Методические указания по теме "Город". Богомолова А.Ю - 8 стр.

   2.10 A: Picadilly, please. I have an appointment at 1030.
B.: I think we can make it if we get a move on. Here we are, sir. 80 p. Please.
A.: Many thanks. Let’s call it a pound.

   2.11 A.: Paddington, please. I want to catch the 1115.
B.: We’ll be all right if there are no hold ups. This is it, sir. 70 p., please.
A.: Thank you. Here’s fare, and this is for you.

     2.12 Give your opinion on each of the following questions

    a) Which do you think the quickest way of travelling a short distance in any really
       big town you know?
    b) Have you trams in your city? What are their disadvantages?
    c) Supposing you’re visiting London or some other very big city. What would you
       consider the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by private car, bus, tram,
       underground or on foot?

                              3 Text II Washington

      3.1 Read and translate the text. Retell the text. Ask questions on underlined
       words

       When the thirteen colonies became states and decided to join in a Union, there
was much discussion about the capital. The decision finally arrived at was to carve
out a hundred square miles from states of Maryland and Virginia, call it Federal terri-
tory and built a model capital on that site. It was only reasonable that the capital
should bear the name of the General who had done so much to effect American Inde-
pendence, and became its first President – Washington.
       The hundred square miles are known as the District of Columbia. This area is
not a state and is not in fact a municipality, but Federal Land.
       To center of the City is the Capitol Building. Four geographical section radiate
out from the Capitol Building dividing the District of Columbia into North-East,
North-West, South-East, South-West. From the Capitol to the White house runs
broad Pennsylvania Avenue. It is used for all those processions and parades that
make Washington so familiar.
       All the diagonal avenues are named after states of the Union, and the longest
and the straightest of them all is Massachusetts Avenues, which virtually cuts the city
in half.
       Fortunately, for sightseers, all the main buildings that make Washington so in-
teresting are to be found in groups. The Capitol Hill group is perhaps the most impor-
tant, since it contains the seats of Government. The Capitol is the highest building in
Washington, an American city without skyscrapers.

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