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Walking about London

•Don’t be late for work.

•Could you make a reservation for a plane to Moscow tomorrow.

Now say what else a director often asks / tells his secretary to do during the office hours.

SECTION III

ABSOLUTE FORMS OF POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

o j Притяжательные местоимения служат определением к существительному.

Абсолютная форма притяжательных местоимений употреб­ ляется самостоятельно и заменяет сочетание “притяжатель­ ное местоимение + существительное”.

Ex. 11. Ask and answer as in the examples:

d)— Whose book is this?

—This Is mine (hers •••)•

b)— This is my mobile telephone. And where is yours (...)?

—Mine is on the desk.

Prompts: a report, a ticket, a desk, a computer, a car, a suitcase, a luggage, a CD.

В значении ’’большинство, большая часть" слово most упот­ ребляется без артикля.

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Еж. 12. Ask and answer.

Example: — What do you think of German cars?

- In my opinion, most of them (the cars) are of very high quality*

Moscow hotels?

blocks of flats in the new districts of Mos­ cow?

the resorts in the Crimea? Agatha Christie’s detectives?

What do you think of

Moscow airports?

Japanese home electronic equipment? TV serials?

Russian glamour magazines? the ski resorts in the Alps?

the office equipment of big European com­ panies?

U N I T III

WORKING ON THE TEXT

Head the text and the dialogue.

WALKING ABOUT LONDON

What is London?

We can say that it is one of the largest cities and ports in the world, that it is one of the most important world’s business, industrial and cultural centres and that it is the capital of Great Britain.

But these answers don’t give a full idea of London.

London is the oldest city in the country. It is two thousand and five hundred years old. The London underground (or the “tube”)1 is the longest in Europe. The population of London is over 7 million people.

As London is a very old city most of its streets are not very wide and most of the buildings are not tall, but multi-storey buildings have also appeared in London and almost all of them are hotels and offices. One of the tallest buildings in London is the Post Office Tower2 which is a Telecommunication Centre as well.

Although London is a noisy and crowded city you can find green squares, gardens and parks there. The largest and the most popular park is Hyde park — a favourite place for many people on hot summer days.

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The City3 of London is one of the most important commercial centres of the world. The City has its own government and its own police. There are banks, the Stock Exchange4, the Lloyd’s building5 (which houses the famous insurance company) and many offices of international companies. The are places of interest in the City too among which is the London Tower6 and the beautiful Tower Bridge.

The most pleasant part of London is the West End7, entertainment and shopping centre. It is famous for its shops, expensive hotels, restau­ rants, museums, cathedrals and monuments. Only rich people live there. Westminster, the political centre of Great Britain, is in the West End too.

For many centuries the East End8, the industrial part of London, with its port, docks and factories was the least pleasant part of London. The houses there were poor, the streets were narrow and dirty, it was a home of working-class people. Now the East End has changed. The old docks closed between the 1960s and the 1980s. In 1991 Canada Tower, London’s tallest building, appeared in the East End. A big shopping complex, offices, restaurants and hotels opened in and around Canada Tower. The East End has an airport, entertainment places, some galleries of modem art and a lof of sports facilities.

Like many big cities London has problems with traffic and pollution. ■The traffic problem is still there but the air is cleaner now and there are no smogs9 that London was famous for in the past.

London is a very English city, but it is the least typical of Britain, as it is very cosmopolitan. In the capital there are goods, food, entertainment and people from many countries of the world.

There is so much to see in London that even Londoners can always find new sights. They like to say: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”.

ASKING THE WAY

On the first day of his stay in London Borisov went sightseeing. After a bus tour of the city he decided to visit the British Museum. He asked a passer-by to show him the way to the Museum from Piccadilly.

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1the “tube” — подземка (разговорное название лондонского метро)

2 the Post Office Tower — башня Управления почт и телеграфа, а также телецентр

3 the City — Сити (старейшая часть Лондона; один из крупнейших дело­ вых центров мира)

4the Stock Exchange — Биржа

5Lloyd’s of London — англ. страховая компания, основана в конце XVII в.

6 the Tower — Тауэр. С конца XI в. — замок-крепость, одна из королевских резиденций (до XVII в.), гос.тюрьма (до 1820 г.), сейчас — музей.

7the West End — Уэст-Энд (западная фешенебельная часть Лондона)

8the East End — Ист-Энд (большой промышленный и портовый рабочий район в восточной части Лондона)

9smog (от smoke+ fog)— смог (туман, смешанный сдымом и копотью) 10Not at all. — Не стоит (ответ на выражение благодарности).

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N O T E T H E P R O N O U N C I A T I O N :

complex [kompleks] n gallery ['gaelori] n

cosmopolitan [.kozrns'politsn] adj international [,1гПэ'пафпэ1] adj

Ex. 13. Check how w ell you remember the te x t

2. How big is the population of □ over 7 mln people □ about London? 7 mln people □ about 8 mln

people

Ex. 14. What do you remember from the text about:

1.The general information about London.

2.London as a green city.

3.The City of London.

4.The West End of London.

5.The East End of London, it’s past and present.

6.London as a cosmopolitan city.

Ex. IS. a) Answer the questions*

1.What places do you think Borisov saw during his bus tour of London?

2.Why did he decide to visit the British Museum?

