Topical vocabulary. get on/off (a bus); to put down at; down/up the street; at the bottom of the street; take bus No

get on/off (a bus); to put down at...; down/up the street; at the bottom of the street; take bus No. 7. change for bus No. 7; it's a five minutes' walk from here; take the first turning to the left/right; what/how much is the fare?; full up/packed; traffic regulations/lights; right/left hand traffic: heavy/light traffic; one way traffic; peak/rush hours; industrial area; shopping area/centre; outskirts; outstanding; tower

Exercises

I. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs:

arrive, get, admire, impress, situate, enjoy, ride, cross, learn, show, teach, make, visit, plan, drive, build.

II. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives:

new, long, busy, dirty, beautiful, good, large, big, splendid, narrow, interesting, hospitable, straight, impressive, broad, crooked.

III. Write a) the plural and b) the singular of:

a) avenue, bus, crowd, city, view;

b) pictures, taxis, squares, theatres, minutes, guides.

IV. Transcribe the following words and explain the reading rules applied in them:

broad, crooked, crowded, guide, hotel, museum, narrow, street, stream, square, typical, worker, show, friendly, builder, view, straight, country, avenue, between.

V. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and tunes. Concentrate your attention on sounds. b) Let your fellow-student pronounce this exercise for you to detect his errors in the vowel [A:] and tell him what must be done to eliminate them:

[A:] 1. Can't you ask Father or Aunt Margaret?

2. He laughs best who laughs last.

3. Half heart is no heart.

4. The highest art is artlessness.

VI. Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in the following words and word combinations:

A. 1. [@v] - a lot of places of interest, the centre of the city, typical of big towns, streams of buses, crowds of people.

2. a) Alveolars before interdentals: admired Ù the centre, its Ù theatres, they crossed Ù the city, suggested Ù their going, on Ù the left side.

b) No devoicing before voiceless consonants: as Ù possible, their guide Ù showed, of Ù people.

B. 1. [Î] – wondering Ù if you, anything Ù about, going Ù by car, is it worth visiting Ù you think?

2. Linking [r]: the town centre Ù is, further Ù on, a bit more Ù about it, I wonder Ù if, never Ù actually.

VII. 1. a) Listen to the recording of the text "A Visit to Moscow". Mark the stresses and tunes. b) Practise the text for test reading. Listen to the recording very carefully until you can say it in exactly the same way. c) Listen to Text 2 carefully. Try to dramatize it following the conversational style of the speakers on the tape.

VIII. Transcribe the following sentences, mark the stresses and tunes and picture them on the staves:

1. I say, Mary! Does this bus go to Tverskaya Street? 2. Excuse me, can you tell me where the nearest metro station is about here? - Certainly. 3. Is there a bus from here to Red Square? - Yes, any bus'll take you.

IX. Answer the following questions:

1. When did the Wilsons arrive in Moscow? 2. Where did they come from? 3. They came to Moscow on a visit, didn't they? 4. What do people usually do when they come to a town for the first time? 5. What did they want to see in Moscow? They wanted to see as much as possible, didn't they? 6. Who took them sightseeing about the city? 7. What places of interest did the guide show them? 8. Did they do much sightseeing? 9. Did the Wilsons like the centre of out city? 10. What did they admire most of all? 11. Where is Moscow University situated? 12. What did the tourists see from the Vorobyev Hills? 13. Where else can one enjoy a most beautiful view of the whole city from? 14. Can you describe the centre of Moscow? 15. In which street do you live? 16. How long does it take you to get to the University from your place? 17. Does your friend live in the suburbs of Moscow? 18. Can you tell me the way from here to Petrovka Street? 19. How does your father usually get home from his office? 20. Is it easy to get a taxi during rush hours? 21. If one of your friends came here for sightseeing what would you advise him to see if he had: one day; two days; a week or a fortnight?

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