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Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the Queen of the United Kingdom, and it is located in London. Near the palace there is a beloved Hyde Park. Westminster Palace, all known as the Houses of Parliament, with a clock tower, better known as Big Ben, is located along the Thames.

век (2015), это второй по величине город Европы.

Через Лондон протекает река Темза – судоходная река, впадающая в еверное море. Площадь Лондона около 1580 м2. Интересен тот факт, что город располагается на нулевом меридиане, который часто называют гринвичским.

Лондон – один из лидирующих мировых финансовых центров. Букингемский дворец – официальная резиденция королевы Со-

единенного королевства – расположен в Лондоне. Рядом с дворцом – всеми любимый Гайд парк. Вдоль набережной Темзы расположен

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Вестминстерский дворец, всем известный как здание парламента, с часовой башней, более известной как Биг Бен.

Тауэр – еще одна значимая достопримечательность Лондона и символ Великобритании. В прошлом это крепость, тюрьма, королев-

ская сокровищница. Сегодня это музейный комплекс. И

В 2012 году Лондон стал первым городом, трижды принявшим Летние Олимпийские игры.

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лезные слова и словосочетания.

Moscow (his predecessors are Yury LuzhkovДand Vladimir Resin).

Moscow is the capital of the Russian Federation. The first reference

to Moscow dates from 1147.

The capital of Russia is located on the Moskva River in the European part of the country. The area of Moscow is about 2,511 square kilometers (2012). The city is divided into 12 administrative districts. The population

Moscow is one of the mostАbeautiful cities in the world. The heart of Moscow is Red Square with the Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral which are the masterpieces of ancient Russian architecture. The Spasskaya Tower

of the capital is about 12 million people (2015).

If we look at Moscow from above, we can see that at the layout of

the city is radial.

The Mayor of the city is Sergey Sobyanin. He is the third mayor of

There are five airports, nine railway stations and three river ports at the disposal of Moscow. The Moscow Metro has been working since 1935. It is

believed that Moscow metro is the most beautiful underground in the world.

кольню Ивана Великого, царь-пушку и царь-колокол.

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Москва – столица Российской Федерации. Первые упоминания о Москве датируются 1147 годом.

Столица России расположена на реке Москва, в Европейской части страны. Площадь Москвы – около 2511 квадратных километров (2012). Город делится на 12 административных округов. Население столицы примерно 12 миллионов человек (2015).

Если посмотреть на Москву сверху, то можно увидеть, что в ос-

Красная площадь с Кремлем и СоборомДВасилия Блаженного – шедеврами древнерусского зодчества. Спасская Башня стала символом страны. На территории Кремля можно посетить старые соборы, колокольню Ивана Великого, царь-пушку и царь-колокол.

нове города – радиально-лучевая планировка.

Мэр города – Сергей Собянин. Он третий мэр Москвы

(его предшественники – Юрий Лужков и Владимир Ресин).

В распоряжении Москвы пять аэропортов, девять железнодо-

рожных вокзалов и три речных порта. Московский метрополитен ра-

St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful and amazing cities in the world. It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. One can only imagine Сhow rich its history is. For a long time St. Petersburg was the capital of Russia. Nowadays it is the second largest city in Russia and the third largest city in Europe, with the population of more than 5 million people

(2015).

St. Petersburg is an important economic, scientific and cultural centre of the country. A lot of enterprises and international companies are located here. Tourism also plays a great role in the economic development of the city. St. Petersburg is not only beloved by Russian citizens; it is the place which foreigners will never forget.

St. Petersburg is a major transport hub. The city has an extensive network of public transport with buses, trams and underground. St. Peters-

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burg is served by Pulkovo International Airport which is located on the outskirts of the city. Apart from that there are some seaports.

Everyone knows that St. Petersburg is usually referred to as the cultural capital of Russia. It is the city of great monuments, historical museums and other sites which belong to the World Heritage. Among them

1.В городе развита обширнаяАсетьДобщественногоИтранспорта с автобусами, трамваями и метро.

2.В городе проводится большое количество фестивалей и дру-30. ВоспроПетербургзвед текст на английском языке, используя в

населением более 5 миллионов человек (2015).

анкт-Петербург – важный экономический, научный и культурный центр страны. Здесь находятся многие промышленные предприятия и международные компании. Туризм также играет важную роль в экономическом развитии города. Санкт-Петербург любим не только россиянами, это город, который не забудет ни один иностранный гость.

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Санкт-Петербург является важным транспортным узлом. В городе развита обширная сеть общественного транспорта с автобусами, трамваями и метро. Санкт-Петербург обслуживается Международным аэропортом Пулково, расположенным на окраине города. Кроме того, здесь есть несколько портов.

