3. Copy the true sentence about the passage, a. Primary colours are the same as secondary colours. b. Mixing two primary colours makes a secondary colour c. Red, blue and yellow are secondary colours.
Nature is all around us. We see it every day. It’s the sunset, the sunrise, the song of birds, the blooming оf flowers, the wind that blows, etc. These signs are an integral part of our lives. On the one hand we cherish these natural blessings, on the other hand – we don’t appreciate fully their importance. Thus, our future generations can be cut from these treasures. They might see less of natural wonders, because the humanity gradually destroys forests and kills some species of animals. It all happens due to industrial revolution and the growing number of chemical plants. Humans are the only species on our planet that consciously manipulate the environment.
The custom to decorate the New Year tree came to us from Germany. There is a tradition that the beginning of the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree was laid by the German reformer Martin Luther. In 1513, returning home on the eve of Christmas, Luther was fascinated and delighted by the beauty of the stars, which covered the heavenly vault so thickly that it seemed as if the tree crowns sparkled with stars. At home, he put a Christmas tree on the table and decorated it with candles, and placed a star on the top in memory of the star of Bethlehem, indicating the path to the cave where Jesus was born.
It is also known that in the 16th century in Central Europe on Christmas Eve it was customary to place a small beech tree in the middle of the table, decorated with small apples, plums, pears and hazelnuts cooked in honey.
In the second half of the 17th century, the custom of supplementing the decoration of the Christmas meal with a deciduous and coniferous tree was already common in German and Swiss houses. The main thing that it was a toy size. At first the small Christmas trees were suspended to the ceiling along with sweets and apples, and only later it was customary to decorate in the guest room one large Christmas tree.
In the XVIII-XIX centuries, the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree spread not only throughout Germany, but also appeared in England, Austria, Czech Republic, Holland, Denmark. In America, New Year trees also appeared thanks to German emigrants. In the beginning, the Christmas trees were decorated with candles, fruits and sweets, later the custom included toys made of wax, cotton wool, cardboard, and then glass.
