Практикум по английскому языку (по истории Англии Средних веков). Пилипенко В.А - 19 стр.

shape and well-defined social classes were everywhere
arising.                                                   âîçíèêëè
       At the same time the state, growing out of the
military conquest and division of the country was
breaking its tribal organization. Such a process,
marked by the acquisition of special powers by a           ïðèîáðåòåíèå;
minority and at the expense of the remainder of the        ìåíüøèíñòâî
people, is in fact the only way in which society can
advance beyond the tribal stage and must be regarded
as essentially progressive. All these tendencies were
accelerated and given a precise legal form by the
introduction of Christianity. Christianity added also to
the existing division of labour between a fighter and a
cultivator and the third specialized activity, that of a
preacher and man of learning.                              câÿùåííèê


                    ASSIGNMENT TO TEXT IV

I. Translate these terms into Russian and remember them:
      the bulk of the invaders, German tribes, social organisation,
pastoral people, advance, disintegrate, settle down, county, shire,
division of labour, fight in the war, toil, accelerate, preacher.

II. Answer the questions to the text:
     1. Who was called the English?
     2. What was the social organization of the Saxon invaders?
     3. The tribal organization of the English was not disintegrated, was it?
     4. What kingdoms appeared in the VIth century?
     5. By what is the period characterized?
     6. When did the private property appear?

III. It is a summary of text IV. Translate it from Russian into
English.
     Ðèìñêîå çàâîåâàíèå íå îêàçàëî ñèëüíîãî âëèÿíèÿ íà Áðèòà-
íèþ. Îíî ïðîäîëæàëîñü ïî÷òè 400 ëåò. Áëàãîäàðÿ ðèìëÿíàì íà
òåððèòîðèþ Áðèòàíèè ïðîíèêëî õðèñòèàíñòâî. Â IV âåêå íåìåöêèå
ïëåìåíà àíãëîâ, ñàêñîâ è þòîâ çàõâàòèëè Áðèòàíèþ. Âñå ýòè ïëå-
ìåíà èìåëè ìíîãî îáùåãî â ðå÷è è òðàäèöèÿõ. Ýòè ïëåìåíà òðà-
äèöèîííî íàçûâàëè àíãëè÷àíàìè.  êîíöå V — íà÷àëå VI âåêîâ
ñòàëà ðàñïàäàòüñÿ ïëåìåííàÿ îðãàíèçàöèÿ, ÷òî çàëîæèëî êîðíè


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