Деловой английский. Ускоренный курс (стр. 30 )

1. Find the answers in the text:

Where did the participants plan to go that evening?

Was it an ordinary film?

How much free time did they have before the film?

Did they go sightseeing by tube?

Did they talk with Mr. Hill during the ride?

About what did they speak?

2. Use the verbs in the right forms:

There (is, are) different speed limits in towns and on motorways in England.

Two yellow lines on the load (to mean) no parking.

One yellow line (to mean) parking (to restrict).

I know that when you (to be) in Russia you (to hire) a car and (to drive) it a few days. (to be) it very difficult to drive on the right?

Oh, it (to be) very difficult at first.

It was especially difficult when I (to want) to overtake

But the hardest (to be) roundabouts.

We, Englishmen always (to drive) on the left.

3. Insert prepositions:

One.. the evenings they decided to go.. the cinema. .. the film was to start they had an hour... their disposal.

They decided to have a ride. . London. . Mr. Hill's car.

We might have a ride. this entertainment area... Leicester Square.

The Strand is famous.. its rich hotels.

We could also drive... St Paul's Cathedral.

4. Insert articles:

The Cathedral looks majestic in... evenings lights.

Let's start... journey.

When you drove in Russia, did you always find... ways very easily?

Once I was in... tiaffic jam for... hour

5. Underline the modal verbs and translate the sentences into Russian:

The driver must wear a seat belt.

The front seat passenger must also wear a seat belt.

You must be all very good drivers.

In big cities the car may be clamped and towed away.

Before the film was to start they had an hour at their disposal.

What would you like to see?

We would be glad to see all that.

And what would you recommend?

I wouldn't say so.

I should let bygones be bygones.

We might have a ride through this area.

Then we could also drive to the Cathedral.

6. Make sentenses:

St Paul's Cathedral		majestic
it		fantastic
Leicester Square	is	fascinating
the Strand	looks	wonderful
Big Ben	seems	beautiful
Westminster	was	colouful
the City		curious
Trafalgar Square		distinctive
Madame Tussaud's		impressive
		superb
		super

plete the dialogues and act out similar ones:

•

— What woud you like to see during...

— And... recommend?

— We might... Leicester Square and... the Strand... hotels. Then... Cathedral. It looks...

— We would be glad...

— Then let's start...

•

— By the... I know that when you were in... hired... drove... Was it very...

— Oh... at first. It was... to concentrate especiaially when... over­take But the hardest were... Well, you know, we, Englishmen, have always, and are accustomed...

— Did you... the ways.

— I wouldn't... Once... leirible. I was in... and... lost. But finally... all right. gones.

plete the disjunctive questions:

The streets of London are very narrow...

The cars and buses move fast in London...

There are speed limits in towns...

There are speed limits on motorways...

The speed limits are not very high..

You have never driven on the left...

9. Make sentences:

The speed limit is	30km.	per hour	in town	in England
	70km		on motorway	in Russia
	90km.
	60km.
	110km.

10. Sum up what the dialogue and the text said about driving in Britain.

11. Role play.

Imagine you are speaking with an English businessman. Discuss:

• traffic jams

• speed limits

• parking facilities etc.

Unit forty four

Windsor and Eton

Text

On Sunday morning the group started on an excursion for Windsor by coach.

Windsor lies 34 km west of London and is famous, first and foremost for Windsor Castle, the residence of the royal family Many parts of this historic castle are open to the public while some other parts are always closed and some are closed when the royal family is in residence.

The site of Windsor Castle was fust defended by William the Conqueror in 1070 and for the next 900 years the building was con­tinually enlarged, growing from a medieval castle to a vast and com­plex royal palace.

The most impressive of all the castle buildings is St. Geoige's Chapel, a masterpiece of perpendicular Gothic architecture. The State Apartments, which are closed to the public, comprise 16 rooms, and each is a treasure house of superb furniture, porcelain, and armour The rooms are decorated with carvings by Grinling, Gibbons, ceilings by Venio and works from the royal collections. They include Van Dyck's paintings

The star attraction, open to the public, is Queen Mary's Doll's House, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and given to the nation in 1923. The furnishings are designed at one-twelfth lifesize.

Part of Windsor Central Railway Station has now been converted to a waxworks museum iun by Madame Tussaud's, recreating the scene in 1879 when a special train arrived here to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria, the longest ruling monarch in Britain, who lived in , symbolises the unity of the nation, the British Empire and the progress of the nation in the nineteenth centuiy.

After visiting Windsor the group walked to Eton. They went along Thames Street from Windsor Castle down to the river, where Windsor Bridge took them to Eton, Windsor's twin town, on the northern bank. Eton is the home of Eton college, the public school that has produced no fewer than 20 prime ministers. It was term time and they saw a lot of students around, dressed in their distinctive tail coats and wing collars.

Words and expressions

Windsor		Виндзор. Небольшой го­род, муниципальный центр, население около 30,000 чел
Eton		Итон, маленький городок напротив Виндзора
to lie (lay, lied)		лежать, находиться
west		запад
first and foremost		прежде всего
castle	[k¸sl]	замок
Windsor Castle		Виндзорский замок. Одна из загородных резеден-ций английской короле­вы /короля
residence		резиденция
to be in residence		находиться в своей рези­денции
public		публика, народ
to be open to the public		открыт для посетителей
William the Conqueror		Вильгельм Завоева—1087). Будучи гер­цогом Нормандии разбил под Гастингсом англий­ские войска в 1066 г. и стал королем Англии
to enlarge		расширять
medieval		средневековый
vast		обширный
complex		комплекс
palace		дворец
chapel		часовня
masterpiece		шедевр
perpendicular	[,pýp@n'dIkjul@]	перпендикулярный
Gothic		готический
architecture	['¸kItektS@]	архитектура
state		государственный
apartment		комната, (Ам.) квартира
treasure		сокровище
furniture	['fýnItS@]	мебель
porcelain		фарфор
armour		вооружение, доспехи
to decorate		украшать
carving		разная работа
ceiling	['sÖlIÎ]	потолок
works		работы (произведения искусства)
collection		коллекция
painting		картина
doll		кукла
to design		задумывать, проектиро­
		вать
furnishings		меблировка
lifesize		натуральная величина
at one-twelfth lifesize		1/12 реального масштаба
to convert		превращать
waxworks		восковые фигуры
to recreate	['rekrIeIt]	воссоздать
scene		сцена
diamond		бриллиант
jubilee	[,³übIl'Ö]	юбилей
to celebrate diamond ju­bilee		праздновать бриллианто­вый юбилей
to rule		править
monarch		монарх
to symbolise		символизировать
unity		единство
empire		империя
progress		прогресс
to walk		идти пешком
bank		берег
on the bank		на берегу
northern bank		северный берег
southern bank		южный берег
college	['kolI³]	колледж
Eton colledge		Итон-колледж
public school		частная школа
Eton public school=Eton college=Eton		Итон (одна из девяти престижных частных школ Англии)
no fewer than		не менее (чем)
prime minister		премьер министр
term		семестр
student		студент
to dress		одевать
to be dressed		одеваться
tail coat		фрак
wing collar		стоячий воротник с отво­
		ротами

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