Speaking

6. Read the text “Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad-Volgograd” again. Make your plan of the retelling. Using your plan retell the text shortly.

Unit IV. Revision Speaking

1. Give information about Volgograd. Work in pairs.

1. Do many tourists visit Volgograd? When do they usually come?

2. Are there any important tourist attractions in the city?

3. Name interesting places of the city of Volgograd.

An interesting museum ____________

A famous street ____________

A beautiful square ____________

A famous bridge ____________

A good art gallery ____________

An old church ____________

A large department store ____________

A popular hotel ____________

4. Name three main tourist attractions of Volgograd.

2. Work in pairs. You are a volgograder and you meet your friend from another city who wants to know Volgograd better. Make a dialogue.

Writing

1. Read the letter and complete it with the words from the box.

atmosphere beach city festival museums population river streets tourist weather

2. Find one grammar mistake in each paragraph of the letter and correct it.

15 Lisbon Street

Porto P12XY

Portugal

10 June

Dear Sam,

Now I’m in Porto, which is a_______ on the coast in the north of Portugal. You know it has a _______ of 300.000 people and it’s the second bigger city in Portugal.

It’s a beautiful city, and it’s great for walking around. There are lots of narrow _______, and it’s full of churches, ________, and markets. There’s an area called Foz where there is a lot of outdoor bars and restaurants. I like to go there to sit in the sun, drink coffee, and watch the Atlantic.

The ________ here is very different from the south of Portugal where we were last year. The summer is wonderful – it’s sunny but not usually too hot, and it’s great for going to the mountains or the ________.

Porto is famous for port wine, who is only produced here (but I don’t like it much!) The biggest_______attraction in Porto is the_______. There are some beautiful bridges, including one designed by Eiffel, and lots of tourists goes on boat trips. There’s a_________ in June called Sao Joao, with a lot of fireworks and people in the streets, and everybody spends most of the evening hitting each other with plastic hammers! But as for me I don’t like the idea to be hit!

I think the best things about Porto are the people and the_______. It’s quite small and it’s very safe and friendly. It’s a working city and it has a real sense of history, and that’s the main reason why I like to be here so much.

Well, that’s all for now. Any way I’ll be in New York next week. See you soon.

Yours,

Julia.

3. Using the letter from Julia as an example write your own letter to your friend about Volgograd or the place of Volgograd Region where you live.