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The history of invention in Canada has followed a long and noble path. Canada inventors have patented more than one million inventions, which are used by pen around the world. They thought up the electric light bulb, the electric stove , the electric wheelchair, standard time, the modern zipper and the first snowmobile. Yet few we can remember more than one or two Canadian inventors.The country has two national sports: lacrosse as the country’s national summer sport, and ice hockey as the national winter sport. Lacrosse is the country’s official sport. Lacrosse is played with 20 players in a grass field, 10 players on each side. The players use long-handled lacrosse sticks are a loose net on the head to catch, carry and pass the small rubber ball. Lacrosse is great enjoyed by Canadians and has gained popularity in other countries too. Basketball is unusual in that it was created by one person. In early December 1804 dr. james n., a Canadian physical education professor at mcgill university proposed a dynamic indoor game to keep his students at a proper level of fitness during the long new England winters. He wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket they not have a hole in the bottom. Nowadays basketball is played all over the world. In the beginning of the 20th century, a black bear cub from Canada named Winning was given to London zoo. Soon the bear became one of the most popular attractions in the zoo. Winnie, as she was called in London, became a favorite of Christopher Robins Milne and inspired his father. Milne to write a book about bear named Winnie the Pooh and his friend Christopher Robin. Every year , Quebec city has an ice hotel. The hotel melts in the summer, but is rebuild every winter. The name ice hotel isn’t an exaggeration. Everything inside the hotel made of ice. The hotel’s café has tables and chairs made of ice, and even glasses made of ice. The rooms are like little snow caves, windowless, with curtains instead of a door. Before spending a night in the ice hotel, guests must sit through a special seminar how to not get frostbite while they sleep. When Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, came to the new world in the 16th century, is met with local natives. They invited him and his companions to their «Kanata» (the world for ‘village’ or ‘settlement’ in their language. Cartier misunderstood and believed the Natives were referring to the entire country as “Kanata”. So he named the new country as “Kanata”. Nowadays we call it “Canada”Canada is formally a constitutional monarchy with the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth 2, as the supreme governor of the state. Canada passed back and forth between French and British monarchs over the centuries before becoming an independent nation. The queen no longer rules Canada, but she still plays a significant role in the government and in Canada’s national identity, and appears prominently on Canadian currency. 1. Just to keep the students healthy 2. The official languages 3. Available only in winter 4. Wiped from our memory 5. The nominal head of the country 6. Summer alternative to hockey 7. A linguistic mistake 8. The real prototype of a fairytale character
ПОЖАЛУЙСТА! Нужен перевод текста. The Giants Causeway What Is It? The Giants Causeway is Northern Irelands most famous landmark. It has been an official UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986. Formed between 50 and 60 years ago by the volcanic activity, the causeway draws people from far and wide to this corner of the North Antrim. This unique place occupies approximately 70 ha of land and 160 ha of sea. It is made up of some 40,000 massive hexagonal black basalt columns which are packed tightly together and stick out of the sea. Some of the columns have four, five, seven and eight sides. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. What Does the Legend Say? The legend goes that the mythical Irish giant Finn MacCool built the causeway to Scotland and battle with the giant called Benandonner. When he got there, he found that the Scottish giant was asleep but also far bigger than himself, so Finn returned back across the causeway. When Benandonner woke up, he came across the causeway and was intent on fighting Finn. Finns wife dressed up her husband as a baby. So when Benandonner arrived she said Finn wasnt at home. She also asked the giant to be quiet not to wake up the baby. When Benandonner saw the baby he decided that if the baby was that big, Finn must be massive. So he turned tail and fled back across the causeway ripping it up as he went. All that remains are the ends, here at the Giants Causeway and on the island of Staffa in Scotland where similar formations are found. A Wonder of the World? In the past the causeway became widely known as the "The Eighth Wonder of the world" when large numbers of visitors came to view it from the 1700s. Perhaps now there is a chance it could be officially recognised as such a wonder. In 2008 the Giants Causeway was nominated one of the world’s seven natural wonders. The new seven wonders of the world were announced in Lisbon, Portugal in July 2007 and the new “Seven Wonders of Nature” as they are officially called were launched. These are currently being balloted and the chosen will be announced in 2010.
