Part I
1. Do you know the word ‘ancient’? What does it mean? What ancient structures built all over the world do you know? Read the following text and choose the best title (A, B, C)
| A | Good jobs and good pay |
| B | Ancient engineering |
| C | The rulers of China and Egypt |
| THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA was built across northern China to protect the population. Before the third century BC there were lots of smaller walls and these were joined together to make one long, defensive wall. The work was done by enormous gangs of forced labourers and many of them died doing the work. The wall is over 2000km long, 3.5m high, and 4.5m wide at the top. It is made of earth covered with stone. THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS are a famous symbol of ancient Egypt. The stone structures were usually tombs for pharaohs. The pyramids have square bases with sloping sides which meet at an apex. The first pyramid was built in about 2600 BC and is over 140m high. One of the biggest pyramids is made of enormous stone blocks which weigh up to 200 tonnes each. It is estimated that 20-25,000 people worked for 20 years to build each pyramid. * (the text is from: “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 21, pg.24, ex.2) |
2. Read the text again and find the English equivalents to the following expressions:
- … äëÿ çàùèòû íàñåëåíèÿ …
- … áûëè ñîåäèíåíû âìåñòå …
- … çàùèòíàÿ ñòåíà …
- … äëèíîé áîëåå … êèëîìåòðîâ …
- … âûñîòîé … ìåòðîâ …
- … øèðèíîé … ìåòðîâ …
- … ýòî ñäåëàíî èç …
- … çíàìåíèòûé ñèìâîë …
- … êàìåííûå ñîîðóæåíèÿ …
- … êâàäðàòíàÿ îñíîâà …
- … ñõîäÿùèåñÿ â âåðøèíå ñòîðîíû …
- … êàìåííûå áëîêè …