Vocabulary bank

According to – в соответствии с, согласно, по

Agree – соглашаться

Allow – позволять, разрешать

Alongside – наряду с, вместе

Appointment – назначение

Archbishop – архиепископ

Armed forces – вооруженные силы

Backbenchers – рядовые члены парламента

Belief – мнение, убеждение

Bill – законопроект

Bishop – епископ

By far the more – гораздо более

Changeability – изменчивость

Coast – побережье

Commander-in-chief – главнокомандующий

Concern – интерес, участие, заинтересованное отношение

Consideration – размышление; обсуждение; рассмотрение; разбор

Continuity – последовательность

Court – суд

Cross – крест

Daffodil – нарцисс

Derive – происходить

Dissolve – распускать

Double-room – номер на двоих

Duty – обязанность

Elect – избирать

Facility – удобства

Foggy – туманный

Force – заставлять

Gaelic – гэльский

Harmless – безвредный

Hereditary – наследственный

Inconvenient – неудобный

Insurance –страховка

Invade – вторгаться

Island – остров

Judiciary – судебный

Law – закон

Leek – лук

Mainland –материк

Make up – составлять

Mean – обозначать

Mention – напоминать

More or less – более или менее

Nick-name – прозвище

Obvious – очевидный

Outlet – выход, проход

Overcrowding – перенаселение

Pattern – модель, образец

Policy – политика

Predominant – преобладающий

Preside – председательствовать

Relieve – облегчить

Representative – представитель

Romans – римляне

Saying – поговорка

Senior – старший

Set – зд. расположенный

Shamrock – клевер белый

Sovereign – монарх

Suburbs – пригород

Succeed to the throne – вступить на престол

Summon – собирать

Survive – выживать

Tax – налог

Thistle – чертополох

To amend – улучшать

To be careful with money – прижимистый

To chair – возглавлять

To defer – откладывать

To embody – осуществлять

To perpetuate – увековечить

To reflect – отражать

To reject – отклонять

To sign – подписывать

To vote – голосовать

View – вид

Wet – мокрый, влажный

APPENDIX 2

Vocabulary bank

Ancient – древний

Arch – арка

Armoury – арсенал

Attempt – попытка

Axe – топор

Bank – берег

Bearskin – меховой кивер

Bell – колокол

Boat trip – экскурсия на пароходе

Buskers – уличные музыканты

Bustling – шумный, суетливый

Catering – обслуживание

Chemist’s – аптека

Cliff – утес

Coast – побережье

Commemorate – увековечить

Contain – содержать

Convicted – осужденный

Cost – цена

Crumble – разрушаться

Customer – посетитель, клиент

Daring – отважный

Defeat – поражать

Department – отдел

Deserted – пустынный

Destruction – разрушение

Deterioration – ухудшение

Engine – мотор

Estate – имущество

Exhibition – выставка

Facility – удобства

Fashionable – модный

Filthy – грязный

Fortress – крепость

From abroad – из заграницы

Goods – товары

Guard – охранять

Invite – приглашать

Jewelry – драгоценности

Lie – лежать, располагаться

Lock – закрывать, заключать

Luxury – роскошь

Magnificent – великолепный, величественный

Measure – мера

Palace – дворец

Performance – пьеса

Picturesque – живописный

Pigeon – голубь

Pitch – поле

Pollution – загрязнение

Poverty – бедность

Precious – драгоценный

Prison – тюрьма

Purpose – цель

Quaint – привлекательный своей оригинальностью

Raven – ворон

Record – запись, регистрация

Refer – относить

Ride – кататься

Rink – каток

Romans – римляне

Royal Mint – королевский монетный двор

Rush hour – час пик

Scarlet tunics – алый китель

Settlement – поселение

Shabby – потрепанный

Slum – трущоба

Spacious – просторный

Spy – шпион

Staff – персонал

Suburb – пригород

Suspect – подозревать

Take-away – ресторан еды на вынос

To be situated on – располагаться

Toy – игрушка

Trade – торговля

Traffic – движение

Traffic jam – пробка на дороге

Treason – измена, предательство

Troops – войско

Underneath – внизу, ниже

Variety – разнообразие

Wealth – богатство, изобилие

Wheel – колесо

GLOSSARY

1. Stonehenge is Britain’s most famous prehistoric monument, on Salisbury Plain in southern England. It consists of two circles of large standing stones, one inside the other. It was built between 3000 and 1500BC. Nobody knows why it was built, but many people think it was to study the stars and the planets or to worship the sun. Since 1980s young people, including hippies, have been going there for their own midsummer celebrations.

