Test: Do you know St. Petersburg?
What day is considered to be the day of the foundation of our city?
What memorial places associated with the founder of the city, Peter the Great, do you know?
What monuments to Peter the Great can you name? Where are they? Who designed them?
What are ther oldest buildings in the city?
Who designed: The Peter and Paul Fortress? The Winter Palace? the Smolny? What does the name of Smolny come from?
On how many islands is our city situated?
How many rivers and canals are there in our city?
What does the name of the Fontanka river come from?
When was the first permanent bridge across the Neva built? What is it?
What colour bridges are there in St.Petersburg?Where are they?
What is the longest bridge in our city?
Where is Prachechny (Laundry Yard) bridge and why is it called so?
What was the first regular garden in our city and when was it laid out?
What is Summer Garden especially famous for? Who designed it? What Historic event took place there?
What does Alexander Column in Palace Square symbolize?
What other monuments associated with the victory over Napoleon are there in St.Petersburg?
What streets have the names of outstanding Russian writers and poets? Where are they?
What name was given to Nevsky prospect after the October Uprising?
When were the heaviest floods in our city?
What part of the city do we mean when we say "Petersburg of Dostoevsky"?
Exercise 20. Make up a test on places of interest in St. Petersburg. Follow the example of exercise 19.
Exercise 21. Consult a guide-book or a reference 1 book on St. Petersburg and make a report on some place of interest (to your choice).
Appendix Read and translate the jokes
A city man out in the country sees the farmer sitting on his porch, and he says, "Mister, do you know how I can get to town?" And the fellow says, "No". And the city man says, "Well, can you tell me how to get to the post office?" And the fellow says, "No". "Well, do you know how to get to the railway station?" "No". "Mister", he says, "you sure don't know much , do you?" And the farmer on the porch says, "No, but I am not lost".
Teacher: Johnny, why are you late for school every morning?
Johnny: Every time I come to the corner a sign says "School. Go Slow".
The woman motorist was trying to navigate a traffic jam. She rammed the car in front of her, then tried to back and knocked down a pedestrian. Then she tried to move over to the kerb and smashed into a hydrant. A policeman came up. "O'key, lady, let's see your licence", he demanded. "Don't be silly", she grunted, "Who'd give me a licence the way I drive?"
list of words and word combinations
to tell the flay - показать дорогу a bus stop - остановка автобуса conductor - кондуктор
to put smb. down - высадить, т.е. сказать, где выйти
place of interest - достопримечательность
means of communication - средства передвижения to travel a short distance - путешествовать на короткие расстояния
to pay fare - оплачивать проезд
the traffic is heavy - оживленное движение
the traffic is light - движение небольшое rush hour - час пик
to go by bus (tram, trolley-bus) - ехать автобусом (трамваем, троллейбусом)
to go straight - идти прямо
to get on a bus - садиться в автобус
to get off a bus - выходить из автобуса
to change on to another bus - пересесть на другой автобус
to take a turning to the left (the right) - свернуть налево, направо
Topical Words:
street, road, pavement, crossing, traffic light(s), block, route, supermarket, petrol-station; passer-by, conductor, traffic-policeman; bus, trolley-bus, tram, taxi, underground; fare; to get to (on, off, about), to reach, to ride, to cross, to change, to miss, to go by bus (by tram, by the underground, by taxi, on foot)
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Patterns:
1.
Excuse me. Which is the right way to London Bridge?
Excuse me. Which is the shortest way to the railway station?
Excuse me. Which is the quickest way to Oxford Street?
Excuse me. Which is the best way to get to Hyde Park?
2.
Excuse me. Am I on the right road to Darwin Street?
Excuse me, officer. Am I on the right road to Piccadilly Circus?1
3.
Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to Liverpool Street Station?
Excuse me. Could you, please, tell me the way to London Bridge?
Excuse me. Can you show me the way to Oxford Street, please?
Excuse me. Could you, please, show me the way to the post-office?
4.
Excuse me. Where is the nearest bus stop?
Excuse me. Where is number 25 bus stop?
Excuse me. Where's the nearest underground station here?
Excuse me. Where's the bus stop to go to the centre?
5.
Do I get off here? Yes, that's right.
Do I get off at the next stop? Yes, that's right.
Do I change buses at this stop? That's right.
Do I change to the underground at this square? Yes.
6.
Go straight three blocks and then turn to the right. Go straight four blocks and then turn to the left. Go along this street as far as the Monument and turn to the left. Go along this street as far as the traffic lights, then take the street on your left.
7.
Take the number 28 bus. It'll take you right there.
Take the number 45 bus. Then change to bus 18.
Take this tram and go three stops. Then take a trolley-bus.
8.
Is it far from here? No, it's just round the corner. Is it far from here? It's ten minutes' walk. Is the station far? You can easily get there on foot. Is it very far? It's ten minutes' ride on a bus.
9.
It would be better for you to walk there. It'll be quicker for you to go there by bus No. 20. It's better for you to go there by tube (the underground).
10.
They showed me the way to your office. I was shown the way. A boy showed me the way to that square. I was shown the way. A passer-by told me how to get there. I was told how to get there. John gave me a lift and I got there in time. I was given a lift.
EXERCISES
Exercese 1. Study the vocabulary of the Unit. Practise the speech patterns.
Exercese 2. Memorise these dialogues. Practise them in pairs changing the text.
1. Which Is the Quickest Way to the Centre?
Rogov: Excuse me.
Passer-by: Yes?
Rogov: Which is the quickest way to the centre, please?
Passer-by: Let me think... Oh yes. Take the number 26 bus and go as far as Trafalgar Square.
Rogov: Will that be the very centre of London?
Passer-by: Yes. That's the very centre of London.
2. I'm Completely Lost
Rogov: Excuse me.
Passer-by: Yes? Can I help you?
Rogov: I'm new. to London and I'm completely lost. Could you, please, tell me the way to Piccadilly Circus?
Passer-by: Piccadilly Circus? Well, look here. I'm going in the samedirection myself, so I might as well show you the way there.
Rogov: Oh, thank you. It's very kind of you.
3. Take the Street on Your Right
Rogov: Excuse me. I want to get to the British Museum. Can you
show me the way there, please?
Passer-by: Why, yes. Hmm. Let me think... Well, lake the street on
your right and go straight down as far as the little church.
Rogov: Yes, where do I go then?
Passer-by: Then turn to your left and go another two blocks.
Rogov: Wouldn't it be better for me to go there by bus?
Passer-by: No, there isn't a very good bus service there. You'll waste lime.