Практикум по английскому языку (по истории Англии Средних веков). Пилипенко В.А - 12 стр.

                    ASSIGNMENT TO TEXT II

I. The beginning of the 9th century was a troublesome time for England.
The Danes went to sea for plunder. When Alfred the Great was the
king, the danger was the greatest. Alfred the Great was Egbert’s son.
Read the first passage of the text and translate it from English into
Russian in a writing form.

II. Read text II and find the key-terms in this text:
     çàíèìàòü, ïîðàæåíèå, ïðîäâèæåíèå, ðàçâèâàòü, êîðîëåâñòâî,
ãðàôñòâî, áûòü âîîðóæåííûì, ïîêîëåíèå, ïðàâîñóäèå, ôåîäàëü-
íîå ïîìåñòüå, äåíåæíàÿ ðåíòà, êðåñòüÿíñòâî, âëàäåòü çåìëåé, âî-
åííàÿ ñëóæáà, áûòü ïðèâÿçàííûì ê çåìëå.

III. Match a line in A with a line in B.
                A                                      B
  a. England began to attract        1. England had a long period of
                                     peace
  b. The genius of Alfred            2. was a great advance towards
                                     feudalism
  c. The complete break-up of the    3. the attention of the Danish fleet
  tribal structure
  d. The thing which is              4. who held land on condition of
  characteristic of the manor        military service
  e. Thanks to Alfred                5. was one of the main reasons of
                                     the Danes’ defeat
  f. A free man was one              6. is servile labour

IV. Read the article from the newspaper «Moscow News» about
Alfred the Great and prove the epithets:
     convinced, brave, persistent, courageous, wise, educated, superior,
independent.
     ALFRED THE GREAT (871—899)
     The beginning of the IXth century was a troublesome time for
England. Danish pirates called Northmen kept coming over the sea for
plunder. Each year their number increased. They sailed in their keels
round the coast of the Island fighting battles and trying to settle. When



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