Task 1.Read the text again and choose from the sentences A-F the one which best fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra sentence. Listen and check. A In fact, the Babylonians observed specific rituals every seventh day as a way of honouring these celestial bodies.
B The Babylonians, for instance, named Tuesday to Saturday after the five planets, while Sunday and Monday were named after the Sun and Moon, respectively.
C Other ancient civilisations might have also used this calendar.
D They were ahead of their time with respect to astronomy and had been recording the movements of celestial bodies for centuries.
E It is these names, rather than their Greek or Latin counterparts, that the modern English days of the week are based on.
F They added leap days as needed in order to ensure that the calendar consistently followed the phases of the moon.
Pat and Ronald Thomas (do not live) in a caravan, but their home (travels) more miles than any other house in Britain! Their house (is made) from a pair of Victorian railway carriages, and they (have lived) there for ten years. ‘I (did not want) to live in a train at first,’ admits Pat, ’but when I (saw) that this train had a garden with a stream, I just (fell) in love with it. We (bought) it from an old lady, and she had already (done) a lot of work on it. But there is a lot left to do and we are still (making) improvements.’ Visitors are often (surprised) to see how spacious the house is. All the dividing walls (have been removed), so now the rooms are about fifteen metres long. Pat and Ronald (paid) £68,000 for their house. Recently they (have been offered) more than £100,000 for it, but it’s not for sale. ‘I (am discovering) more and more about the history of this train all the time,’ says Ronald. ‘It (was built) in Swindon between 1855 and 1875. We (have been working) so hard to make it beautiful that I don’t think we will ever (sell) it,’ he admits. ‘I hope it (remains) in our family forever’.
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