Reading Read about Grand Canyon and do the tasks below.
The
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a large river canyon in Arizona. It is over 220 miles
long and over a mile deep in some places. Its widest point is 18 miles wide.
The canyon is considered one of the Seven Naturnl Wonders of the World.
Over millions of years, the Colorado River wore awny rocks as it passed
through the nrca. Slowly, the river made the path deeper and deeper. Now,
the canyon is surrounded by steep walls on either side, while the river
continues to flow at the bottom of the canyon.
Besides its Inrge size, the Grand Canyon is also known for its
The Colorado River
magnificent colors. The canyon is made of layers of rock, nnd ench layer of formed the
rock has a different depth and color. Geologist have identified almost 40 Grand Canyon
different layers of rock exposed by the river's crosion.
The climate in canyon area is primarily desert, with both
high and low temperatures. The upper rims of the canyon
often receive snowfull. The air quality is usunlly very high,
although dust storms and smoke from fires can change the nir.
The Grand Canyon is home to variety of plants and
animals. Plants range from various species of cactus to pinc
forests. Many types of animals live in the area, including the
bald engle, bobcats, bats and gila monsters. Six different kinds
of rattlesnakes have been identified in the aren.
Aerial view of the Grand Canyon Native Americans have inhabited the area for around
3.000 years. Spanish conquistadors first explored the area in
1540. Later, Spanish priests and explorers returne in 1776. However, they did not stay, as they
found the canyon impassable.
Arizona became part of the United States in 1848, and the first geological studies were
completed on the Grand Canyon in 1856. Today, the canyon is part of the Grand Canyon National
Park. About five million tourists visit the park cach year.
Task 1. Circle True, False or Doesn't say for these sentences.
1. The Grand Canyon is a large river in Arizona.
TF DS
2. The Colorado river runs through the Grand Canyon.
T FDS
3. Now, the canyon is surrounded by steppe on either sides, while the river continues to flow at
the bottom of the canyon.
T F DS
4. The Grand Canyon is also known for its various tourist excursions. T F DS
Люди изобрели чернила в 2500 г. до нашей эры. Некоторые книги говорят, что это были китайцы, но, вероятно, египтяне изобрели его в то же время.
Тем не менее, весь мир знает имя китайского философа Тянь-Лшеу, (2697 до н. э.), который использовал чернила для письма. В это время чернила были смесью сажи из соснового дыма и лампадного масла, смешанного с желатином из ослиной кожи и мускуса. Другие культуры тоже имели чернила. Они использовали природные пигменты от деревьев, цветов и минералов.
2. Another advantage of the supermarket - due to the large volume of sales prices for many types of goods in them, tend to be lower, not to mention the permanent discounts, promotions and sweepstakes prizes. It turns a double saving: time and money. What is not a good incentive to look at the light?
cons supermarkets
But there is such stores and disadvantages, which show not only the complaints of customers, but also the results of numerous tests. Due to the large quantity of goods, sellers do not always have time to change price tags on them, and the prices in our time as the weather - things are very volatile. So, sometimes, gaining to cart items by one value at the checkout you can get a surprise, and not always pleasant.
2. One of the downsides of supermarkets - always visnuschie computers on hand, which does not care, you are in a hurry to work late or on a date. They irritate both the buyers and sellers. The author of this article, and once she became a member of such a battle the computer in one of the supermarkets. It turned out that the price of the cake, which I chose the long and hard, was not entered in the computer. To resolve the issue, I was offered either to wait until the correct error, or take another cake.
Select the first option, I had to wait about twenty minutes before slow seller to repair a technical misunderstanding. But the mood was pretty spoiled.
Here is another case, narrated by one of the supermarket buyers, whose name we do not articulate. A woman came to a large supermarket to buy bread. At the same time I decided to buy biscuits and sweets for tea. Choosing the right products, it is, as a good buyer went to the cashier to pay. When the seller has announced her fabulous for such a modest amount of purchases, she was surprised, but did not argue, paid, and went to check a broken home. In what kind of a shock threw her what she read later on the check: it turns out, in addition to the above mentioned products, it has become even packing sardines and squid. However, as the poor woman did not look for them in my bag, but to find and could not.