Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов 1 курса всех специальностей. Терехова Г.В. - 4 стр.

2.2 Learn the words

          Trade rout                  торговый путь
          subsequent                  последующий
          to be due                   должный (по соглашению)
          ransom                      выкуп
          rampart                     (крепостной ) вал
          earthwork                   земляное укрепление
          circumference               округа
          guard on                    охранять, сторожить
          scattered houses            разрозненные дома
          narrow crooked street       узкие кривые улочки
          blind alley                 тупик
          wretched wooden house       жалкая деревянная лачуга
          on closer inspection        при пристальным взглядом


2.3 Answer the following questions without looking into the text

     1.When was Moscow founded?
     2.Who it was founded by?
     3.Where was it situated?
     4.What did Moscow look like in the 12th century?
     5.Moscow was walled in 1156, wasn’t it?
     6.Why was it walled?
     7.What was its economical and political development due to?
     8.When was the city raised?
     9.How long did it pay tribute to the Tatar Khans?
     10.When did it rise against the Tatar rulers?
     11.When did it grow stronger and become the capital of the state of Moscovy?
     12.Its rulers continued to erect ramparts and fortifications, didn’t they?
     13.How many walls and what walls had Moscow during the reign of Boris Godunov?
     14.What was it guarded by in the South, East and West?
     15.Where did streets radiated from?
     16.What was the town divided into?
     17.What was “sotni” and “slobodi” look like?
     18.What were the foreigners who visited Moscow delighted with?
     19.Was Moscow destroyed during the invasion of Napoleon?
     20.How soon was it rebuilt?

       2.4 Put all kinds of questions to the following sentences

     1.At the beginning of the 18th century Peter the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg.
     2.Moscow was surrounded by earthworks 14 km in circumference.
     3.By the end of the 16th century Moscow had three walls with towers.

       2.5 Make up sentences with the following words and expressions

     1.during the Tatar invasion, was razed, the city, in the 13th century.
     2.was due largely to, its subsequent economic and political development, its favourable geographic position.
     3.150 self-governed settlements, the town itself, into, was divided, or districts.


       2.6 Fill up the blanks with suitable words from the text

     1.In the 12th century the Moskva river was an important trade… .
     2.The economic and political development of Moscow was due to its … geographical position.
     3.Moscow was also … by earthworks.
     4.Foreigners who visited Moscow in the 16th century noted the … streets and … houses.
     5.In 1812 four-fifths of Moscow were destroyed by … .



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