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MODERN BABYLON (NEW YORK)

New York. Some call it a poem in stone and steel, others a soulless monster. It is unlike any other city in the world. At the beginning of the 17-th century only the wigwams of the Iroquois stood where the skyscrapers of New York now reach to the clouds. In 1626 the Dutch bought the island from the natives for the ridiculously low price of 24 dollars worth of beads and trinkets. Later the Indians named the island 'Manhatta' which in Iroquois means: «They cheated us». Present-day Manhattan is the main borough of New York.

New York has two natural advantages: it is located at the mouth of the Hudson River, and it is well located for travel and trade between the United States and Europe.

At the turn of the 20th century millions of people driven by poverty immigrated to the United States from various countries of Europe. They en­tered the New World through New York, the "Gateway of America". Hundreds of thousands of them settled down in that city. That is what makes people call it the "Modern Babylon."

Near the southern end of Manhattan Island is a smaller island called Liberty Island. On it stands one of the most beloved statues in the country, the Statue of Liberty. To many people who have come to the USA from foreign lands this statue has given the first welcoming greeting from free people of America. New York attracts people from all over. If you get on a subway in New York and look at the newspapers that people are reading you can see them in Spanish, in Chinese, in Arabic, in Russian, in Italian, in Yiddish and in French.

While New York is composed of five boroughs, joined in 1898, the place most people come to visit is Manhattan. Here at the lower end is a financial district with its stockbrokers, investment banks, and headquarters of many large corporations.

A few miles uptown are Greenwich Village and the East Village, both have always been at the centre of New York's excitement. Both have an active nightlife with plenty of bars, restaurants, and clubs. In midtown, one finds the most familiar sites - Rockefeller Centre, Radio Music City Hall, The Museum of Modern Art, and Carnegie Hall. On the East side stands the United Nations complex. Times Square is the heart of the theatre district - the area where Broadway plays are performed. New York is, in many ways, America's premier city. It's the nation's financial, communications, and cultural centre. Above all, an international city, it houses the General Assembly and the Security Council.

The streets themselves are symbolic: Madison Avenue for advertising, Wall Street for finance, Broadway for theatre. Seventh Avenue for fashion, and Fifth Avenue for elegant shopping. Unlike Tokyo or London, Paris or Beijing (Peking), New York is a 24 hours city, a place where buses and subways operate round the clock.

New York is a city of extremes. Its hotels, apartment houses, restaurants, and shops rank with the most exclusive and expensive anywhere. In con­trast, the city also has more the homeless, the addicted, and the ill.

I.Прочитайте текст и переведите его письменно на русский язык.

II.Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений:

бездушный монстр; небоскрёбы Нью-Йорка; естественные преимущества; в витке 20го века; штаб-квартира многих больших корпораций; множество баров, ресторанов и клубов; наиболее дорогой и исключительный; доброжелательные приветствия всех свободных людей Америки.

III.Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требуемой форме активного залога.

1.What you (to do) these three months? 2.Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at seven o’clock, we still (to pack) our luggage. 3.When you (to see) him last? 4.I (to meet) him when he (to walk) across the park. 5.You ever (to act) on the stage? – Why, yes, that’s what I (to do) for the last six years.

IV.Задайте все виды вопросов к следующему предложению:

There are all modern conveniences in the cottage.

V.Заполните пропуски предлогами, где это необходимо:

I have a friend. Her name is Mary. Mary’s daughter is a girl ___ ten. She goes ___ school. She usually comes ___ home ___ school ___ three o’clock ___ the afternoon. She often helps ___ her mother ___ home. Mary’s son does not live ___ his parents. Last year he graduated ___ the Institute and went ___ Kazan to work ___ there.

VI.Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык, используя все времена активного залога.

1.В одиннадцать часов мы ещё работали. 2.В одиннадцать часов мы уже работали 3 часа. 3.Я уже целый час читал после обеда, когда пришёл отец. 4.Я не приду. Я буду писать сочинение весь вечер. 5.Где ты был с прошлой пятницы?

VII.Сделайте верный выбор: “too”, “also”, “either”.

1. Whatever you do, don’t mention my name ___.

2. Your room is ___ very small.

3. He is sure he will finish on time ___.

4. I don’t know ___ what delayed the train.

5. He couldn’t remember the number of his brother’s car ___.