Read the dialogue and reproduce it

Guide:	Ladies and gentlemen! Take your seats. Our route takes us to the centre of the city where we’ll find several historical buildings.
Visitor:	Well, let’s start! What’s on our right?
Guide:	Oh, that! It’s our museum, one of the finest buildings in the town. It’s open to the public from 2 till 6 p. m. except Mondays.
Visitor:	It looks grand. When was it built?
Guide:	In 1930. You may get off here and take pictures if you like.
Visitor:	Great! We are lucky! Such a lovely day for pictures! What a wonderful view!
Guide:	Will you get in, please? We are pressed for time... Now we are approaching the highest splended structure, the hotel "Arktika".
Visitor:	You mean that sky-scraper? It’s marvelous and too modern, I think. And the continuous stream of traffic is very colourful.
Guide:	Ladies and gentlemen! On the left you can see the merchant port. There are some docks where ships are loaded and unloaded. Some atomic ice-breakers such as the Vaigatch, the Soviet Union, the Taimyr are in the port now. You see the port is full of life and activity.
Visitor:	Look! What type of ship is moving upwards?
Guide:	This is a drilling rig "Shelf-8". Since 1981 the new special vessels have joined the fleet: supply tug-vessels type "Neftegaz", the drilling vessel "Sprut" and others.
Visitor:	What is the monument in the centre of the square?
Guide:	There to the right you see the monument to Anatoly Bredov, the hero of the Soviet Union. There are some monuments in Murmansk erected in memory of the Great Patriotic War.
Visitor:	This square reminds me my own city.
Guide:	Ladies and gentlemen! This is the end of our tour. Now, are there any questions?
Visitor:	Thank you very much. Everything was so nice. We have really enjoyed it!
Guide:	So, if you like our Murman – we will be glad to see you here again. Welcome to our parts one more time!

3. Make up sentences using the following table:

Will you tell me the way to…	the Arts Museum?
How can I get to…	the railway station?
Am I right for…	the nearest cafe?
How long will it take to get to…	the General post-office?
	the stadium?

4. Respond to the invitations. Keep the conversation going. Make use of the following replies:

Let’s (go right now); (That’s) fine; (That’s) a good idea; I’d (surely) like to; I’m (always) willing to; That suits me fine/ perfectly; I’m afraid I can’t (I’m busy); No (museums) for me; Thank you anyway; It’s very kind of you to...

1. I’m going on a sightseeing tour. Would you like to keep me company? 2. Let’s go to some historical museum on Sunday. 3. Why not go to some suburbs today, Murmashi or Monchegorsk? 4. I’ve got two tickets for the Pomorexposition in the Art gallery. Would you care to come with me? 5. How about going to the Memorials? It’s so much fun! 6. Would you like to see the most impressive building of the new hotel? Everybody admires it greatly. 7. Have you seen the new bridge across the river? Why not go and see it? 8. What about going to see the new monument to...? It’s much spoken about.

5. Complete the following dialogues:

1.A:	...?
B:	Certainly. Go straight on, then take the second turning to the right.
A:	...?
B:	It’s not far. It’ll take you ten minutes to walk there.

2.A:	...?
B:	No, you are on the wrong one. You should get off and change for bus number 29.
A:	...?
B:	Eight roubles. You should get off at the next stop.

3.A:	...?
B:	It’s our picture gallery, one of the oldest buildings in the town.
A:	...?
B:	In 1929.
A:	...?
B:	From 1 till 6 p. m. except Tuesdays.

6. Make up dialogues using the following words and phrases:

1) excuse me; beautiful; building; on our left; museum; to be built; may; to take pictures; nice; day; what’s that; monument; bank; end; tour; interesting; to enjoy.

2) to tell; to get; the centre; the town; far; to take a bus; number; bus stop; over there; other side.

3) to send; taxi; to get to the railway station; to be in a hurry; to like; in an hour; to take; to get there; about half an hour; traffic; heavy.

4) to go on an excursion; the Local Lore Museum; to lose one’s way; to ask; passer-by; to tell; way; straight; three; block; to turn; to the right; corner.

7. Have a look at the map of Murmansk and improvise some dialogues on the following topics:

1) You are at the railway terminal square and should get to Knipovitch street.

2) You are in Leningradskaya street and should get to the swimming pool in Karl Marx street.

3) You are informing a foreign student who has been staying in the "Arctica" hotel. The student would like to get to Drama theatre.

8. Do the following tasks:

1) Tell a passer-by that you’ve lost your way. Ask him to tell you the way to the Arts Museum. Ask him if it is far and if you can walk there.

2) Tell a passer-by that you should get to the port. Ask him what bus you must take and where the bus stop is.

3) Ask the conductor if you are on the right bus. If not, ask him what bus you must change and at what stop. Pay your fare.

4) Ask the guide about some buildings and monuments. Say how high (beautiful, wonderful) they are. Ask when they were built. Thank the guide for the tour.

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