Expend 1 Answer the questions

Expend 1

1. Answer the questions.

1.     Retell the text.

2.     What is the text about?

3.     What is “nisba”?

4.     What about “Kitab ta'rikh al-Hind” is?

5.     Speak aboutSijzi's astrolabe and his astronomical work, the Mas'ud Canon ?

Answer

2. Bīrūnī[5]) (4/5 September 973 – 13 December 1048), known as Al-Biruni in English,was a Khwarezmian Iranian Muslim scholar and polymath.

3. In Arabic names, a nisba (Arabic: نسبة‎ nisbah, "attribution"), also rendered as nesba or nesbat, is an adjective indicating the person's place of origin, tribal affiliation, or ancestry, used at the end of the name and occasionally ending in the suffix -iyy(ah). Nisba, originally an Arabic word, has been passed to many other languages such as Turkish, Persian, Bengali and Urdu.

In Persian, Turkish, and Urdu usage, it is always pronounced and written as nisbat. In Arabic usage, that pronunciation occurs when the word is uttered in its construct state only.

The practice has been adopted in Iranian names and South Asian Muslim names. The nisba can at times become a surname.

4. In 1017 he traveled to the Indian subcontinent and authored “Tarikh Al-Hind” (History of India) after exploring the Hindu faith practised in India.

Expend 2

1. 
   Let … discuss these questions this morning. We
   
2. 
   Let … translate the letters from German into Russian. We
   
3. 
   Let … go to see him after classes this evening. We
   
4. 
    Let … give the books to the library in time. You
   
5. 
    Let … revise all the words from Lesson Two. You
   
6. 
    Let … read a book about our city.  We
   

Expend 3

1. 
   He can read English (a little, a few).  a little
   
2. 
   Let him think (a little, a few).  A little
   
3. 
    I’ve been to (a little, a few) lectures here and liked them very much. A few
   
4. 
   We spent (a little, a few) days in the country and then came back to town because the weather was awful.  A few
   
5. 
    You know (a little, a few) German, don’t you? A little
   
6. 
   My little son knows (a little, a few) English words. A little
   
7. 
   There weren’t many wide streets in this town (a little, a few) years ago.  A few
   
8. 
   If you think (a little, a few), you will remember the rule and translate the sentence.  A little
   
9. 
    My brother is coming to Moscow in (a little, a few) days.  A few
   
10. 
     I don’t know any French, but I like to hear it. Please say (a little, a few) words in French.  A few