Всем известно, что Санкт-Петербург обычно называютИкультурной столицей России. Это город великих памятников, исторических

музеев и других достопримечательностей, являющихся частью мирового наследия. Среди них Эрмитаж, Мариинский театр, Казанский собор, Петергоф, Исаакиевский собор, Храм Спаса на Крови и другие.

лезные слова и словосочетания. Д

В городе проводится большое количество фестивалей и других празднований. Это уникальный город со своей собственной неповто-

римой атмосферой.

Организуйте обсуждение будущей поездки «Куда поедем?». Обоснуйте свой выбор (МоскваА, Лондон, Санкт-Петербург).

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бEngland’s Newest Tourist Attraction

Are you planning a visit to England? Are you thinking to yourself, “What shall we do in England? Are there any really special places that we must go to when we are there?” You are? Good, then this podcast is for you.

иWhen you are in England, you could visit the Tower of London. But everyone visits the Tower of London. Or you could spend a day in Strat- ford-on-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. But everyone goes to Stratford. No, England’s newest tourist attraction is the M25 Motorway, which Сis the motorway that runs in a circle around London. It is 188 kilometers long; it is Britain’s busiest motorway, and one of the busiest roads in Europe. A bus company in Brighton now offers coach trips round the M25, and business is brisk. It seems that lots of people like nothing more than sitting in a coach on a motorway. So let us pay £15 for our ticket, and

board the coach which will take us on this amazing adventure.

We head north from Brighton to the motorway, and then drive down the slip road. There are of course two possible ways that we can travel around the M25. We can turn left and travel clockwise, or we can turn right and travel anticlockwise. Today the driver decides to take us anticlockwise. As well as the driver, there is a guide on the coach who tells us about

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the interesting things we can see – things like “junctions” and “road signs”. The motorway today is busy, but not yet congested. We are a little bit disappointed by this. We hoped that we would find a traffic jam, because the M25 is famous for its traffic jams. Indeed, some people call the M25 the

Now the coach is taking us around the south-east edge of London.

Soon we will come to the River Thames. Because we are travelling anticlockwise, we go under the river in a tunnel. Traffic going the other way crosses the river on a bridge. We have to pay a toll to use the river crossing. In the rush hour, there can be long delays at the toll booths, but today we only have to wait about 10 minutes.

phones to take pictures of the cones. On Дroads in Britain, we have many more cones than cars; and the manufacture of traffic cones is an important national industry. The traffic comes to a standstill, and we wait.

On the other side of the river, something very exciting happens. There are some roadworks, where men are repairing the surface of the motorway. Along the side of the motorway there is a long line of red and white traffic cones. People onАthe coach use their cameras or their mobile

There is aбsign that tells us that we must not go faster than 40 miles per hour, but it is pointless because we cannot move at all. We look at the traffic going the other way. It is moving freely while we are stuck in a traffic jam. Slowly we move forward, and reach the place where the road is being repaired. There is a big machine for resurfacing the road, and several

lorries,иbut strangely no-one seems to be doing any work. Our guide explains that this is normal.

Now we have passed the roadworks and come to a service station. The coach pulls in, and we all get out to go to the toilets and to queue for Сcold coffee and rubber sandwiches in the cafe. After our break, we travel down the busy western section of the motorway. Here the traffic is nose-to- tail, and there are special speed limits and speed cameras which photograph your car if you drive too fast. We pass Heathrow Airport and the passengers take out their cameras again, to photograph a plane that is fly-

ing low over the motorway as it comes in to land.

And then, the highlight of our tour! Signs over the motorway tell us that there has been an “incident”. An “incident” means, simply, something which has happened. Generally, we use it to mean something unusual or unpleasant. “Incident” is the sort of word which the police use when they don’t want to tell us anything. So, what sort of incident could it be?

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An accident involving three lorries and twenty cars perhaps? Or a gunfight with a gang of armed criminals? Or a cow, which has escaped from its field and run onto the motorway? But when we reach the “incident”, there is nothing to see but a broken-down lorry and a police car.

Then we turn off the motorway, and soon we are back in Brighton. The passengers say thank you to our driver and our guide, and get off the coach to be greeted by their families and friends who are waiting for them. Our adventure by coach around the M25 has taken us only four hours, but

каст для вас.

Когда вы находитесь в Англии, вы можете посетить Лондонский Тауэр. Но все посещают Лондонский Тауэр. Или провести день в -на-Эйвоне, где родился Шекспир. Но все ездят в Страт-

. Нет, самая новая достопримечательность Англии – автомагистраль М25, которая проходит по кругу вокруг Лондона. Это 188 кило-

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