Exercise 14

Make a plan for retelling and be ready to discuss advantages and disadvantages of hydroelectric stations.

Unit 4 town building and municipal services exercise 1

Read and translate the following international words paying attention to the part of speech:

municipal [mju:#nisip{l] a, design [di’zAin] n, urban [ ;{:b{n] a, park [pa:k] n, material [m{;ti{ri{l] a, balance [;b@l{ns] n, characteristic [,k@rikt{;ristik] a, functional [#fNk{nl] a, zone [zoun] n, individual [,indi;vidju{l] a, problem [;prObl{m] n, apartment [{;pa:tm{nt] n, transportation [,tr@nsp{:;tein] n, mile [ mAil] n, garage [ ;g@ra:Z] n, pollute [p{;lu:t] v, standard [ ;st@nd{d ] n, imitation [ imi;tein] n

Exercise 2

Pay attention to the meaning of the following “faux amis”. Read and remember them.

modern современный, новый

number число, количество, номер

public государственный, общественный, публичный

Exercise 3

Read and remember the following words:

satisfy удовлетворять

reasonable разумный

demand требование; запрос

consider рассматривать

lay-out план; планировка

encourage [in;kridZ] поощрять; поддерживать

proper правильный; надлежащий

arrange [{;reindZ] располагать convenient удобный

dwelling местожительство

noble прекрасный; замечательный; величественный

development развитие; строительство; разработка

respect соблюдать

feature [;fi:t{] особенность; признак

visual видимый; наглядный

significance значимость; важность; смысл

out-of-date устарелый; старомодный

mere простой; явный; сущий

core сердцевина; ядро

conform соответствовать

quarters [;kwO:t{z] помещение; квартира

premises [;premisiz] дом; владение

solvent платёжеспособный

access [;@kses] доступ; проход

via [vAi{] через

Exercise 4

Choose the correct definition that best keeps its meaning in the right-hand column:

1. design a) a house and its appurtenances

2. texture b) a district lying immediately outside a

city or a town

3. lay-out c) an underground passage for pedestrians

4. suburb d) the characteristic disposition of the

constituent parts of anything

5. premises e) plan or arrangement

6. subway f) making a plan or drawing

Exercise 5

Match an adjective in A with a noun in B:

A B

convenient	park
fine	building
noble	place
visual	problem
housing	significance
reasonable	City
modern	demand