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3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences below.

1. When Alex went out into the terminal and didn’t find Tom there he decided …

a) to take a taxi to Tom’s home

b) to phone him

c) not to panic and wait

2. Alex didn’t manage to see much of New York because …

a) he had heard many stories about crime in New York

b) New York is too big

c) he couldn’t understand American English well

3. If you want to get good buys at sales, you should …

a) get to the store early on a sale day

b) choose the right sale

c) use your plastic card

4. Alex often went out to eat because …

a) eating out in New York is no problem

b) he had neither time nor desire to cook

c) he wanted to try something really American

4. Learning the words.

4.1 Match the following words from the text to their definitions. Suggest the Russian.

1 traffic jam

2 borough

3 skyscraper

4 neighborhood

5 privacy

6 ads

7 TV commercial

8 sale

9 consumers

10 bargain

11 mugging

12 groceries

13 window shopping

14 owner

15 former

a) selling goods at low prices for a period (to get rid of old stock, etc.)

b) sth sold or bought cheap

c) advertisement inserted in a TV or radio program

d) (opposite to producers) people who use goods

e) condition when many road vehicles are prevented from moving forward

f) person who owns sth

g) very tall building

h) (colloq. abbr. for) advertisements in newspapers, etc.

i) looking at goods displayed in a shop for interest, not necessarily with the idea of buying anything

j) (people living in a) district, area, etc.

k) crime of attacking and robbing sb (in a dark street, a lift, etc.)

l) of an earlier period

m) an administrative unit of New York City

n) food sold in packets, cans (tins), bottles

o) state of being away from others

4.2 Match the following expressions from the text to their Russian equivalents.

1 I decided to take it easy

2 I saw Tom waving at me

3 exploring the neighborhood

4 nobody minds your foreign accent

5 I was struck by …

6 apart from one another

7 to avoid certain areas

8 money talks

9 Cash or charge?

10 former owners

11 eating out

12 he insisted on treating me to a meal

13 a good meal you can afford

14 Here or to go?

15 When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

16 One last thing

a) никто не обращает внимания на ваш иностранный акцент

b) бывшие владельцы

c) Я был поражен …

d) Наличными или в кредит?

e) питание вне дома

f) На месте или с собой?

g) хорошая еда, которую вы можете себе позволить

h) он настаивал на том, чтобы угостить меня

i) на расстоянии друг от друга

j) изучая окрестности

k) избегать некоторых районов

l) В чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходи

m) я решил не волноваться

n) и последнее

o) деньги говорят

p) я увидел Тома, который махал мне рукой