Vocabulary

Task 4. A. Find the English equivalents of the Russian words.

графство

население

выставка

городской

возрастающий

преобладать

значительный

провозглашать

просвещение

прозвище

живописный

наследие

многочисленный

развитие

торговля

широкий

населенный

вдохновение

площадь

изобразительное искусство

водораздел

B. Study the word-combinations.

walks of life

notable residents

urban zone

rural area

settled population

tourist destination

metropolitan borough

commercial centre

stone tenements

to locate a business

to grow to prominence

to be brought up

to be granted city status

to attract visitors

C. Make up your own sentences using words and word-combinations listed above.

Task 5. А. Think of the synonyms of the following words:

to acquire

area

to include

to remain

vast

to be considered

display

destination

B. Find the antonyms of these words in the texts:

visitor

rural

smallest

north

worst

unlucky

modern orchestra

increased

You may use these words to check yourself:

Resident, to get, successful, south, zone, have, large, urban, exhibition, location, to continue to be, largest, best, declined, to be regarded, popular band

C. Match the words with the corresponding definitions.

1. resident	a) culture, traditions, languages or buildings, which still exist from the past and which have a historical importance
2. to visit	b) to go to a place in order to look at it
3. to include	c) something which makes people want to go to a place or do a particular thing
4. heritage	d) a person who lives or has their home in a place
5. media	e) all the people living in a particular country, area or place
6. destination	f) to contain something as a part of something else
7. attraction	g) to grow or change into a more advanced, larger or stronger form
8. population	h) newspapers, magazines, radio and television considered as a group
9. to develop	i) very well known and important
10. prominent	j) the place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken

Grammar

Task 6. Word-formation. Look at the words and fill in the table. Define the part of speech.

Word	prefix	base word	suffix
Inspiration	in-	-spir-	-ation
Increasingly	in-	-creas-	-ing, -ly
Notable
Largest
Development
Important

Task 7. A. Find sentences with Participle I in the text. Translate them into Russian.

Example:

The young man standing near the window is my brother.	Молодой человек, стоящий у окна – мой брат.
While translating the articles I usually use the dictionary.	При переводе статей я обычно пользуюсь словарем.

B. Grammar revision. Read the sentences below. Choose the right variant (sentences grammatically correct) and explain your choice.

1. Having visited London, the tourists decided to come to Edinburgh.

2. The man taking pictures of the monument is a tourist from Japan.

3. We watched him walking down the street.

4. Having examined the building, the commission was satisfied with the restoration process.

5. There being little time left, they took a taxi.

6. When answering the questions of the tourists, our guide did not forget to mention this historical phenomenon.

7. While preparing for the excursion, we looked through the book about this historical place.

8. It being late, we returned to the hotel.

9. The equipment producing at this plant is of high quality.

10. She does not like to give a talk sitting.

11. Not knowing the facts he asked me to give some information.

12. Having finished sightseeing he decided to go shopping.