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see as much as possible.

Their guide showed them a lot of places of interest so that they could get a

good idea of the Russian capital.

The Wilsons liked Moscow's straight and broad streets and avenues. They

admired the centre of the city with its theatres, cinemas, museums, monuments,

and wonderful multi-storeyed buildings. They were greatly impressed by the

Moscow Kremlin, Red Square, Lenin Avenue, which is one of the longest and

busiest streets in Moscow.

The Wilsons wanted to see Moscow University and the guide suggested their

going there by metro. They liked the idea and joined a stream of people going

downstairs into the metro. It^ seemed to them that nearly everyone in Moscow

was in a hurry.,; Very few were satisfied to stand still and let the magical stair- *

case carry them down to the platforms below. Most people went hurrying down on

the left side. On and on ran the train through, the tunnel and at every station

people came in and out. The trip-gave the Wilsons a good impression of Moscow's

immense size.

When they came up into the daylight, they saw the magnificent building of

the University which is situated on the Voro-byev Hills and from there they

enjoyed a most beautiful view of the whole city.

They went for a ride in the city. The size and the beauty of the capital made a

great impression on the family. The saw endless streams of buses, trolley-buses

and cars in the streets, crowds of people walking along the pavements. They

crossed the city in different directions but to their great surprise they saw the

same thing everywhere: well planned streets lined with trees, multi-storeyed

houses, big stores, hotels and beautiful squares. They saw no contrasts between

the central part of the city and its suburbs so typical of big old towns.

The Wilsons went sightseeing every day of their stay in Moscow. And before

their tour came to an end they had seen and learned a lot of interesting* things

about the capital and the country. They liked Moscow and the Muscovites who are

so hospitable and friendly.

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CONVERSATION

S t r a n g e r : Excuse me.

R e s i d e n t : Yes?

S t r .: I... I was wondering if you could help me. R.: Well, I'll

try.

S t г.: I need to find out where the...ver. . town centre is. Now I see there is a

sign up there that points to the left.

R.: Ah, well, let me see, ... er. . it all depends if you're on foot or going by car.

S t r .: Ah, no, I'm walking.

R.: Ah well, you turn to the left and then carry straight on.

S t r . : Ah, right, thanks! Er... I wonder if you could tell me... um... if there's a

good hotel... er. . in town that I can use.

R.: Oh, let me think a moment... um... yes, there are two hotels — they're in

the High Street... er... one on each side of the road.

S t r . : Right, well, I expect we'll manage to find one of those. Er, 1 wonder if

you could tell me er... anything about the... er. . castle in town... er... where...

where it is.

R.: Um, well, it's actually further on... er. . down the High Street and then you

cross over the bridge and it's on the other side of the river.

S t r . : I see, I see. Could you tell me a bit more about it? Is it worth visiting

you think?

R.: I'm not really sure. I've never actually been there myself. I think it's one of

the tourist attractions of the town.

S t r . : I see, well, right, thank you, thank you.

VOCABULARY NOTES

visit л посещение, визит, as a visit to a friend, a visit to the Crimea: visit vt посещать,

навещать, е. д. They visited the Ivanovs on Sunday. Syn. attend vt посещать регулярно

(лекции, собрания), as to attend lectures, meetings, classes

tourist л турист, путешественник; tour л путешествие, экскурсия, поездка; to make

a tour of (some place) объехать, осмотреть, е. д. We made a tour of the new metro

stations.

arrive vi прибывать, приезжать. Syn. come vi; to arrive in прибыть, приехать (в

страну, в большой город), е. д. A large group of tourists from England arrived in Russia. We

arrived in Moscow in the evening, to arrive at прибыть, приехать (в небольшой

населенный пункт), е. д. She arrived at Abramtsevo. We arrived at the station to meet our

friend, arrival n прибытие, приезд, е. д. I saw him on the day of his arrival.

place of interest достопримечательность

so that для того чтобы

idea n представление, идея, е. д. That's a good idea, let's visit Kiev in winter, to get an

idea of smth. получать представление, е. д. I'd like to get an idea of his character, to give

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an idea дать общее представление, е. д. This book gives you a good idea of life in

England.

straight adj прямой, as a straight line (street, road, etc.); straight adv прямо, as to

stand straight; go (carry) straight on идите прямо

broad adj широкий; Syn. wide, e. g. We need broad roads now that there are so many

motor-cars. Ant. narrow

avenue л проспект

impress vt производить впечатление, е. д. The book didn't impress me at all.

impression л впечатление; to make an impression on smb. производить

впечатление на кого-л., е. д. His speech made a great impression on the audience.

busy adj 1. занятый; to be busy (doing smth.) быть занятым, е. д. I was busy

getting ready for the journey. 2. оживленный, беспокойный, суетливый, е. д. Tve^skaya

Street is one of the busiest streets in Moscow.

suggest vt предлагать, выдвигать идею, предложение. Syn. offer. The verb to

suggest is never followed by an infinitive. The direct object following the verb to suggest

may be expressed by a noun, a gerund or a clause.

a walk in the park, (our) takinq a walk in the park, that we (he, she, they) should take a

{walk in the park.

offer vt предлагать. The direct object following the verb to offer may be expressed by a

noun or an infinitive.

to help me. He offered ^ his help.

me a glass of lemonade.

satisfy vt удовлетворять; Ant. dissatisfy, e. g. The teacher was satisfied with

the student's answer, satisfactory adj удовлетворительный; Ant. unsatisfactory, e.

g. She got a satisfactory mark at the exam.

immense adj огромный, as immense distance, height; immensely adv

чрезвычайно, очень, е. д. Our guests were surprised at the immense size of

Moscow. Their trip was immensely interesting.

magnificent adj величественный, великолепный; Syn. splendid, excellent as

a magnificent building (hotel, house)

to be situated быть расположенным, е. д. The village is situated on the bank

of the river Volga.

crowd л толпа; crowded adj переполненный, битком набитый;

overcrowded p. p., e. g. The bus was overcrowded.

cross vt пересекать, переходить (улицу), crossing л переход, е. д. Cross busy