1. Read the following sentences and decide what sentences express the main point of the text.

1. When building a town we should be very careful not to spoil what exists already.

2. The streets and buildings of existing towns will serve many future generations.

3. When designing a town we should not forget that its citizens should be able to move about it without any danger to their life.

4. The economics of a town plan and the technical problems are closely connected.

5. Scientific forecast also includes progressive methods of planning.

6. The designer should select the best building materials for the objects of his planned town.

7. Cities will grow but their growth must be controlled.

2. Find the correct headings of the paragraphs.

1. The whole town, and even its details, should be beautiful.

2. A town should be a nice place to live, to work and to rest in.

3. The town designer should remember that his raw materials will exist in the future.

4. All the objects in the town are called the raw materials of town design.

5. City growth should be controlled.

3. Find the correct endings to the following statements according to the text.

1. Before a development plan is made, it is necessary ________________________ .

2. The plan of a city has to be flexible because ______________________________ .

3. The traditional town pattern is as follows ________________________________ .

4. Make up the summary of this text using the nessesary phrases. You can find them at the end of this textbook. Text 3. The City of Pompei

The city of Pompeii, in southern Italy on the Bay of Naples, was buried by a volcano on August 26, 79 a.d. The city had been built at the foot of Mt Vesuvius, a volcano, about four and one-half miles southeast of the top. At the time of its destruction Pompeii was a busy city of about 20,000 people. It covered about 160 acres and was encircled by a wall with eight gates. It was known as a resort city for rich people.

Mt. Vesuvius had been quiet for so many years that it was thought to be extinct. Then, on that fateful day, it suddenly erupted, and Pompeii and nearby places were wiped out by a rain of hot ashes. People had no way to escape so both the city and the people were buried. They were not found until excavations were made in the 1860s. However, the same force which destroyed Pompeii preserved it. The ashes mixed with strong rains cooled and hardened. This volcanic debris covered the city and preserved it.

From the many excavations came a knowledge of life as it had been before the eruption. The excavations revealed a well-preserved city. Everything was found as it was when people rushed in vain to escape the hot ashes and the deadly fumes.

A number of years ago an exhibit showing the old city of Pompeii was loaned to museums in several countries. Huge crowds came to see the exhibition, and they were amazed at what they saw. The buildings and people looked as they had 1900 years ago. Plaster casts of people and animals seemed real. Visitors saw the town plan, the sidewalks, the houses, the gardens, and the shops. They saw the public baths and the outdoor theaters, too. Also exhibited were the things used in daily life, like tools and pottery. Beautiful art and artifacts were also in the show. There were walls with fine paintings and floors with mosaic designs of small colored stones. There were bronze and marble statues, gold and silver objects, and glass.

These and other treasures could be seen in Naples and Pompeii until the terrible earthquake of 1980, when many of these treasures were destroyed.