Task 1. Read the text and put the phrases in the right place. A it had not been included
B pulled against his chains
C she had to go and empty it
D he was not a giant either
E stay there until the end of the world
F sometimes they were also mean
Loki’s Fate
The ancient Norse people believed that the world was controlled by two tribes: a tribe of gods and a tribe of giants. Loki was not a god and . He was something in between.
Loki was a trickster. He liked to play tricks on people and start quarrels. His jokes were often funny but . One day Loki decided to play a trick on Baldur, a popular god who everybody loved. Baldur was protected by a magic spell; no living thing could hurt him, except for the mistletoe plant, which was so small and harmless that . Loki made an arrow out of this plant and told a blind god to throw it at Baldur as a joke. As a result, Baldur died.
Everyone was very sad about the death of Baldur and the gods decided to punish Loki. They chained him to three giant rocks, deep in a cave and hung a huge snake above him so that it would drip poison onto his face. Loki would have to .
His wife decided to help him. She sat beside him and caught the poison in a bowl as it fell from the mouth of the snake. When the bowl became full, however, . While she was gone, the poison fell onto Loki’s face. When the poison touched him, he writhed in pain and . Every time this happened, Loki struggled so much that it made the earth tremble and shake violently.
Well, from the very beginning rap was like songs of poor people.Rap is "music of streets". Gangsta rap is reallyviolent and is dedicated to life of criminals. May be it really can be bad influence on teens, but that's only one part of rap: it is stupid to say that you hate films after you saw action movie - that's only one type. Rap singers can make songs about love, society or even politics - it can be really serious music.
Plus, everything depends on person. If teenager is good and kind, no matter, how much ''bad music'' he listens to: his soul is much more important.
The house was destroyed after earthquake.
By the end of the party all food had been eaten.
The plant will be built next year.
His last book has been just published.
The letters are being sent now.
The building of new hospital will have been finished by the end of the next year.
The new film hadn't been already shown when he came in.
The new collection of poems has been just published.
The new school will be built next year.
The modern skyscraper is being built in our city now.