Go for your Business English. Новосельцева Н.Н - 18 стр.

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The Great Bell cracked, was recast and cracked again, giving us the famous, flawed,
resonating boom. Why Big Ben? There are two answers - either can be chosen. It
could have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, chief commissioner of works at that
time, and a Welshman of great girth. Or, perhaps, it was named by workmen who
brought the bell from Whitechapel Foundry on a cart pulled by 16 white horses.
Their hero of the day was Benjamin Caunt, a 17 stone prize fighter.
1 Complete the following sentences based on the text:
1. ... wrote in 1911 that “London is the most interesting and wonderful city in the
world to me.”
2. ... is the business centre for the 21st Century.
3. ... is an arts centre on the South Bank of London.
4. The voice of London is ... .
5. Sir Edmund Grimthorpe, ... and ... , died before the 13 ½ ton bell was mounted
behind the four clock faces.
2 Write a paragraph on a separate sheet of paper describing what places of interest
you would visit in London if you had only three hours and why.
3 Write down the Past Simple forms of the following irregular verbs from the text:
Base form Past Simple
Write
Be
Keep
See
Build
Grow
Become
Come
Give
Choose
Bring
Take your work seriously but don’t take the office home with you.

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