Билет 9.

1. comment on the role of descriptions at the beginning of the text.

2. with the action of the story set in London it has several place names (like Hyde park corner, Knightsbridge etc). think of other names of London streets or areas and say what you associate with them.

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.

The park is divided in two by the Serpentine. The park is contiguous with Kensington Gardens; although often still assumed to be part of Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens has been technically separated since 1728. To the southeast, outside of the park, is Hyde Park Corner. Although, during daylight, the two parks merge seamlessly into each other, Kensington Gardens closes at dusk but Hyde Park remains open throughout the year from 5 am until midnight.

Knightsbridge an area in western central London which has expensive, fashionable shops and is a very expensive place to live

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Harley Street is a street in London, which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery.

Since the 19th century, the number of doctors, hospitals, and medical organizations in and around Harley Street has greatly increased. Records show that there were around 20 doctors in 1860, 80 by 1900, and almost 200 by 1914. When the National Health Service was established in 1948, there were around 1,500. Today, there are more than 3,000 people employed in the Harley Street area, in clinics, medical practices, and hospitals. It has been speculated that doctors were originally attracted to the area by the development of commodious housing and central proximity to the important railway stations. The nearest Tube stations are Regent's Park and Oxford Circus.

Many famous people have lived in Harley Street, including the Victorian prime minister William Ewart Gladstone and the artist J. M. W. Turner.

Queen's College, founded in 1848 and one of the oldest girls' schools in England, is situated on Harley Street.

Notting Hill is an area in London. It is a cosmopolitan district known as the location for the annual Notting Hill Carnival, the setting for the 1999 film Notting Hill starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, and for being home to the Portobello Road Market.

Notting Hill has a contemporary reputation as a fashionable area; known for attractive terraces of large Victorian townhouses, and high-end shopping and restaurants. A Daily Telegraph article in 2004 used the phrase the 'Notting Hill Set' to refer to a group of young Conservative politicians, such as leader David Cameron and George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Notting Hill has had an association with artists and "alternative" culture since its development in the 1820s.

Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market located on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street in East London.

It is one of a number of traditional markets, lying to the east of the City of London. Petticoat Lane Market was not formally recognised until an Act of Parliament in 1936, but its long history as an informal market makes it possibly one of the oldest surviving markets in Britain.

The market is open Monday to Friday on Wentworth Street alone, but on Sunday extends over many of the surrounding streets, with over a thousand stalls. It is closed on Saturday, and on Sunday closes at about 2 pm. The markets are well signed from local stations.

Despite its fame and history, Petticoat Lane market is not specifically designed as a tourist attraction.

Covent Garden is a district in London located on the eastern fringes of the West End. It is mainly associated with the former fruit and vegetable market located in the central square which is now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as "Covent Garden". The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre; north of which is mainly given over to independent shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials, while the south contains the central square with its street performers, and most of the elegant buildings, theatres and entertainment facilities, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the London Transport Museum.

Though mainly fields until the 16th century, it was briefly settled when it became the heart of the Anglo-Saxon trading town of Lundenwic. Returning to fields, part of the area was walled off for use as arable land and orchards by Westminster Abbey by 1200, and was referred to as "the garden of the Abbey and Convent". In 1540 Henry VIII took the land belonging to the Abbey, including the area that by now was called "the Covent Garden".

A small open-air fruit and vegetable market took hold on the south side of the fashionable square in approximately 1654. Gradually, both the market and the surrounding area fell into disrepute as taverns, theatres, coffee-houses and prostitutes colonized the neighborhood. By the 18th century Covent Garden had become a well-known red-light district, attracting notable prostitutes; and Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, a guidebook to the prostitutes and whorehouses, became a bestseller. (это я оставила потому что прикольно же).

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London. It is within the City of Westminster, and about equal distances (about 400 yards / 370 metres) north of Trafalgar Square, east of Piccadilly Circus, west of Covent Garden, and south of Cambridge Circus.

In the middle of the Square is a small park, in the centre of which is a 19th century statue of William Shakespeare surrounded by dolphins. The four corner gates of the park have one bust each, depicting Sir Isaac Newton, the scientist; Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first President of the Royal Academy; John Hunter, a pioneer of surgery; and William Hogarth, the painter. The most recent addition is a statue of film star and director Charlie Chaplin. On the pavement are inscribed the distances in miles to countries of the former British Empire.

Leicester Square is the centre of London's cinema land. It is claimed that the Square contains the cinema with the largest screen and the cinema with the most seats (over 1600). The square is the prime location in London for major film premières and has seen the likes of Harry Potter and James Bond film series, Avatar, Alice in Wonderland and animation films such as Shrek; and co-hosts the London Film Festival each year. The square is surrounded by floor mounted plaques with film stars names and cast handprints.

The Square is also the home for tkts, formerly known as the Official London Half-Price Theatre Ticket Booth. This booth is jointly operated by TKTS and LondonTown.com. Tickets for theatre performances taking place around the West End that day are sold from the booth for about half the usual price. The popularity of the booth has given rise to many other booths and stores around the Square that advertise half-price tickets for West End shows. Despite having names like 'Official Half-Price Ticket Booth', they are not official and they do not always advertise the booking fees which commonly come with purchasing tickets.

The Square is home to several nightclubs, making it often very busy, particularly on Friday and Saturday evenings.