8. Memory work

What do you know about the Cenotaph? Learn this information and be ready to tell it to your tourists:

The Cenotaph – a war memorial in Whitehall, London, built after the First World War in memory of the dead. On Rememberance Sunday there is a short memorial service, with the laying of wreaths, to commemorate those who died in both world wars. The ceremony is attended by the sovereign, the Prime Minister and other leading figures of state.

9. Translate into English:

пивоварня Абатства, період розквіту; офіційні паради; найбільш відомі мешканці дому; під час розкопок були знайдені залишки древньоримського глиняного посуду; найбільш значні події; влаштовувати обід, на який запрошена королева; отримати згоду Карла II на аренду ділянки; щорічні свята біля Сенотафа.

10. Match the words from the box with their definitions below.

1. incumbent	2. sovereign	3. riot	4. extravagance	5. brewhouse
6. cul-de-sac	7. suffragette	8. ancestor	9. breathtaking	10. pottery
11. sumptuous	12. heyday	13.horrendous	14. assail	15. credentials

a) a woman who tried to gain the right to vote for women esp. as a member of a group in Britain/the USA in the early 20th century

b) the time when smb/smth. was most popular, successful or powerful

c) frightening or terrible

d) smth. excessive, quite expensive and not always necessary

e) objects made out of baked clay

f) a place where beer is made, or a company that makes beer

g) very impressive, expensive or luxurious

h) to attack smb., smth., disturb

i) very impressive, exciting or surprising

j) a letter or other document which proves your good character or your right to have a particular position

k) having the highest power in the country

l) a road which is closed at one end so that there is only one way in and out

m) a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way esp. protesting about smth.

n) someone in an official position, esp. a political one

o) a member of your family who lived a long time ago

11. Close the book and try to remember as many facts from the text as you can. Speak by turns with your partner.

Buckingham Palace

1. Read the information below about Buckingham Palace and discuss the answers to the questions below with your partner.

Buckingham Palace, facing The Mall and the white marble and gilded Queen Victoria Memorial, flies the royal standard when The Queen is in residence. Her ancestor, King George IV insisted that the architect for his stately new home must be John Nash. He won his choice, but the cost grew to a horrendous ₤700,000, when extravagances included such items as 500 massive blocks of veined Carrara marble. When Queen Victoria came to the throne a few years later in 1837 it was hardly habitable. Many of the 1,000 windows would not open. By 1853 the ballroom block had been added. King Edward VII, born in the Palace in 1841, died there in 1910.

Despite its sumptuous apartments, containing generations of royal treasures, not all its residents were happy. In his memoirs The Duke of Windsor wrote that the vast building "with its stately rooms and endless corridors and passages, seemed pervaded by a curious, musty smell that still assails me whenever I enter its portals".

Today The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have private suites in the North Wing, overlooking Green Park. Their home is open to around 30,000 guests in summer, attending garden parties. The Gardens have a lake, cascading water and the wild life includes flamingoes - apparently not disturbed by frequent helicopters of the Queen's Flight. Buckingham Palace is a working setting for the monarchy - with a large staff involved in tasks from running the household to organising banquets for visiting heads of state, arrangements for ambassadors to present their credentials and subjects to receive awards. From here the Queen leaves on ceremonial duties such as the State Opening of Parliament in early winter and Trooping the Colour to mark her official birthday in June.

The Queen's Gallery, built on part of the site where the chapel stood before it was bombed during the war, houses changing exhibitions taken from the Royal Collections. This is open to the public.

So are the Royal Mews with the Queen's horses, their trappings, the breathtaking State Coach, painted by Cipriani, and more modern royal carriages and cars.

1. When does Buckingham Palace fly the royal standard?

2. Who was the architect of the building?

3. What extravagances did the construction include?

4. When did Queen Victoria come to the throne?

5. When was the ballroom added?

6. When did King Edward VII die there?

7. What did the Duke of Windsor write in his memoirs?

8. Why is Buckingham Palace called as a working setting for the monarchy?

9. What does the Queen's Gallery house?

2. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them to speak about Buckingham Palace. Find the appropriate synonyms for the words:

1. sumptuous	7. horrendous	13. stately
2. trappings	8. pervade	14. habitable
3. standard	9. ancestor	15. extravagant
4. assail	10. musty	16. a subject
5. gilded	11. suite/swi:t/	17. breathtaking
6. ambassador	12. mews	18. credentials

3. Make use of the words given above to write down 10 sentences of your own.