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CITIES OF THE WORLD

Методические указания по английскому языку

НОВОСИБИРСК 2006

Кафедра иностранных языков 'Cities of the World’: Методические указания по развитию навыков разговорного английского языка /Новосиб. гос. аграр. ун-т.;

Сост.: Е.Ю. Сементовская, З.Т. Алишова – Новосибирск, 2006 – 32 с.

Рецензент: старший преподаватель О.В. Камелина

Данное методическое пособие рекомендовано для изучения студентам очной формы обучения. Темы и задания, включенные в данное пособие, способствуют развитию навыков устной речи по теме «Город».

Пособие состоит из четырёх частей ‘CAPITALS OF THE WORLD’, ‘CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD’, ‘THE CITY WHERE I LIVE’, ‘FINDING ONE’S WAY ABOUT TOWN’ и включает в себя тексты, диалоги и задания по названной теме.

Утверждены и рекомендованы к изданию методологической комиссией факультета государственного и муниципального управления протокол №

© Новосибирский государственный аграрный университет, 2006

CONTENTS

PART 1. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD

MOSCOW 4

WASHINGTON 6

LONDON 6

GLASGOW 8

CANBERRA 10

PART 2. CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD

NEW-YORK 11

LIVERPOOL 12

LAS VEGAS 13

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE 14

HONG KONG 16

CHICAGO 17

BIRMINGHAM 18

PART 3. THE CITY WHERE I LIVE

NOVOSIBIRSK 20

DIALOGUES. STRANGERS IN SIBERIA 21

PART 4. FINDING ONE’S WAY ABOUT TOWN

DIALOGUE 1. WHICH IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO THE CENTRE? 27

DIALOGUE 2. I’M COMPLETELY LOST 27

DIALOGUE 3. TAKE THE STREET ON YOUR RIGHT 28

DIALOGUE 4. AM I ON THE RIGHT ROAD? 28

DIALOGUE 5. DO I TAKE THE UNDERGROUND? 28

DIALOGUE 6. ON A BUS 29

DIALOGUE 7. YOU’RE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION 29

DIALOGUE 8. FARES, PLEASE! 29

DIALOGUE 9. I CAN GIVE YOU A LIFT 30

PART 1. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD

MOSCOW

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Moscow, the capital of Russia, is one of the largest cities in the world. It stands on the bank of the Moscow River. About ten million people live in the city.

Moscow is famous for its historical and architectural monuments that were built by the outstanding architects and sculptors: Kazakov, Bazhenov, Bove, Mikhailov, Martos, Opekushin and others.

The best starting point of the tour around the city is Red square, the central and the most beautiful square in Moscow. Here one can see the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed, or St. Basil’s Cathedral, erected by architects Postnik and Barma to commemorate Russia’s conquest of the Kazan Kingdom in 1552. Tourists can see the monuments to Minin and Pozharsky. It was designed by Ivan Martos in 1818 in memory of the Russian victory over the Polish invaders in 1612.

The heart of Moscow is the Kremlin, a wonderful architectural ensemble with three magnificent cathedrals, the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great, palaces, fortress walls and 20 towers. The clock that strikes every quarter of an hour is on the Spassky Tower.

The Alexander Garden is situated near the Kremlin wall. Some skyscrapers decorate Moscow including Moscow University where young people from different parts of the country and abroad study.

Moscow is a scientific and cultural center where there are lots of institutes, universities, libraries, museums, technical schools, colleges and secondary schools.

The city leads a varied cultural life. It has a lot of cinemas, clubs, concert halls, more than 40 drama and musical theatres, including the Bolshoi Theatre with its world famous ballet and opera, the Art Theatre, the Maly Theatre, the Vakhtangov theatre and others.

Muscovites are proud of their museums: the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts, named after A.S. Pushkin, the Kuskovo museum and Ostankino serf Art Museum, Kolomenskoye, literary museums and art galleries.

At the Tretyakov Gallery one can see a lot of remarkable paintings by the outstanding Russian artists: Repin, Ivanov, Serov, Petrov, Levitan, Vasnetsov, Shishkin and others. At the museum of Fine Arts there are masterpieces by the great European painters: Rubens, Van Gogh, Henri Matiss, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Botticelli and others.

The citizens of Moscow enjoy spending their weekends in parks, forests, gardens, for example in the Park of Culture and Rest, in Izmailovo, Sokolniki and others.

Certainly Moscow is worth seeing.