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Being illuminated at night big red letters form the name “Disney Village”. Should you enter Disney Village, you could find the best sort of entertainment and would not forget the endless shopping possibilities. Different open air concerts take place at the big stage, which cover a wide variety of music styles, like Soul, Rock, Jazz, Country or Pop. Most of the bands do not have big names, nevertheless you will never be disappointed by their performance. It is the right place where you can spend great hours at warm summer night. Besides the open air stage there are also indoor possibilities to hear live music.

At Disney Village you can find a Planet Hollywood, a Rainforest Cafe and Mc Donald’s, besides various Disney restaurants. The restaurants offer a variety of food, starting with fast food and ending with complete menus at a high level. You can also have character breakfast at Disney Village.

All Disney resorts world-wide and the magic kingdoms share certain attractions and elements, but each is a unique experience.

4. Agree or disagree using the clichés.

I agree with you. It’s quite right.

I’m of the same opinion.

I disagree with you. That’s not true to the fact. I wouldn’t say that.

1)In 1956 “Disneyland’s” Magic Kingdom opened its gates in Anaheim, California and soon became the most popular tourist attraction in America.

2)“Walt Disney World’s” Magic Kingdom was built by Walt Disney in 1971.

3)Roy Disney opened a version of the Magic Kingdom in the mideighties in Tokyo similar in design to the original Magic Kingdom.

4)Euro Disney opened its doors on the 12th of April, 1992.

5)Euro Disney includes 7 uniquely designed on-site themed hotels, a Disney campground including hundreds of woodland cabins, a night-time entertainment complex.

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6)The park is divided into 6 themed areas.

7)Disney Village covers an area of 18.000 square metres and includes besides various restaurants and shops, an open air stage, a nightclub, a Wild West show and a multiplex cinema.

8)At Disney Village you can find a Planet Hollywood, a Rainforest Cafe and Mc Donald’s, besides various Disney restaurants.

5.Complete the sentences.

1)Main Street USA is an American street of a turn of the century ... .

2)Frontierland is an entertainment complex where guests ... .

3)Adventureland combines the exotic Far Eastern bazaar with ... .

4)Fantasyland is a home to many of ... .

5)Discoveryland is a historical look at the future through ... .

6)Disney Village is a big entertainment complex located between ... .

6.Answer the questions.

1)When was Disneyland opened in California?

2)What did Roy Disney build in 1971?

3)What was opened in Tokyo?

4)When was Euro Disney constructed?

5)What does it consist of?

6)How could you characterize Disney Village (Main Street USA, Frontierland, Adventureland, Fantasyland, Discoveryland)?

7)What sorts of entertainment does Disney Village offer?

7.Topics for Oral Compositions.

1)Walt Disney and his Magic Kingdom.

2)Euro Disney.

3)Disney Village.

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8.Scan text 2 and headline it.

1)Make up a plan of the text.

2)Give an annotation of the text.

Text 2

There are over 400 golf courses in Scotland, where the game is less elitist, cheaper and more accessible than anywhere else in the world. The game as it’s known today took shape in the sixteenth century on the dunes of Scotland’s East Coast, and today you’ll find some of the oldest courses in the world on these early coastal sites, known as “links”. If you want a round of golf, it’s often possible just to turn up and play, though it’s sensible to phone ahead and book, and essential for the championship courses. It’s worth asking at the tourist office for the Golf Pass Scotland which will give you a discount on courses for either three or five days. Prices vary according to area.

Public courses are owned by the local council, while private courses belong to a club. You can play on both — occasionally the private courses require that you be a member of another club, and the odd one asks for introductions from a member, but these rules are often waived for overseas visitors and all you need to do is to pay a one-off fee. The cost of one round will set you back between around £10 for small, nine-hole courses, up to more than £40 for eighteen holes. Simply pay as you enter and play. In remote areas the courses are sometimes unmanned — just put the admission fee into the honour box. Most courses have resident professionals who give lessons, and some rent equipment at reasonable rates. Renting a caddy car will add an extra few pounds.

St. Andrews is the top destination for golfers: it’s the home of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, the international controlling body that regulates the rules of the game. Of its six courses, the best known is the Old Course, a particularly intriguing ground with eleven enormous greens and the world-famous “Road Hole”. If you want to play, there’s no introduction needed, but you’ll need to book months in advance. You could also enter your name for the daily lottery — call before 2 p.m. on the day you’d like to play. One

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of the easier championship courses to get into is Carnoustie, in Angus though you should still try and book as far ahead as possible. Other championship courses include Gleneagles in Perthshire, Royal Dornoch in Sutherland and Turnberry in Ayrshire. Near Edinburgh, Muirfield, considered by professional players to be one of the most testing grounds in the world, is also one of the most reactionary — women can play only if accompanied by a man, and they aren’t allowed into the clubhouse.

