2. Fill in the articles where necessary.
Example: What do you think of New Zealand? ->
What do you think of - New Zealand?
1. New Zealand became an official British colony in 1840.
2. The old image of life in NZ as a cultural desert no longer applies.
3. The beach is the only place to be on a hot summer's day.
4. South Island was known as the Canoe of Maui.
5. Robert Scott led two journeys to the South Pole.
6. The Kiwi fruit takes pride of place on top of the eggwhite and sugar dessert known as the Pavlova.
7. Fortunately, we were able to take a day trip to a mountain - Mt Cook.
8. There are thousands of kilometres of tracks leading to . Lake Waikaremoana or the Tasman Sea coast.
3. Read the legend "The Story of Aoraki" and put in the where necessary.
The Story of Aoraki
Mt Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain, is called Aoraki by the Maori.
According to a legend, which explains how the mountain's name came about, Aoraki and his three brothers were the sons of Rakinui, Sky Father. They were on a
voyage around Papatuanuku, Earth Mother, when their canoe was stranded after striking a reef in the ocean. Aoraki and his brothers climbed on the top side of their
canoe. Cold south wind hit them, froze them, and turned them into stone. The legend says their canoe became New Zealand's South Island which was then called Te Waka o Aoraki. Aoraki, the tallest of the brothers, gave his name to the highest peak. His brothers and members of his crew became the mountains of the Southern Alps.
Now it is impossible to imagine that our life would not be accompanied by art and creativity. Wherever and whenever a person lived, he tried to make sense of the world around him, tried to understand it and figuratively, to pass on the knowledge gained to the next generations. This is how wall paintings appeared in caves-ancient human settlements.
Humanity did not stand still, it moved forward and higher, and the art that accompanies man along the way also developed.
If you turn to the Renaissance, you admire the heights reached by artists and poets, musicians and architects. The immortal works of Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci still fascinate with their perfection, plasticity and deep awareness of the role of man in the world, where he is destined to pass his short, but beautiful, sometimes tragic path. Magnificent are the works created in Europe: "the Word about Igor's regiment", icons and paintings by Andrey Rublev and Feofan the Greek, cathedrals of Vladimir, Kiev and Moscow.
It is not only ancient creations that attract our attention. We are constantly faced with works of art in everyday life. Visiting museums and exhibition halls, we want to join the beautiful world that is available at first only to geniuses, and then to others, we learn to understand, see, and absorb the beauty that has already become a part of our ordinary life.
Art is beautiful because it is created by the chosen, but belongs to millions. We try to understand what the masters have created, and we approach their vision of the world. Isn't this the main purpose of art? It is intended for human improvement.
It is impossible for everyone to be creators, but it is in our power to try to penetrate the essence of the creation of genius, to come closer to understanding the beautiful. And the more often we become contemplators of paintings, architectural masterpieces, listeners of beautiful music, the better it is for us and others.
Art is many-sided, eternal, but, unfortunately, it cannot influence people without their will, mental tension, a certain work of thought. A person must want to learn to see and understand the beautiful, then art will have a beneficial effect on him, society as a whole. This will probably happen in the future.
In the XX century, the role of film, television and video increased. They became the main idols of young people. And it is fine if it is a good, humane beginning, i.e. true art with age-old traditions. But if the propaganda of violence, the cult of power, evil steps on our screens, we will die after the hapless heroes of these one-day militants.
I believe that all this is temporary, transitory, and soon people will understand it. Many people already realize that no film can replace communication with a book, music, or painting.
Art is eternal and beautiful, because it brings beauty and goodness to the world!
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