Выполнитe устно лексические упражнения

1. Переведите на русский язык следующие словосочетания:

a holiday manifestation; a beautiful square; the city surrounded be a wall; the square surrounded by beautiful buildings; the place connected with the history of the town; an art treasure; works of art; an art museum; different places of interest; a wonderful museum; to make a great impression; a straight street; to go sightseeing; all over the word; world famous work of art; the richest collection of painting and sculpture; a magnificent palace; foreign countries; as for me; to be famous for; to have the opportunity; simply; masterpieces of painting; to remain the capital.

2. Переведите следующие словосочетания на английский язык:

покупать (заказывать) билеты; что касается меня; достопримечательное место; происходить; замечательные произведения искусства; производить впечатление; восхищаться; красивый дворец; доставать билеты; художественные сокровища; посещать; основывать; славиться чем-либо; шедевры, известные во всем мире; оставаться столицей; осматривать достопримечательности; веселиться.

Text № 11 an old friend of mine comes to see me

1. Прочтите и выучите новые слова:

• abroad – заграница; to go abroad; My friend has just come from

abroad.

• to agree – соглашаться; договориться, условиться; I quite agree with you. We agreed to meet the next day.

• to arrive – приезжать; to arrive in Moscow, in France; to arrive at a village; at the station

• to bring – приносить; Let me bring you a glass of water.

• to go (to be) on business – ехать (быть) в командировку; My husband has just gone on business to the Far East.

• business – дело, занятие; a business trip

• chief – главный; to work as a chief engineer

• conference – конференция; When is the conference going to take place?

• definite – определённый; I want a definite answer. Let’s meet at a definite place and time.

• development – развитие; the development of our society

• to discuss – обсуждать; discussion – дискуссия, обсуждение;

Let’s take part in the discussion.

• England – Англия

• to find out – узнавать, выяснять; Let’s find out when the train arrives. Have you found out anything?

• important – важный; St. Petersburg is an important cultural centre.

• improvement – улучшение; the way of improvement

• to include – включать; Our plan included some theoretical subjects and tasks in practical work. Everybody agreed with me including the speaker.

• to be interested – интересоваться чем-л.; I was interested in the results of the football match.

• to get interested – заинтересоваться; My son got interested in this research work.

• to introduce – представлять, знакомить; Let me introduce you to my friend. When introducing people we often say: “Meet my friend”.

• like: I’d like = I would like – мне бы хотелось; I would like to spend my holiday in the South.

• machine-building – машиностроительный; machine-building industry

• north – север; in the north; St. Petersburg is to north of Moscow.

• politics – политика; to be interested in politics

• production – производство; to improve the process of production

• to make progress – делать успехи; You are making good progress in English.

• my best regards to . . . – передай привет . . . (наилучшие

пожелания); My best regards to your wife.

• result – результат; Will you tell me the results of your talk with the chief engineer?

• to return = to come back - возвращаться; My husband has returned from his business trip.

• to ring up – звонить (по телефону); He asked me to ring him up.

• to see – понимать; I see . . . Я понимаю; You see . . .

Видишь ли . . .

• south – юг; in the south; to the south

• to talk – говорить, разговаривать; We talked for a long time.

• twice = two times - два раза; I have told you about it twice.

• The United States of America (USA) – Соединённые Штаты

Америки (США)

• (the) very – (тот) самый, именно тот; Read the poem from the very biginning. This is the very plan I asked you for.

• voice – голос; She has got a fine voice. I heard a voice behind me.

• by the way – между прочим; By the way, have you found out his telephone number?

• while – в то время как; We were discussing the latest news, while my wife was speaking over the telephone.

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