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I. Answer the following questions.
10.What is the characteristic feature of the Bronx? 11.What is so specific about Brooklyn? 12.How do the Americans try to avoid traffic jams? II. Find in the text the English for the following: Привлекать людей со всего мира; наблюдать за людьми; устье реки; занимать площадь; центр рекламы; ведущий текстильный центр; главное местонахождение; знаменитые небоскребы; частный развлекательный центр; среди самых дорогих; фондовая биржа; отделение национального банка; ценные бумаги; цена земли; море бетона; состоятельные горожане; промышленный район; судостроительный центр; одностороннее движение. III. The words below are names of parts of the body. Complete the sentences by one of the words and translate them into Russian. Body, mouth, foot, heart, ear, hand, face, head, eye 1. We decided to put up the tent at the ______ of the hill. 2. The ______ of New York is Manhattan. 3. You should enroll your daughter in a music class. She has a good ______ for music. 4. He is a very famous artist. He has a perfect ______ for colour. 5. I am looking for a watch with a round ______ and three ______. 6. Prime minister is the ______ of the government whereas president is the ______ of the country. 7. A legislative ______ is a group of specialists who make laws. 8. London is situated in the ______ of the Thames. 9. At present the ______ of the clock show twenty minutes past five. IV. Study the following phrases. Use them in sentences of your own. At the mouth of; observe the people; the life of the nation; consist of; the smallest of the five; have a population of; be situated in; at the entrance to; district of piers; be famous for; in the world; market for luxuries; leading center of the country; a big modern city; a one-way street; be divided into; be great for smth; major exception; heavy traffic; broad avenues. V. Insert prepositions or adverbs, translate and retell the text. ______ ten o’clock ______ a Sunday morning we ______ last arrived ______ New York. When we got ______ the street car ______ Times Square, it was somewhat of a disappointment. Newspapers were scattered ______ the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy like an untidy woman just ______ ______ bed. … That first day I felt quite inadequate. It was an ordeal ______ me to go ______ a restaurant and order something because ______ my English accent, and the fact that I spoke slowly. They spoke ______ a rapid, clipped way and I felt uncomfortable ______ fear I might stutter and waste their time. I was alien ______ this quick tempo. … But New York was essentially a place ______ big business. The tall skyscrapers seemed ruthlessly arrogant and to care little ______ the convenience ______ ordinary people; even the saloon bars had no place ______ the customers to sit, only a long brass rail to rest a foot ______, and the popular eating places, though clean and done in white marble, looked cold and clinical. That first day ______ the Avenue many looked as I felt, lone and isolated; others swaggered along as though they owned the place. The behaviour ______ many people seemed dour and metallic as if to be agreeable or polite would prove a weakness. But ______ the evening as I walked ______ Broadway ______ the crowd dressed ______ their summer clothes, I became reassured. We had left England ______ the middle ______ a bitter cold September and arrived ______ New York ______ an Indian summer with a temperature______ eighty degrees; and as I walked ______ Broadway it began to light up ______ myriads of coloured electric bulbs and sparkled like a brilliant jewel. And ______ the warm night my attitude changed and the meaning ______ America came ______ me: the tall skyscrapers, the brilliant lights the thrilling display ______ advertisements gave me hope and a sense ______ adventure. “That is it!” I said to myself. “That is where I belong!” (From Charles Chaplin’s recollections) VI. Insert it or there according to the sense. 1. At Christmas I often get presents but ______ is one present I always like to get. 2. ______ doesn’t matter what kind of book ______ is. 3. ______ can be a story book, a book of poems or a book of plays. 4. ______ is a very good bookshop in the street where I live. 5. Camford is a very small town; ______ is only one hotel ______. 6. ______ were so many beautiful things to see that I hardly knew what to start with. 7. Oxford is not only beauty in stone, ______ is history in stone. 8. ______ is all these contrasts in Oxford that make the place so fascinating. 9. Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada, both in territory and population. In fact, ______ is like one large, well-kept farm. ______ is no place more than a few miles from the coast. ______ is a very quiet place. ______ is almost like being in another world. ______ is fresh and clear. ______ is a nice place for having a rest. VII. Study the instances of conversion and make up sentences of your own with them: House – to house Work – to work bottle – to bottle play – to play film – to film panic – to panic gray – to gray elbow – to elbow VIII. Translate the sentences into English using other, some other, others, another. Study the table
Note the combinations: a) another three days = three more days e.g. I’ll stay here for another three days, the sea is perfect. b) another few people = few more people e.g. Join us, there is enough room for another few people here. 1. Я остаюсь здесь еще на пару недель. Мне здесь очень нравится. 2. Я думаю, тебе следует взять еще одну пару обуви на случай, если погода испортится. 3. В чемодане много места. Ты можешь положить туда еще один костюм и сорочку. 4. Когда мы были в Англии, мы посетили Лондон, Оксфорд, Ковентри и другие города. 5. Пожалуйста, дайте мне другую книгу Б. Акунина, эту я читала в прошлом году. 6. Покажите мне еще несколько чашек, чтобы я мог выбрать самую красивую. 7. Если вы хотите, я спою вам еще одну итальянскую песню. 8. Какой еще праздник вы отмечаете в вашей семье? 9. Можно мне еще чашечку кофе? 10. Какие еще книги Дэна Брауна вы читали в прошлом месяце? 11. Принесите, пожалуйста, другой чемодан. Этот слишком большой. 12. Еще кусочек торта? Нет, спасибо. 13. На вечеринке у Анны были Том, Салли, Кен и многие другие. 14. Какие еще места вы бы хотели посетить? 15. У Саманты две дочери: одной 10 лет, а другой 15. 16. Покажите мне другой галстук, этот не подходит к моему костюму. 17. Еще две пинты пива, пожалуйста. 18. Какие еще знаменитые люди живут в этой части города?   ЧТО ТАКОЕ УВЕРЕННОЕ ПОВЕДЕНИЕ В МЕЖЛИЧНОСТНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЯХ? Исторически существует три основных модели различий, существующих между...  ЧТО И КАК ПИСАЛИ О МОДЕ В ЖУРНАЛАХ НАЧАЛА XX ВЕКА Первый номер журнала «Аполлон» за 1909 г. начинался, по сути, с программного заявления редакции журнала...  Что делает отдел по эксплуатации и сопровождению ИС? Отвечает за сохранность данных (расписания копирования, копирование и пр.)...  ЧТО ПРОИСХОДИТ ВО ВЗРОСЛОЙ ЖИЗНИ? Если вы все еще «неправильно» связаны с матерью, вы избегаете отделения и независимого взрослого существования... Не нашли то, что искали? Воспользуйтесь поиском гугл на сайте:
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