Выполните устно лексические упражнения

1. Переведите на русский язык следующие словосочетания и предложения:

A. to erect a monument to smb.; a great number of goods; to produce different consumer goods; educational establishments; different branches of national economy; the founder of Moscow; great changes; to increase in size; all necessary modern conveniences; housing construction; to be deeply impressed; to spend money on; great construction work; from year to year; from day to day; to connect the centre with the suburbs; important events; world famous pictures; contemporary artists; works by foreign masters; ballet performances; to occupy the leading position; to improve the traffic system, to play an important part.

B. 1. What is the capital of Great Britain? 2. Some new monuments have been erected in Moscow lately. 3. What is going on here? 4. What meeting is going on in that hall? 5. What anniversary of his birthday are you going to celebrate? 6. Moscow factories have increased the production of consumer goods lately. The quality and the general appearance of the goods meet the requirements of the population. 7. What performance did you visit last night? 8. No doubt, she was deeply impressed by your words. 9. His house is just on the opposite side of the street. 10. Be quick, or we’ll be late for the performance. 11. There is too much traffic in this street. 12. I am sorry, but this time is not convenient for me. 13. What is the quickest and most convenient means of transport? 14. What art works does this museum possess?

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1. Прочтите и выучите новые слова:

• ancient ['eInSqnt] – древний; античный; ancient architecture

• area – площадь, зона, район; What area does Moscow occupy?

• bank – банк; берег реки; The banks of the Volga are beautiful. He works for the Union Bank.

• to build – строить; When was this palace built?

• to bury ['berI] – хоронить; Who is buried here?

• to call – звать, называть; A student who combines work and studies is called a part-time student. What do we call people who live in England? Call Mr. Brown to the telephone, will you?

• cathedral [kq'TJdrql] – собор; There are a lot of ancient cathedrals inside the Moscow Kremlin.

• Chamber = the House – палата (парламента);

• church – церковь; During our trip to the North of our country we had the opportunity to admire the architecture of ancient Russian churches and cathedrals.

• commerce ['kPmE:s] – торговля (оптовая), коммерция;

• to consist of– состоять из; The academic year consists of two terms: the autumn term and spring term.

• to crown – короновать;

• to depend (on) – зависеть; The achievement of better results depends on the improvement of our working conditions. It does not depend on me.

• to destroy – разрушать, уничтожать; The building of the palace was destryoed during the war.

• to develop – развиваться; to develop into - превращаться

• dirty – грязный; dirty streets; Your face is dirty.

• to divide – делить; The river divides the city into two parts.

• due to = thanks to = because of - благодаря, вследствие чего-либо; Due to his help we fulfilled the task in time.

• financial [faI'nxnSl] – финансовый; a financial centre of the city;

• hand – рука; Wash your hands before eating.

• heavy ['hevI] – тяжёлый, сильный; heavy traffic; This box is too heavy, I cannot lift it.

• hotel – гостиница, отель;

• king – король;

• mouth – рот; устье (реки); the mouth of a river;

• narrow – узкий; a narrow street;

• narrowness – узость;

• nearly = almost = about – около, почти; There are nearly 30 miles to the nearest town from here.

• part – часть; How many parts does the book consist of? – It consists of two parts.

• queen – королева;

• rush hours – часы пик; The traffic is heavy during the rush hours.

• sea – море; the Black Sea; an important sea port;

• several = some = a few – несколько; I’ve seen him several times this month.

• ship – корабль, судно;shipping– флот, суда;

• side – сторона; on the opposite side of the street; left (right) side traffic;

• situation – ситуация, положение; a geographical situation of a country;

• smoke – дым; gray (also grey) with smoke;

• to stretch – простираться; London stretches for nearly 30 miles.

• tower – башня; the Kremlin towers;

• tube – труба; меторополитен (в Лондоне);

• unattractive – непривлекательный; unattractive in appearance (to attract - привлекать);

• unemployed = workless – безработный; There are a lot of unemployed in the USA.

• West – запад; The sun sets in the West.

• wide – широкий; a wide street

• are to be found here = are situated – находятся

• House of Common – палата общин;

• House of Lords – палата лордов.