Active Vocabulary

Ex. 2. Listen to the native speaker and speak the words after him.

1. apparently [ə'pærəntlɪ] = obviously – очевидно

2. arrange [ə'reɪnʤ] – устраивать, договариваться

3. book [bʊk] – бронировать, заказывать заранее

4. castle [ka:sl] – замок

5. cathedral [kə'θi:drəl] – собор

6. city-break ['sɪtɪ breɪk] – краткий отдых в большом городе по специально низкому тарифу (как правило, на выходные дни)

7. considerable [kən'sɪdərəbl] – значительный, большой

8. contain [kən'teɪn] – содержать

9. cosmopolitan [,kəzmə'pɔlɪtən] – космополитический, многонациональный

10. day-trip [,deɪ 'trɪp] – экскурсия или туристическая поездка с утра до вечера

11. excursion [ɪks'kə:ʃn] – экскурсия

12. fascinating [fəsɪ'neɪtɪŋ] – необычайно интересный, поразительный

13. fountain ['faʊntɪn] – фонтан

14. get lost [,get 'lɔst] – потеряться

15. guide [gaɪd] – гид, экскурсовод

16. guidebook ['gaɪd bʊk] – путеводитель

17. improvement [ɪm'pru:vmənt] – улучшение

18. increase [ɪn'kri:z] – увеличивать (ся), усиливать, растиɪ

19. lively ['laɪvlɪ] – оживленный, живой

20. majority [mə'ʤɔ:rɪtɪ] – большинство

21. packed with tourists ['pækt wið 'tʊərɪsts] – заполненный туристами

22. previous ['pri:vɪəs] – предыдущий

23. recognize ['rekəgnaɪz] – признавать, узнавать, осознавать

24. repeat visitor [rɪ'pi:t 'vɪzɪtə] – постоянный посетитель

25. temple [templ] – храм

26. resemble [rɪ'zembl] – напоминать

27. underground [ʌndə'graʊnd] – подземный, метро

28. unlimited [ʌn'lɪmɪtɪd] – безграничный, неограниченный

29. valuable ['væljəbl] – ценный, дорогой

30. worth doing [,wə:θ 'dʊɪŋ] – стоит делать

Ex. 3. Read and translate the sentences with new words. Check how much you have remembered.

1. Proportion of repeat visitors is increasing.

2. A fountain of sparks (= искры) shot high into the night sky.

3. The old monuments, temples, palaces, resemble a new Babylon – attraction for tourists to spend lots of their money.

4. Konstanz is a typical destination for city-breaks but the majority of visitors are day-trippers.

5. Venice [vəʹni:s] is very touristy so it is always packed with tourists in summer.

6. I left the Tourist Information Center with a guidebook and bus-and- underground map and also a special ticket for unlimited travel on all red buses and almost all of the Underground.

7. There’s a lot to see on the island of Crete and we have arranged some special excursions for you.

8. The Buckingham Palace is like a small town, containing a police station, two post-offices, a hospital, a bar, two sport clubs, a disco, a cinema and a swimming pool.

9. The edifice (=здание) shows a great interest of the architects to historical.

10. A number of constructions erected in different epochs but in concord with it also adds lity.

Ex. 4. Match the words with their meaning.

couple	to travel through or examine an area to find out what it’s like
to waste	to have an official right to have or to do something
armed with	small number of things, two or three
entitle	having useful or impressive equipment or information
discount	a reduction in the cost
to explore	not to use sensibly

Ex. 5. Study the notes carefully.

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