statesman n
contain υ
Word Combinations
to live from hand to mouth
to win the victory
to be lined with (trees, houses)
at the cost of smb.'s life
to be found (in some place)
at the top
a new housing development
round the corner
to have (get, catch) a glimpse of
to be famous for smth.
to have no time (money, etc.) left
in present days
across the road (from some place)
Why not do smth.?
to do the sights of smth.
in memory of
to do the city (museums, parks, etc.)
under the command
Proper Names
the Lenin Mausoleum
Big Ben
the East End
Trafalgar Square
the Tower of London
the Kremlin
Julius Caesar
the West
End
William the Conqueror
St. Basil's Cathedral
Queen Elizabeth
the
Bell Tower
Christopher Wren
of Ivan the Great
Wellington
the History Museum
Westminster Abbey
the Spasskaya Tower
EXERCISES
I. Study Text A and explain the meaning of the words and phrases listed below:
mansion, to live from hand to mouth, miserable houses, to line the streets, dome, slums, to
come first, the Crown Jewels, huge, statesman, across the road, the seat (of the government), at the
cost of somebody's life, to face smth., shady avenues.
II. Learn the words of the texts and a) copy and transcribe these words:
mansion, restaurant, jewel, guard, halt, column, ton, sovereign, national, float, sculpture,
swan, weigh, conqueror, specimen.
b) Translate into English and mark the stresses:
отель, церемония, Возрождение, Трафальгарская площадь, рукопись, проспект,
архитектор, Елизавета, сенат.
c) Form derivatives of these verbs by adding the prefix re- (meaning "do smth.
again"):
Example: build — rebuild
write, tell, construct, arm, elect, produce.
III. Answer the questions:
1. How do the two parts of London differ from each other? 2. Why is it better to start
sightseeing from the Tower of London? 3. Who founded the Tower and when was it rebuilt? 4. What
was the Tower of London used for? 5. What is the City? 6. What does the phrase "a place of interest"
mean? 7. What do you know about St. Paul's Cathedral? 8. What is Whitehall and in which part of
London is it situated? 9. What does the Ceremony of the Keys consist of? 10. What do you call the
building in which the Houses of Parliament are situated? It is one building, why then do we say "The
Houses of Parliament"? 11. What is Big Ben? 12. What kind of museum is the British Museum? 13.
What do you know about Hyde Park?
IV. Read the text and show all the places of interest mentioned there on the
map:
Trafalgar Square is the natural centre of London. Could we but stand 168 feet (about 50
metres) above the traffic, beside the figure of the Admiral, we really could see all the great