Language and Grammar Repetition

Ex. 34. Make up a dialogue how to spend a day in London between a guide and a tourist group where they ask questions and get helpful advice. The beginning is given to you.Use Ex.32 and Ex.33.

Tourist Guide: Good morning. Now you have a day in London to spend on your own. If you have any questions, you are welcome.

You: I’d like to know what is the best way to go round the city.

Tourist Guide: ….

Ex. 35. Tell about Oxford using a fact file (= information) and the text. What is the difference between them? Compare them.

1. Oxford is a city. 2. It is a city in the south of England. 3. It is on the river Thames. 4. It has a population of about 100,000. 5. The city is famous. 6. It has one of the oldest universities in the world. 7. It has lots of other old buildings.

8. It has the Bodleian Library. 9. It has the Ashmolean Museum. 10. The Ashmolean was built in 1683. 11. Oxford was once the capital of England. 12. Not many people know this about Oxford. 13. It was the capital from 1642-1645.

Now none of this would bother me a great except that everyone, but everyone, you talk to in Oxford thinks that it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with all that implies in terms of careful preservation and general liveability. Now I know Oxford has moments of utterable beauty. Christ Church Meadow, Radcliffe Square, the college quads, Cattle Street and Turl Street, Queens lane and much of the High Street, the botanic garden, Port Meadow, University Parks, Clarendon House, the whole of north Oxford – all very fine. It has the best collection of bookshops in the world, some of the most splendid pubs and the most wonderful museums of any city of its size. It has a terrific indoor market. It has the Bodleian Library. It has a scattering of prospects that melt the heart.

But there is also so much that is so wrong. How did it happen? First, some architect had to design it, had to wander through a city steeped in 800 years of architectural tradition, and with great care conceive of a structure that looked like a toaster with windows… Multiply this by, say, 200 or 300 or 400 and you have modern Oxford. And you tell me that it is one of the most beautiful, well-preserved cities in the world? I’m afraid not. It is a beautiful city that has been treated with gross indifference and lamentable (= пугающий, ужасающий) incompetence for far too long, and every living person in Oxford should feel a little bit ashamed.

(Bill Bryson Notes from a small island)

Ex. 36. Tell the students about the town of Briefeton using the prompts. Make you story sound interesting and attractive (appealing).

1. shining jewel of England Coast 2. “fun City” of the north 3. a place of immensely cheerful and energetic vulgarity 4. seven miles of sandy beach with its brash (= внезапный ливень) and cheerful abundance (= множество, разнообразие) of piers, theaters, amusement parks, donkey rides, roller coasters

5. annual illumination, electrical extravaganza 6. an evening full of the lights 7. lasting memories of your holiday 8. relax with time at leisure 9. take your breath 10. include on certain dates

Ex. 37. Read the text and underline verbs in Passive.

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