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b)What do you remember from the dialogue about:

1.The instructions the passer-by gave to Mr Borisov how to get to the British Museum by bus.

2.The time it will take Borisov to walk or to go to the Museum by bus from Piccadilly.

U N I T IV

WORKING ON WORDS

to be famous for ...

Ex. 16. a) Speak about different countries.

Example: London is famous for its beautiful cathedrals.

•Egypt / pyramids

•China / the Great Wall

•France / cuisine

•Russia / cold climate

•Cuba / wonderful beaches

•Japan / high-tech industries

b) Speak in the same way about:

Ex. 17. Speak about some interesting city you have visited.

Why did you decide to visit it? How often did you go sightseeng?

Examples: 1. Last year I visited Vienna. Every morning I went sightseeing.

Z. I went to Vienna to see the sights of this beautiful city.

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a thirty minutes’ walk

Ex. 18. Ask and answer.

Example: - I’d like to walk from the Bolshoi Theatre to Red Square. Is it far?

-It’s a fifteen minutes’ walk.

•the nearest Underground Station;

•the nearest Macdonald’s Restaurant;

•the Book Shop in New Arbat;

Ex, ig. a) Supply articles where necessary.

A

1.I met Ann in ... street yesterday.

2. ... Oxford street is in ... centre of London.

3.My friends live in ... quiet street in Pskov.

4.— Is there ... square near your hotel?

—Y es,... square is very beautiful. It’s ... Madison Square.

5. ... Moscow Underground is ... most beautiful undergroundin the world

6.Is there ... underground in Samara?

8.— Which underground station do I take to get to ... Tverskaya Street?

—Take ... underground at Kitai-Gorod.

9.— I like that building. What is it?

—It’s ... museum.

—What museum is it?

—It’s ... British Museum.

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—Have you been to ... museum?

—Yes, I was there last year.

10. ... industrial cities have ... problems ... of air pollution.

11.We did not go swimming in ... river last summer because o f ... wa­ ter pollution.

В

MOSCOW

When I come to Moscow I always reserve ... accommodation at ...

Metropol Hotel. I think it is better than ... other Moscow hotels.

... Metropol Hotel is only ... few minutes’ walk from ... Red Square. I like ... square very much. In earlier days “red” meant “beautiful”. It is really beautiful, and I do not know i f ... Red Square is more beautiful in summer or in winter.

If you want to go to some place by ... underground you can take ...

underground a t... Revolution Square station which is near... hotel.

... Moscow Underground is ... most famous in .... world,... stations are beautiful and bright.

There are about 60 museums in Moscow and it is difficult to see all of them during... month.

But I saw many places of interest in Moscow: ... Pushkin Museum,

... Kremlin and ... Tretjakov Gallery.

There are ... lot of parks in Moscow and many squares are as beauti­ ful as parks.

Every evening I walked through ... Alexandrovsky Park near ...

Kremlin. On Saturdays I liked to go to ... Gorky Park, my favourite of a ll... Moscow parks.

(After “Holidays among the Russians” by D. Cusack)

b) Sum up w hat D. Cusack thinks of Moscow hotels9 underground statlons9 places of Interest and parks.

TENSES

Ex, 20, a) Supply the correct tense-forms.

A

1.Edinburgh ['edinboro] (to be) the capital of Scotland since 1437.

2.England always (to play) the most important role in the history of Great Britain.

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3.Even if you never (to be) to Britain, films, books and television (to give) you some ideas about this country.

4.English (to become) an international language. It (to be) the lan­ guage of business, advertising, tourism and home computers.

5.The number of people who own their houses (to go up) in Britain, though it (to be) very expensive to buy a house there.

6.Over the last 50 years rock and pop music (to be) very popular in Brit­ ain and (to become) an important part of Britain’s “pop” culture.

7.A lot of English people (to be interested) in going to the theatre and to concerts, but this kind ofentertainment (to get) more and more expensive.

В

Linda (to decide) to go to Hyde Park by bus. She (not to know) what bus to take and (to ask) a woman who (to be) at the bus stop.

b)Say w hat you remember about the woman’s instruc­ tions how to get to Hyde Park.

PREPOSITIONS

Ex. XI. Supply the correct prepositions where necessary.

Oleg Gromov, a Russian businessman, has come ... London to make a contract... English cars.

Mr Lewis, his business partner, is phoning ... him to invite him ... a business lunch.

Lewis: Well, Oleg, could you have lunch ... me today ... 12.30? Gromov: Thank you, John.

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Ex. 22.a) Choose and use.

sorry, excuse me

1.— ..., can you tell me the way to Highgate tube station?

—..., I don’t know.

2.— .., I’m a bit late.

3.— ..., are you getting off at the next stop?

4.— ..., what bus do I take to get to the British Museum?

5.— ..., Mr Brown wants you on the phone.

6.— Can I speak to Mr White?

—..., he is not in the office now.

b)What w ill you say if:

1.you cannot come to the lesson;

2.you want to ask the way to the nearest underground station;

3.you want to get information about the plane’s take-off time;

4.you don’t know the way to the nearest bus stop;

5.you would like to know where to check in for the flight;

6.you can’t answer the teacher’s question;

7.you can’t hear your friend on the phone.

U N I T VI

SPEECH EXERCISES

Ex. 23. a) Read the text.

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