2. Downing Street is a short street in Westminster, London, which contains the official London home of the British Prime Minister at number 10. In fact the words “Downing Street” and “number 10” are often used to mean the Prime Minister. The street was built in about 1680 by an MP, George Downing.

3. York Minster is the cathedral in the city of York and one of the largest and best known in Britain. It was built during the 13^th, 14^th and 15^th centuries and is famous for its beautiful stained glass windows. A serous fire in 1984 damaged parts of the building, but it has since been repaired.

4. The Lake District is a region of lakes and mountains in Cumbria, north-west England. It contains the highest mountain in England, Scaffel Pike and the largest lake, Windermere. The area is associated with the Lake Poets, who lived there and wrote about it. Its beautiful scenery is very popular with tourists, and it was made a national park in 1951.

5. The Giant’s Causeway is a group of several thousand columns of rock on the north-east cost of Northern Ireland. Most of the columns have five or six flat sides. According to the legend, it is one end of a road built by a giant across the sea to the island of Staffa, where there is a similar group of rocks. It was made a World heritage Site in 1986.

6. Snowdonia is a national park around Snowdon in north-west Wales.

7. Waterloo is one of London’s main train stations, for trains to and from the south-east and south-west of England. In 1993 a new part was added to the building for trains traveling to and from the rest of Europe through the Channel Tunnel.

8. The Lord Chancellor is the government minister who is head of the judiciary in England and Wales. He is also the Speaker of the House of Lords, and sits on the Woolsack.

9. The Speaker is the person who is in charge of debates in the House of Commons. The Speaker decides who speaks in a debate, calls foe a vote at the end, and keeps order. He or she is elected by MPs of all the political parties, and must treat all parties fairly during debates; they say “Mr. Speaker” or Madam Speaker”.

10. Parliament is the institution responsible for making laws, discussing major issues affecting the country and raising taxes. It includes three parts, the sovereign, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, meet together only on special occasions.

11. The Ceremony of the Keys is a ceremony that takes place at 10 p.m. every night at the Tower of London, when a beefeater closes the gates, exchanges secret passwords with a guard, and gives him the keys.

12. The Government proposes new laws in accordance with its policies, and the Opposition opposes or tries to amend them, and puts forward its own policies. Each debate starts with the motion by a minister or a member of the House. This may be about a new law or tax, or about plans for spending money. A proposal for a new law or Act of Parliament is called a bill. Bills introduced in a House of Commons goes through several readings and are then passed to the Lords, referred to as “another place”. After a debate the Speaker puts the question whether to agree with the motion or not. This may be decided without voting or by a simple majority vote. The Speaker announces the result of a vote and says either “The ayes have it” or “The noes have it”. If the number of votes is equal, he or she gives a casting vote.

13. Archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, responsible for a large church district. In the Church of England there are two archbishops, the Archbishop of York and the Archbishop of Canterbury, who both have a place in the House of Lords.

14. Bishop is a senior priest. Bishops are in charge of the work of other priests. Some senior bishops are members of the House of Lords.

15. The Lords Temporal are the members of the British House of Lords who are not bishops (they are the members of the peerage).

16. The Strangers’ Gallery is either of two raised areas of seats in the House of Commons and the House of Lords where the members of the public can sit and watch the debates.

17. Backbencher is a Member of Parliament who does not hold a senior position in the government or in the opposition. Backbenchers are expected to vote as the party.

