Упр.2 Юнит 2 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Rainbow English 11 класс
2. Listen to the first part of the interview with Mr Phillips, (5), and complete the statements 1. Mr Phillips has been engaged in Mexican culture research for many years.
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2. Listen to the first part of the interview with Mr Phillips, (5), and complete the statements
1. Mr Phillips has been engaged in Mexican culture research for many years.
a) for many years
b) since 1965
c) all
d) since he first came to Mexico
2. Studying Mexican culture, Mr Phillips most of all has been struck by various things in it
a) the population of the country
b) the religion of the country
c) the things that connect ancient times with today
d) various things in it
3. Mexicans are people whose culture has European and non-European traces
a) who have the white colour of skin
b) whose culture has European and non-European traces
c) who were born in India
d) who live in southern Mexico today
4. The Mayas around the year 350 AD had more precice data about astronomy than Europeans.
a) were the first people in the world to study the moon, the stars and the sun
b) have introduced the system of writing
c) around the year 350 AD had more precice data about astronomy than Europeans
d) had a lot of scientists and mathematicians
5. The Aztecs were a powerful Indian tribe.
a) Mexican
b) Indian
c) Spanish
d) American
6. The ancient capital of the Aztecs was situated at the same place where the modern capital city of Mexico is now
a) was as rich as any European capital city of that time
b) was situated on an island in the middle of the river
c) was situated at the same place where the modern capital city of Mexico is now
d) was scarcely populated at the time
7. The Spanish conquerors managed to defeat the powerful Aztecs because the Spaniards had brought a serious infectious disease to Mexico as well as due some other reasons
a) the Aztecs had many traitors among their people
b) the Aztec tribes were waiting for their god to come to their land
c) the Spanish soldiers were more experienced warriors
d) the Spaniards had brought a serious infectious disease to Mexico as well as due some other reasons
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An Interview with Mr Phillips Part One
Interviewer: Mr Phillps, you are an expert in Mexican culture and history. How long have you been investigating Mexico?
Mr Phillips: Very long indeed. My first research paper about this country was published in1965.
Interviewer: What are the things that strike you most?
Mr Phillips: Its people, their culture and history and certainly the facts linking the past and the present.
Interviewer: What can you say about the population of Mexico?
Mr Phillips: They are a blend of Spanish and Indian cultures. This mixing of cultures can be seen in all aspects of Mexican life. The culture of the two Indian groups — the Mayas and the Aztecs— could be traced in modern Mexican customs and traditions. Descendants of these and many other Indian tribes still live on the territory of Mexico.
Interviewer: Where did the Mayas live?
Mr Phillips: These ancient people lived in what today is southern Mexico and had a very developed culture. Around the year 350 A.D. the Mayas began to use the system of writing and mathematics. They studied the moon, the stars, the sun.
Interviewer: So they had a profound knowledge of planets and other elements of the universe, didn’t they?
Mr Phillips: Evidently they did. Their knowledge enabled them to fix the length of the year almost accurately.
Interviewer: Really?
Mr Phillips: That was so indeed. The Mayan calendar was much more accurate than anything known in Europe at the time.
Interviewer: The Aztecs were also a very powerful Indian tribe, weren’t they?
Mr Phillips: Oh, yes. They ruled many other groups of Indians. When Spanish soldiers came to Mexico soon after Columbus, they were struck by the Aztec capital city whose name was Tenochtitlan. It stood where the capital of modern Mexico is now — on the Central Plateau of Mexico. It was a wonderful place built on an island in a lake. The city had more people and riches than any city at home in Europe, in Spain.
Interviewer: But how did a small group of Spaniards manage to defeate the powerful Aztecs?
Mr Phillips: Historians say there were several reasons. First, an old Aztec legend promised a god would return to them from the sea one day, and the Aztecs thought the leader of the Spanish invaders was that god. Then the Spanish soldiers had horses and guns which were not known to the Indians.
Interviewer: Oh yes, I see.
Mr Phillips: But that was not all. The Aztecs had many enemies who helped the Spaniards. And the last factor was smallpox.
Interviewer: Do you mean the disease?
Mr Phillips: Certainly. It’s a serious infectious disease, at that time unknown in Mexico. It spread over the capital city and many Aztecs died. The Spaniards destroyed Tenochtitlan and built a new city upon its ruins. Many people from Spain came to live in a new capital.