Упр.5 Unit 4 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 7 класс
Read three extracts about the Everglades and decide where they are taken from (identifying the type of text): a story (Lost in the Everglades by Tricia Workman); an encyclopedia; an Internet advertisement.
A The Everglades are subtropical wetlands in the US state of Florida. The idea of a national park for the Everglades appeared in 1928. But the park opened in 1947. Now it protects the largest wilderness’ area near the Mississippi River. One month before the opening of the park, a book The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglass* appeared in which the writer characterized the Everglades as a river instead of a swamp. Now all people call the Everglades “river of grass”.
wilderness — дикая местность; a swamp — болото
B There are many different experiences that a visitor can have at Everglades National Park. You can come for a few hours or a week. Camping, boating, walking, having a picnic or more of a wilderness experience are all possible. Many have enjoyed exploring some of the 156 miles (251 km) of canoe and walking trails. You may spend a morning photographing the birds, an afternoon walking and seeing the alligators, an evening enjoying the warmth of your campfire. You can find schedules and information here on the park website.
C The Everglades are not the swamp I had imagined. No other place on Earth is like it. This is a great “river of grass”. We floated in the canoe through grass, passed some islands. We saw large turtles, a snake, birds, raccoons and otters there. Suddenly we heard a strange noise and came eye to eye with an alligator as big as our canoe. It swam lazily in front of us, then disappeared under the water. At night we heard the noises of mosquitoes, frogs and alligators. “This hasn’t changed for thousands of years,” I thought. It wasn’t going to be a fun night, but it would be interesting to spend a night in this great wilderness.
Vocabulary. Match the adjectives and nouns according to the stories and translate the sentences with the word combinations you’ve got.
Adjectives: Big, Different, Great, Large, Largest, National, Strange
Nouns: Alligator, Experiences, Noise, Park, River of grass, Turtles, Wilderness
What adjectives and adverbs are used in story C? How do they help to describe the author’s impressions?
Would you like to visit the Everglades? Why? Why not? (expressing personal opinions)
1) A — an encyclopedia; B — an Internet advertisement; C — a story.
2) Match the adjectives and nouns:
- big — alligator
- different — experiences
- great — river of grass
- large — turtles
- largest — wilderness
- national — park
- strange — noise
Translations:
- big alligator — большой аллигатор
- different experiences — разные впечатления
- great river of grass — великая «река травы»
- large turtles — большие черепахи
- largest wilderness — самая большая дикая местность
- national park — национальный парк
- strange noise — странный шум
3) In story C the adjectives and adverbs are: not, great, large, strange, big, lazily, interesting. They help to show the author’s surprise, fear and admiration. The Everglades seem unusual, beautiful and a little scary.
4) Yes, I would like to visit the Everglades because it is a unique place with beautiful nature and interesting animals. It would be exciting to see the river of grass and go canoeing there.
