2. Read and translate the following geographical names:

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the British Isles; Great Britain; Ireland; England; Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; London; Cardiff; Edinburgh; Belfast; the Irish Republic; the North Sea; the English Channel; the Atlantic Ocean; the Irish Sea; the Highlands; the Lowlands; the Pennines; Ben Nevis; the Severn; the Thames; the Thames; the Mersey; the Trent; the Tyne; the Clyde; the Bristol Avon; Birmingham; Manchester; Leeds; Liverpool; Glasgow; Bristol.

3. Study the following word combinations:

a range of	ряд, цепь
as well	также, тоже
at the head of sth	во главе ч-л
educational center	образовательный центр
farm products	сельскохозяйственные продукты
in practice	на деле, фактически
navigation equipment	навигационное оборудование
place of interest	достопримечательность
raw material	сырье
to be accepted	приниматься, считаться
to be elected by	избираться
to be made up of	состоять из
to be separated from	отделяться от
to be situated on	быть расположенным на
to be washed by	омываться
to consist of	состоять из
to remind of	напоминать о
to take sth off	снимать (одежду)
written constitution	писаный закон; писаная конституция

4. Look through the text and find some international words.

5. Match the following words with the definitions below:

estuary, custom, to develop, valley, timber, ore, to reign, to rule, foreigner, cotton, surface, title, to influence, plain, coast

1. the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water;

2. a usual or habitual practice; typical mode of behaviour;

3. to come or bring to a later or more advanced or expanded stage; grow or cause to grow gradually;

4. the exterior face of an object or one such face;

5. wood, esp. when regarded as a construction material;

6. a descriptive name, caption, or heading of a section of a book, speech, etc.;

7. a long depression in the land surface, usually containing a river, formed by erosion or by movements in the earth’s crust;

8. to exercise governing or controlling authority over;

9. a level or almost level tract of country, esp. an extensive treeless region;

10. to have an effect upon;

11. the widening channel of a river where it nears the sea;

12. any naturally occurring mineral or aggregate of minerals from which economically important constituents, esp. metals, can be extracted;

13. to exercise the power and authority of a sovereign;

14. a person from a foreign country; alien;

15. any of various herbaceous plants and shrubs cultivated in warm climates for the fibre surrounding the seeds and the oil within the seeds.

6. Arrange the following pairs of synonyms:

1) congested; 2) backbone; 3) to receive: 4) tremendous; 5) to inherit; 6) former; 7) tradition; 8) to take the sun; 9) custom; 10) to discover; 11) colossal; 12) crowded; 13) to sunbathe; 14) title; 15) to disclose; 16) prior; 17) spinal column; 18) caption; 19) to imply; 20) exterior; 21) to mean; 22) surface.

7. Arrange the following pairs of antonyms:

1) crowded; 2) tiny; 3) tremendous; 4) vast; 5) deep; 6) few; 7) expensive; 8) to omit; 9) former; 10) deserted; 11) numerous; 12) to include; 13) low-priced; 14) future; 15) limited; 16) shallow.

8. Form the comparative and the superlative degrees of the following adjectives:

Large, mountainous, deep, bad, little (few), small, high, beautiful, famous; big, many (much), good, rich.

8. Look through the text, find sentences with adjectives in their degrees of comparison. Translate them.

9. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the passive constructions:

1. Our houses are situated in the neighbourhood. 2. In only a year in the sports club, the youngest player was elected to the committee. 3. The garage is separated from the house by a path and a flower garden. 4. The bathroom is occupied. 5. Remains of ancient people have been discovered in southern and eastern Africa. 6. A great load has been taken off my mind. 7. He cannot be considered for the job. 8. He is very much influenced by his friends. 9. He is ruled by his passions. 10. A new drug against cancer is being developed in this laboratory. 11. His intelligence and sense of humour have been inherited by his children. 12. Life is made up of little things. 13. I was meant to be a doctor. 14. The cape is washed by two oceans. 15. I wasn’t included in the list.