Ex.39 Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the use of the articles.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 547.

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Ex.38 Speaking

1 Work in pairs. You are going to plan a journey across your own country. Discuss the topics below and prepare your route.

from where to where?

transport: motorbike/car/train/bicycle?

how long?

how many stops?

places to stay?

things to see/do?

2 Describe your route to the class. Who has the most interesting route?

Useful language

Our route begins in ... We travel by... Our first stop is in ... In ... we visit the...

1. Since the Roman Empire Vesuvius has erupted for forty times. Washed by the Bay of Naples, this volcano has been sleeping for forty years. Never before has it been asleep for so long. 2. There were so many visitors to the office today, it's been like The Grand Central Station in New York City. 3. Teddy left the Rossiter Merchant Bank and walked across Berkeley Square. 4. The waters of the Seine trembled in the sunshine filtering through the leafy branches of the trees that lined the river's edge. 5. In London we lived in South Kensington, not far from the Victoria and Albert Museum. 6. Above the huge door of the English Embassy the Union Jack fluttered in the cold wind. The sight of the red, white and blue flag lifted her spirits. It was not merely a banner of coloured cloth that was the national emblem of Great Britain, but a symbol of justice, democracy and freedom. 7. Switzerland is one of the most multilingual countries in Europe. Many Swiss can speak several languages. The national languages of the Swiss are German, French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romanic. The capital of Switzerland is Berne. The Aare River curves sharply around the city centre of Berne. 8. And so summer went. I wandered for four months across the continent, through Britain and Ireland, through Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. 9. In this glorious continent I had a four-day visit to Copenhagen, three trips to Brussels and a brief swing through the Netherlands. 10. We reached the dock and our train was shunted onto the ferry, the Karl Carstens. 11. I wasn't going to miss the chance to see Aosta and Mont Blanc. How could I have come this far and failed to travel through the heart of the Alps? 12. The boys were notoriously red-necked. They were making their way by thumb from Berlin to India.