Task I

Find the given words and word combinations in the text and translate them into Russian:

ü a tough life;

ü an early recourse;

ü an ambitious project;

ü an arduous terrain;

ü commodities;

ü to acquire knowledge;

ü coastal areas;

ü merchants;

ü to wrestle a living;

ü free-born male landowners;

ü raw materials;

ü unyielding earth;

ü to reach one’s blossoming;

ü to be dedicated to;

ü a holy relic;

ü to house the statue;

ü to receive a boost;

ü vibrant political life;

ü selection of officials;

ü to keep stalls;

ü tight-knit societies;

ü a flat-topped rock;

ü the entire century;

ü to surpass all other cities.

 

Task II.

Fill in the prepositions, if necessary. Make up sentences using the completed phrases:

ü to be exchanged … grain, timber and other raw materials;

ü to be built … the general supervision …;

ü to live … farming, goat and cattle herding;

ü to be located … the top … a flat-topped roof;

ü to be coined … the Athenians;

ü to be proud … the city;

ü trade received … a boost when;

ü to rise … the sea level;

ü to wrestle … a living …;

ü to be an early recourse … the city-states;

ü a temple dedicated … the Goddess … Athens;

ü … markedly different … one another;

ü the Erectheum was associated … some holy relics;

ü the word “democracy” derives … the Greek “rule … the people”;

ü … the foundations lived ….

 

Task III.

Find the following numbers n the text. What do they refer to?

4; 2000; 1000; 850; 3000; 30; 150; 447; 6; 30; 432; 30; 420; 5.

Task IV.

Translate the proper names:

ü Balkan peninsula;

ü the Hellenes;

ü Attica;

ü the Parthenon;

ü Athens;

ü Thebes;

ü the Acropolis;

ü Corinth;

ü the Athenians;

ü Sparta;

ü the Sacred Rock;

ü Argos;

ü Athena Nike;

ü the Agora;

ü Promachos;

ü Phidias;

ü the Erectheum;

ü Alexander the Great;

ü Athena Parthenos;

ü Poseidon.