II. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на причастия. Определите функцию причастия в предложении.

1. The plan structure of a town is a harmonious system of interrelated parts and elements of an urban territory within the limits of the town.

2. People employed in basic industry constitute the basic po­pulation group.

3. The system of public centres differing in their func­tion and location occupies an important place in the plan structure of a town.

4. The centre provides for a flexible composition ensuring steady development using modern engineering infrastructure and the construction of high-rise buildings with 11-14 or more stories.

5. The unifying element of a community is the school and the public and shopping centre.

6. The continued growth of cities results in insufficient insolation and greenery and hence a decline in the urban micro­climate.

7. The main problem facing large modern cities is to make the most effective use of urban land.

8. Branching out from the city centre with a design population of 30,000 are six radial avenues linking a park in the centre with outer boundaries of the city.

9. Community gardens are connected with town parks having pedestrian paths that do not intersect automobile roads.

III. Переведите предложения с модальными глаголами и их эквивалентами.

1. Towns in the planning stage should not only meet man's present day needs but also his diversified activities in the years to come.

2. Pollution of the environment may threaten all life on our planet.

3. Places with a high degree of air pollution should be provided with protective green belts planted with smoke-resistant trees and bushes.

4. Many cities in the developing world are now surrounded by a wide band of desert where nothing can grow and where the water is undrinkable.

5. Most detached houses are to be found in affluent (богатый) suburbs or in the 'green belt', where no industrial development or major building schemes are allowed.

6. Some houses were as high as 20 storeys and so badly built that they had to be pulled down only thirty years later.

7. Some people never own a house or an apartment because they can't save enough money for a down payment, or because they prefer to rent. If prices are high near where people work, they have to commute long distances by car, bus, or train every day.

3. Test on reading

Before you read

Which things are common in house in your country?

a study a basement carpets central heating a real fire a garden

a garden a barbeque a swimming pool an air conditioning system a security system

Reading

1. Read the magazine article. Which house the English one or American one) has got:

1. other houses attached to it?

2. the most bedrooms?

3. small bedrooms?

4. a room just for games?

5. a feeling of warmth inside?

6. lots of colours inside?

7. a pretty garden?

8. a lot of electronic systems?

2. Match the people with their opinions of the house they stayed in:

George Miller Sandy Miller Helen Miller Daniel Miller Tim Keane Katy Keane Bethany Keane

“It was strange not having separate rooms for using the computer and playing games” “I loved playing and eating outdoors!” “The house was so big it looked like it belonged to a famous person” “I was really impressed by the garden” “Two of the bedrooms were too small” “The house was warm and colourful” “I didn’t like the garden or the décor much”