Tillar kafedrasi m. R. Akramova

Comprehension Questions
1. What is Navruz?
2. How do people celebrate Navruz?
3. When was celebrating Navruz prohibited?
4. What foods are associated with Navruz?
Discussion Questions
1. How does your family prepare for Navruz? What are your family's traditions?
2. Do you like sumalak? Describe how to make sumalak.
3. Have you ever made sumalak? With whom did you make it? What were your tasks?

Give your ideas about Navruz was forbidden to celebrate before Independence

Listen and say what holiday it is.
People visit each other, Streets, houses are cleaned and decorated. It goes on for some weeks. People dance, sing songs. Everybody enjoys this holiday.
Fill in the blanks with the following words: Nation- national, tradition-traditional
Navruz is a……. holiday. Different….. in Uzbekistan celebrate it. People cook……..dishes. An Uzbek….. is to cook sumalak on Navruz.
Match the sentences.
Independence Day is celebrated a)on the 8^th December
Independence Day is proclaimed b)on the Eve Christmas
Constitution day is celebrated c)on the first of September
Navruz is celebrated d)on the 31st of August
Houses and streets are decorated e)on the 21^st of March

UNIT 8
Famous People of Uzbekistan
Amir Temur
In the middle of the 14th century, a fight for in­dependence against the Mongol empire which had begun in Horoson reached Movorounnahr. The main reason for the fate of the Mongol empire was the Central Asian people's fight for their freedom. In this fight the great leader and military strate­gist Amir Temur made his contribution. He spent his whole life fighting against oppression, ending the battles between the Khans and Beks and establishing a strong centralized state. His name was known not only in Turon but all over the world. He became a famous statesman and great military leader of the Uzbek people.
Amir Temur was born on April 9, 1336, in the village of HojaiIgor near Shahrisabz. His father was an authoritative rich man whose name was Amir Taragay. His mother Teguna was a noble woman. So he was well educated in his family. He was strong and handsome.
As his father was a rich man, he had many ser­vants. When he was 12 years old he began to rule over them. He knew how to protect the property and how to oversee it. In his early years he was interested in state affairs and military activities. He spent much time in military training and getting a secular education.
When he was a young man, he took part in wars between various land owners. He was a courageous horseman and he knew military affairs very well. During one of the battles his leg and hand wefe in­jured. His hand soon fully recovered but his leg re­mained lame.
In Europe he was called Tamerlane. His know­ledge of geography, medicine, history and astrono­my always astonished scholars.