Vocabulary File.

Ex. 1 Listen, look, repeat.

1. a lower chamber – нижняя палата

2. an upper chamber – верхняя палата

3. legislative power – законодательная власть

4. executive power – исполнительная власть

5. ahead of us – перед нами, впереди нас

syn. in front of us

6. to admit – зд. вмещать

7. a spectator – зритель

8. a company - труппа

9. a playwright – драматург

10. to stage – поставить (о пьесе, о спектакле)

11. a façade – фасад

12. to adorn – украшать

13. a mural – фреска, настенная живопись

14. a replica – копия

15. notorious – печально известный

16. a chapel – часовня

17. to perish – погибать, умирать

18. a row - ряд

19. a lane – узкая улочка

20. a side-street – переулок

21. to preserve – сохранять

22. to give (gave, given) way to – уступить дорогу, место

Ex. 2 Read the sentences with the new words.

1. a lower chamber – нижняя палата

2. an upper chamber – нижняя палата

The lower chamber of our Parliament (or the Federal Assembly) is called State Duma,

the upper chamber is called the Council of Federation.

3. legislative power – законодательная власть

4. executive power – исполнительная власть

The Federal Assembly represents the legislative branch of power in our country, the

Federal Government – the executive branch of power.

5. ahead of us – перед нами, впереди нас

syn. in front of us

Ahead of us there’s Theatre Square.

6. to admit – зд. вмещать (о помещении)

7. a spectator – зритель

The Bolshoi Theatre admits 2500 spectators.

8. a company – труппа

The company has about 1000 members.

9. a playwright – драматург

10. to stage – поставить (о пьесе, о спектакле)

Nearly all the plays by the great Russian playwright Ostrovsky were staged at the Maly Theatre.

11. a façade - фасад

12. to adorn – украшать

13. a mural – фреска, настенная живопись

14. a replica – копия The façade of the Metropole Hotel is adorned with a large mural Dream Princess,

a replica of the famous drawing by Michael Vrubel.

15. notorious – печально известный

This is a notorious Lubyanka – the KGB office in the Soviet time.

16. a chapel – часовня

17. to perish – погибать, умирать

Just after the museum there’s a monumental chapel built in honour of Moscow soldiers who perished in 1877 during the attack against the Turkish fortress Plevny.

18. a row – ряд

Kitai-gorod was a kind of a trade centre with rows of shops.

19. a lane – узкая улочка

20. a side-street – переулок

21. to preserve – сохранять

Some lanes and side-streets still preserve their old names.

22. to give (gave, given) way to– уступить дорогу, место

In the 20ieth century small shops in Kitai-gorod gave way to banks and office buildings.

Ex.3 Fill in the gaps with the right words from the box in the necessary form.

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a façade a chamber executive to erect legislative

to adorn to preserve a mural to admit to perish

honour a spectator to stage a replica a side-street

notorious a lane a chapel a row a playwright

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1. ................. is one of the sections of a parliament.

2. He is an ........................... director of this museum.

3. The Federal Assembly represents the ........................... branch of power in our

country.

4. The memorial ..................... after the poet’s death.

5. This theatre ................... 2500 .........................

6. A lot of plays by this ..................... ....................... at this theatre.

7. They were prepared ...................... for the ................... of their country.

8. This ......................... still ....................... its old name.

9. The front of a building is called .....................

10. The interior part of this cathedral ......................... with unique ...................

11. This crossroads is ........................... for its traffic jams and accidents.

12. It’s a kind of a trade centre with ............... of shops.

13. Are buses allowed to drive in this .................... ?

14. An accurate copy of something is called ........................

15. This ................... is used as a church where people can pray.

Ex.4 Read the pairs of words with similar meaning.

to admit – to hold (held) to preserve – to keep (kept)

a playwright – a dramatist to adorn – to decorate

spectators – audience, public to perish – to die

to erect – to construct ahead of – in front of

to demolish – to destroy

Ex.5 Replace the words in bold type by the words of the active vocabulary.

1. This stadium holds 80,000 people.

2. It is important that these traditions are kept.

3. Plays by this dramatist are stages all over the country.

4. The room was decorated with a lot of pictures on the walls.

5. The play was a great success with the audience.

6. They were prepared to die for their native town.

7. This monument has been constructed just recently.

8. What’s that building in front of us?

9. The hotel Rossia was destroyed some years ago.

Now we are turning left into the street which is called Okhotny Riad or Hunting Row Street and find ourselves between two grey-coloured buildings. The one on your right-hand side is the Moskva Hotel (built in the 30's and rebuilt just recently) and a building on your left-hand side is the State Duma – the lower chamber of the Federal Assembly, which represents the legislative branch of power in Russia (the upper chamber is called the Council of Federation). The Federal Government represents the executive branch of power. The President is the head of state in Russia and he is elected directly by the people for a term of 6 years.

