книги / Basic course of english for students of technical universities

16)What entertainment options are there?

17)Are there any good restaurants?

18)Do they serve local or international cuisine? Which is your fa-

vourite?

19)Are there any festivals in your town?

20)Are there any fairs and expositions?

21)Is there a sports centre?

22)Does your town have a sports team?

23)Do you know any famous people who live (or lived) in your town?

24)What is your favourite place?

25)What do you like most about your hometown?

26)What do you dislike?

Exercise 3. Tell the group about your native town using the following plan:

1.History (foundation date, founder, origin of the name, famous

people)

2.Industrial potential (location, transport, population, climate, minerals and resources, leading branches of industry, visiting card (products), famous factories)

3.Cultural life (theatres, museums, architecture, places of interest for children, sports, education, other infrastructure)

Exercise 4. You have just received an email from your Englishspeaking friend accepting your invitation to visit your hometown.

Now you are writing an answer to tell this friend about the best time to come, what to see, the food and the nightlife.

Write a P.S. giving him advice about the kind of clothes to bring for the holiday.

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Dear ________________ ,

Thanks very much for your letter. ________________________________

___________________________________________________________

I am very pleased that you want to visit me. ________________________

___________________________________________________________

Have you been to _________ before? _____________________________

___________________________________________________________

Have you ever tried _________ food? ____________________________

___________________________________________________________

The nightlife here is ___________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Write to me soon to tell me _____________________________________

___________________________________________________________

I am really looking forward to __________________________________

Best _____________,

_________________

P.S. If you come in the summer __________________________________

___________________________________________________________

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Part 4. Cities of the World and Their Cultural Diversity

Exercise 1. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the verbs given in brackets. Use past tenses.

Two foreigners 1) _______ (travel) in Spain. One morning they 2)

_______ (enter) a little restaurant for lunch. They 3) ______ (not know) Spanish and the waiter 4) _____ (not know) English. So they 5) _____

(try) to make him understand that they 6) _____ (want) some milk and sandwiches.

At first they 7) _____ (pronounce) the word ‘milk’ many times. Then they 8) _____ (spell) it. The waiter still 9) _____ (can’t understand).

At last one of the foreigners 10) _____ (take) a piece of paper and 11) _____ (begin) to draw a cow. He 12) _____ just ______ (finish) to drawing when the waiter 13) ______ (look) at it and 14) ______ (run) out of the restaurant.

‘You see’, 15) _____ (say) the traveller who 16) _____ draw the cow, ‘what pencil can do for a man who has difficulties in a foreign country’.

After some times the waiter 17) ______ (be) back, but he 18) _____

(bring) no milk. He 19) _____ (put) two tickets for a bull-fight in front of the two men.

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Exercise 2. Read the statements and write T (True) or F (False).

3.The travelers and the waiter understood each other at once. _______

4.One of the foreigners took a piece of paper and drew a cow. _______

5.The waiter understood what the travelers wanted him to bring. _____

Exercise 3. Finish the sentence with the suitable word.

The foreigners had difficulties with …

a)lunch

b)paper

c)tickets

d)the language

Exercise 4. Choose the sentence that does not fit the story.

1.The traveller wrote the word ‘milk’.

2.The foreigner spelled the word ‘milk’.

3.The traveller drew a cow on a piece of paper.

4.The waiter brought milk.

Exercise 5. Complete the sentence with the correct word.

The waiter was ….

a)attentive

b)rude

c)quick-witted

d)kind

Exercise 6. Choose the correct heading to the text.

a)Two Foreigners in Spain

b)Lunch in a Spanish Restaurant

c)He Understood

d)A Talk in a Restaurant

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Exercise 7. Read and translate the text.

Describing Places

Venice is the most beautiful city in the world, and the only one that can truly be described as unique Each building is a work of art, with their beauty enhanced when reflected on the canals that cross the city Its magical scenery is fascinating and breathtaking at first sight, evoking the feeling of entering the setting of a reallife fairy tale.

Prague is known as the city of the thousand spires because of its profusion of grand, beautifullypreserved historical monuments dating from practically every period in history Those spires are best admired from the bridges that cross the Vltava River, especially from the magnificent Charles Bridge, or standing in the stunningly beautiful Old Town Square.

