Self study 2 Task Vocabulary Exercise 1

Refractions- physics the fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, ets.

Medieval- relating to the midlle

Task 3. Grammar


Exercise 1. In each sentence of this text below, one article is missing. Write a, an or the where appropriate.
Sweden has a long history of rules and regulations aimed at guiding citizens on the right path. A majority of Swedish seem content with the prohibitions they believe help keep their country one of the safest on Earth. As Sweden is an extremely child-focused society, much of the paternalistic protection is directed towards children. For example, all television advertising aimed at children under the age of 12 –from junk food to toys to video games – has been banned on terrestrial channels before 9 p.m. since 1991. Although it has many admirers, the ban is not entirely successful because the satellite television stations that broadcast from outside Sweden are free to target children as much as they like. Despite this, health professional say the relatively low incidence of children’s advertising has been a big factor in the exceptionally low level of overweight children in Sweden.
Task 4. Writing
Write about a historical figure who you admire.
Write your opinion (150-200 words)

I don't know if I actually admired him, but I pretty much swallowed the propaganda about King Richard (“the Lionheart”) I of England… you know, the “good King Richard/bad King John” of the Robin Hood stories.

Then I found out that he had slaughtered the entire population of the town of Acre, in the Holy Land, in cold blood. It was something between 2000 and 3000 people. He had captured the town and wanted to trade the inhabitants for Christian prisoners being held by his enemy, Saladin. Saladin stalled, so Richard led the prisoners to a nearby hill in the view of the Muslim army and killed them all.
I know times were different then, but massacring non-combatants for no more reason than to have them dead is not admirable behavior.
The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who found the first route around Africa to India, did the same thing. He seized a ship full of Muslim pilgrims, locked them in the hold, and set fire to it. His own ship stood by watching and listening to their screams, offers to ransom themselves, and pleas for mercy. It was nothing but mass murder. There was no legitimate reason for it.


Task 5. Presentation
Make a presentation (8-12 slides) on the topic: The most important person in the history of mankind.