Exercise 1. Use articles with geographical names.
1. ___ Pacific is much larger than ___ Arctic or ___ Indian ocean, 2. ___ Sahara is the biggest desert in ___ North Africa. 3. ___ Mont Blanc is the highest peak in ___ Alps. 4. ___ City of ___ London stands on ___ river Thames. 5. Is ___ Mississippi longer or shorter than ___ Rhine? 6. Portugal is a small country in ___ west of Europe; on one of its borders is ___ Spain, on the other ___ Atlantic Ocean 7. Who was the first to reach ___ North Pole? 8. ___ USA is the biggest country of ___ North America. 9. ___ Lake Ontario, or ___ Ontario, is one of the largest lakes in ___ north of ___ United States on the border with ___ Canada. 10. Greece is situated in ___ south of ___ Eastern Europe on the coast of ___ Mediterranean. 11. The official name of ___ Holland is the State of ___ Netherlands, or just ___ Netherlands; the latter word is used with an article because it literally means “low lands”. 12. The forests of ___ Eastern Siberia and of ___ Far East are the greatest forest resources in ___ east of ___ modern Russia. 13. ___ United Kingdom includes ___ Great Britain and ___ Northern Ireland; it occupies ___ British Isles. 14. In what country of ___ Northern Europe is ___ Hague situated? 15. The birthplace of our civilisation was the area situated between ___ Tiger and Euphrates rivers, which is now called ___ Middle East там свои найдёшь
Toy tools - is the first step into the world of real music. Now you can buy a variety of musical toys: from simple drums and harmonicas until almost the present piano and synthesizers. Do you think this is only the toys? Not at all: in the preparatory classes of musical schools of these toys are made whole orchestra of noise, in which the kids enthusiastically blow in pipes, banging drums and tambourines, maracas pushing the rhythm and play the first song on the xylophone ... and this is their first real step into the world music.
In the world of music has its own order and classification. Instruments are divided into groups: strings, keyboards, drums, horns, and another reed. Which of them appeared before what later, it is difficult to say for sure. But the ancient people, archers, and noticed that a stretched string sounds, reed tube, if to blow them, emit whistling sounds and rhythm beat comfortable on all surfaces all means at hand. These items were the forefathers of stringed, wind and percussion instruments, already known in ancient Greece. As long ago appeared reed, but the keyboards were invented a little later. Consider these main groups
String -
Bowstring can be considered the prototype of stringed instruments - one of the most important groups of any orchestra. The sound here is published by the oscillating string. To enhance the sound of steel strings to pull over a hollow body - so there lute and mandolin, dulcimer, harp ... and a good friend to us gitara.Strunnye plucked instruments
String group is divided into two main groups: bowed and plucked instruments. For stringed violin include all grades: violins, violas, cellos and double basses huge. The sound of them is removed the bow, which lead on a taut string. For plucked the bow is not necessary: a musician fingers zaschipyvaem string, causing it to oscillate. Guitar, balalaika, lute - plucked instruments. As beautiful harp, which publishes such gentle cooing sounds. But bass - bowed or plucked instrument? Formally, it refers to the bow, but often, especially in jazz, playing it tweaks.