1. How much do you know about the Aztecs? Are the sentences true or false? 1) The Aztecs used cocoa beans to make a chocolate drink, and as dice when they played board games. 2) The Aztecs ate a lot of meat and fish. They also ate insects and frogs! 3) People loved watching the “Dance of the Flyers”. You can still see this ancient ceremony in Mexico today. 4) The Aztecs didn’t have paper. Instead, they wrote on stone. 5) Many English words like tomato, chocolate, avocado and chilli come from the Aztec language. 6) There was no popcorn or chewing gum in the time of the Aztecs.

Перевод задания: Что ты знаешь об ацтеках? Верны или неверны предложения?

1. False. Cocoa beans were used to make a chocolate drink, but the claim that they were used as dice is false.

   Неверно. Какао-бобы использовали для приготовления шоколадного напитка, но утверждение, что их использовали как игральные кости, неверно.

2. False. Meat and fish were not a large part of the Aztec diet.

   Неверно. Мясо и рыба не составляли значительную часть рациона ацтеков.

3. True. The “Dance of the Flyers” can still be seen in Mexico.

   Верно. «Танец летунов» до сих пор можно увидеть в Мексике.

4. False. The Aztecs used paper; they did not write only on stone.

   Неверно. Ацтеки использовали бумагу; они писали не только на камне.

5. True. Words such as tomato, chocolate, avocado and chilli have origins in the language of the Aztecs.

   Верно. Такие слова, как tomato (помидор), chocolate (шоколад), avocado (авокадо) и chilli (чили), происходят из языка ацтеков.

6. False. Popcorn and chewing gum existed in the time of the Aztecs.

   Неверно. Попкорн и жевательная резинка существовали во времена ацтеков.