Marina / Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land (CD)

Книга рассчитана на тех, кто хотел бы быстро овладеть основами разговорного английского языка самостоятельно или под руководством преподавателя. В пособие включены базовые сведения по грамматике, фонетике английского языка, большое количество текстов диалогического и монологического характера, упражнения и тестовые задания с ключами

Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain’s southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty, here the elements are raw, the sky huge and nature seems ascendant • But it is no less a place made by human beings. Stone circles, crosses, dwellings and boundaries speak of the ancient, medieval and modern people that extracted a living from the moorscape and created what it is today. Where convicts are incarcerated, backpackers roam freely; where commoners graze livestock, the army is trained; where the National Park Authority exercises control, the Duchy of Cornwall claims ownership. And Dartmoor remains a place that provides