Ahead of us there is Theatre square with the main building of the Bolshoi Theatre in the middle of it with its monumental colonnade and bronze statue of Apollo who rides bronze horses on its top. The Bolshoi Theatre is a monument of Russian classicism, erected in 1824 by architect Osip Bove. The Bolshoi Theatre is considered the leading ballet and opera house in our country. It has recently undergone a big reconstruction ^{and now admits 2500 spectators. The company has about 1000 members. Left to the Bolshoi stands} Moscow’s main drama theatre, which is called The Maly Theatre or Ostrovsky House, as nearly all the plays by this great Russian playwright were staged at the Maly Theatre. The monument to Alexander Ostrovsky is placed in front of the Maly Theatre.

In the garden on the right there is a monument to Karl Marx (sculptor Lev Kerbel) and then a very imposing building of the Metropole Hotel, built in 1903 in the modernist style. The facade is adorned with a large mural Dream Princess, a replica of the famous drawing by Michail Vrubel.

In front of us you can see a big square with a yellow-coloured building that stands quite alone. This is a notorious Lubyanka – The KGB office in the Soviet time.

On your left-hand side you can see the central building of the Polytechnic Museum which is under reconstruction now. Just after it there’s a monumental chapel built in honour of Moscow soldiers who perished in 1877 during the attack against the Turkish fortress Plevny in the Balkans.

Now we are in the centre of one of the oldest Moscow districts called Kitai­-gorod. For centuries Kitai-gorod was a quarter of merchants and artisans, a kind of a trade-centre with rows of shops. Some of the lanes and side-streets still preserve old names. In the 20ieth century the small shops gave way to banks and office buildings and Kitai-gorod quickly developed into a business ­centre. On both sides there are a lot of beautiful churches built in the 17-19th centuries.

Now we’re turning right and driving towards Red Square along the Moskva-river embankment. Before on the right-hand side there was the largest hotel in Russia, called “Rossia”. Some years ago it was demolished and a beautiful park will be laid out in its place.

As no traffic is allowed in Red Square we'll walk to its centre and then get oriented.

Ex.6 Answer the questions to the above text.

1. Which institutions represent the legislative and the executive power in our country?

2. Who is the head of state in Russia?

3. Which theatre is considered the leading ballet and opera house in our country?

4. When was the Bolshoi Theatre erected?

5. What is the building adorned with on its top?

6. How many spectators does the Bolshoi Theatre admit?

7. How large is the theatre company?

8. What drama theatre is considered the main one in Moscow?

9. Why is the Maly Theatre called the Ostrovsky House?

10. What is the façade of the Metropole Hotel adorned with?

11. What is a yellow-coloured building in Lubyanka Square?

12. Is the chapel next to the Polytechnic Museum just a monument or is it used as a

church to pray? Who is this monument to?

13. What did Kitai-gorod use to be in old times?

14. How did Kitai-gorod change in the 20^th century?

15. What is going to be laid out in the place of the demolished hotel Rossia?

Ex.7 Use the verbs given in brackets in the necessary tense form – Active or

Passive.

1. The Federal Assembly .................... (to represent) the legislative branch of power.

2. The Russian President ................ (to elect) for a term of 6 years.

3. The Bolshoi Theatre ............................. (to reconstruct) recently.

4. The Bolshoi Theatre ............................. (to undergo) reconstruction recently.

5. Nearly all the plays by Alexander Ostrovsky .................. (to stage) at the Maly

Theatre.

6. The central building of the Polytechnic Museum ........................(to reconstruct) now.

7. This is a monument to Moscow soldiers who ................... (to perish) during the

attack against the Turkish fortress Plevny.

8. This is a monument to Moscow soldiers who ...................... (to kill) during the

attack against the Turkish fortress Plevny.

9. A beautiful park ............................... (to lay out) in this place in the future.

10. Traffic ...................................... (not, to allow) in Red Square

Ex.8 Translate the text about the Bolshoi Theatre into English.

Use a dictionary if necessary.

Большой театр является одним из символов Москвы, главной балетной и оперной сценой страны. В настоящее время Большой театр – это не одно здание, а целый комплекс, расположенный в центре Москвы на Театральной площади. Главное здание Большого театра – превосходный образец русской архитектуры середины 19 века и одно и самых крупных театральных сооружений в Европе.

В репертуаре Большого театра – произведения выдающихся русских и зарубежных композиторов: Глинки, Чайковского, Мусоргского, Верди, Пуччини и многих других. За время существования Большого театра здесь было поставлено около 800 произведений.

Большой театр всегда славился своими блистательными певцами, танцорами, дирижерами, художниками, ставшими славой не только русского, но и мирового искусства. Современная труппа Большого театра насчитывает около 1000 человек.

Она часто гастролирует, имея успех в Италии, Великобритании, США и многих других странах.

Unit 9. Red Square. Part 1