1.1.3. Drilling<br>Ex. 1. Finish the sentences, using the information from the<br>text:<br>1. Humankind built the first “shelters” before ....<br>2. When man began to cultivate land he started to live in ....<br>3. Man used animal hides and bones to ....<br>4. Hides or broad leaves were utilized to form ....<br>5. The first roofs were most likely built of ....<br>6. Prehistoric people often used such composite building<br>materials as ....<br>7. At present some tribal populations still live in ....<br>8. Man erected all structures to protect himself from ....<br>Ex 2. Choose the right answers according to the information from<br>the text:<br>1. What was man from the very beginning?<br>a) He was a builder.<br>b) He was a hunter-gatherer.<br>c) He was a sailor.<br>2. What materials did humankind use in the prehistoric times?<br>a) He used only wood.<br>b) He used concrete and steel.<br>c) He used readily available materials.<br>3. What materials did people start to use instead of hides?<br>a) People started to use stones.<br>b) People started to use bricks.<br>c) People started to use plywood.<br>4. Why were timber buildings restricted in size?<br>a) They were restricted in size as there were no tools at all.<br>b) They were restricted in size as man didn’t know how to erect<br>high buildings.<br>c) They were restricted in size as the stone tools were not very<br>effective in cutting large trees for timber.<br>Ex. 3. Match the beginning and the end of the sentences,<br>translate the resulted sentences into Russian:<br>1. The round dwellings called tholoi, а) the place of the hides then.<br>2. All these buildings protected b) for permanent dwellings.<br>16<br>3. Animal hides and bones c) to roof the structure.<br>4. Thatch was used d) were built of packed clay.<br>5. Stones took e) man from severe weather<br>conditions.<br>6. Clay and wood were often used f) were used to create tents.<br>Ex. 4. Answer the questions to the text:<br>1. What is construction?<br>2. What were the first types of buildings people lived in?<br>3. How did humankind get bones and hides?<br>4. How did prehistoric man use bones and hides?<br>5. How were tents erected?<br>6. What is a hut and how did man make it?<br>7. What material did people use for rigidity and waterproofing<br>of their shelters?<br>8. What form did the first roof have?<br>9. What did man utilize to roof the structure (the tent, the hut,<br>the stone structures, the communal house)?<br>10. What were the walls of the communal house infilled<br>with?<br>11. Why did people begin to build houses?<br>Ex. 5. Speak about construction of different structures using<br>the key words:<br>1. Construction of the tents: to hunt, hides and bones, wooden<br>poles, to use, to erect a framework, to drive a pole, to throw<br>on animal hides.<br>2. Construction of the huts: branches, to stick, in a circle, to tie<br>the upper ends, framework, to form a covering, the Middle East,<br>round dwellings, packed clay, domed roofs.<br>3. Construction of the stone structures: stones, to be placed<br>vertically, to be spanned across, dolmens, granaries and temples,<br>Stonehenge, to be a puzzle, to be based on the post and lintel<br>metho
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