1. Find the answers in the text:
Where did the participants plan to go that evening?
Was it an ordinary film?
How much free time did they have before the film?
Did they go sightseeing by tube?
Did they talk with Mr. Hill during the ride?
About what did they speak?
2. Use the verbs in the right forms:
There (is, are) different speed limits in towns and on motorways in England.
Two yellow lines on the load (to mean) no parking.
One yellow line (to mean) parking (to restrict).
I know that when you (to be) in Russia you (to hire) a car and (to drive) it a few days. (tobe) it very difficult to drive on the right?
Oh, it (to be) very difficult at first.
It was especially difficult when I (to want) to overtake
But the hardest (to be) roundabouts.
We, Englishmen always (to drive) on the left.
3. Insert prepositions:
One .. the evenings they decided to go .. the cinema. .. the film was to start they had an hour... their disposal.
They decided to have a ride. . London. . Mr. Hill's car.
We might have a ride . this entertainment area... Leicester Square.
The Strand is famous .. its rich hotels.
We could also drive... St Paul's Cathedral.
4. Insert articles:
The Cathedral looks majestic in... evenings lights.
Let's start ... journey.
When you drove in Russia, did you always find... ways very easily?
Once I was in... tiaffic jam for... hour
5. Underline the modal verbs and translate the sentences into Russian:
The driver must wear a seat belt.
The front seat passenger must also wear a seat belt.
You must be all very good drivers.
In big cities the car may be clamped and towed away.
Before the film was to start they had an hour at their disposal.
What would you like to see?
We would be glad to see all that.
And what would you recommend?
I wouldn't say so.
I should let bygones be bygones.
We might have a ride through this area.
Then we could also drive to the Cathedral.
6. Make sentenses:
| St Paul's Cathedral | majestic | |
| it | fantastic | |
| Leicester Square | is | fascinating |
| the Strand | looks | wonderful |
| Big Ben | seems | beautiful |
| Westminster | was | colouful |
| the City | curious | |
| Trafalgar Square | distinctive | |
| Madame Tussaud's | impressive | |
| superb | ||
| super |
7. Complete the dialogues and act out similar ones:
•
— What woud you like to see during...
— And... recommend?
— We might... Leicester Square and... the Strand... hotels. Then... Cathedral. It looks...
— We would be glad...
— Then let's start...
•
— By the... I know that when you were in... hired... drove... Was it very...
— Oh... at first. It was... to concentrate especiaially when... overtake But the hardest were... Well, you know, we, Englishmen, have always, and are accustomed...
— Did you ... the ways .
— I wouldn't... Once... leirible. I was in... and... lost. But finally... all right. I .. bygones.
8. Complete the disjunctive questions:
The streets of London are very narrow...
The cars and buses move fast in London...
There are speed limits in towns...
There are speed limits on motorways...
The speed limits are not very high..
You have never driven on the left...
9. Make sentences:
| The speed limit is | 30km. | per hour | in town | in England |
| 70km | on motorway | in Russia | ||
| 90km. | ||||
| 60km. | ||||
| 110km. |
10. Sum up what the dialogue and the text said about driving in Britain.
11. Role play.
Imagine you are speaking with an English businessman. Discuss:
• traffic jams
• speed limits
• parking facilities etc.
Text
On Sunday morning thegroup started on an excursion for Windsor by coach.
Windsor lies 34 km west of London and is famous, first and foremost for Windsor Castle, the residence of the royal family Many parts of this historic castle are open to the public while some other parts are always closed and some are closed when the royal family is in residence.
The site of Windsor Castle was fust defended by William the Conqueror in 1070 and for the next 900 years the building was continually enlarged, growing from a medieval castle to a vast and complex royal palace.
The most impressive of all the castle buildings is St. Geoige's Chapel, a masterpiece of perpendicular Gothic architecture. The State Apartments, which are closed to the public, comprise 16 rooms, and each is a treasure house of superb furniture, porcelain, and armour The rooms are decorated with carvings by Grinling, Gibbons, ceilings by Venio and works from the royal collections. They include Van Dyck's paintings
The star attraction, open to the public, is Queen Mary's Doll's House, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and given to the nation in 1923. The furnishings are designed at one-twelfth lifesize.
Part of Windsor Central Railway Station has now been converted to a waxworks museum iun by Madame Tussaud's, recreating the scene in 1879 when a special train arrived here to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria, the longest ruling monarch in Britain, who lived in 1837-1901, symbolises the unity of the nation, the British Empire and the progress of the nation in the nineteenth centuiy.
After visiting Windsor the group walked to Eton. They went along Thames Street from Windsor Castle down to the river, where Windsor Bridge took them to Eton, Windsor's twin town, on the northern bank. Eton is the home of Eton college, the public school that has produced no fewer than 20 prime ministers. It was term time and they saw a lot of students around, dressed in their distinctive tail coats and wing collars.
