Вопрос № 223953 - Английский язык

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The rhizomes of rhubarb are collected from plants eight to ten years old. Then the rhizomes are dried either in the sun or in the ovens. After the drying operation the rhizomes are peeled. Rhubarb was used in China more than 4000 years ago. It was used by the Greek and Roman physicians and was used in Europe in the middle ages.
Rhubarb is used for its purgative action.

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4,500 million years A.C.: the planet temperature is very high. There are many volcanoes but there is no biological life. Meteorites fall from outer space and volcanic eruptions prepare the Earth crust. Gases from the volcanoes form the initial atmosphere. The temperature goes down, oxygen and hydrogen join and form the first lakes and oceans. Scientists believe that life begins in these waters.

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Today’s real estate market, like everything in life, is changing. It is no longer driven by demands for large, expensive dream homes. Consumers are now concentrating on the more practical issues involved in buying and owning a home.

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In 1958 some scientists started to dig at Зatal Hьyьk in Turkey. They found buildings over 8,000 years old! The scientists found seeds, bones, bowls and pieces of wool. These told them that the people were farmers. They made their clothes from wool and animal skins. They built their houses from mud bricks and they painted the walls. There were no doors or windows; people climbed down through a hole in the roof.

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Stonehenge is a circle of stones on Salisbury Plain in England. It is about 5,000 years old. The stones are huge – some are nearly 10 metres tall and they are very heavy. How did people lift these stones? They had no machines then. The blue stones in the middle of the circle come from Wales, 200 kilometres away. How did people bring these stones to Salisbury Plain? There were no trains or lorries then.

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Why did they build a circle of stones in the middle of an empty field? Some people think Stonehenge is a prehistoric cathedral to the sun. A line of stones points to the sunrise on Midsummer’s Day. Some people think Stonehenge is a giant computer for astronomers. It shows how the stars move in the sky.