Card 1 Retel the text: “Amir Temur” Emir Temur

Card 9

1.Retel the text: “Samarkand”SAMARKAND.

Among the cities of the world one of the most ancient is Samarkand, which is 2500 years old. There are many legends surrounding its history. Its praises have been sung by the writers and poets of old. It has been the home of great scholars and architects whose works still stand in their glory to delight and amaze us. Samarkand which covers the area of 40 square kilometers is situated on the left bank of the Zarafshan between the Dargom and Siyab irrigation canals. Samarkand enjoys a typical continental climate: hot summer, fairly cold winter, light rainfall. The average temperature over the year is 13-14oc. In winter, particularly in January, it sometimes drops as low as 25oc below freezing point, in the hottest month of July it may reach as high as 41oc. Like other great centers of the ancient world, such as Babylon, Thebes and Rome, Samarkand has a rich and turbulent past. In the 4thcentury it was conquered by Alexander the Great and his Great troops. At the beginning of the 13th century the city experienced the invasion of the barbaric hordes of Chingis Khan In the late 14th century the Central Asian Conqueror Temur (Temurlane) designed to make Samarkand the capital of his great empire adorned with buildings of unsurpassed splendor, elegance and luxury.

2. Match the parts of the sentences:

1 I would have bought it a) she wouldn’t have missed the train

2 You can see the boss b) unless it rains

3 It she hadn’t slept late c) it is was cheaper

4 We’ll go to the beach d) provided that he is not too busy

Gaplarning qismlarini taqqoslang:

1 Men uni sotib olgan bo'lardim a) u poezdni o'tkazib yubormas edi

2 Bossni ko'rishingiz mumkin b) yomg'ir yog'masa

3 Bu u kech uxlamagan edi c) bu arzonroq edi

4 Biz plyajga boramiz d) u juda band bo'lmasa

javob 1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

3.Answer the question: What countries did the Great Silk Road pass through

. JavobThe Silk Road routes stretched from China through India, Asia Minor, up throughout Mesopotamia, to Egypt, the African continent, Greece, Rome, and Britain.