Задание 6 Закрепление материала 2 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 7 класс
Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Гаярделли, Редли 7 класс, Вентана-Граф: 6 Read about the history of the word “dollar”.
Where the word dollar саmе from
Surprise! Surprise! The word “dollar” has German origin and is much older than the USA and its currency! In 1516 in Bohemia, in a place called “Joachimsthal” (which means “Joachim’s valley” a silver mine was opened, and they started to produce coins known a “Joachimsthalers”. This long word was soon shortened to “thalers” and called “dalers” by the Dutch. The English changed this word to “dollar” and began to use it when speaking of any large silver foreign coin. In North America, for instance, English settlers referred to the Spanish piece of eight reals as the “Spanish dollar”.
For several years after independence Americans didn’t have a currency of their own, they used whatever foreign coins they could get, Spanish dollars included. But they understood that a new nation needed its own currency. Thomas Jefferson strongly opposed using the English system. It was his idea to call American money “dollars”, a word people were already familiar with. The dollar was officially declared the USA monetary unit in 1785.
Say if the following statements are true, false or not stated
1 According to the text, the word “thaler” is connected with a certain place name.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
2 The Dutch brought German thalers to Britain.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
3 In English the word “dollar” was at first used to describe any silver coin
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
4 Thomas Jefferson wanted the US to have their own currency.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
5 According to the text, for 9 years the USA didn’t have currency of their own.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
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Ответ
- True — the word thaler comes from Joachimsthal, the name of a place.
- False — the text says the Dutch changed the word to dalers, but it does not say they brought thalers to Britain.
- True — in English, dollar was first used for any large silver foreign coin.
- True — Thomas Jefferson wanted American money to be called dollars, so the US would have its own currency.
- Not stated — the text says “for several years,” but it does not say exactly nine years.
