Find the words in the text which have a similar meaning to these definitions. Komodo Dragons
1. Have you ever seen a small lizard in a garden? How about a giant lizard? In the island of Indonesia, there are between 4,000 and
5,000 giant lizards called Komodo dragons.
II. They are called Komodo dragons because one of the five islands they live on is called Komodo Island. They are the largest spekjes
of lizards in the world. Adult Komodos can grow to more than three metres long and weigh about 70 kilogrammes. The largest
Komodo ever was an amazing 166 kilogrammes!
III. European scientists discovered them in 1910. The first two Komodos were kept at the London Zoo in 1927. When Hollywood
producers heard about the giant lizards, they made a movie in 1933 about a giant gorilla called 'King Kong.' The Komodos can live for
about forty or even fifty years.
IV. They eat almost anything they can catch. For example, birds, bird eggs, monkeys, deer and horses. Sometimes they even eat
other, smaller Komodos, and sometimes (but not often) even people. They especially like to eat dead and dying animals which they
can smell many kilometers away. There are only about fifty Komodo dragons in zoos around the world, located mostly in Indonesia,
Europe and North America. Because there are so few of them living in the wild. A park - called Komodo National Park. It was opened
in Indonesia in 1980 to protect them from hunters. It had forty-five thousand visitors in 2010.
1. is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit (paragraph IV)
2. experts in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences (paragraph IV)
3. A park or an institution in which living animals are kept (paragraph III)
Есть вещь для всех, это мобильный телефон, но я думаю, что только пожилые люди должны иметь их. Дети просто тратить время и деньги на них, и это может повредить их здоровью.Многие подростки используют для принятия своих мобильных телефонов в школе, но я не вижу реальной необходимости, потому что школы будут звонить домой, если есть какие-то проблемы.
В основном я использую его, когда я хочу поставить виду кого-то в своей тарелке, если я опаздываю или в чрезвычайной ситуации. Даже тогда, я все еще не уверена, когда и где это приемлемо, чтобы сделать мобильный телефон вызова. Я обеспокоена говорить на моем телефоне.
Russian national costume - used since ancient times to the present day. Has noticeable features depending on the region. Festive and casual.
A distinctive feature of the Russian national costume - a large number of clothing. Clothing collar and swing. Union clothing worn over the head, swing was cut from top to bottom and is fastened to the neck hooks or buttons.
Clothing nobility - Byzantine type. In the XVII century the clothing appeared borrowing from Poland: Polish coat, polish coat. To protect the national identity of the decree of August 6, 1675 attendants, the lawyer, the nobility of Moscow, residents and their servants were forbidden to wear clothing of foreign models
Costumes were made nobles of expensive fabrics, using gold, silver, pearls, expensive buttons. Such clothing hereditary. Style of clothing has not changed in centuries. The concepts of fashion did not exist.
Russian national costume became less common after Peter I in 1699, banned the wearing of the national costume for all but the peasants, monks, priests, and deacons. Initially introduced Hungarian dress, and then the top-Saxon and French, camisole and underwear - German. Women should wear a German dress. With all who come to the city in the Russian dress and beard took toll: 40 cents a foot and 2 rubles a horse.