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

to make up	National day
background	thistle
patron	shamrock
flag	bishop
dragon	lion

III. Read about The Royal standard and the Union Flag and insert necessary prepositions:

The Royal Standard or Royal Flag is the personal flag … the Sovereign and may be flown only when the Sovereign is actually present.

The British Union Flag, commonly known as Union Jack, is the country’s national flag. It is composed … English cross … St. George (red cross … a white field), the Scottish cross … St Andrew (a diagonal white cross … a blue field) and the Irish cross … St Patrick (a diagonal red cross … a white field).

IV. Find 11 mistakes in the following paragraph about The Regalia:

St Edward Crown, used only at a coronation, may inded data back to Edward the confessor, for the acount of Charles II goldsmith show that he must have usd one of the medieval crons, perheps the Confessor’s, ading to it the arches, monde, and cross.

The hed of the Sceptre with the Cross, wich was made for Charles II, now contains the star of Africa, at 530 carats the lagest cut diamond in the wold.

V. Make up your own dialogues using the following points:

1. Can you give the information about Ukrainian symbols? What are they and what they mean?

2. Do you know about the symbols of your university? Speak about it.

UNIT 2

I. Read and translate the following group of words:

The richest country, industrial city, famous city, prehistoric place, ancient circle of stones, massive blocks, splendid example, modern toys, medieval city.

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

Industry – industrial – to industrialize – industrialist – industrialization – industrially – industrious – industriously; rich – riches – richly – richness; to stand – stand – stand-in – stand-up; to build – building – build-up – builder; mystery – mystic - mystical – mystically – to mystify – mystification – mysticism; to use – using – used – useability – useable – user – useful – usefulness – useless – uselessly - uselessness

III. Read and translate the text:

England

England is the largest and the richest country of Great Britain. The capital of England is London but there are other large industrial cities, such as Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and other famous and interesting cities such as York, Chester, Oxford and Cambridge.

Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric places in the world. This ancient circle of stones stands in Southwest England. It measures 80 metres across and is made with mas­sive blocks of stone up to four metres high. Why it was built is a mystery.

Not far from Stonehenge stands Salisbury Cathedral. It is a splendid example of an English Gothic Cathedral; inside there is one of four copies of Magna Charta and the oldest clock in England.

Chester is very important town in the north-west of England. In the past it used to be a Roman fort; its name comes from the Latin word castra, meaning «fortified camp». In Chester there is a famous museum which contains over 5000 ancient and modern toys.

Oxford is the home of the oldest university of England. The most famous college is Christ Church. It has a great hall which was built during the reign of Henry VIII and its chapel has become the Cathedral of Oxford.

Cambridge is the home of Britain's second oldest univer­sity.

York was the capital of Northern England. It is one of the best preserved medieval cities of Europe. It was built by Ro­mans, conquered by Anglo-Saxons and ruled by the Vikings. Birmingham is often called the «City of 1,500 trades» because of the great variety of its industries.