Английский язык. Методические указания. Иванова С.Г. - 15 стр.

 3.2 Post-Text Exercises

 3.2.1 Pronounce the following words and geographic names:

Christopher Columbus - Кристофор Колумб
the Atlantic Ocean - Атлантический океан
Europe - Европа
Asia - Азия
Cuba - Куба
Amerigo Vespucci - Америго Веспуччи
cloth maker - суконщик
weaver - ткач
to earn - зарабатывать
partly - частично
flat - плоский
beyond - no ту сторону, за
olivecolored skin - оливковый цвет кожи
surprise - удивление
enemy - враг
to spread (spread, spread) - распространять
false - ложный
rumour - слух, молва
tyrant - тиран, деспот
chain - цепь
to prove - доказывать
innocence - невиновность
seriously - серьёзно
explorer - исследователь
to name – называть

 3.2.2 Answer the questions.

1. When was Christopher Columbus born?
2. Where was he born?
3. What were his father and both grandfathers?
4. What was Columbus before going to sea?
5. Where did he live for a long time?
6. What was his wife?
7. How did he earn his living for some time?
8. Did Christopher Columbus think that the earth was flat?
9. Christopher Columbus was sure that our planet was round, wasn't he?
10.How many continents did most people know in the fifteenth century?
11.What country did Columbus decide to reach by sailing to the west?
12.Who gave him money to go there?
13.How many ships did Columbus have?
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