Vocabulary

across	через, напротив
avenue ['ævə,nju:]	проспект
bank	банк
block	квартал
boulevard ['bu:lə,va:d]	бульвар
bridge	мост
building	здание
bus	автобус
cinema	кинотеатр
city	город (большой)
crossing	перекресток
hotel [həu'tel]	гостиница
in front of	перед
library	библиотека
museum [mju:'zi:əm]	музей
on the left (right)	слева (справа)
post office	почта
square [skweə]	площадь
stop	остановка
straight [streit]	прямо
street	улица
taxi	такси
theater	театр
to get off	сходить (с транспорта)
to go by bus (taxi, tram…)	ехать на автобусе (такси, трамвае…)
to take – took - taken	сесть (на транспорт), пойти (по улице)
to turn	повернуть
to walk	гулять, идти пешком, прогулка
town	город (маленький)
traffic	дорожное движение
traffic lights	светофор
tram	трамвай
trolley	троллейбус
underground, metro (AmE subway)	метро

Pronunciation

2 Listen and repeat. Add more words.

[æ] tram, taxi, bank, traffic, traffic lights

[i] cinema, city, bridge

[Λ] bus, underground, subway

[o] stop, office, trolley

[o:] walk

[ə:] turn

[ei] take, straight, subway

[ai] library, lights, right

[eə] square

[au] town

[ou] hotel, post

[iə] theater

[ju] museum, avenue

[ŋ] building, crossing

Oral exercises

3 Practice the following sentences with the words given below. Listen and repeat the sentences until you can say them fluently.

a) theater: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the theater?

museum, hotel, library, post office

b) tram: Where is the nearest tram stop?

bus, trolley, taxi, train

c) traffic lights: Turn right at the traffic lights.

corner, bank, cinema, bridge, crossing

d) 16: Take #16 bus and get off in three stops.

2, 18, 22, 59, 255

e) Kirova street: Take Kirova street and walk three blocks.

prospect Oktyabrya, Mendeleeva street, Lenina street,

boulevard Molodezhi

4 Answer the questions on the dialogues.

a) What street is the main building of UralSib bank?

b) What bus should the stranger take?

c) Where is Gulnaz going?

d) What number trolley should she take?

5 Think of three names of streets in Ufa and spell them.

Rememeber! В английском языке адрес пишется не как в русском, а наоборот: номер дома, улица, номер квартиры (если есть), город, республика (штат, округ и т.д.), страна, индекс. Например: 380 South 9th street, apt. #725, San Jose, California, USA, 95112.

6 Write your address as it would be done in English.

7 Take out an odd word.

a) trolley, tram, university, bus

b) school, museum, theater, cinema

c) avenue, boulevard, street, traffic

8 Follow the directions and say where you find yourself.

a) You are near the green building.

Go straight, then turn left at Dostoevskogo street. Pass Lenina street and Krupskoy street. Turn right at Cyurupy street and again right at Kirova street. Where are you now?

b) You are at Transagenstvo stop. Go to the crossing of Cyurupy street and

Kirova street, cross the street and walk along Kirova street up to Lenina street. Turn left. Where are you?

9 Give directions.

a) Say how to go to Gateway Shopping District from Capitol Theater.

b) Say how to go to LDS Conference Center from US Post Office.

c) Say how to go to Gallivan Plaza from Triad Center.

d) What is situated at the corner of North Temple and State street?

e) Where does 500 South street go?

f) What street is Pioneer Park in?

g) What is opposite Historic Temple Square?

h) What street is U.S. Post Office in?

i) Is Market street long?

j) What street should one take to the University of Utah?

k) How many parking lots can you see?

Grammar

Present Continuous (Настоящее продолженное время)