Exercise 5. Put the words in right order. E.g. your / is / name / what? = What is your name? 1 I / was /in/ spring/ Canberra/ last
2 We/ at school/ Saturday/ were/last
3 at home/ was/ yesterday /Tina
4 busy/ You/ very/ on/ Friday/ were
5 Jessica/ for/ school/ were/ late/ and/ Kimberly

1. Yes, I like history.
2. The period of the Middle Ages is more interesting for me and I would like to live in it.
3. Many events in history changed the face of the world. For example: the epoch of geographical discoveries, the First World War, the Second World War, many revolutions in different countries and etc.
4. I can name some people: Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, V. I. Lenin and others.
5. To my mind, in nowdays there is a threat of a third world war, but I hope that it never comes.
6. The greatest problems in nowdays are: polution of environment, a threat of world war and etc. We саn solve the problem of polution. Every man should not litter, industrial enterprises must install purifying facilities.

1. What is the history of the word “vitamin”?

The word “vitamin” goes back to the Polish scientist Casimir Funk in 1912. He was studying a substance in the layer that covers rice. This substance was believed to cure a disease called beriberi.

2. Why was James Lind involved in the search of vitamins?

Funk believed the substance belonged to a group of chemicals known as amines. He added the Latin word "vita," meaning life. So he called the substance a “vitamine” -- an amine necessary for life.

4. How many vitamins do you know? Name them.

A, B, C, D, E and K. 6 vitamins

5. Which vitamin do you consider the most important for health? Why?

Vitamin A i think, it helps prevent skin and other tissues from becoming dry.