Lesson 11, страница 26 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

The Bald Eagle - страница 26.

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LESSON 11

Read the text and say why the bald eagle was chosen as the national bird of the USA.

The Bald Eagle

NEW WORDS

a bald eagle ['bɔ:ld 'i:gl] — орёл (герб и эмблема США)

strength [streŋθ] — сила

courage ['kʌrɪʤ] — храбрость

pollution [pə'lu:ʃn] — загрязнение

pesticides ['pestɪsaɪdz] — пестициды (средства для борьбы с вредителями)

an insect ['ɪnsekt] — насекомое

to destroy [dɪ'strɔɪ] — уничтожать

crops [krɔps] — зерновые культуры

to pollute [pə'lu:t] — загрязнять

to poison ['pɔɪzn] — отравлять

a shell [ʃel] — скорлупа

to survive [sə'vaɪv] — выживать

to remain [rɪ'meɪn] — оставаться

In 1782, soon after the United States won its independence, the bald eagle was chosen as the national bird of the new country. American leaders wanted the eagle to be a symbol of their country because it is a bird of strength and courage. They chose the bald eagle because it was found all over North America and only in North America.

Today, over 200 years later, the bald eagle has almost disappeared from the country. In 1972 there were only 3000 bald eagles in the United States.

It is not difficult to explain the fact. The birds disappear because of pollution, especially pollution of the rivers by pesticides. Pesticides are things used to kill insects and other animals that attack and destroy crops. Unfortunately, rain often washes pesticides into rivers. Pesticides pollute the rivers and poison the fish. Eagles eat these fish and then the eagles lay eggs which are not healthy. The eggs have very thin shells and baby eagles do not come out of many of them. Besides eagles lay only two or three eggs a year.

Because of all these facts, the number of eagles quickly became smaller.

Today the American government and the American people are trying to protect the bald eagle. The number of bald eagles is slowly becoming bigger. Now people of the USA are sure that the American national bird will survive and remain a symbol of strength and courage.

Answer the questions.

1) What kind of bird do you see in the picture?

2) It's a picture of the national bird of the USA, isn't it?

3) Where do you usually see pictures of this bird?

4) When was it chosen as the national bird of the new country?

5) What has happened to the bald eagle nowadays?

Решение.