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I. A Flying Disaster – Թռչող աղետ

Earthquakes (երկրաշարժերը), floods (ջրհեղեղները), hurricanes (փոթորիկները), Tsunamis (ցունամիները) are different kinds of disasters. It seems that every day we read about at least one of these somewhere in the world. But every year, somewhere, another kind of disaster causes (պատճառ է դառնում) great damage (վնաս) to plants and people. It is something much smaller and not so well-known as an earthquake or a tsunami – it is an insect (միջատ) called the locust (մորեխ).

The locust usually does things alone – it lives on its own and eats on its own. But sometimes something changes the way nature works. When the number of locusts increases somewhere and there are lots of plants to eat, the locusts get together in swarms (պարս).

Perhaps the most dangerous locust is the desert (անապատ) locust. It is found in Africa, the Middle East (Մերձավոր արևելք), and Asia – in about 60 countries altogether. When desert locusts swarm (պարս են կազմում), they bring problems to one-tenth of all the humans in the world.

The numbers are huge and frightening. A swarm of desert locusts can be 1,200 km² in size – imagine an area that is over 20 kilometers wide and 50 kilometers long, full of locusts! And there can be 50 million locusts in each square kilometer. Each locust eats its own weight in plants every day – so a swarm of desert locusts can eat more than 150 million kilos of food in one day. They can also fly very long distances – 1954 a swarm of locusts from northeast Africa flew thousands of miles to finally land in Great Britain.

It’ no wonder that (զարմանալի չէ, որ) farmers in many countries fear the desert locusts more than snakes and spiders. It’s the desert locust that destroys the harvest and brings hunger to people all over the world.

Answer the questions

  1. What do all the disasters mentioned in the text have in common (ընդհանուր)?
  2. Why is it surprising that locusts can cause such enormous damage?
  3. What proportion of the world’s population can be in danger because of locust swarms?
  4. What makes the desert locust so dangerous?
  5. Why can locusts bring death to lots of people?

II.   Որոշ տեղեկություններ հոդերի (articles) մասին.

a հոդն է գործածվում, երբ հաշվելի գոյականի մասին ընդհանրապես ենք խոսում.

I have got a red pen. Երկրորդ անգամ նույն տեքստի մեջ այդ գրիչի մասին խոսելիս պետք է գործածել the հոդը: The red pen is always in my bag.

գրիչ – a pen

գրիչը – the pen

գրիչներ – pens

գրիչները – the pens

Երբ գայլի, կամ էլ՝ ցանկացած կենդանու մասին որպես կենդանու տեսակ ենք խոսում, պետք է գործածենք the հոդը: The wolf is a clever animal. Մեր տեքստում՝ the desert locust – անապատային մորեխ (որպես տեսակ):

Complete the sentences with a, an, the or no article.

  1. I really like …. bicycles! I’ve got two: …. green one and … grey one. I got …green bike as a birthday present when I was 12. I bought … grey bike with my own money.
  2. I read …. newspaper story about …. new plane yesterday.  …. plane can carry 3000 people, but …. story didn’t say when they will finish making it.
  3. My father drives …. old car. He loves it! It was made in 1960, and it looks really beautiful. Every week he gets …. phone calls from …. people who want to buy it. Last week he had ….. phone call from …. woman in London. My father didn’t know …. woman, but she offered him £ 10,000 for …. car!
  4. Last night I had …. dream. My dream was about …. dogs – lots of them! There was …. dog that tried to bite me and I ran away. Some people say that …. dreams tell you …. things about yourself. Perhaps this dream means that I’m afraid of … dogs.

 

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