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6. Finish following dialogue:

- Excuse me. I want to see ponys. Can you tell me

how I get there?

- …..............................................

- Where the horses are situated.

-…...............................................

- Are there lots of pony?

- ….............................................

- Can I take a picture of animals?

- ….............................................

Royal parks

1. Read the first passage and predict the whole content of text using the given vocabulary. Then read and translate the whole text.

open spaces – открытые просторы

lungs - легкие

hunting - охота

to own - обладать

right to enjoy – право наслаждаться

to go upwards - спускаться

best known – самый известный

court - двор

а deer - олень

to stroll - прогуливаться

to ride – ездить верхом

soft-earth path – дорога из мягкой земли

wild animals – дикие животные

an aviary - птичник

a restoration - реставрация

wild birds – дикие птицы

to breed – разводить

a pond - пруд

London wealth of open spaces makes it unique among the world's capitals. There are many parks, gardens and squares in its center, and vast woods and heath land stretch across Greater London. These open spaces (the "lungs" of London) are part of the capital's heritage — the parks of kings, the gardens of the nobility, and the common lands which stopped urban development. Much of London's parkland originates from royal whims: a duke's desire for a palace, a king's love of hunting and another king's wish for a good place for his asthma. The open spaces they reserved are now the Royal Parks, still owned by the Crown but which all have the right to enjoy.

The history of Greenwich Park goes back to 1433, when Duke of Gloucester built a palace there called Bella Court. Behind the house the park goes upwards to Black heath. Ave­nues of trees criss-cross wide lawns, and the park has an ornamental pond, a bird sanctuary, and a small herd of deer.

Henry VIII's passion for hunting led to the formation of London's three best-known parks — Hyde Park, St. James's Park and Regent's Park. In the 16th century the king stocked them with deer, and royal hunts continued to be held there long after his death. The last deer hunt in Hyde Park was held in 1768.

In 1635 Charles I opened Hyde Park to the public, and it became a fashionable ground. Today Hyde Park is still a place to stroll or even to ride — Rotten Row, a soft-earth path fit for riders on horseback, has been here since the days of William III when it was the royal way. Today there is a cat and dog cemetery in Hyde Park. It is now so full that there is no room for any more bodies.

St. James's Park has several royal associations. James I kept his collection of wild animals in cages there. His son Charles I walked through the park on his way to Whitehall where he was beheaded in 1649. After restoration of monar­chy in 1660, Charles II redesigned the park in the French style and opened the park to the public. One of the attrac­tions was an aviary — a place for keeping birds, along the road now called Birdcage Walk.

The Tsar of Russia Alexei, the father of Peter the Great, presented Charles with a pair of pelicans to add to the collec­tion of wild birds on the ornamental lake. They settled and bred, and now pelicans are a familiar sight in the park.