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ЛЕКСИЧЕСКИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ ПО ТЕМЕ «ИЗ ИСТОРИИ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВА»
pyramid of Khufu pirәmid əv kufu: — пирамида Хуфу
art of building а:t əv bildiŋ — искусство строить
brick brik —n кирпич
borrow bסrəu — v (from) занимать, заимствовать
concrete kסŋkrit —n бетон,
dome dəum —n купол
dwell dwel—v жить, проживать
embody imbסdi — v олицетворять, воплощать
erect irekt — v возводить, строить
find faind—v (out) обнаружить, найти
kiln kiln—n обжиговая печь, сушильная печь
pile pail — n свая, столб
pillarрilә — n столб, колонна
remains rimeinz—n pl остатки, руины
tribe traib—n племя
ОСНОВНОЙ ТЕКСТ ПО ТЕМЕ
From the History of Building
Many thousands of years ago there were no houses such as people
live in today. In hot countries people sometimes made their homes
in the trees and used leaves to protect themselves from rain or sun. In
colder countries they dwelt in caves. Later people left their caves and
trees and began to build houses out of different materials such as
mud, wood or stones.
Later people found otit that bricks made of mud and dried in the
hot sunshine became almost as hard as stones. In ancient Egypt especially,
people learned to use these sun-dried mud bricks. Some of
their buildings are still standing after several thousands of years.
The aacient Egyptians discovered how to cut stone for building
purposes. They erected temples, palaces and huge tombs. The greatest
tomb is the stone pyramid of Khufu1, king of Egypt. The ancient
Egyptians often erected their huge constructions to conmemorate
their kings or pharaohs.
The ancient Greeks also understood the art of building with cut
stone, and