Memory Work

Sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth like a garment wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky:

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendor, valley, rock or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at bis own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still! William Wordsworth

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (II)

Words

adjoin υ defeat υ jewel n architecture n dome n

mansion n armour n erect υ residence n avenue n

float υ seat n bury υ fortress n shady adj

change υ guard υ specimen n cathedral n huge adj

statesman n contain υ

Word Combinations

to live from hand to mouth to win the victory

to be lined with (trees, houses) at the cost of smb.'s life

to be found (in some place) at the top

a new housing development round the corner

to have (get, catch) a glimpse of to be famous for smth.

to have no time (money, etc.) left in present days

across the road (from some place) Why not do smth.?

to do the sights of smth. in memory of

to do the city (museums, parks, etc.) under the command

Proper Names

the Lenin Mausoleum Big Ben the East End Trafalgar Square

the Tower of London the Kremlin Julius Caesar the West End

William the Conqueror St. Basil's Cathedral Queen Elizabeth the Bell Tower

Christopher Wren of Ivan the Great Wellington

the History Museum Westminster Abbey the Spasskaya Tower