Amy Smith's neighbourhood
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 551.
Unit 6. City. Town. Neighbourhood.
| Grammar Focus: 1) Конструкция there + be. 2) Неопределенные местоимения some/any. 3) Предлоги места. 4) Способы выражения модальности: глаголы can, may, should. |
| Vocabulary focus: Лексика по темам «Район, город» |
| Communication: Построение диалога-расспроса по теме «Как добраться до …?», «Где расположен…?» |
1. а) Прочитайте текст о районе, в котором живет Эмми Смит, и выполните задания. Обратите внимание на использование конструкции “there + is / are” и предлогов места.
Amy's block of flats is in the centre of town. Amy is very happy there because the building is in a very convenient place.
Across from it, there's a bank, a post office, and a restaurant. The post office is between the bank and the restaurant. The restaurant is quite cheap, so Amy often has dinner in it.
Next to the building, there's a pharmacy and a fitness club. Amy works at the pharmacy. She is a pharmacist. Three times a week she goes to the fitness club for regular workouts.
Around the corner from the fitness club, there are 2 supermarkets. They work 7 days a week. One of the supermarkets works 24 hours a day.
There's a lot of noise near Amy's block of flats. There are a lot of cars and people in the street all day and all night. Unfortunately, there is no hospital in Amy's neighbourhood.
However, Amy isn't very upset about the noise in her neighbourhood. Her block of flats is in the centre of town. She likes that she lives not in the outskirts of the city, but in the center. Her neighbourhood is a very busy but convenient place to live. Besides, her windows face a quiet park!
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