Грамматика: Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий

New York

New York is not a very old city. It was founded some three hundred years ago. New York, the largest city in the U. S., is situated in the mouth of the Hudson River. The centre of New York is Manhattan Island, which at the same time is the oldest part of the city.

New York, one of the leading U. S. manufacturing cities¹, is the home of great firms and banks. The most important branches of industry are those producing vehicles, paper and paper products, glass, chemicals and all kinds of machinery. The city has very busy traffic, its streets and highways are full of cars and buses.

The mouth of the Hudson River makes an excellent harbour with different kinds of ships not only for passengers but also for much of the materials by which the city lives. Numerous bridges link Manhattan Island with the opposite shores. The sea encircles many of the city's areas.

Many of sky-scrapers of fifty and more storeys reaching high into the sky house the banks and offices of America's money kings, the richest men in the country. Yet most of the population are working people who carry on a bitter struggle for existence and live in constant fear of misery and unemployment.

Comparatively few of New York's inhabitants live in Manhattan, although the majority spend a considerable part of the day in this centre of business life. Here Broadway begins, here is Wall Street and the Stock Exchange² filled from ten to three with a crowd of businessmen.

Among the inhabitants of New York one can meet people of almost all nationalities who came here during the immigration in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century.

Another feature of New York population is the vast number of Negroes living in Harlem, which is the most densely populated section of the city.

Notes

1 manufacturing city	– промышленный город
2 the Stock Exchange	– биржа

Vocabulary Exercises

I. Дайте русские эквиваленты.

the home of great firms, branches of industry, to produce paper, busy traffic, opposite shores, to house banks, to reach high into the sky, fear of misery, imperialist policy, the vast number of, than anywhere else.

II. Дайте английские эквиваленты.

расположенный, в то же самое время, уличное движение, соединять городские районы, большинство населения, трудящиеся, вести борьбу за существование, безработица, большинство, от 10до 3,жители, в начале, густонаселенный район, квартплата.

III.Составьте предложения, употребляя следующие слова и выражения.

to found, to be situated, to produce, traffic, to link, working people, to carry on, struggle, unemployment, inhabitant, majority, at the beginning of, conditions, to enjoy rights.

IV. Заполните пропуски предлогами или наречиями.

1. New York, the largest city in the U. S., is situated ... the mouth ... the Hudson River. 2. Its streets are full ... cars. 3. Ships go ... or ... New York traffic. 4. Working people carry ... a bitter struggle ... existence and live ... constant fear. 5. Wall Street is filled ... ten ... three ... crowd ... businessmen. 6. Many people came here ... the 19th and ... the beginning ... the 20th century. 7. The houses ... Harlem are ... worse conditions than anywhere else. 8. ... fact, Negroes are deprived ... any rights.