Notes:
golf course	площадка для игры в гольф
to take shape	обретать форму, формироваться
to waive	отказываться
one-off fee	разовая плата за вход
nine-hole course	площадка для игры в гольф, имеющая 9 лунок
honour box	ящик для оплаты
caddy-car	тележка, на которой перемещаются во время
	игры в гольф

9. Translate text 3 in writing with the help of a dictionary.

Text 3

ENTERTAINMENT

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entertainment scene, it probably hasn’t been invented yet. For dining out there is a huge choice of Thai and Western restaurants throughout the city ranging from the top end of the market through the budget eateries. With sizeable South Asian and Arabic communities there are some very authentic restaurants with these cuisines, and many nationalities being represented are Russian, Japanese, and Korean. South Pattaya’s Walking Street revolves around bars and restaurants. Being a centre of nightlife this street includes plenty of lively discos and cabaret shows. Should you stroll along South Pattaya’s Walking Street, you would be likely to see some of the

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“girls” from Simon Cabaret in all their finery being photographed with wasters. Being changed regularly the show is very interesting.

Having been built in 1996 Ripley’s World of Entertainment became very popular with tourists. It includes Motion Master Theatre with flight simulator technology, Laser Trek, where you can battle in a futuristic arena, Winzone and much more. Come alone or with family and enjoy Pattaya’s only indoor family entertainment centre.

		Word List
1. to save		экономить
2. discount		скидка
3. passport		паспорт; зд. абонемент
4. to gain		достигать; приобретать
5. access		доступ
6. option		выбор; право выбора
7. to keep an eye on smth. приглядывать за чем-н.
8. clothes		платье, одежда
9. to stock		иметь в наличии; хранить
10.	bill	ñ÷åò
11.	shareholder	акционер
12.	regular	обычный; регулярный; нормальный;
		постоянный
13.	party	зд.: группа

Work at the words

1. Match the words in list A with their synonyms in list B.

	A: to hold, to save, to discount, shareholder, regular, option, to	st
	gain, to restrict, annual, to entitle, additional, to reduce, to
	calculate, similar, to suggest

B:to reach, extra, to decrease, to compute, to stock, to economize, choice, to authorize, to rebate, yearly, stockholder, to limit, to offer, like, usual

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2. Make up word-combinations and translate them.

a) special	offer
regular	discount
annual	option
additional	passport
similar
seasonal
b) to gain	money
to save	access
to keep an eye on	discounts
to stock	offers
clothes

3.Translate the sentences paying attention to different meanings of the word “way”.

1)This problem may be solved in different ways.

2)When a person wants to say something, he will find a way to say it.

3)I shall find a way to do it.

4)I don’t like the way you talk.

5)This book is useful in every way.

Work at your Grammar

The Absolute Participial Construction (Независимый причастный оборот)

Существительное

+ причастие + ...,

Местоимение

	1. В начале	The Black Sea being one of	Переводится
laces	in предложенияпридаточным	the mo
	(до запятой)	the world, many rest-homes	предложением с
		and tourist camps are concen-	одним из подчини-
		trated here.	тельных союзов:
		Так как Черное море одно	когда, если, так как,
		из самых прекрасных мест	после того как

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	в мире, многие дома отдыха
	и туристические лагеря
	расположены здесь.
2. В конце	The Black Sea is one of the	Переводится
предложения	most wonderful places in	самостоятельным
(после	the world, many rest-homes	предложением с
запятой)	and tourist camps being	одним из cочини-
	concentrated here.	тельных союзов:
	Черное море одно из самых	причем, при этом,
	прекрасных мест в мире, и	à, è, íî
	многие дома отдыха и
	туристические лагеря
	расположены здесь.

1.Translate the sentences paying attention to the Absolute Participial Construction.

1)The Disneyland Resort Paris has expensive hotels and luxurious restaurants, the latter having been divided into two groups.

2)An official credit card of the resort offers its holders special privileges, the latter consisting of discounts in shops and restaurants.

3)Partners and sponsors often making special offers for packages, it is necessary to keep an eye on their announcements and advertisements.

4)All special offers having been examined carefully, the hotelguests made their choice.

5)There being many shops and boutiques in Disneyland Resort Paris, the guests may buy all kinds of Disney-products.

