Прочтите и переведите текст. Раскройте скобочки в Past Simple
Раскройте скобочки в Past Simple
Tense.
The Lost City of Atlantis
More than 2,500 years ago, Greek scientist and philosopher Plato __________
(write) of a beautiful city that ___________ (disappear) in one night. According
to Plato, earthquakes and floods (наводнения) ___________ (destroy) the city
Atlantis.
Adventurers, treasure hunters and scientists ___________ (search) for the
lost city of Atlantis. Researchers (исследователи) ___________ (discover) a lost
city off the coast of Cuba and ___________ (think) it ___________ (may) be
Atlantis. Others believe it lies under mud lands (болота) in southern Spain. Still
others believe it lies somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea (Средиземное море).
There’s good reason to believe it actually ___________ (exist). After all,
many other “lost” cities have been rediscovered, including Pompeii and Ubar. On
the other hand, some researchers believe that Plato ___________ (invent) the
legend of Atlantis to warn (предупредить) people about being prideful and greedy
(жадный). He ___________ (know) about the lost cities of Helike and Pavlopetri and
may have based the story of Atlantis on those cities.
Fun Facts about the Lost City of Atlantis:
 Plato first ___________ (describe) Atlantis as “larger than Libya and
Asia together”.
 According to Plato, Poseidon’s oldest son Atlas, was made king of
Atlantis.
 In Plato’s story the Atlantic Ocean was named after Atlas.
 Ignatius Donnelly ___________ (believe) that the Garden of Eden
from the Bible was located on Atlantis and that it was wiped out
(смыло) in the Great Flood also from the Bible.
Question: Are people still searching for Atlantis?
Yes. In 2011 there ___________ (be) a team ___________ (manage) by a
professor who ___________ (say) there was evidence (доказательство) of
Atlantis ________ (locate) in southwestern Andalusia.
Question: How do researchers decide where to look when they search for the lost
city?
Answer: Some ___________ (base) their theories on satellite (спутник)
imagery, others try to find the location from Plato’s original writings and some
believe it must be in the Atlantic Ocean simply because the names are similar.
Прочтите и переведите текст.
Tense.
The Lost City of Atlantis
More than 2,500 years ago, Greek scientist and philosopher Plato __________
(write) of a beautiful city that ___________ (disappear) in one night. According
to Plato, earthquakes and floods (наводнения) ___________ (destroy) the city
Atlantis.
Adventurers, treasure hunters and scientists ___________ (search) for the
lost city of Atlantis. Researchers (исследователи) ___________ (discover) a lost
city off the coast of Cuba and ___________ (think) it ___________ (may) be
Atlantis. Others believe it lies under mud lands (болота) in southern Spain. Still
others believe it lies somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea (Средиземное море).
There’s good reason to believe it actually ___________ (exist). After all,
many other “lost” cities have been rediscovered, including Pompeii and Ubar. On
the other hand, some researchers believe that Plato ___________ (invent) the
legend of Atlantis to warn (предупредить) people about being prideful and greedy
(жадный). He ___________ (know) about the lost cities of Helike and Pavlopetri and
may have based the story of Atlantis on those cities.
Fun Facts about the Lost City of Atlantis:
 Plato first ___________ (describe) Atlantis as “larger than Libya and
Asia together”.
 According to Plato, Poseidon’s oldest son Atlas, was made king of
Atlantis.
 In Plato’s story the Atlantic Ocean was named after Atlas.
 Ignatius Donnelly ___________ (believe) that the Garden of Eden
from the Bible was located on Atlantis and that it was wiped out
(смыло) in the Great Flood also from the Bible.
Question: Are people still searching for Atlantis?
Yes. In 2011 there ___________ (be) a team ___________ (manage) by a
professor who ___________ (say) there was evidence (доказательство) of
Atlantis ________ (locate) in southwestern Andalusia.
Question: How do researchers decide where to look when they search for the lost
city?
Answer: Some ___________ (base) their theories on satellite (спутник)
imagery, others try to find the location from Plato’s original writings and some
believe it must be in the Atlantic Ocean simply because the names are similar.