Давайте проектировать и строить. Гвоздева А.А - 27 стр.

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16) canopy – купол
17) plumbing – водопроводный
18) pediment – фронтон
19) looter – грабитель
20) faucet – водопроводный кран
21) encampment – военный лагерь
Exercises on the Text
Find synonyms to the following words
1. grandiose a. lavish
2. powerful b. ostentatious
3. pretentious c. stepped pyramid
4. ziggurat d. grand
5. exuberant e. mighty
Fill in the gaps with the words given below
1. From the … palace of Nebuchadnezzar to a … new palace for him, Saddam Hussein used architecture to
… and … .
2. The … ambition of Saddam Hussein found expression in vaulting, and often … , architecture.
3. Many said that to rebuild on top of ancient … does not preserve history, but … it.
4. The four-storey palace … across an area as large as five … fields.
5. Containing several hundred thousand … feet of marble, it became a showy … of … towers, arched
gates, vaulting ceilings, and … stairways.
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awe, lavish, confection, pretentious, ancient, angular, vaulting, disfigures, extends, intimidate, football, square,
majestic, artifacts
Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings
1. In 1982, Saddam's workers
began reconstructing Baby-
lon's most imposing building
…
a. … bear ancient inscriptions
praising Nebuchadnezzar.
2. The original bricks, which
rise two or three feet from the
ground …
b. … exuberant excess in land
where many died in poverty.
3. Adjacent to Nebuchadnez-
zar’ s ancient palace and over-
looking the Euphrates River …
c. … the 600-room palace of
King Nebuchadnezzar II.
4. Villagers told news media
that a thousand people were
evacuated …
d. … to make way for this
emblem of Saddam Hussein's
power.
5. Critics charged that Saddam
Hussein's lavish new palace
expressed …
e. … Saddam Hussein built a
new palace for himself.
Grammar Reference
Настоящее продолженное время. Будущее продолженное время. Прошедшее продолженное время.
Настоящее совершенное продолженное время
Complete the sentences using Present Continuous
1. Please be quiet. I (work).
2. "Where is John?" "He is in the kitchen. He (cook)."
3. "You (stand) on my foot." "Oh, I am sorry."
4. Look! Somebody (swim) in the river.
5. We are here on holiday. We (stay) at the Central Hotel.

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