I. Supplementary word list and word combinations on the topic “Travelling.”

train station, railway station, railroad station вокзал (залізничний)

a railway ticket, railroad ticket залізничний квиток

one-way ticket, single ticket квиток в один кінець

return ticket зворотній квиток

round trip ticket квиток туди й назад

reduced fare ticket пільговий квиток

first class ticket квиток у першому класі

to buy tickets in advance купувати квитки заздалегідь

fare плата за проїзд

carriage, car вагон

smoking car вагон для курців

car for non-smokers вагон для некурящих

sleeping car спальний вагон

restaurant car вагон-ресторан

train times розклад руху потягів

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a listing of notable objects built between about 3000 BC and 476 AD. The practice of listing the seven wonders probably began in ancient Greece. The ancient Romans also listed memorable things that travellers should see. Many such lists were made, and they included many different objects. But all the lists of ancient wonders included only objects made by human beings and considered notable because of their great size or some other unusual quality. This article discusses the seven most commonly listed wonders of the ancient world.

The pyramids of Egypt at Giza, built as tombs for Egyptian kings, are the oldest and best reserved of all the ancient wonders. Three famous pyramids were built about 2600 to 2500 BC.

The largest pyramid, called the Great Pyramid, stands about 450 feet (137 meters) high. Its base occupies about 13 acres (5 hectares). The Greeks and Romans marvelled at the size of the pyramids. They were unaware of the religious importance of the pyramids as tombs, and considered the pyramids to be foolish extravagances of the Egyptian kings.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were probably built by King Nebuchadnezzar II for one of his wives. Nebuchadnezzar ruled Babylon from 605 to 562 BC. Babylon was located near modern Baghdad in Iraq. Scientists have been unable to identify positively the remains of the gardens. Our information about the gardens comes from an account by Berrosus, a Babylonian priest of the 200’s BC. Berrosus described gardens that were laid out on a brick terrace about 400 feet (120 meters) square and 75 feet (23 meters) above the ground. In order to irrigate the flowers and trees in the gardens, slaves worked in shifts turning screws to lift water from the Euphrates River.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, built about 550 BC, was one of the largest and most complicated temples built in ancient times. It stood in the Greek city of Ephesus, on the west coast of what is now Turkey. The temple was entirely marble, except for its tile-covered wooden roof. It was dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis and was designed by the architect Chersiphron and his son, Metagenes. Its foundation measured 377 by 180 feet (115 by 55 meters). It had 106 columns, about 40 feet (12 meters) high, in a double row around the cellar (inner space). Wealthy King Croesus of Lydia donated some of the columns.

The temple burned down in 356 BC, and another one like it was built on the same foundation. Goths burned down the second temple in 262 AD. Only the

ticket office білетна каса

compartment купе

to change trains робити пересадку

to catch the train встигнути на потяг

to miss the train спізнитися на потяг

train schedule розклад руху потягів

porter, red cap (Am) носій

fast train швидкий потяг

passenger train пасажирський потяг

long distance train потяг дальнього руху

local train приміський потяг

through train потяг прямого сполучення

a left-luggage office камера схову

Lost and Found бюро знахідок