- •Content
- •Variant 1
- •1 Translate the text in writing
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it
- •4 Choose the correct answer
- •5 Make up 10 questions to the text in writing.
- •6 Translate the sentences using all the 16 Tenses (consult ‘The Table of Tenses’ in the Appendix)
- •Variant 2
- •1 Translate the text in writing Hotel Shangri-La, China
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it
- •4 Make up 10 questions to the text.
- •5 Make up London-city guide tour.
- •6 Translate the sentences using all the 16 Tenses (consult ‘The Table of Tenses’ in the Appendix)
- •Variant 3
- •1 Translate the text in writing Scandic Hotel
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it
- •4 Answer the questions on the text
- •5 Make up 10 questions to the text in writing.
- •6 Translate the sentences using all the 16 Tenses (consult ‘The Table of Tenses’ in the Appendix)
- •Variant 4
- •1 Translate the text in writing Düsseldorf Neuss Hotel
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it
- •4 Make up 10 questions to the text in writing.
- •5 Find some additional information and write a short summary about Oxford University.
- •6 Translate the sentences using all the 16 Tenses (consult ‘The Table of Tenses’ in the Appendix)
- •Variant 5
- •1 Translate the text in writing The Swissôtel, Berlin
- •Service at a glance
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it
- •4 Make up 10 questions to the text in writing.
- •5 Complete the sentences using the text
- •6 Translate into English
- •7 Translate the sentences using all the 16 Tenses (consult ‘The Table of Tenses’ in the Appendix)
- •Почему ты кричишь?
- •Variant 6
- •1 Translate the text in writing The Imperial Hotel, China
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it
- •Variant 7
- •1 Translate the text in writing The Traders Hotel, China
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it
- •Variant 8
- •1 Translate the text in writing The “Golden Ring” Hotel
- •2 Translate the explanation of the terms in writing and learn them
- •3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it Cultural life of Prague
- •4 Write down what you have learned from the text about:
- •5 Give definitions for the following words and expressions:
- •6 Translate the sentences using all the 16 Tenses (consult ‘The Table of Tenses’ in the Appendix)
- •Appendix glossary
3 Translate the text in writing. Be ready to retell it Cultural life of Prague
Prague has a renowned and active musical life, which reaches a high point each year in the internationally known spring music festival. The city’s fine orchestras – the Prague Symphony and the Czech Philharmonic – have won reputations abroad. Theatrical traditions are also strong, with more than 20 well-attended theatres in the city. There are also mane museums and galleries, and a Palace of Culture was completed in 1981.
Perhaps the greatest treasures of the city, however, are the 2,000 officially recognized architectural and artistic monuments, ranging in period from the Romanesque through the Gothic to the Baroque, Rococo, Classical, and Neoclassical. The interiors of the buildings, which often house major collections, have been restored since 1945. The most notable Romanesque monument is probably the 10th century Church of St. George, behind the north wall of Hradčany. To the west is its more massive successor, the basically Gothic St. Vitus’ Cathedral, the twin spires of which dominate the city skyline. Other Gothic monuments include the Týn Church on Staroměstské Square; the elegant Powder Tower, marking the former city walls in what is now the busy Příkopy shopping area; the restored Bethlehem Chapel, where Jan Hus preached in the 15th century; and the St. Agnes Convent, built in 1234 and notable for its collection of 14th century paintings. The Old-New Synagogue and the tumbling, crowded gravestones of the Old Jewish Cemetery – Europe’s oldest – betoken the strong Jewish tradition in Prague life.
Baroque buildings are the city’s greatest single artistic treasure, among them the splendid Valdštejn and Clam-Gallas palaces, St. Nicholas Church, and the Antonín Dvořák Museum. The geometric tiling of the Golz-Kinský Palace facade provides a distinctive glimpse of the Rococo style.
Classical buildings include the Bedřich Smetana Museum on the riverside and the elegant Belvedere Palace (the former Royal Summer Palace). The National Museum and the National Theatre are the main Neoclassical buildings.
The beauty of the city is enhanced by its many parks and gardens, including a major cultural, entertainment, and sport centre in the park named for Julius Fučík (a resistance leader of World War II) and a large zoo in suburban Troja.
Recreational facilities also include the vast Strahov sports complex – containing three stadiums, the largest of which, Spartakiáda Stadium, holds 250,000 spectators and is used for the mass gymnastic display known as the Spartakiáda – as well as numerous other sports and cultural centres, with emphasis on facilities for youth. The film studios at Barrandov, on the city outskirts, have produced a number of high-quality motion pictures, and there is a museum of modern sculpture at Zbraslav.
4 Write down what you have learned from the text about:
A musical life of Prague.
B the most famous architectural buildings and their styles.
C recreational facilities.