Slobomir P University

Faculty of Philology

HOMEWORK
Native Speaking English Class Prof.Elizabeth Milju

Student:

Ljiljana Nekovi

Homework
1.
1.

Find out five things about the city of Chicago. a) Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with
more than 2.8 million people, the third largest city in the United States. Located on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the third-most densely populated major city in the U.S., and anchor to the world's 26th largest metropolitan area with over 9.5 million people across three states.

b) Chicago has numerous nicknames, the best known include: "Chitown"; the "Windy City" with reference to Chicago politicians and residents boasting about their city; "Second City," due to the city generally being the second most prestigious in the nation in terms of culture, entertainment, and finance; and the "City of Big Shoulders", referring to its numerous skyscrapers (whose steel frame designs were largely pioneered in Chicago), described as being husky and brawling.

c) In 2007, the city attracted 32.8 million domestic visitors and about
1.15 million foreign visitors.

d) Chicago earned the title of "City of the Year" in 2008 from GQ

for contributions in architecture and literature, its world of politics, and the downtown's starring role in the Batman movie The Dark Knight.

e) Picasso sculpture in Chicago, Illinois - the

sculptor refused to be paid the $100,000 fee due him and donated it to the people of Chicago.

2. Three questions from me

2. a) What was the main reason for you to leave the grat city of Chicago, come here and teach us? b) Have you heard anything special about our country and you would like to visit it, customs you would like to explore, or people you would like to meet? c) What are you planning to do while you are here, in what sorts of projects are you interested in?

3. What country I would like to visit? 3.The country I would like to visit is Egypt.
The History of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early predynastic settlements of the northern Nile Valley to the Roman conquest in 30 BC. The Pharaonic Period is dated from around 3150 BC, when Lower and Upper Egypt became a unified state, until the country fell under Greek rule in 332 BC. Egypt's history is split into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling of each pharaoh. The Old Kingdom is most commonly regarded as spanning the period of time when Egypt was ruled by the Third Dynasty through to the Sixth Dynasty (2686 BC 2134 BC). The royal capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom was located at Memphis, where Djoser established his court. The Old Kingdom is perhaps best known, however, for the large number of pyramids, which were constructed at this time as pharaonic burial places. For this reason, the Old Kingdom is frequently referred to as "the Age of the Pyramids." The first notable pharaoh of the Old Kingdom was Djoser (26302611 BC) of the Third Dynasty, who ordered the construction of a pyramid (the Step Pyramid) in Memphis' necropolis, Saqqara.

Many books have been written on religion in ancient Egypt. Religion in ancient Egypt was not unlike modern times. Today, not everyone believes in the same way, or of the same god. Egypt was no different. Individual kings worshipped their own gods, as did the workers, priests, merchants and peasants. Likewise, the myths changed with the location of the gods, as did their names. Names in ancient Egypt were very mystic and powerful. It was thought that if you inscribed your enemies' name on something, then broke it, that enemy would either be afflicted, or possibly die. If you knew a name you had power. In the same respect, using a name could be beneficial. Each god had five names, and each was associated with an element, such as air, with celestial bodies, or were a descriptive statement about the god, such as strong, virile or majestic. The creator of all things was either Re, Amun, Ptah, Khnum or Aten, depending on which version of the myth was currently in use. The heavens were represented by Hathor, Bat, and Horus. Osiris was an earth god as was Ptah. The annual flooding of the Nile was Hapi. Storms, evil and confusion were Seth. His counterpart was Ma'at, who represented balance, justice and truth. The moon was Thoth and Khonsu. Re, the sun god, took on many forms, and transcended most of the borders that contained the other gods. The actual shape of the sun, the disk (or, aten), was deified into another god, Aten.

Golden mask from the mummy of Tutankhamen, one of the pharohs.