.) 4. Read the text again. Answer the questions. a) What preparation do parents of a baby make to organize beshik toi?
b) What's the most interesting part of the celebration?
c) What do elderly women do to prepare beshik for a baby? Why do
they do all these customs?
d) Why does a mother take beshik and walk to the doorstep and back?
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1 – When I was about 12, I (1 - ) the chance to go to western China, looking for rare plants in an extraordinary area of the mountains and forests.

a) got

2 – I wasn’t all that (2 - ) in plants.

c) interested

3 – But my dad’s a botanist by (3 - ) and he was going as assistant to Professor Beall, who was leading the expedition.

b) profession

4 – It was an important international expedition and my name was (4 -) not on the list of the participants.

b) definitely

5 – But at the (5 - ) moment, one of the experts broke his ankle.

c) last

6 – Of course, he had to (6 - ) out.

a) drop

7 – It was impossible to get anyone else to go at such (7 - ) notice, so my dad suggested taking me, for experience.

d) short

8 – The professor was so surprised that he agreed without thinking, but he obviously began to (8 - ) doubts as soon as the plane was in the air.

a) have

9 – I remember him (9 - ) that he hoped I was not going to run around.

d) saying  

10 – He also hoped I wouldn’t (10 - ) on rare specimens, as if I was a little kid!

a) tread

11 – My dad didn’t say anything as bad as that but he did say he hoped he wasn’t going to (11 - ) bringing me.

b) regret

12 – They didn’t realize it at that time that my only ambition was to get a photo of a wild panda; and in the end that was (12 - ) what I did!

c) exactly

The Fox is a predatory mammal of the family Canidae, the most common and largest species of the genus foxes. The body length of 60-90 cm, tail 40-60 cm, weight 6-10 kg.Fox spread very widely throughout Europe, North Africa, most of Asia (up to Northern India, southern China and Indochina), in North America from the Arctic zone to the Northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Fox was acclimatized in Australia and has spread across the continent, with the exception of some Northern areas with humid subequatorial climate.
Previously it was thought that in America, the lives of individual species of foxes, but in recent years it is regarded as a subspecies of red foxes.Coloration and sizes of foxes vary in different localities; in total account for 40-50 subspecies, not including smaller forms. In General, when moving to the North foxes become larger and more bright, to the South — smaller and duller colored. In the Northern areas and mountains are also more common black and brown and other melanistics forms of painting foxes. The most common color of Fox: bright red back, white belly, dark paws. Often the foxes are brown stripes on the spine and the shoulder blades, like a cross. General distinguishing features: dark ears and white tail tip. Externally, the Fox is a beast of medium size with an elegant body, on short, thin legs, elongated snout, pointy ears and a long bushy tail.
The molt begins in February-March and ends in mid-summer. Immediately after this, the Fox starts to grow the winter fur, she's fully dressed by the turn of November and December. The summer fur is much more rare and short, winter — thick and luxuriant. Foxes have large ears-locators, which they pick up sound vibrations. Ears to Lis — "the hunter" booties.
   Перевод :   Лиса-это хищное млекопитающее семейства Псовые, самый распространенный и крупный вид рода лисиц. Длина тела 60-90 см, хвоста 40-60 см, Вес 6-10 кг. Песец распространен очень широко по всей Европе, Северной Африке, большей части Азии (вплоть до Северной Индии, Южного Китая и Индокитая), в Северной Америке от арктической зоны до северного побережья Мексиканского залива. Фокс был акклиматизирован в Австралии и распространилась по всему континенту, за исключением некоторых северных районов с влажным субэкваториальный климат.
Ранее считалось, что в Америке живет отдельный вид лисиц, но в последнее время его рассматривают как подвид рыжей лисицы.Окраска и размеры лисиц различны в разных местностях; всего составляют 40-50 подвидов, не учитывая более мелких форм. В общем, при продвижении на север лисицы становятся крупнее и ярче, к югу — мельче и тусклее окрашенными. В северных районах и в горах также более распространенный черный и коричневый и другие melanistics формы окраски лисиц. Самый распространенный окрас лисы: ярко-рыжая спина, белое брюхо, темные лапы. Зачастую лисы являются коричневыми полосками на позвоночник и лопатки, словно крест. Общие отличительные черты: темные уши и белый кончик хвоста. Внешне Лисица представляет собой зверя среднего размера с изящным телом, на коротких, тонких ножках, вытянутой мордой, острыми ушами и длинным пушистым хвостом.
Линька начинается в феврале-марте и заканчивается в середине лета. Сразу после этого, Лиса начинает расти зимняя шерсть, она полностью одета на рубеже ноября и декабря. Летний мех гораздо более редкий и короткий, зимний — более густыми и пышными. Лисицы имеют большие уши-локаторы, в которых они улавливают звуковые колебания. Уши для Лис — "Ловец" добычи.