Задание №39 — Говорение
Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
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The Stone Age man used natural glass. He found it by chance. He used it to make weapons, ornaments and money. Then people learned to produce glass. We don't know much about how it happened. They say that Africa was may be one of the original centers to make glass. Ancient traders sold glass in the Mediterranean countries.
Egypt was one more country where people could make glass at an early time. The first glass object was created around 3500 BC in Egypt. We know for sure that this industry was very popular in Egypt. The Egyptians learned to press glass into molds. In the 1st century local craftsmen discovered how to blow glass. Before that, glass was very expensive. Only really wealthy people could buy glass. Thanks to this invention, everyone could afford it. Egypt produced a lot of glass things. We can still see some of them in museums.
Трудные для произношения слова. ornaments [ˈɔːnəmənts], ancient [ˈeɪnʃənt], Mediterranean [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən], Egyptians [ɪˈdʒɪpʃənz], craftsmen [ˈkrɑːftsmən], wealthy [ˈwelθi], invention [ɪnˈvenʃən].
На что обратить внимание. Числа читаются словами: «3500 BC» — three thousand five hundred BC, «1st century» — first century. Перед «Thanks to this invention, everyone could afford it» — пауза, вводная фраза выделяется отдельной синтагмой. Фраза «Only really wealthy people could buy glass» произносится с логическим ударением на «wealthy» — это ключевое противопоставление предыдущему предложению о дороговизне.