Vocabulary

torch	факел
landmark	достопримечательность
political unrest	политические беспорядки
estimated	приблизительный
to keep check on	1) вести учёт (чего-л.) 2) следить за (чем-л.)
anxiously	тревожно, с волнением, с беспокойством
mentally abnormal	психически ненормальный
disease	болезнь
accuse of	обвинять

1. Guess the words:

worried and nervous;

a building or place that is easily recognized;

illness of people, animals, plants;

to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal or unkind;

disagreements or fighting between different groups of people;

a thick stick with material which burns tied to the top of it in order to give light;

mentally ill.

2. Fill in the gaps:

1. The Rock of Gibraltar is one of Europe's most famous...

2. We have fear that the... in this country could lead to civil war.

3. An... cost of the flat is 200 000 $.

4. My mother always gets a bit... if we don't arrive when we say we will.

5. The first symptom of the... is a very high temperature.

6. He's been... of robbery.

Make up 4 questions to the text.

True or false? Give an adequate response to each statement.

1. The Statue of Liberty is a giant statue of a robed woman which is situated in the centre of New York.

2. The story of the American people is a story of immigrants.

3. Between 1840 and 1860 an estimated five million people left the USA for Europe.

4. To control the situation the government opened Ellis Island where all intending immigrants were examined before they were allowed to enter the United States.

5. Immigration officers asked these people questions to find out if they were rich or poor.

6. All Americans treated newcomers fairly.

7. In the 1920 s Congress passed laws to forbid all kinds of immigration.