Great britain

Ex. 1. Listen to the following words and learn to pronounce them:

1. to be situated 2. in addition 3. island 4. to include 5. mountainous 6. due to 7. moderating influence 8. insular 9. humid 10.mild 11.striking discrepancy 12.to amount to 13.peninsular 14.language 15.parliamentary monarchy 16.rarely 17.on the advice 18.legislation 19.judicature act 20.to provide 21.to exist 22.to be elected 23.to appoint 24.highly developed 25.within 5 years

знаходитись до того ж острів включати гористий завдяки помірній вплив острівний вологий м’який вражаюча різниця налічувати півострів мова парламентська монархія рідко за порадою законодавство судовий акт забезпечувати існувати бути обраним призначати високо розвинутий протягом 5 років

Ex.2. Repeat the geographical names after the speaker:

Great Britain England

the Atlantic Ocean Scotland

the Irish Sea Wales

the North Sea Northern Ireland

the English Channel the United Kingdom

the North Channel

the Thames, the Severn

Ex. 3. Listen and repeat the names of some documents and parties.

Magna Charta

Habeas Corpus Act

Bill of Rights

The Parliamentary Act

Judicature

Labour Party

Conservative Party

Ex. 4. Listen and repeat the following one-syllable words:

five, by, most, west, east, due, sea, mild, north, south, main, part, large, which, these, long, freeze, own, know, right, since, peer, rule, win (won), people, last.

Ex.5. Listen and repeat the following two-syllable words:

area, kingdom, include, seldom, longest, deepest, lowland, humid, rather, striking, consists, northern, southwest, island, north-east, language, power, rarely, advice, other, provide, exist, within, party, appoint, highly, elect, express.

Ex. 6. Listen and repeat the following many-syllable words:

official, addition, situated, separated, mountainous, insular, moderating, discrepancy, administratively, population, peninsular, parliamentary, however, legislation, judicature, representative, expressed, government, conservative, highly-developed, metallurgy.

Ex.7. Find the Ukrainian equivalents:

mountainous

to amount to

seldom

discrepancy

to exist

to be expressed

to provide

on the advice of smb.

moderating

становити, складати

розбіжність,несхожість

існувати

гористий

забезпечувати

пом’якшуючий

за порадою

бути вираженим, висловленим

рідко

Ex.. 8. Form the adjectives from the following nouns, read them aloud, pay attention to the pronunciation:

Model: north - northern but south – southern

west - . . .

east - . . .

Ex.9. Listen to the text.