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ElenaG в категроии Английский язык, вопрос открыт 25.05.2018 в 17:13

1.
Bili
Bilingual society 5. A colourful appeal to peace
2. The creator of the famous
building
6. Was it a real story?
3. The dominant colour of
the island
7. In the heart of Dublin
4. The origin of the
international word
8. Two things associated with
the country
A. One of the informal names of Ireland is “the Emerald Isle”. This is because of
its lush greenery and rolling hills. The country receives a lot of rain each year,
which keeps the grass green and the plants blooming. Experts argue that the
flora of Ireland demonstrates more than forty shades of green. The famous
country singer Johnny Cash even wrote a song about it ‘40 Shades of Green’.
B. The most famous symbol of Ireland is undoubtedly the shamrock clover.
However, the official emblem of the country is the Celtic harp (арфа). Ireland
is the only country in the world to have a musical instrument as its national
symbol. The harp has become Ireland’s national symbol not because it was
created there but due to the collection of the oldest harps in the world which
now can be seen in the museum at Trinity College in Dublin.
C. The national flag of the Republic of Ireland is a tricolour of green, white and
orange vertical stripes. The flag was designed to reflect the country’s political
situation. Created in 1848, the orange stripe represents Irish Protestants. Green
is for Irish Catholics and white is for the hope that peace might eventually be
reached between them.
D. According to the Constitution, Irish (Gaeilic) is a national language of the
Republic of Ireland. It used to be the primary language that was used on the
island. Though at school children are still taught Irish, the language is losing its
importance. Nowadays, most people speak English which is the second official
language of the country. At the same time, many families who have lived in
Ireland for generations understand and speak Irish. E. The story about the world-famous vampire Count Dracula was written in 1897
by Bram Stoker, from Dublin. Count Dracula started the period of 20 years of
vampire stories in Victorian literature. People believe that the author gathered
inspiration from real life events of a Romanian ruler, called Vlad the Impaler.
But Vlad the Impaler lived almost 400 years before Bram Stoker, so nobody
actually knows whether it is true or not.
F. The White House, the official residence of the US President, was designed by
an Irishman. James Hoban was born in Ireland and studied architecture in his
homeland. In 1792, James Hoban won the competition for the construction of
the President's house in America. He spent nine years supervising the building
process. When in 1814 The White House was destroyed, James Hoban had to
redesign the building.
G. The widely used word "boycott" originated in Ireland. In 1880, a campaign of
isolation against Charles Boycott, a land agent, was started. He threw out the
farmers from his land when they complained that the rents were too high. After
that, the local shops refused to serve him, his servants left and the boy who
delivered his mail disappeared too. The surname of the land agent became a
word which means silently ignoring. The word was adopted in English, French,
Dutch, German, Russian etc.