- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Choose the correct preposition:
- •V. Choose the correct form of the verb:
- •VI. Match the beginnings of the sentences to their ends using the information from the text:
- •VII. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words:
- •VIII. Translate from English into Russian:
- •IX. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the text and translate the sentences:
- •V. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and words combinations:
- •VI. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •Prombank
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the suitable adjectives and participles from the text:
- •VI. Prove the following using the information from the text:
- •VII. Match the words and their definitions:
- •VIII. Retell the text.
- •(Regional administration)
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Choose the correct preposition:
- •V. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Translate the following words and expressions from English into Russian:
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •IX. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •Vocabulary
- •V. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •VI. Say in connection with what, these dates are given:
- •VII. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VIII. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words and word combinations:
- •IX. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb:
- •V. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VI. Match the words and their definitions:
- •VII. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •VIII. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VI. Translate the following expressions from Russian into English:
- •VII. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words:
- •VIII. Retell the text. House of culture and science (Opera and Ballet Theatre)
- •Vocabulary
- •VI. Choose the correct preposition.
- •VII. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •VIII. Retell the text.
Vocabulary
to design - проектировать
market place - базарная площадь
to rent - арендовать,снимать
treasury - казначейство
branch - отделение
storage facilities - склады
boiler- room - бойлерная
glass blocks in lead furring - стеклянные блоки в свинцовой обрешётке
fur - мех, (зд.) покрывать, (обшивать рейками, досками)
lengthy - протяжённый
to face - выходить (лицом)
dome topped tower - башня, увенчанная куполом
fire tower - пожарная ,башня
lightning rod - громоотвод
white - plaster - белая штукатурка
to rusticate - рустовать, нарезать русты (насекать)
to plaster - штукатурить
overall - общий
crucial - ключевой, критический, решающий
capping slab - карнизная плита
layout - планировка
farinaceous - мучной
overhead - верхний
repair - ремонт
alteration - переделка
to wall up - заделывать, замуровывать
Exercises
I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
Architect, municipal , electric generator, design, contrast, elementary, tour, conception , stylistic .
II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
Basement, European, lengthy, symmetrical, government, superficially, numerous, competition.
III. Answer the following questions:
1.Who did Novonikolaevsk Town Council ask to design the Trade Building?
2. What occupied the first floor?
3.What was located on the pavement level?
4.Where can we see a similar construction?
5.What kind of facades did Novonikolaevsk Trade Building have?
6.What decor did Kryachkov use both for Trade Building and for twelve elementary schools?
7.What currents of the European architecture influenced Andrei D. Kryachkov?
8.Why did Kryachkov use the Corinthian order?
9.Have there been any repairs or alterations of the City Trade Building?
IV. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the text and translate the sentences:
1.The second floor …the Municipal Duma, the Town Council, the Treasury, a branch of the State Bank and a room for 1000 people.
2. Glass blocks in lead furring … on the pavement level provided lighting of the storage facilities.
3. The arrangement of the fire tower with a lightning rod … a different decorative design for tops of lengthy eastern and western facades.
4. The first level … as a ground floor, it is rusticated and plastered.
5. Taken the overall brick construction of the walls, the most crucial elements- socle and capping slabs … with grey granite.
6. The exterior decor of the Trade Building in Novonikolaevsk … Kryachkov's impressions of the contemporary European architecture.
7. It is noteworthy that Kryachkov … the Art Nouveau decorative arsenal only superficially, and not as an integral conception of architectural forms.
V. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and words combinations:
Shops to rent, town Council, branch of the bank, storage facilities, fire tower, white-plastered details, elementary school, crucial elements, to be coated with, to be under the influence, farinaceous foods, stylistic discord, to be walled up.