Иностранный язык. Мартемьянова Н.В - 4 стр.

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2. Try to complete the following sentences, if possible, in your own words
without looking into the text.
1) The Emperor Claudius started his invasion of ... .
2) Britain was not a nation then, but....
3) Some were pro-Roman due to ... .
4) Claudius needed to secure his position by ... .
5) ... these four legions totaled 50,000 men.
6) They quickly occupied the South East and then ....
7) The II Augusta moved South West by ....
3. Answer the following questions:
1) Who and when launched the invasion of Britain?
2) Why did he decide to attack Britain? What was the reason for that?
3) How do we understand the term 'nation' today?
4) Was Britain of that time a strong nation? Why? (Why not?)
5) Was there inter-tribal rivalry in the Empire?
6) What did Claudius need?
7) Who led the invasion?
4. Put fifteen questions to the text. Arrange them as a plan.

Vocabulary and Grammar Tasks.
1. Find in the text the English for:
Завоевание, богатство, смесь, племя, местные жители, благодаря,
межплеменной, использовать, сохранять, дополнительный, насчитывать,
император, поколение.

2. a) Look at the following list of words taken from the text. Discuss them
and put into two groups: adjectives and adverbs.
Agricultural, major, potentially, indigenous, especially, recent, new, auxiliary,
approximately, quickly, inland.
Adjectives                                              Adverbs
b) Form, if possible, the adverbs from adjectives and the adjectives from
adverbs.
3. Fill each gap with a verb given below in an appropriate form.
1)In43AD, the Emperor Caudius _____ the invasion of Britain.
2) This support_____by Claudius who needed to secure his position in Rome.
3) This invasion_____by Aulus Platius and_____of four legions.
4) Four legions_____approximately 50,000 men.
5) They_____the South East and then_____ inland.
6) Three legions_____north whilst the II Augusta_____South West by land
and sea.
7) The II Augusta_____by Vespasian.
To advance, to launch, to be commanded, to move(2), to be exploited, to total,
to be led, to occupy, to consist.