Нужно! 1. прочтите текст и письменно ответьте по- на вопросы, следующие за текстом. who was columbus? 1. the discovery of america on october 12, 1492, is perhaps the most important single event in human history, and yet there are a great many unsolved problems about it. let′s consider some of the questions which arise when we say that christopher columbus discovered america. 2. first, who was columbus? his name is mysterious. it was not columbus in his lifetime, but colon, colom, colonus, or colombo. he called himself, or was called, all five at different times. one set of documents says that he was a weaver and the son of a weaver at genoa; but he himself talks of many years at sea and besides this his knowledge of seamanship must have been the result of long years’ experience. 3. whatever the truth of his origin columbus was without question an extremely remarkable man. he was a very practical sailor and was interested in mathematics, geography and astronomy, at least as far as they related to navigation. but he was also a dreamer, determined to make his dream, come true. 4. and what was his dream? the portuguese had reached india by sailing east. they had discovered the whole west coast of africa and rounded what we now call the cape of good hope. columbus believed that by sailing west he would reach india – which was the name for asia generally. columbus did reach land by sailing west by a much shorter route than the portuguese, but he always thought that it was asia. it is a strange thing, but columbus was able to find his dream because he was wrong about the most important point. he knew that the earth was round and that therefore you could sail round it by traveling either east or west; but he mistakenly thought that this round ball was much smaller than it is. 1. what is the most important event in the human history? 2. who was columbus? what was his origin? 3. what was he interested in? 4. what was his dream? 5. did he reach india or a new land? 6. what was his mistake? 2. выпишите из текста все существительные во множественном числе и поставьте их в единственное число. например: ships – ship. 3. письменно переведите 2, 4, 5-й абзацы текста. 4. выпишите все прилагательные и наречия из текста. переведите их на язык и образуйте степени сравнения. например: • old – older – the oldest; • interesting – more interesting – the most interesting; • fast – faster – fastest; • quickly – more quickly – most quickly. 5. выпишите из текста все неправильные глаголы, образуйте их основные формы. переведите на язык. например: see – saw – seen – видеть. 6. выпишите из текста 5 предложений в present indefinite и переведите их на язык. поставьте эти предложения в вопросительную и отрицательную формы. 7. выпишите из текста 5 предложений в past indefinite и переведите их на язык. поставьте эти предложения в вопросительную и отрицательную формы. 8. выпишите из текста все местоимения, определите их форму. например: he – личное местоимение, именительный падеж. 9. заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами: 1. the discovery of … on october 12, 1492, is perhaps the most important … in human history. 2. the portuguese had reached india by sailing … 3. columbus did reach land by sailing … but he always thought that it was … 4. he knew that the earth was but he mistakenly thought that this round … was much smaller than it is. 10. установите соответствие: 1) there are many; 2) his name was; 3) he was interested; 4) they had discovered; 5) he knew. a) in mathematics; b) the west coast of africa; c) unsolved problems; d) mysterious; e) that the earth was round. 11. установите последовательность утвердительного предложения: □ was □ very □ a □ sailor □ he □ practical
They want to know why conflicts happen in a family, don't they?
Do they want to know why political parties and states have conflicts?
(2) Conflict is a natural thing in our life, isn't it?
Why do conflicts happen?
Don’t they really hear what the other person is saying?
(3) May conflicts may lead to fights, bad relations and violence?
If conflicts happen between parties or states, they can lead to war, don't they?
That is why people should try to prevent conflicts.
(4) Every day you are in contact with people whose values are different from yours, aren't you?
Do you have the right to disagree with their values?
Should you understand that other people also have the right to be different from you?
Must you respect the right of other people to have ideas that differ from your ideas?
It 2. is situated in the northern part of the North American continent.
Its total 3. area is 9,975,000 square kilometers.
Canada 4.is washed by three oceans - the Pacific, the Arctic and the Antlantic.
Canada's 5. name comes from an India word kanata, which means "village".
When the area came under the British rule in 1897 the new country 6 was called the Dominion of Canada or simply Canada
This country has a small 7 population only about 27,300,000 people.
There are two official 8 languages in the country English and French.
The 9 capital of Canada is Ottawa
Canada's 10 Motto From Sea to Sea is appropriate because its surrounded by three oceans.