18. Mansion house is the official home of the Lord of Mayor of London, in the city of London.

19. The lord Mayor is the mayor of certain large cities in England and Wales. He or she is elected every year by the city council, and has mainly ceremonial duties.

20. Walter Raleigh is an English explorer, politician and soldier.

21. Anne Boleyn is the second wife of King Henry III and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I.

ANSWER KEY

Part I

Unit I

1. a) Daffodil – Wales, Thistle – Scotland, Shamrock – Ireland, Rose – England

b)

• Irish

Scots

Welsh

• Scotland, Wales, Ireland

• Scottish

Irish

• Welsh

Scottish

Irish

2. St. George’s Cross – D

Dragon of Cadwallader – C

St. Andrew’s Cross – A

St. Patrick’s Cross – B

3.England – 49m; Scotland – 5m; Wales – 3 m; Northern Ireland – 1,5m.

Capital – London; Head of Government – Prime Minister; lives at – 10 Downing Street; Head of State – Queen; lives in – Buckingham Palace.

4. 1) York – York Minster cathedral, narrow streets;

2) Liverpool – port, home of Beatles;

3) Cambridge – university, bicycles;

4) Edinburgh – old castle;

5) Stratford-upon-Avon – birthplace of Shakespeare;

6) Oxford – university, bicycles.

5. 1) 75; 2) 2; 3) 10; 4) 9; 5) 24.

6. 1-T; 2-T; 3-F (in Wales); 4-F (20%); 5-T.

9. a) insurance, overcrowding, inconvenient, obvious, alongside.

b) 1) overcrowding; 2) insurance; 3) obvious; 4) inconvenient; 5) alongside.

10. 1) city; 2) predominant; 3) foggy; 4) north-west; 5) public; 6) European; 7) popular; 8) invading; 9) British; 10) attractive.

11. 1) Present Simple – c;

2) Future Simple – b;

3) Present Simple – d;

4) Future Simple – e;

5) Past Simple – a.

12. 1) will be; 2) created; 3) did she get; 4) meets; 5) was.

15.

• Peter West

• bookings@liverpoolarms.co.uk

• Booking a hotel

• Dear Sir or Madam; yours faithfully.

16. 1) c; 2) a; 3) b.

Unit 2

1. a) 1). Queen; 2) Parliament; 3) House of Lords; 4) MPs.

2. Queen; Opposition.

3. 1) c; 2) b; 3) a; 4) e; 5) d.

4. 1) to summon; 2) an election; 3) a law; 4) a sovereign; 5) to succeed; 6) judiciary; 7) to dissolve.

Part II

Unit I

1. Nightlife: pubs; restaurants; clubs; discos.

Transport: taxis; the Underground; waterbuses; buses.

Sights: churches; art galleries; palaces; cathedrals; museums.

Shopping: jewelry; food; fashionable clothes.

Entertainment: buskers; cinemas; theatres.

2. b; a; d; e; f.

3. a) Trafalgar Square; b) Tower Bridge; c) Telecom Tower; d) London bus; e) St. Paul’s Cathedral; f) Buckingham Place; g) Underground train.

4. a) 43 AD; b) 1747; c) 1863; d) 1802.

5. a) 7; b) 20; c) 11; d) 2,5.

6. a) 300; b) 7; c) 3000; d) 35 000.

Covent Garden: shops; street musicians, street entertainers; street fashion; street life.

7. a) shopping; b) variety; c) food, all; d) clubs; e) building; f) British Museum; g) culture, watching.

8. 1) There are restaurants, discos, pubs ad clubs;

2) Over 130 cinemas and more than 60 theatres;

3) The Mousetrap;

4) Hyde Park, Regent’s park, St. James’s Park;

5) to walk, to jog, to have a picnic, to relax, to get away from the noise.

9. 1) Hyde Park; 2) Trafalgar Square; 3) Buckingham Palace; 4) Thames; 5) Big Ben; 6) Covent Garden.

