Номер 1, страница 202, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Демченко, Юхнель

LESSON 12. Progress check

Communicative area: revising the material of Unit 9

I. READING

1. Read the information from the prospect about Belarus and say in 2–3 sentences what it is about.

Khatyn memorial

Until 1943, Khatyn was a usual Belarusian village to the north-east of Minsk. But on 22 March, 1943 the occupying German forces encircled the village. All the inhabitants were taken to a barn and burnt alive. 149 people, including 75 children, died. Only a few people miraculously survived in this terrible tragedy. Half of the people killed in Khatyn were children under 16 years old. Khatyn is not the only village that disappeared, but it’s one of the 629 Belarusian villages destroyed by Nazis during the Great Patriotic War. 186 of these villages have never been rebuilt.

The Khatyn memorial complex was officially opened on 5 July, 1969 to honour the memory of almost three million Belarusians who died during the Great Patriotic War. Khatyn memorial has become one of the most significant places in Belarus. The memorial is located 54 km north-east of Minsk in the Minsk region of Belarus. At the entrance to the complex, there is a six-metre bronze sculpture of an old man with a boy in his arms. The old man is one of a few Khatyn’s survivors whose son tragically died. To the right of the sculpture there is a black plate resembling the roof of the burnt barn in which the fascists burnt the villagers. The memorial has 26 chimneys with bells – one for each of the houses in the village – which ring out every hour. Each chimney has a sign remembering the family members who died. At the entrance to the courtyard of each house, there is an open gate, a symbol of the hospitality of the villagers. In place of former wells there are their copies made of stone.

Further into the memorial is the only village cemetery in the world which is often called the “ghost village”. 185 Belarusian villages like Khatyn were not reconstructed after the war, and have disappeared from the world map. On each grave there is the name of the village and the area of its former location, as well as a piece of soil brought from every place of the tragedy. The Wall of Sorrow near the cemetery represents the memorial slabs with the names of 66 largest death camps in which a huge number of innocent people died.

Brest Fortress

Brest Fortress dates back to the 19^th century and became a key symbol of Soviet resistance in the Great patriotic War.

It was built at the meeting-point of the rivers Bug and Mukhavvets. During its construction the entire town was relocated to a new position 2 km away. It earned the title of Hero Fortress for the courage shown by Soviet soldiers when the German army attacked our country in 1941.

The entrance of the fortress represents a huge star cut into a concrete block. As you walk up to the centre of the fortress you see “Thirst”, a large monument depicting a wounded soldier trying to get some water from the river. The monument reflects the bravery of the last remaining soldiers who defended the Fortress for many days without food or water.

The Bayonet Obelisk, 100 m high, is linked to the Courage monument by three rows of gravestones. The Courage monument is 33.5 m high and symbolises the heroism of the defenders. “We’d rather die than surrender” were the words they inscribed on one of the fortress walls. The Eternal Flame reminds us of that heroic and tragic page in the history of Brest Fortress.

1. Прочитайте информацию из проспекта о Беларуси и скажите в 2-3 предложениях, о чем она.

Ответ:

This text is about two significant historical memorials in Belarus. It describes the Khatyn memorial complex, which commemorates the tragic destruction of a village and its people during the Great Patriotic War, and the Brest Fortress, a symbol of heroic Soviet resistance against the German invasion.

Перевод:

Этот текст о двух значимых исторических мемориалах в Беларуси. Он описывает мемориальный комплекс «Хатынь», посвященный трагическому уничтожению деревни и ее жителей во время Великой Отечественной войны, и Брестскую крепость — символ героического сопротивления советских войск немецкому вторжению.