Методические указания по теме "Город". Богомолова А.Ю - 17 стр.

                                Текст

      В 1730-е годы деревянный театр был сооружен на красной площади. Он
мог вмещать 3000 человек. Оперные и музыкальные представления давались
там. Самый молодой архитектор сделал проект театра. Но театр сгорел во время
одного из пожаров. По приказу Елизаветы Петровны новый деревянный театр
был построен в Лефортове. Театр был снабжен различными механическими чу-
десами.

     C. Answer the questions

        1. What are the most impressive theatres now?
        2. Which of the theatres are the most popular?
        3. What theatre appeals to you?

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          8.1 Read the text “Sign Language”

       Man has long dreamed of an international language, but attempts to create one
have always failed because no country wants to leave its traditional language. Now a
new means of international expression is beginning to catch on: the language of
graphic symbols.
       Symbols can help to break down the culture barriers raised by the world’s
5.800 languages and dialects. Sings are more effective than words because they take
up less space and because their meaning can be understood more quickly.
       Who, for example, can fail to understand such symbols as these widely used
warnings against thin ice and fallings stones and such sings as plus and minus in
mathematics. Packages can be sent in any languages, too. These symbols instruct
Dockers to handle them – “keep frozen” and “keep dry”.
       Equally clear are labels that show a glass (“fragile”), a crossed out hook (“use
no hooks”) and a package separated from the sun by a heavy diagonal line (“protect
from heat”).
       People as well as packages can travel without knowing any foreign languages.
For example, a foreign in airports or railway stations can find an information desk or
a pick-up point for lost children, if he looks around for these signs.
       “I got off the plane in Moscow some years ago”, a visitor to Russia remembers,
“and I was able to find my way to my luggage, the bank at the airport, a taxi and the
hotel, and I don’t speak a word of Russian – all by signs”.

       8.2 Say if you know any road signs and what way they help you to survive
in a big city


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