circulation n

humanity n

settlement n

coin n

(the) Humanities

slice n

commerce n

lump n

stretch υ

currency n

mankind n

strike υ

double-decker n

masterpiece n

striking adj

entertainment n

Parliament n

traffic n

exhibit υ

parliamentary adj

worth n, adj

worthy adj

Word Combinations

to break to pieces

to go on a tour

to turn smth. into

smth.

a panorama (view) of

to have a possibility for

to be a surprise to

to stand for smth.

to strike a match

to be worthy of

smth.

to strike a blow

a piece of advice

to go on strike

fine and applied arts

to be a surprise to smb.

to take a trip

Proper Names

Roman

the Victoria and Albeit Museum

the Thames

Constable

Londinium

the Natural History Museum

Westminster

the Science Museum

Whitehall

the Museum of London

Downing Street

Hyde Park

Fleet Street

the Serpentine

St. Paul's Cathedral

Marble Arch

South Kensington

Kensington Gardens

Regent's Park

EXERCISES

1. Read the text and talk as the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage,

С. Word-formation):

A. 1. What tense group is mainly used in the text and why?

2. Find passive voice constructions and translate the sentences with them.

B. Translate the sentences beginning with just as ... so into Russian.

C. Search the text for compounds, comment on their structure. Find derivatives with the

suffixes -ment, -er, -ly and classify them according to the category of speech.

II. a) Search tee text and the footnotes for the English equivalents of the

sentences and phrases listed below:

A. 1. превратить маленькое кельтское поселение в крупный торговый город; 2. иметь

возможности для развлечений и занятий спортом; 3. музей стоит осмотреть; 4. великолепное

собрание произведений изобразительного и прикладного искусства; 5. совершить прогулку на

речном трамвае по Темзе; 6. обозначать, подразумевать; 7. открывается панорама города.

B. 1. солидные, «серьезные» газеты; 2. сообщения о событиях внутри страны и за

рубежом; 3. спортивные новости; 4. сплетни, не представляющие интереса; 5. перейти на

десятичную денежную систему; б. монета в 50 пенсов.

b) Use them in sentences of your own.

III. a) Spell and give the four forms of the following verbs:

[grEu], [bIld], [q'trxkt], [send], [dI'spleI], [flEu], [laI], ['hArI], [straIk], [pAzl].

b) Transcribe the following words:

Celtic, settlement, commerce, finance, explore, kilometre, parliamentary, magnificent,

ceramics, metalwork, photography, atomic, royal, canal, sunbather, major, barrier, panorama, double-

decker, disaster.

c) Write the degrees of comparison of:

narrow, small, great, old, quiet, worthy, busy, easy.

d) Find homonyms in Text of Unit Three.

IV. a) Analyse the morphological structure of the word sizable, explain its

meaning and give its Russian equivalent

b) Form adjectives from these verbal stems by adding the negative prefix

fprrjuks] on-, and the adjective-forming suffix -able. Explain the meaning of the

derivatives and translate them (in one word):

eat, read, break, forget, pardon, describe, desire, imagine, believe.

V. Write questions based on the text. Use in your questions the suggested

word combinations. Ask your questions in class:

1. to turn smth. into; 2. buildup area; 3. the home of; 4. to stand for; 5. the official home of

the Prime Minister; 6. "the square mile"; 7. the central banking institution; 8, to be full of; 9. fine and

applied arts; 10. the Science Museum; 11. theatreland; 12. to air one's views; 13. to gather by; 14. to

grow up; 15. threat of disaster; 16. to give a panorama; 17. the "rush hours".

VI. Try your hand at teaching. (See "Classroom English", Sections VI, VIII, IX,

X.)

A. Preparation. Write 2—3 special questions about each paragraph of the text and footnotes.

See to it that new words, phrases and patterns are used either in your questions or in answers to

them.

B. Work in class. Put your questions to the class and comment on the answers (express your

approval or disapproval; correct the mistakes, if there are any; add some details if necessary, etc.).

VII. Make up a dialogue based on one of the paragraphs of the text or the

footnotes. Speak for a Russian and an English student. Try and give an additional

piece of information on the topic Use the prompts:

Have you heard (about)...?; Do you happen to know...?; Have you got any idea?; Someone

has told me that...; That's what I heard; I'm afraid I don't know much about...; I wonder if you

remember...; Have I got it right?; Am I right to believe?; Absolutely; Exactly; That's very surprising!;

That's amazing!

VIII. a) Comment on the dialogue below:

A.: How can you be so stupid as to think that London is beautiful!

В.: Stupid! What nonsense! Of course it's beautiful. Look at all the parks and Buckingham

Palace and all the churches.

A.: Rubbish! They're filthy and full of junk.

В.: For goodness sake, why don't you open your eyes? Walk around instead of just driving

round in a taxi all day!

(Hargreaves R. and Fletcher M. Making Polite Noises,

Lad., 1982)

b) Make up similar dialogues on the sights of your native town. The following

phrases might help you:

I don't agree at all. You must be joking! There's no evidence for that. Oh, that's ridiculous!

Nonsense! Rubbish! I don't believe that at all. You don't know what you're talking about. You're

completely wrong about that.

IX. Fill in a suitable word or phrase: a) surprise, astonish, strike, puzzle:

1. I won't be ... if he gets a "five", he is a very bright boy. 2. We were ... by the contrasts

between wealth and poverty in Delhi. 3. His question ... me. I didn't know how to answer it. 4. I

was ... to meet him in town, I was sure he had not come back yet. 5. His cruelty. . us. We always

thought that be was kind and sympathetic.

b) piece, lamp, slice:

1. Pick up the ... of the broken cup and throw them out. 2. Give me a... of paper. I'll show you

how to make a boat for the child. 3. I'd like to take one more ... of cake. May I? 4. I never put more

than two ... of sugar into my tea. 5. I need a short ... of string to tie the parcel with. 6. I'd like to have

a ... of lemon with my tea.

c) historic or historical:

1. Red Square is a ... spot: many ... events took place in it. 2. In his ... novels Walter Scott

gave a wonderful description not only of ... events, but of whole ... epochs. 3. The ninth of May is

one of our most important... dates: we celebrate our ... victory in World War II. 4. There are many ...

monuments in Moscow.

X. Retell the Text Use the map of London on pp. 114-115.

XI. a) Fill in preposition» wherever necessary:

Please remember: traffic ... Britain keeps ... the left! So when crossing a street look right