The importance of sali We use salt every day and we rarely think about at would miss very much, however, if we did not have Our lo would be tasteless and uninteresting. Our body would miss the substance, iodine. provided by it. Salt has been important to mankind since the begining of the years. It was an important article of trade. Salt was so valuable that it was used as moncy. Roman soldiers received pan of their pay in salt This part of their pay was called salatium From this, we got our word salary. In these modern times, salt is used in many ways For example, it is used to make glasses, soap washing compounds, and many other products. A-READING COMPREHENSION Read the text carefully. Then, answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1. When has salt been important to mankind? 2. Where did they use salt as money? How did they call the part of the roman soldiers pay? What substance does salt provide to our body? What is salt used for in these modern times? - Match each phrase from column A with one from column B a) b) c) So, she couldn't get any books. Because my hair is too long. I'm fourteen. . How old are you? I must get a haircut. The Ebrary was closed How are you doing? a). The class was terribly e) boting So, I'm older than you. So, the students didn't listen I'm fine, thanks.​