12. Define correct and incorrect statements. Correct wrong sentences. Prove your opinion
1. When building a town we should be very careful not to spoil what exists already. 2. The streets and buildings of existing towns will serve many future generations. 3. When designing a town we should not forget that its citizens should be able to move about it without any danger to their life. 4. The economics of a town plan and the technical problems are closely connected. 5. Scientific forecast also includes progressive methods of planning. 6. The designer should select the best building materials for the objects of his planned town. 7. Cities will grow but their growth must be controlled.
13. Put following points of a plan to the text in order. Add necessary points. Using these plan speak briefly on the topic of the text
1. The whole town, and even its details, should be beautiful.
2. A town should be a nice place to live, to work and to rest in.
3. The town designer should remember that his raw materials will exist in the future.
4. All the objects in the town are called the raw materials of town design.
5. The raw materials of a planned town influence the existing environment.
6. City growth should be controlled.
14. Find in the text all necessary information to fill the table ”Town planning”. Point negative and positive features from the point of view of a town designer. Discuss these points with your groupmates
Features |
Town plan |
Flexible plan |
Existing environment |
Town pattern |
Positive |
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Negative |
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15. Write a report “Town development” as you consider the future of Astrakhan. Pay attention to all points of the previous table
16. Listen to the text and fulfil some tasks. Find questions to these answers
а) because people need to wash before going to bed
b) because people waiting to enter the house need protecting from the weather
с) because the noise from the living room wШ disturb people sleeping
d) because it makes serving food easier
17. Look at this plan for а single-storey house:
Now read this discussion between ап architect and his client:
CLIENT: I don't like this plan because the dining room and the kitchen are оn opposite sides of the house.
ARCHIТECТ: So what!
CLIENT: Well, it is а long way to carry the food.
ARCHIТECТ: Does that matter very much?
CLIENT: Yes. 1 think it does, because the food wi1l get cold оп its way from the kitchen to the dining room.
18. Make simi1ar discussions 'between the architect and his client complaining about:
а) the relative position of the bathroom and bedroom Ь) the relative position of the bedroom and living room с) the~ lack of а covered porch over the entrance.
Grammar Participle 1
Причастие 1 (причастие настоящего времени), образованное при помощи окончания –ing, имеет активную и пассивную (страдательную) формы:
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Несовершенный вид |
Совершенный вид |
Active активная |
asking |
having asked |
Passive страдательная |
being asked |
having been asked |
Причастие 1 употребляется в функции:
Определения:
The man sitting at the table is our teacher.-Человек, сидящий за столом-наш учитель.
The house being built in our town are not very high. –Дома, строящиеся в нашем городе, невысоки.
Обстоятельства:
Going home I met an old friend.- Идя домой, я встретил старого друга.
Having finished work I went home.- Закончив работу, я пошел домой.