1) Sightseeing in big cities.

Key patterns: to show someone around, to go on a guided tour, to see the sights, to go sightseeing, to get about, to get lost, to get to, to turn to the right (left).

2) Places worth seeing in our city.

Key-patterns: places of interest, monuments, the main streets, to welcome visitors, smiling faces, city transport, churches, cathedrals, supermarkets and shops, modern buildings, squares and parks, greenery, flowers and trees, flowerbeds, fountains, cafes and restaurants.

Unit 3. Kyiv

І. Фонетична зарядка.

1. Read and translate the part of the song about Kyiv. Sing it. Kyiv of mine

(Music by Ihor Shamo

Lyrics by Dmytro Lutsenko)

Greenery plays like an ocean,

Peace of day burns to night.

Dearer grows my devotion,

To the Dnipro’s steep heights.

Swaying branches before you

Love’s dreams may enshrine.

How can I not adore you,

Kyiv of mine!

Cannas give me bright glances,

So I pour out my heart.

May they see my enchantress

And my true love impart.

All the dreams that I owe you

On hope’s wings consign.

How can I not adore you,

Kyiv of mine.

2. Read these words, write down their transcription.

1. epoch

2. Metropolitan

3. historian

4. politician

5. architectural

II. Мовна зарядка.

Read and translate these proverbs. Learn them by heart.

There is no place like home.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Every bird likes its own nest.

III. Словник.

1. a tribe – племя, плем’я

2. a settlement– поселение, селище

3. prosperous– успешный, успішний

4. to raze to the ground стереть с лица земли, руйнувати

5. horde – полчище, орда

6. relics– реликвии

7. prominent– известный, відомий

8. treasure – сокровище. скарб

9. to take a part – принимать участие, брати участь

10. a ncient – древний, давній

11. folk art – народное искусство, народне мистецтво

IV. Читання та переклад тексту. Kyiv.

There are few cities in the world which are so important that entire states have been named after them. Kyiv, the capital of Ancient Kyivan Rus and of present-day Ukraine, is one of them. Some manuscripts point to the 5^th century as the probable date of the foundation of Kyiv, the main settlement of the Polyany tribes, but the exact date is unknown. From the 9^th to the 13^th century Kyiv remained the most prosperous city in the south- east of Europe.

Kyiv was razed to the ground by the Mongol Golden Horde in 1240. That is why the architectural relics of this epoch are not numerous. Among them are St. Sophia Cathedral and St. Kyryl Church. The best- known of Kyiv historical monuments is the monastery known as the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The monastery has always been a prominent educational and cultural centre. Here in 1631 the first higher educational establishment in Ukraine was founded by the Metropolitan Petro Mohyla. The Lavra also contains a number of museums exhibiting items of decorative folk art, ancient books and other historical treasures. Ukraine’s name in ancient times was Orathania.

M any famous personalities worked in Kyiv. Among them were the philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda (a graduate of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), the historians and politicians Mykola Kostomarov, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, the poet and artist Taras Shevchenko and the writer Mykhailo Bulhakov. Kyiv played an outstanding role in the formation and development of the Ukrainian nation, taking an active part in the revolutionary liberation movement. The Ukrainian anthem is “Ukraine is not dead yet”. Kyiv is the largest and the most beautiful city of Ukraine. Kyiv lies on both banks of the river Dnipro. It is one of the greenest cities in the world. What a lovely sight the green streets with chestnut trees and flowers are! What a wonderful city it is!