12. 1) a; 2) b; 3) a; 4) b; 5) c.

13. 1) sights; 2) to found; 3) to celebrate; 4) to commemorate; 5) attraction.

14. 1) c; 2) d; 3) a; 4) e; 5) b.

15. …was built

… has been expanded

… used

… were locked

… were shut up

… were imprisoned

… were allowed

… were executed

… were beheaded

… are kept

… are shown

… is situated

… is kept

… is used

… are contained

… was made

Unit II

1. 1) St. Paul’s Cathedral; 2) Trafalgar Square; 3) Westminster Abbey; 4) Buckingham Palace; 5) The Changing of the Guard; 6) Tower Bridge; 7) Tower; 8) Big Ben.

2. 1) a; 2) b; 3) a; 4) a.

1886 Engines towers

11th 17th Jewel House

1859 14 bell

1703 Queen Takes place

4. a) Jack wrote the letter which arrived this morning.

b) There is the park where we play football.

c) This is the hotel where I always stay.

d) Barbara’s got a car which is faster than yours.

5. 1) d; 2) c; 3) a; 4) f; 5) e; 6) b.

AUDIOSCRIPTS

PART 1

Listening. Part II Unit I Exercise 17 p. 23

WOMAN: Excuse me.

MAN: Yes?

W.: I wonder if you could help me. I’m looking for a … oh, I don’t know what you call it in English. A shop that sells … uh … medicine.

M.: Do you mean a chemist’s?

W.: A chemist’s?

M.: Yes. Is that what you are looking for?

W.: Yes. A …chemist’s. Where can I find a chemist’s, please?

M.: Well, let’s see, uh… Walk along this street and then when you come to the second…no, the third turning from here, turn right.

W.: The third turn… turning?

M.: Yes. The third turning. Walk down that street until you come to the second set of traffic lights. The road curves a little after the first set of lights.

W.: Traffic lights? The red and green lights for the traffic?

M.: Yes. Well, when you get to those traffic lights, you’ll see a chemist’s on the corner.

W.: I see. Walk down this street to the third… uh… turning, and then turn… excuse me, did you say turn left?

M.: No, right. Turn right.

W.: Right. I walk down this street and turn right at the third road and then I come to some traffic lights and the chemist’s is on the corner…

M.: No, not the first set of traffic lights. The second set of traffic lights.

W.: Ah. The second set of traffic lights. On the corner.

M.: Yes.

W.: Thank you very much. Good bye.

M.: Oh… wait! What time is it?

W.: It’s five minutes past six. Why?

M.: I‘ve just remembered. That chemist’s closes at six.

Listening. Part II Unit II Exercise 2 p. 25

GUIDE: We’re now approaching Tower Bridge – the international symbol of London. It was built between 1886-1894 by Sir Horace Jones. Originally, steam engines were used to raise the bridge so that ships could pass underneath. Nowadays electric motors are used instead. Just look at its impressive Gothic towers! As we cross the bridge, you’ll enjoy a wonderful view of the river Thames in London.

TOURIST: Wow, it’s beautiful!

G.: On your left, you can see the Tower of London. It was built during the 11^th century by William the Conqueror. It was the Royal Residence until the 17^th century. The Tower of London has 19 towers. There you can see the famous Crown Jewels in the Jewel House.

Now, if you look ahead, we come into the Houses of Parliament and the famous Big Ben. The bell was installed in 1859 and the clock is the largest in Britain. The bell weighs unbelievable 14 tons. In fact, the name “Big Ben” refers to the bell, and not the clock itself. It chimes on an hour. We’ll here it in a few seconds, as it’s almost eight o’clock.

Last on today’s tour is majestic Buckingham Palace. It was built in 1703 by the Duke of Buckingham. Victoria was the first queen to live there. As you can see, the Royal Standard is flying above the Palace. This means that the queen is in residence. Every morning a changing of the guard ceremony takes place. You’ll get to see that later.

Ok, we’ll be stopping here for ten minutes to give you all the chance to take some photos.