Learn the key words and expressions. mount – монтировать, устанавливать

bank – (зд.) берег

bell - колокол

huge – огромный

invasion – нашествие

marble – мрамор

measure – измерять

mount – монтировать, устанавливать

occupy – занимать

permanent – постоянный

reign – правление

royal – королевский

structure – сооружение

Check your comprehension.

1. When were the Houses of Parliament first built? 2. What is the official name of the Houses of Parliament? 3. When did the Palace become the permanent Parliament House? 4. What does the Strangers’ gallery serve for?

TEXT 14

Read the following proper nouns correctly.

St. Paul’s Cathedral [snt 'pLlz kq'TJdrql] – Собор Святого Павла

Renaissance [rq'neIsqns] – Ренессанс, Возрождение

Whispering Gallery ['wIspqrIN 'gxlqrI] – галерея Шепотов

Joshua Reinolds ['dZOSwq 'reInqlds] – Джошуа Рейнолдс

Read and translate the text.

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL (1, 100)

St. Paul’s Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the spiritual centre of the City, is Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece, a fine specimen of Renaissance architecture. The work at this one of the finest buildings of architecture in Europe lasted from 1675 until 1709. The Cathedral has the grandeur of scale with a nave 146 metres long and a height of 110 metres from the floor to the top of the cross. It also has artistic sensitivity, from immaculate carvings to frescoes of scenes from the life of St. Paul, painted by Sir James Thornhill on the inner dome. The Cathedral has one of the largest bells in the world, called Great Paul, weighing about 17.5 tons. The interior of the Cathedral, full of memorials, is very beautiful. The most important of them are the monuments dedicated to the Duke of Wellington and to Admiral Nelson.

After looking round one can climb 263 steps to the Whispering Gallery. It is called so, because if someone whispers close to the wall on one side, a person with his ear close to the wall on the other side can hear what has been said.

Christopher Wren, who designed some 50 exquisite churches and who is now known as “the architect of London”, found his fame only after his death. He was buried in the Cathedral with the words on his grave “If you want to see his monument, look around”. St. Paul’s Cathedral is the resting place of Admiral Nelson, the Duke Wellington and Sir Joshua Reinolds, the famous English painter.

Learn the key words and expressions.

carving – резная работа

climb – взбираться

dedicate to – посвящать

dome – купол

grandeur – пышность, великолепие

last – длиться

masterpiece – шедевр

specimen – экземпляр

spiritual – духовный

weigh – весить