Exercises. Sum up what the dialogue and the text said about driving in Britain

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Role play.

Sum up what the dialogue and the text said about driving in Britain.

Imagine you are speaking with an English businessman. Discuss:

• traffic jams

• speed limits

• parking facilities etc.

Unit forty four

Windsor and Eton

On Sunday morning the group started on an excursion for Windsor by coach.

Windsor lies 34 km west of London and is famous, first and foremost for Windsor Castle, the residence of the royal family Many parts of this historic castle are open to the public while some other parts are always closed and some are closed when the royal family is in residence.

The site of Windsor Castle was fust defended by William the Conqueror in 1070 and for the next 900 years the building was con­tinually enlarged, growing from a medieval castle to a vast and com­plex royal palace.

The most impressive of all the castle buildings is St. Geoige's Chapel, a masterpiece of perpendicular Gothic architecture. The State Apartments, which are closed to the public, comprise 16 rooms, and each is a treasure house of superb furniture, porcelain, and armour The rooms are decorated with carvings by Grinling, Gibbons, ceilings by Venio and works from the royal collections. They include Van Dyck's paintings

The star attraction, open to the public, is Queen Mary's Doll's House, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and given to the nation in 1923. The furnishings are designed at one-twelfth lifesize.

Part of Windsor Central Railway Station has now been converted to a waxworks museum iun by Madame Tussaud's, recreating the scene in 1879 when a special train arrived here to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria, the longest ruling monarch in Britain, who lived in 1837-1901, symbolises the unity of the nation, the British Empire and the progress of the nation in the nineteenth centuiy.

After visiting Windsor the group walked to Eton. They went along Thames Street from Windsor Castle down to the river, where Windsor Bridge took them to Eton, Windsor's twin town, on the northern bank. Eton is the home of Eton college, the public school that has produced no fewer than 20 prime ministers. It was term time and they saw a lot of students around, dressed in their distinctive tail coats and wing collars.

Words and expressions

Windsor		Виндзор. Небольшой город, муниципальный центр, население около 30,000 чел
Eton		Итон, маленький городок напротив Виндзора
to lie (lay, lied)		лежать, находиться
west		запад
first and foremost		прежде всего
castle	[касл]	замок
Windsor Castle		Виндзорский замок. Одна из загородных резеденций английской королевы /короля
residence		резиденция
to be in residence		находиться в своей рези­денции
public		публика, народ
to be open to the public		открыт для посетителей
William the Conqueror		Вильгельм Завоеватель (1027—1087). Будучи герцогом Нормандии разбил под Гастингсом английские войска в 1066 г. и стал королем Англии
to enlarge		расширять
medieval		средневековый
vast		обширный
complex		комплекс
palace		дворец
chapel		часовня
masterpiece		шедевр
perpendicular	[пёпендикьюлэ]	перпендикулярный
Gothic		готический
architecture	[акитекча]	архитектура
state		государственный
apartment		комната, (Ам.) квартира
treasure		сокровище
furniture	[фёнича]	мебель
porcelain		фарфор
armour		вооружение, доспехи
to decorate		украшать
carving		разная работа
ceiling	[силинг]	потолок
works		работы (произведения искусства)
collection		коллекция
painting		картина
doll		кукла
to design		задумывать, проектиро­
		вать
furnishings		меблировка
lifesize		натуральная величина
at one-twelfth lifesize		1/12 реального масштаба
to convert		превращать
waxworks		восковые фигуры
to recreate	[рекриэйт]	воссоздать
scene		сцена
diamond		бриллиант
jubilee	[джюбили]	юбилей
to celebrate diamond jubilee		праздновать бриллиантовый юбилей
to rule		править
monarch		монарх
to symbolise		символизировать
unity		единство
empire		империя
progress		прогресс
to walk		идти пешком
bank		берег
on the bank		на берегу
northern bank		северный берег
southern bank		южный берег
college	[колидж]	колледж
Eton colledge		Итон-колледж
public school		частная школа
Eton public school=Eton college=Eton		Итон (одна из девяти престижных частных школ Англии)
no fewer than		не менее (чем)
prime minister		премьер министр
term		семестр
student		студент
to dress		одевать
to be dressed		одеваться
tail coat		фрак
wing collar		стоячий воротник с отворотами

1. Insert prepositions:

Sunday morning the group started... an excursion... Windsor... coach.

Windsor lies 34 km west... London.

Windsor is famous first and foremost. the Windsor Casle.

Many parts of the Castle are open... the public.

Some parts are closed when the royal family is residence.

The site Windsor Castle was first defended... William the Conqueror … 1070.

2. Insert articles:

... most impressive of all... castle buildings is St. Georege's Chapel,... masterpiece of perpendicular Gothic architecture.

... state apartments, which are always closed to... public comprise 16 rooms.

Each room is … treasure house of superb furniture, porcelain and armour.

... rooms are decorated with carvings by famous artists.

star attraction open to … public is Queen Mary's Doll House.

3. Choose the correct form:

The site of Windsor (defended, was defended) by William the Conqueror.

The building of the Castle (enlarged, was enlarged) continually.

The rooms (decorated, are decorated) with carvings by famous artists.

The furnishings of the Doll's House (design, are designed} at one-twelfth lifesize.

Part of the Railway Station (has converted, has been converted) to a waxworks museum.

The museum recreates the scene in 1879 when a special train (has arrived, arrived) here to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

4. Match the names of famous figures and their contributions into the history:

Queen Victoria	He designed the Doll's House for Queen Mary.
Grinlin	She contributed a lot to the unity and progress of the nation in the nineteenth century.
Van Dyke	He is famous for his superb carvings.
Sir Edwin Lutyens	He is famous for his master-pieces in painting.
William the Conqueror	She was the first to establish a wax-works museum.
Madame Tussaud	He defended Windsor in 1070.

5. Read as in the example:

• Example

in ten seventy

6. Complete the sentences:

In 1070 William the Conqueror...

Queen Victoria was born in...

She died in... at the age of...

In 1879 she arrived in Windsor to celebrate...

In 1923 the Doll's House of Windsor Casle was given to...

7. Translate into Russian:

For the next 900 years the Castle was continuously enlarged growing from a medieval castle to a vast and complex royal palace.

Part of the Railway Station has been converted to a waxworks museum recreating the scene of Queen Victoria's arrival in Windsor.

8. Sum up what the text said about:

Queen Victoria

the history of Windsor Castle

the decorations of the Castle

the Doll's House

the places of the Castle open to the public.

9. Find the answers in the text:

Is Eton far away from Windsor?

How did the participants get there?

What famous college has it got?

How many English prime ministers graduated from Eton?

How are Eton students usually dressed?

Did the participants see any students in the streets of Eton?

Wasit term time?

10. Complete the disjunctive questions:

After visiting Windsor the participants walked to Eton...

They went down to the river and crossed it over the bridge...

Eton is Windsor's twin town...

Eton is the home of Eton college...

About 22 British prime ministers graduated from Eton college...

Eton students wear very curious clothes...

You have never seen Eton students...

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