4. Translate and learn the dialogue.

- Митник: Дозвольте подивитись ваш паспорт.

• Пасажир: Звичайно. Ось буд ласка.

• М: Дякую все гаразд. Ви маєте що декларувати?

• П: Так.

• М: Що ви маєте?

• П: Я маю спиртне та сигарети.

• М: Скільки ви маєте спиртного?

• П: Одну пляшку горілки.

• М: Скільки сигарет?

• П: Один блок.

• М: Добре. Відкрийте ваш чемодан.

• П: Га? Що?

• М: Відкрийте ваш чемодан. Давайте подивлюсь. У вас три пляшки горілки і 400 пачок сигарет, коштовності, золото.

• П: Чи повинен я платити мито?

• М: Ви повинні заплатити мито за горілку та сигарети понад норму, і ви не можете перевозити коштовності та золото.

Заняття 1.32

Місця які варто відвідати

1. Read and learn the following words:

particularly	Частково
entrance	Вхід, вхідні двері
wax	Віск, парафін
magnificent	Чудовий, розкішний
necessary	Необхідний
connect	З’єднувати, зв’язуватись
cabs	Таксі, найманий екіпаж
department	Відділ
chat	Дружня розмова
Per cent	Відсоток
artifacts	Артефакти
setting	Оточення, навколишня обстановка, постановка сюжету
background	Задній план
adjacent	Прилеглий, суміжний
numismatic	Нумізматичний

2. Read and translate the text.

Madame Tussaud’s

Every visitor to London knows who Madame Tussaud is — or was. And almost every visitor has seen her, an old lady of 81, standing at the entrance of her own exhibition. She is made of wax, like all the models of people in this museum. There are a lot of halls in the museum. The first room is the “Garden Party”. Beneath a star-spangled sky, under an oak-tree, figures from the worlds of sports and the media enjoy a friendly drink and chat. There are statues of A. Schwarzenegger, E. Taylor and others there. “200 Years” room covers the history of Madame Tussaud’s over the last two centuries, and shows the developing of new technology during that time. There are also other rooms, such as: “Legends and Superstars”, rooms with popular music singers, the members of royal families and military leaders. There is the “Chamber of Horrors” which amuses visitors very much. “The Spirit of London” is a magnificent journey through London’s history. The cabs travel past the figure of W. Shakespeare, Sir Christopher Wren, who directs the building of St Paul’s Cathedral. It’s not easy to tell about all interesting things one can see in the museum. This is the place that is worth visiting.

Museums and art galleries of London

London is very rich in museums and art galleries.

If you are fond of painting you'll go to the Tate Gallery. A rich sugar manufacturer Henry Tate founded it in 1897. There are about 300 oils and 19000 watercolours and drawings. There are many works by the English painter William Turner there. Most of his paintings are connected with the sea theme. There are a lot of paintings by the 16-th century English artists and paintings by foreign artists of the 19-20-th centuries. There are some paintings by impressionists there. You can see works by modern painters: Pablo Picasso among them. There are many interesting sculptures there. Henry Moor's can be seen there. He was a famous British sculptor. The National Gallery is one of the most important picture galleries in the world. The Tate Gallery is the most necessary compliment to the National Gallery as it contains contemporary works particularly by English and French masters.

The British Museum is the largest and richest of its kind in the world. It comprises the national museum of archaeology and ethnography and the national library. The present building was built in 1852. By law a copy of every book, periodical and newspaper, published in Britain must be presented in the British museum. It contains books and manuscripts: Greek, Roman, British and Oriental antiques. It has a department of Ethnography. This collection is so vast that only a very small per cent of it is on show to the public. There's also a department of prints and drawings. There're departments devoted to maps, coins, medals and philately. Those who come to the British museum can see a fascinating array of clocks and watches.

Cultural life of London would be impossible without the Royal Albert hall, the Royal Festival hall, the National theatre and a great number of museums: the Victoria and Albert museum, the Geological Museum, the Museum of Mankind, Natural history museum and others.

Hermitage

One of the world-wide known museums is the Hermitage. The word "Hermitage" means "a place of solitude". This name was given in the XVIII century by Catherine П to her private museum housed in a small building adjacent to the Winter Palace and accessible only to the chosen few.

In the course of time, the Hermitage grew into one of the greatest museums of the world. At the present, the collections take up five interconnected buildings. The museum retains its old name.

The accumulation of artifacts let to the formation of new departments devoted to the culture and art of the Peoples of the East, of the Prehistoric culture, and of the Russian culture. Three other departments are those of Western European art, classical antiquities and numismatics.

One of the rooms that impressed visitor the most is St. George Hall. The interior of the room is considered by experts to be a perfect example of the Classical Style. The room covers about 800 square metres, but does not seem enormous due to perfect proportions. It is decorated in the whitest marble and gilded bronze. The Throne Hall was used for column assemblies. Members of the Tzar's family, when coming of age, took their oaths here.

The Leonardo da Vinci Hall is one of the most gorgeous interiors. The hall is decorated in the style of 17 century French Baroque. The Hermitage possesses two, out of 12 or 14 works surviving from Leonardo.

The Rembrandt collection is one of the most treasured possessions of the museum. It members 24 canvases.

The Malachite Room reflects the style of 1889. The columns, pilasters, and floorlamps are veneered with thin plaques of rich green malachite. About two tons of malachite were used in decoration of the room.

3. Make up sentences with the following words.

wax	age	background
magnificent	treasure	adjacent
necessary	decoration	numismatic

4. Find these dates in the text say what they are about.

1897

The 19-20^th

1852

1889