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EXERCISE 1 a) Read the text and try to focus on its essential facts.
Choose the most suitable heading below for each paragraph:
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а) Рид зэ текст енд трай тэ фокэс ан этс эсэншел факт. Чюз мост съютэбл хэдин бэлоу фёр итж пёрэграф:
Islam 2) Different Religious Denominations 3) Buddhism 4) Christianity 5) Hinduism 6) Judaism.
1) Излам 2) Дифрент Рилиджес Дэнаменейшен 3) Будизм 4) Кристианити 5) Хедуизм 6) Джудаэзм.
RELIGIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD
РИЛИДЖЕН АЛЛ ОВЕР ЗЭ ВОРЛД
Different Religious Denominations
Дифрент Рилиджес Дэнаменейшен
The history of mankind has shown the influence of religion on man.
Зэ хистри оф мэнкаинд хаз шоун зэ инфлуэнс оф рилиджен ан мен.
The study of religion has become increasingly important in modem times.
Зэ стади афь рилиджен хаз бикам инкрисиглей импорнт эн моудем таймз.
There are a lot of religious denominations all over the world.
Зэр ар эй лат авь рилиджес дэнамэнэйшен алло вер зэ ворлд.
Religions are divided into several major branches, which are subdivided into numerous smaller schools and sects.
Релиджен ар дэвайд интьё саврол мэйджер брэнчес вэтч ар сабдэвайд интьё ньюмэрэс смал скул энд сэкт.
Christianity
Кристианити
Christianity is a worldwide religion; about 1.2 billion people are Christians.
Кристианити из эй ворлдвайд рилиджен; абаут уан поинт ту тэнт билъен пипл ар Кристьен.
Most of us are Christians believe in one God with three aspects God the Father, God the Son ( Jesus Christ ), and God the Holy Spirit.
Мост афь ос ар кристьен былыв эн уан Гад вид фри эспект Гад зэ Фёвэ, Гад зэ Сан ( Джизес Краист ), энд Гад зэ Хоули Спирит.
The main Christian denominations are the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant Churches . The Protestant Church includes Anglicans. Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and athers.
Islam
Islam is based on the teaching of Koran In Islam five obligations should be observed to believe in Allah ( God ) and Muhammad ( the prophet ); to pray five times a day; to give money to charity; to fast between sunrise and sunset during Ramadan; and to visit Mecca, the holiest city of Islam in Saudi Arabia, at least once. Muslims pray in mosques most mosques have one or more minarets, from which the Muslims are called to pray.
Judaism
Judaism is the religion of the ancient Hebrews and their descendants, the Jews. The sacred writing of Judaism is the Hebrew Bible, which includes the Torah, historical and prophetic books. Jews pray in synagogues. There are three main synagogue associations: the Orthodox, the Conservative, and the Reform.
Buddhism
Buddhists try to follow the life of Buddha. The Buddha is the title given to Gautama Siddhartha, a wealthy man from India who gave up all his possessions and family to teach the ideas on which the religion of Buddhism is based. Buddhism is a religion of eastern, southern and central Asia, the main idea of which that one must become free of human desires in order to escape from suffering. The followers of this religion believe in reincarnation, which means that people are born again after they die. And their next life depends on how well they behaved in their previous life. All Buddhists are meditating to reach nirvana.
Hinduism
Hindus also believe in reincarnation. Hinduism is the main religion of India, which has no founder and no sacred writing. According to Hinduism there are three main gods: Brahma, Siva. Vishnu, and many other god – like beings. There are about 400 million followers of this religion all over the world.