Добавил:
Upload Опубликованный материал нарушает ваши авторские права? Сообщите нам.
Вуз: Предмет: Файл:
last version.doc
Скачиваний:
100
Добавлен:
11.02.2016
Размер:
905.73 Кб
Скачать

Active vocabulary

fortress

фортеця

silent

мовчазний

raven

ворон

chimes

дзвони, куранти

chimney

димар

embrace

охопити, обійняти

acquisitions

придбання

static

непорушний

donations

дарунок, пожертвування

permanent

постійний

2. Decide if the following statements are true or false:

1. William the Conqueror built London and made it his capital in the 10th century.

2. The City is the business centre of London, built in the new part of London. Many people live there.

3. The Tower of London isa historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It used to be a picture gallery.

4. The Queen lives at No 10 Downing Street.

5. The architecture of London presents s a mixture of old and new.

  1. Match the endings of the sentences.

    1. More than 8 mil. people

      1. the City.

    1. In the 11th century

b) inb) in Buckingham Palace.

    1. In 1666

c) liv c)live in Greater London.

    1. The oldest part of London is

d) d) William the Conqueror made London his capital.

    1. Charles II said in 1631 that if

e) if e) if you stand beside the Houses of Parliament.

    1. You can look down the street called Whitehall

f) has a wonderful art collection

    1. The Queen lives

g) the g) the Great Fire destroyed many wooden houses.

    1. The Prime Minister lives

h) ho h)houses the works by almost all the greatest European painters

    1. The British Museum

i) the i)the ravens ever left the Tower, it would mean the end of England

    1. The National Gallery

l)) at No 10 Downing street.

    1. The Tate Gallery has two sections:

k) the British school and modern foreign schools

  1. Fill in prepositions:

Scotland Yard is the headquarters ... the Metropolitan Police ... London. ...most people, its name immediately brings ... mind the picture ... a detective — cool, collected, efficient, ready to track down any criminal.

Scotland Yard is situated ... the Thames Embankment close ... the Houses ... Parliament and the familiar clock tower ... Big Ben. The name "Scotland Yard" originates ... the plot ... land adjoining Whitehall Palace where, ... about the 14th century, the royalty and nobility ... Scotland stayed when visiting the English Court. The popular nickname ... the London policeman "bobby" is a tribute ... Sir Robert Peel, who introduced the police force ... 1829, and whose Christian name attached itself... members ... the force.

  1. Speak on the given topics:

1. London dominates British life. 2. The City. 3. The Tower. 4. The district of West­minster. 5. The British Parliament. 6. Whitehall. 7. Trafalgar Square. 8. St. Paul's Cathedral. 9. London museums. 10. Scotland Yard.

PART II

Unit 1

Text 1

Соседние файлы в предмете [НЕСОРТИРОВАННОЕ]