2. Answer the Questions.

1. Who founded London?

2. Where is London situated?

3. What did Normans build? What has the castle served as? What is it now?

4. What is Westminster? What governmental office is there?

5. Who lives in the Downing Street 10?

6. Where are all British kings and queens crowned?

7. What is “Big Ben”?

8. What is Hyde Park famous for?

9. What is the City? What is its area?

10. What is the richest part of London? Why?

11. What is the industrial part of London? What is situated there?

3. Say if the following statements are true or false:

Example: London is the capital of the United Kingdom.

• Yes, this is true. London is the capital of the United Kingdom.

• No, this is false. London is not the capital of the United Kingdom. It is the capital of CIS.

1. London is the capital of Scotland.

2. London is one of the largest cities in the world.

3. The Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral are the biggest shops in the centre of London.

4. Buckingham Palace is the Queen's home.

5. London is situated on the banks of the river Thames.

6. London consists of the West End and the East End.

7. The City of London is the district where working people live.

8. London has many big parks.

4. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Лондон - экономический, политический и культурный центр, один из крупнейших портов страны и один из круп­нейших городов в мире.

2. Самые знаменитые древние здания — Лондонский Тауэр, Вестминстерское аббатство, собор Святого Павла, Парла­мент, Букингемский дворец.

3. Лондон был небольшим римским городом.

4. Вест-Энд — район магазинов, офисов и театров, район богатых людей.

5. В Сити сконцентрированы банки, офисы, в том числе Лондонская биржа и Банк Англии.

6. В Ист-Энде живут рабочие.

5. Retell the text according to the plan:

1. London in the life of the United Kingdom.

2. The architectural monuments and museums.

3. The main parts of London.

Lesson 5 great economists

1. Read and translate the text adam smith

Adam Smith (1723 -1790) was a Scottish political economist and moral philosopher. His work «Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations» was one of the earliest attempts to study the historical development of industry and commerce in Europe. This work helped to create the modern academic discipline of economics and provided one of the best-known intellectual rationales for free trade.

Smith was a son of the controller of the customs. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he was baptized at Kirkcaldy on June 5, 1723, his father died six month before. At around age of 4, he was kidnapped by a band of gypsies, but he was quickly rescued by his uncle and returned to his mother.

At the age of fourteen, Smith studied moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow. In 1740 he entered Balliol College in Oxford. In 1751 Smith was appointed professor on logic at the University of Glasgow, transferring in 1752 to the chair of moral philosophy. His lectures covered the fields of ethics, rhetoric, jurisprudence, political economy. Soon Smith resigned his professorship and from 1764-66 traveled with his pupil, mostly in France.

On returning home he devoted much of the next ten years to his « Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations», which appeared in 1776. It was well-received and popular, and Smith became famous.

2. Answer the questions.

1) Who is considered to be the father of economics?

2) What was Adam Smith?

3) In what« age» did Adam Smith live?

4) What was Smith's great« accomplishment»?

5) How many years did he devote to his« Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations»?