President, to honour the memory, to stream to, public executions, the beating of the heart of our
capital,
ХII. Act out a dialogue between a Russian tourist and a policeman. Choose the
exact place (in Moscow or elsewhere) where you are having your talk and the place
you want to get to. Use in your dialogue one or two phrases from each set given
below:
1. Excuse me, I've lost my way ...; I'm trying to go to ...; Which is the right (best, shortest)
way to ...? Please show me the way to ...; How do I get there? Am I on the right road? 2. How far is
it? Is it possible to walk there? Is there a bus from here to ...? Is it much of a walk? 3. Go right to the
end of the street, then turn left, go two blocks straight ahead and then turn to ... ; Straight on and the
second turning to the right ...; You are going in the opposite direction. 4. What can I do for you?
Now, where is it you want to go? It's a long distance off. It's a long (short) way to ...; It's quite a
distance from here. 5. Be careful, the traffic keeps to the left in this country; Look out; It isn't safe to
cross here; Be sure not to cross the street (square, etc.); One can never be too careful; Wait for the
break in the traffic; Don't cross the street when the traffic light has changed to red.
XIII. Try your band at teaching.
1. Read the text. Discuss what you would do in the teacher's position:
Susan was absolutely impossible. Or so her teacher was convinced, for Susan did not like to
read (a problem every teacher faces from time to time). But there were things that Susan did enjoy.
She liked ballet. And she adored her dog Curly. "How can I," thought the teacher, "introduce Susan
to pleasures of reading?"
2. Get 4-5 pictures of London (Moscow) attractions and be ready to comment
on them. (See "Classroom English", Sections II, Ш, V.)
ХIV. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Из окна такси вы можете увидеть Лондон лишь мельком. Есть много других
способов ознакомиться с его достопримечательностями: можно походить по городу пешком,
можно отправиться в двухчасовую поездку на туристском автобусе, курсирующем по
Лондону, можно посмотреть город с верхней площадки двухэтажного автобуса; кроме того,
можно совершить речную поездку по Темзе или Большому каналу в Риджентс-Парк. 2. Если
бы вы смогли пролететь над Москвой на вертолете (helicopter), вы бы увидели, как изменилась
и выросла наша столица: длинные, обсаженные деревьями проспекты, пересекают город во
всех направлениях, кварталы новых многоэтажных домов появились на окраинах города на