6)Outside the resort there is a shop specializing in Disneyclothes, the prices being reduced up to 50 % off the regular prices.

7)The Disneyland Resort Paris being located only 32 kilometres east of Paris, people save money on a trip to this famous tourist destination.

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2.Read and translate the sentences including Participles.

1)Being a famous tourist destination the Disneyland Resort Paris is located only 32 kilometers east of Paris.

2)An annual passport having been obtained, he was entitled for a list of discounts.

3)The offers reaching from discounts on hotel rooms and packages to dining and shopping are very profitable.

4)Special offers being made by sponsors are available to customers through their gas stations.

5)Having gained access to a long list of discounts we saved some money on our trip to the Disneyland Resort Paris.

6)The list of current discounts provides reduced prices for hotel rooms.

7)When made by partners and sponsors, special offers for packages are connected with marketing and advertisement business.

8)One of the most expensive hotels having been chosen, we couldn’t avoid its luxurious restaurant.

9)VISA is an official credit card of the resort, special privileges being offered to its holders.

3.Translate the sentences including the Infinitive Constructions.

1)The resort is known to be located not far from Paris.

2)He is certain to save money on a trip to the Disneyland Resort Paris.

3)The offers are likely to reach the discounts on hotel rooms and packages.

4)I want him to go on a trip to the country.

5)The only way to get the hands on these and other offers seems to keep an eye on their announcements and advertisements.

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Dialogue

1.Read an interview with Helen Morrison, the Senior Manager for the Disneyland Resort Paris and translate it.

I. — the Interviewer

H.M. — Helen Morrison

I.: The Disneyland Resort Paris is known to be located only 32 kilometre east of Paris, the capital of France. It being a famous tourist destination, many people are interested in ways of saving money on a trip to the Disneyland Resort Paris.

H.M.: There are plenty of ways to save money on a trip to the Disneyland Resort Paris besides choosing one of the not so expensive hotels or seasons and avoiding the more luxurious restaurants — all of them can be divided into two groups: first of all there are special offers for packages (passports) to dining and second there are discounts.

I.: How to become entitled for discounts?

H.M.: The most obvious way is to obtain an Annual Passport Fantasia (and for discounts in a very restricted way the annual passports Classic and Francilien), the holder of these passports gaining access to a long list of discounts from free parking to reduced prices for hotel rooms and in the shops plus additional seasonal offers. The list of current discounts are certain to be found on the Annual Passport page. Depending on the length of a planned trip to the Disneyland Resort Paris it’s a good advice to calculate whether obtaining an annual passport might be interesting, especially as just one partymember with an Annual Passport Fantasia is entitled to gain discount onto the bills of the whole party in shops and restaurants. But similar discounts are also available to shareholders of Euro Disney SCA (the company running the Disneyland Resort Paris), the offers here reaching from discounts on hotel rooms and packages to dining and shopping. VISA as official credit card of the resort is offering holders of the Platinum and Gold cards special privileges which at least partially consist of discounts in shops and restaurants — but these are not as extensive as the before mentioned options.

I.: I’ve read that special offers are available only during the offseason.

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H.M.: It’s not quite right. Partners and sponsors of the Disneyland Resort Paris often make special offers for packages in connection with a combined marketing or advertisement effort with the Disneyland Resort Paris. A good example is Esso, who regularly makes special offers for packages available through its gas stations, or Air France, that regularly creates special offers for the members of its free frequent flyer program. The only way to get the hands on these and other offers from partners and sponsors of DLRP is to keep an eye on their announcements and advertisements. Generally the offers should be examined very carefully, as they are available not only for a limited time. As there are quite often some last-minute offers for hotel-guests of the Disneyland Resort Paris Hotels, it’s recommended to ask the concierge afterwards if there are currently any special offers. The choice here regularly includes discounts for tickets to the dinner-show Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. As these (or similar) offers are sometimes only available for certain days (or even one day only), checking the information boards in the hotel-lobby daily is a good idea, too.

I: It is all known that there are many shops and boutiques in the Disneyland Resort Paris. Is there another way to save some money while shopping?

H.M.: Of course. Inside the resort there is one sales point only stocking special offers at reduced price. Having been established outside the resort the two shops — the first one, “Donaldson”, specializing in Disney-clothes, the second one, “Disney Stock” — sell all kinds of Disney-products with up to 50% off the regular price.

Notes:
to get the hands on	воспользоваться
to keep an eye on	следить

2.Answer the questions. Begin your answers with:

I think/guess/believe ...

The way I see it...

I consider ...

I should say ...

In my opinion/view ...

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