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1. What is a kobyz? What can it sound like when it is played? Read the text to find out.

The kobyz is the national musical instrument of Kazakhstan. It has a body made of wood and two strings. Musicians play it using a bow. People believe it is the oldest bow musical instrument in the world. When musicians play it, they can copy sounds from nature like the howls of wolves or the cry of swans. Legend says that a man called Korkyt Ata made the very first kobyz.

Korkyt Ata and the Kobyz

Korkyt Ata lived long ago in the 8th to 9th centuries. He was a great thinker and gave advice to the rulers of the land. Legend tells that Korkyt grew tired of the sadness that death brought. He saw that all the wealth and power in the world could not stop death. He went out into the world to search for immortality - life without end - but everywhere he looked, he saw the end of life. In the forest, he saw the dead trees that lay on the ground. On the steppe, he saw the grass that the sun had burned dry. Even the tall, powerful mountains fell down in time.

Seeing all this, Korkyt became depressed. He wanted to feel happier, so he started to create a musical instrument from the wood of a tree. The days and nights passed as he worked on his musical instrument. One night as he dreamt, angels told him to cover it in the skin of a camel, and use the hair from a horse for the strings. Finally, he finished it. It was the first kobyz. He started to play. As he played, Korkyt put all his thoughts and feelings into the music, his wisdom and his kindness. People listened and their own hearts became full of love. Even the birds in the sky high above stopped flying to listen. It was music that gave pleasure to the world. Most importantly, Death listened, too, and stayed away from the maker of those beautiful sounds.

Korkyt rested on the banks of the Syrdarya river. He suddenly realised that this was the way to live forever - through a musical instrument and the sounds played on it. He called the place he sat the Centre of the Earth. Korkyt played the kobyz until he grew tired. Putting down the kobyz, he fell asleep. As he slept, a snake crept up to him and bit him. Korkyt died. They buried him and placed the musical instrument he created on his grave, so that he could play the kobyz even after his death. Korkyt Ata may have died many centuries ago, but he gave us the kobyz and because of that, everywhere across the world, the sound of his music continues and can still be heard to this day.

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1. Что такое кобыз? На что может быть похож его звук, когда на нем играют? Прочитайте текст, чтобы узнать.

Ответ:

The kobyz is the national musical instrument of Kazakhstan. It has a body made of wood and two strings, and it is played with a bow. When played, it can copy sounds from nature like the howls of wolves or the cry of swans.

Перевод: Кобыз — это национальный музыкальный инструмент Казахстана. У него деревянный корпус и две струны, и на нем играют с помощью смычка. Во время игры он может копировать звуки природы, такие как вой волков или крик лебедей.