Vocabulary notes:

• to introduce – представлять, представляться, вводить (She took her hand but didn’t introduce herself; Let me introduce you to my friends. A large advertising budget will support your efforts to introduce our products into the market.)

• unique – уникальный, непревзойденный (Everyone’s fingerprints are unique. The more unique each person is, the more he contributes to the wisdom of others)

• rural – сельский, деревенский (a rural area. It is immensely difficult for country doctors to get to some rural areas where epidemics flourish.

• urban – городской, урбанистический (dense urban area – густонаселенный городской район. The town is governed by an urban district council. Bicycles are tools for urban sustainability).

• to separate – разделять, отделять, выделять (The teacher separated children into two groups. I have sent you, in a separate package, our recent catalogue for this year)

• landscape – пейзаж, среда, ландшафт (He looked over his shoulder again at the dark landscape behind him. The European landscape will change rapidly in the course of this century.)

• initially – первоначально (The situation was worse than they initially thought. The contract will be initially effective for one year.)

• to overlook – смотреть сверху, обозревать, закрывать глаза на (a balcony overlooking the sea. I will overlook your lateness this time.)

• chapel – часовня (In the castle grounds there are the remains of the ancient Chapel of St. John)

• cannon – пушка, орудие (In the castle there are cannons from the 15^th century. This problem certainly requires a solution, but that's like shooting a cannon at sparrows)

• precisely – точно, совершенно верно, пунктуально (The train leaves at 10 o’clock precisely. She loves all things irrational, and works at the kindergarten for precisely that reason.)

• to feature – показывать, отличать, являться характерной чертой (Work features largely in her life)

• remarkable – удивительный, замечательный, выдающийся (He has a remarkable memory. Recent advances in medicine are remarkable.)

• quay – причал (On the quay there are the landing-stages, the custom-house and the railway station. She was waiting at the quay as the ship came in.)

• alluring – привлекательный, очаровательный (This image is alluring. An alluring prospect, but perhaps improbable.)

• undoubtedly – несомненно, без сомнения (Stress has undoubtedly contributed to her illness. The English language is undoubtedly the easiest and at the same time the most efficient means of international communication)

• to arrange – устраивать, договариваться, организовывать (The party was arranged perfectly. I'll arrange for someone to pick you up at your home.)

• to participate – участвовать (She rarely participates in any of the discussions. She intends to participate in a beauty contest.)

• mayor – мэр (The mayor, supported by the national guard, opposed this project. The mayor will shortly announce his decision to resign.)

• to observe – наблюдать, соблюдать, замечать (Children learn observing adults. We must observe the rules.)

• indisputably – бесспорно (Indisputably, Surikov is a great Russian painter)

• to cover – охватывать, распространяться, покрывать, закрывать (The town covers an area of 10 square miles. Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.)

• estate – поместье, состояние, наследие (They lived in the estate near Moscow. My aunt inherited the huge estate.

real estate – недвижимость I inherited his estate.)

• hospitability – гостеприимство (The local people showed us great hospitability)