Magnificently sited on a series of hills running down to the grand Tagus River, Lisbon is one of the world's most scenic cities Beautiful unexpected views are found at every turn down its colorful, picturesque streets, and especially from strategicallyplaced viewpoints or terraces at the top of each hill The City has an unpolished, seductive appearance.

Each of the thousands of buildings that line Amsterdam’s main canals can be classified as a monument, beautifully kept as apartments, offices, cafes and restaurants They form an aesthetic uniformity that make the city one of the most captivating m the world, an amazing place of bridges and bikes crossing canals, picturesque cobbled streets, and strikingly elegant architecture.

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There are those who say God created the world in six days and devoted a seventh to Rio. The city is indeed blessed with one of the most stunning settings in the world, making it the most naturally attractive city in the world. Green, tropical luxuriance mixes with the blue of the ocean and the brightness of the sand at the beaches, proving that this is indeed "the marvelous city" as locals call it.

Florence is synonymous with the Italian Renaissance, known for the artistic heritage in its palaces and museum collections See it from Piazzale Michelangelo, a 19th century terrace overlooking the entire city, and you will be looking at one of the most sto- rybook-perfect cityscapes. You will see its unspoiled skyline, the towers and domes of the heart of the city, its bridges, the hills in the distance, and the magnificent Duomo standina in the middle of it all.

Split in two by the Danube River, Budapest is the result of the merging of three cities. Buda is the hill with the royal palace and an old town filled with baroque and gothic monuments looking over the mostly-19th century Pest, crossed by broad avenues lined with graceful neo-renaissance buildings. Admire its setting and remarkable architecture (including the spectacular Parliament Building) from the monumental Cham Bridge, and step into the old town for some of the most romantic lanes you will ever stroll through.

Brussels is a small city, in a small country, hardly a metropolis, but huge on beauty It's one of the world's best preserved medieval cities, filled with gothic and baroque monuments surrounded by an oval canal and extraordinarily romantic cobbled

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lanes it's no wonder that it is one of Europe's most visited cities, helped by its location in the very center of the continent Its combination of gorgeous architecture and appealing, peaceful spots crisscrossed by canals make it one of the most magical sites to be experienced in the world.

The city standing on seven hills by the Tiber River is a treasure-trove of monuments among some of the most gorgeous squares and classical architecture in the world Because everyone visits Rome for its landmarks, its quaint streets are often overcrowded, such as those of the Trastevere district, filled with delightful lanes and exquisite homes decorated with flower boxes It is on streets like those that Rome proves itself to really be eternal.

Exercise 8. Fill in the gaps with the suitable adjectives from the box.

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1.Cape Town is one of the world’s most st_______ cities and the Kruger National Park is one of the most fas________ places on the planet.

2.Florence is one of the most r_______ cities. Thousands of couple go there for their honeymoons.

3.Sao Paulo may be one of the world’s most ex_______ cities when it comes to dining and shopping, but there’s no question that it is one big ug______ concrete jungle.

4.Some reasons to visit Baku include cap______ modern glass tower and a qu______ Old Town which is on the World Heritage list.

5.Istanbul is really mar_______. Hagia Sophia is one of the world’s architectural wonders, and in 2020 it celebrated 85 years since it was turned into a museum. Make this the year that you visit the wonders of the city that is so gra______. It is in two continents.

6.Havana is a rather rundown but at the same time very del______

city. It is also li______ and bus______.

7.Buenos Aires is the most European of all Latin American capitals with el______ architecture and broad avenues.

8.Santiago is more mo_______ than historic an exq_______ city with a beautiful natural backdrop of snow-covered mountain peaks.

Exercise 9. Prepare a report and make a Power Point presentation of any city of the world and its cultural diversity.

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Part 5. Travelling and Tourism

Exercise 1. Name the most popular types of travelling. How do you like to travel? Answer the question following the example below.

I like travelling by car.

But! I like travelling on foot.

Exercise 2. Work in pairs. Choose a card and answer the questions, making some notes about your partner. Be ready to talk about your or your partner’s preferences in travelling.

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Exercise 3. First, read the Questionnaire and answer the questions. Use your answers to tell us about your travelling experience.

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