Active vocabulary to remember

1. climate [‘klaimэt] cool climate mild climate	- климат - прохладный (нежаркий) климат - мягкий климат
2. a coast [‘kэust]	- морской берег, побережье
3. to consist of smth. to comprise [kэm’praiz] to include	- состоять из чего-либо - включать, заключать в себе - заключать, содержать, включать
4. a deposit [di’pozit] deposits of coal deposits of iron ore natural resources	- залежи, месторождение - месторождения угля - месторождения железной руды - природные богатства (ресурсы)
5. to divide [di’vaid]	- делить, разделять
6. an enterprise [‘entэpraiz]	- промышленное предприятие
7. fog	- туман
8. industry a branch of industry cotton industry iron and steel industry ship-building industry textile industry	- промышленность, индустрия - отрасль промышленности - хлопковая промышленность - металлургическая промышленность -кораблестроительная промышленность - текстильная промышленность
9. to influence	- оказывать влияние, влиять
10. an island [‘ailэnd]	- остров
11. to place orders	- заказывать, размещать заказы
12. power [‘pauэ]	- могущество, власть, влияние, мощь
13. to be situated	- располагаться, быть расположенным
14. to vary [‘veэri] varied	- менять(ся), изменять(ся) - различный, разнообразный
15. to be washed by smth.	- омываться чем-либо

Exercises

1. Pronounce correctly.

Atlantic Ocean [эt’læntik’эu∫n] Belfast [,bel’fa:st] Birmingham [‘bэ:miŋэm]	monarchy [‘mоnэki] neighbourhood [‘neibэhud] Newcastle [‘nju:kasl]
British Isles [‘briti∫’ailz] Cardiff [‘ka:dif] England [‘iŋglэnd] Europe [‘juэrэp]	Northern Ireland [‘nо:ðэn’aiэlэnd] Parliament [‘pa:lэmэnt] Scotland [‘skоtlэnd] Severn [‘sevn]
Glasgow [‘gla:zgэu] Great Britain [,greit’britn] Gulf Stream [‘gΛlf’stri:m] Irish Sea [‘airi∫’si:] Liverpool [‘livэpu:l	Sheffield [‘∫efi:ld] Southern Britain [‘sΛðэn’britn] Sovereign [‘sоvrin] Thames [temz] United Kingdom [ju’naitid’kiŋdэm]
London [‘lΛndэn] Manchester [‘mænt∫istэ]	Wales [weilz] Yorkshire [‘jо:k∫iэ]

2. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.

a coast to consist of smth. to lie to divide	делить соседство палата включать в себя
to include to vary mild to influence	монарх власть побережье изменяться
neighbourhood to produce quality power	качество располагаться оказывать влияние остров
the House a sovereign an island	производить, выпускать состоять из чего-либо мягкий

3. Put in the words omitted in the following; the sentences are all in the piece you have just read.

1. The UK is ____ off the Northwest coast of Europe.

2. Great Britain and Northern Ireland are ____ from the continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover.

3. The east coast of the country is____ by the North Sea.

4. Lowland Britain ____ Southern and Eastern Britain.

5. The fauna of British Isles is____ to that of the north-west of Europe.

6. The ______ of iron ore are in the east of England and in the Middle-England plain.

7. The summers are ____ and rainy.

8. Big cities and towns have ____ of nearly all ____ of industry.

9. The ship-building industry is ____ ____ ____ for Britain.

10. A lot of countries _____ for new ships with British shipyards.

11. The most important ____ of the textile industry are woolen and cotton industries.

12. The UK has always ____ an important ____ in world politics.