудирования:

And finally, 30,000 people gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire last night to celebrate the summer solstice. The visitors stayed up all night, waiting to see the sun rise on the longest day of the year. Unfortunately it wasn’t a warm summertasks evening, and the party-goers had to wear waterproof clothing and huddle under a multitude of umbrellas. When the sun rose at 4:58 this morning, it was hardly visible behind all the clouds. But that didn’t stop people enjoying the festivities, and there was plenty of live music to keep people’s spirits up in the early hours.

Police said that the event was very peaceful, with only a few arrests for public order offences.

Meanwhile, English Heritage, which manages the prehistoric monument, said that this year had attracted the biggest crowd for five years, despite the bad weather. The public have had free access to Stonehenge for the summer solstice since the year 2000.

And now, ifs over to Moira for tonights weather.

Lettasks see if that rain is going to continue ...

Speaking

4 Give a talk about tourism. Remember to say:

if tourism is important in your region / in your country

which places tourists visit where you live

what the advantages and disadvantages of tourism in your country are

Project

Youtaskre going to do a project about Ireland.

Listen to your teachertasks instructions.