New words:

uprising [ʌp'raiziŋ] – восстание,

in brief – вкратце,

belfry [belfri] – колокольня,

cast – лить, отливать,

Assumption [ǝ'sʌmpʃǝn] Day – день Успения,

dome – купол, свод,

blow up – взрывать.

1. Match Russian and English phrases (see the table).

1. Bells rang for invasions and during the frequent fires.

2. Some of them hang in the Ivan the Great bell tower.

3. Its history, in brief, is as follows.

4. A special casting pit.

5. The bell stood ready to be lifted on an iron grating.

6. Due to uneven and fast cooling.

7. The bell remained in the pit for a hundred years.

а) Из-за неравномерного и быстрого охлаждения.

б) Специальная яма для отливки.

в) Колокола звонили в случае нападения и во время частых пожаров.

г) Колокол оставался в яме в течение сотни лет.

д) Его история вкратце следующая.

е) Колокол стоял готовым для подъема на железную решетку.

ж) Некоторые из них висят на колокольне Ивана Великого.

2. Say the following phrases in Russian.

1) The ringing of the bells accompanied the whole life of Moscow in ancient times.

2) Even today bells ring on the Kremlin’s Spassky Tower.

3) The biggest bell weighing 65 tons and 320 kg can be seen in the embrasure of the “Filaret building”.

4) Which used to hang in the building.

5) Is surrounded by people.

6) Ivan Motorin failed to finish the casting.

3. Fill in the blanks with adjectives.

… times, … fires, … uprising, the … bell, a … dome, … a pit, the … inscription, the … building, … cooling.

4. Find the derivatives in the text.

Example: built – building.

Ring, celebrate, weight, gold, cast, success, wood, cool.

5. What is the English for:

победа, колокольня, подножие, отливать, вкратце, яма, олово, не сумел закончить, кроме, железная решетка, подъем, тушить, отсюда.

6. Fill in the missing words:

1) Bells rang for … and during the … fires, in case of popular …

2) Some of them hang in the Ivan the Great …

3) In 1730 … Anna Ivanovna ordered that … weighing 9000 … should be …

4) Huge amounts of … and more than 500 kg of … were used.

5) People rushed … the flames and … water onto the burning … that had … into the pit.

7. Choose the correct word.

1) Bells (ring, rang, had rung) for invasions and during the frequent fires.

2) Even today bells (ring, rang, had rung) on the Kremlin’s Spassky Tower.

3) The biggest bell can (be seen, saw, see) in the embrassure of the “Filaret building”.

4) The Tzar Bell stands at the foot of the Ivan the Great bell tower and (is surrounding, is surrounded) by people.

5) A special casting pit (was dig, was dug, dug) in Ivanovskaya Square in the Kremlin.

6) The bell (remained, was remained, had been remained) in the pit for a hundred years.

Text 11

Intensive reading

Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

When the Beatles (1) _____ famous in the early 1963s, young people (2) _____ to let their hair grow and were known as hippies. Later, with songs like “All you need is love”, and “Give piece a chance”, the Beatles and hippies in general (3) _____ for peace and understanding. In America people (4) _____ this movement “Flower power”. However, in Britain skinheads (5) _____ braces, T-shirts and big Doc Marten’s boots, which some ugly people (8) _____ looked ugly, but the skinheads (9) _____ what older people thought. In fact they (10) _____ making the older generation angry.

1

A become

B became

C were

D was

2

A started

B startted

C start

D starts

3

A standed

B standing

C stood

D stooded

4

A calls

B call

C caled

D called

5

A appearred

B appear

C appeared

D appeard

6

A haved

B has

C have

D had

7

A wore

B worn

C weared

D weard

8

A think

B thinked

C though

D thought

9

A not car

B don’t care

C didn’t care

D caredn’t

10

A like

B liked

C liking

D likes