II. How are citizens of the city called?

S

How are citizens of the country called?

R

S

H

III. Make up sentences with the following words and word combinations:

Cable channel	Mass media
Satellite television	Radio Stations
Television broadcasts	Broadcasting corporation
Major newspapers	Domestic and regional issues
State-owned agency	Television station

IV. Learn about sister-cities and write down the country:

Budapest, R……………..

Paris, F…….…………….

Berlin, G………………..

Beijing, C………………

V. Make up your own dialogues using the following questions about Ireland and Dublin:

1. Is London’s location advantageous? Why?

2. Is London a culturally diverse city?

3. Name some districts of London?

4. What is the “tube”?

5. Is the tower bridge a true symbol of London?

6. What is the official London residence of the British monarch?

7. When and where is the Queen’s Parade held?

UNIT 3

I. Read and translate the following group of words:

Northern part, industrial capital, typical products, land region, the highest mountain, narrow and shallow, to flow eastward, wide bays, the highest density of population, cabinet ministry, secretary of state.

II. Translate from English into Russian the following words of the same root:

To live – liver – livable – lively – liveness; to produce – product – production – productivity – producer – produced – producible – producing; deep – to deepen – deepened – deepening – deeping – deeply; wide – to widen – widened - widening – widespread – widely; to inhabit – inhabitable – inhabitant – inhabited - inhabitation

III. Read and translate the text:

Scotland

Scotland is the northern part of Great Britain. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. There are two largest cities here: Glasgow and Aberdeen. Glasgow is the industrial capital of Scotland. It is the third largest city in Great Britain. The typical products of Scotland are timber, whisky and salmon.

Scotland has three main land regions. They are the Highlands, the Central Lowlands and the South­ern Uplands.

Scotland is full of mountains and lakes. The highest mountain is Ben Nevis. There are a lot of rivers there. The river Clyde is Scotland's most important river. Ships from the Atlantic Ocean can sail up the Clyde to Glasgow. The Clyde was narrow and shallow until the 1700's when engineers widened and deepened the river to make it navigable. Scot­land's longest rivers flow eastward into the North Sea. Many of Scotland's rivers flow into wide bays called firths.

Scotland has hundreds of islands. A large group of islands called the Hebrides lie off the western coast of Scotland's main­land.

Population of Scotland is about 5 million people. The highest density of population is in the Central Lowlands, where nearly three-quarters of the Scots live, and the lowest is in the Highlands.

There are two languages spoken. English is generally spo­ken and fewer than 100,000 Scots, who are mainly inhabitants of the Highlands and island groups, also speak the Scottish form of Gaelic.

Scotland is an integral part of Great Britain. It is repre­sented by 72 members in the House of Commons and by 16 Scot­tish peers in the House of Lords.

Scottish affairs are administered by a British cabinet min­istry, headed by the secretary of state for Scotland.