Words and expressions
| Windsor | Виндзор. Небольшой город, муниципальный центр, население около 30,000 чел | |
| Eton | Итон, маленький городок напротив Виндзора | |
| to lie (lay, lied) | лежать, находиться | |
| west | запад | |
| first and foremost | прежде всего | |
| castle | [k¸sl] | замок |
| Windsor Castle | Виндзорский замок. Одна из загородных резеден-ций английской королевы /короля | |
| residence | резиденция | |
| to be in residence | находиться в своей резиденции | |
| public | публика, народ | |
| to be open to the public | открыт для посетителей | |
| William the Conqueror | Вильгельм Завоеватель (1027—1087). Будучи герцогом Нормандии разбил под Гастингсом английские войска в 1066 г. и стал королем Англии | |
| to enlarge | расширять | |
| medieval | средневековый | |
| vast | обширный | |
| complex | комплекс | |
| palace | дворец | |
| chapel | часовня | |
| masterpiece | шедевр | |
| perpendicular | [,pýp@n'dIkjul@] | перпендикулярный |
| Gothic | готический | |
| architecture | ['¸kItektS@] | архитектура |
| state | государственный | |
| apartment | комната, (Ам.) квартира | |
| treasure | сокровище | |
| furniture | ['fýnItS@] | мебель |
| porcelain | фарфор | |
| armour | вооружение, доспехи | |
| to decorate | украшать | |
| carving | разная работа | |
| ceiling | ['sÖlIÎ] | потолок |
| works | работы (произведения искусства) | |
| collection | коллекция | |
| painting | картина | |
| doll | кукла | |
| to design | задумывать, проектиро | |
| вать | ||
| furnishings | меблировка | |
| lifesize | натуральная величина | |
| at one-twelfth lifesize | 1/12 реального масштаба | |
| to convert | превращать | |
| waxworks | восковые фигуры | |
| to recreate | ['rekrIeIt] | воссоздать |
| scene | сцена | |
| diamond | бриллиант | |
| jubilee | [,³übIl'Ö] | юбилей |
| to celebrate diamond jubilee | праздновать бриллиантовый юбилей | |
| to rule | править | |
| monarch | монарх | |
| to symbolise | символизировать | |
| unity | единство | |
| empire | империя | |
| progress | прогресс | |
| to walk | идти пешком | |
| bank | берег | |
| on the bank | на берегу | |
| northern bank | северный берег | |
| southern bank | южный берег | |
| college | ['kolI³] | колледж |
| Eton colledge | Итон-колледж | |
| public school | частная школа | |
| Eton public school=Eton college=Eton | Итон (одна из девяти престижных частных школ Англии) | |
| no fewer than | не менее (чем) | |
| prime minister | премьер министр | |
| term | семестр | |
| student | студент | |
| to dress | одевать | |
| to be dressed | одеваться | |
| tail coat | фрак | |
| wing collar | стоячий воротник с отво | |
| ротами |
Exercises
1. Insert prepositions:
Sunday morning the group started... an excursion .. Windsor ... coach.
Windsor lies 34 km west... London.
Windsor is famous first and foremost. the Windsor Casle.
Many parts of the Castle are open . the public
Some parts are closed when the royal family is residence.
The site Windsor Castle was first defended .. William the Conqueror 1070.
2. Insert articles:
... most impressive of all... castle buildings is St. Georege's Chapel, ... masterpiece of perpendicular Gothic architecture
... state apartments, which are always closed to... public comprise 16 rooms
Each room is treasure house of superb furniture, porcelain and armour.
... rooms are decorated with carvings by famous artists
star attraction open to . public is Queen Mary's Doll House.
3. Choose the correct form:
The site of Windsor (defended, was defended) by William the Conqueror
The building of the Castle (enlarged, was enlarged) continually.
The rooms (decorated, are decorated) with carvings by famous artists.
The furnishings of the Doll's House (design, are designed} at one-twelfth lifesize
Part of the Railway Station (has converted, has been converted) to a waxworks museum
The museum recreates the scene in 1879 when a special train (has arrived, arrived) here to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
4. Match the names of famous figures and their contributions into the history:
| Queen Victoria Madame Tussaud | He designed the Doll's House for Queen Mary. |
| GrinlinVan Dyke Sir Edwin Lutyens William the Conqueror | She contributed a lot to the unity and progress of the nation in the nineteenth century. She was the first to establish a wax-works museum. |
| He is famous for his superb carvings. | |
| He is famous for his master-pieces in | |
| painting. | |
| He defended Windsor in 1070. |
5. Read as in the example: