3 Ask your neighbor 5 questions about his/her apartment or room.
Example: Is there a balcony in your room?
Unit 4 City
Listen to the dialogues and read them in pairs.
Dialogue 1
Stranger Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the UralSib bank, please!
Native Oh, yes, the nearest branch is just around the corner. You turn left at the next crossing.
Stranger Sorry, I want to go to the main building.
Native Ah, then you take any bus that goes to Gostinny Dvor. Get off at “Uralsib bank” stop and go straight by Revolutsionnaya street. The highest building is UralSib bank.
Stranger Thank you very much!
Native You are welcome!
Dialogue 2
Tania Hi, Gulnaz!
Gulnaz Hi, Tania!
Tania Where are you going?
Gulnaz I decided to go to the Bashkir State Drama Theater but I don’t know how to get there.
Tania It’s easy: go by the 12 trolley. The stop is in front of the University building and get off at the last stop. The theater will be in front of you across the street.
Gulnaz Thanks a lot!
Vocabulary
| across | напротив |
| avenue ['ævə,nju:] | проспект |
| bank | банк |
| block | квартал |
| boulevard ['bu:lə,va:d] | бульвар |
| bridge | мост |
| building | здание |
| bus | автобус |
| cinema | кинотеатр |
| city | город (большой) |
| crossing | перекресток |
| hotel [həu'tel] | гостиница |
| in front of | перед |
| library | библиотека |
| museum [mju:'zi:əm] | музей |
| on the left (right) | слева (справа) |
| post office | почта |
| square [skweə] | площадь |
| stop | остановка |
| straight [streit] | прямо |
| street | улица |
| taxi | такси |
| theater | театр |
| to get off | сходить (с транспорта) |
| to go by bus (taxi, tram…) | ехать на автобусе (такси, трамвае…) |
| to take – took - taken | сесть (на транспорт), пойти (по улице) |
| to turn | повернуть |
| to walk | гулять, идти пешком, прогулка |
| town | город (маленький) |
| traffic | дорожное движение |
| traffic lights | светофор |
| tram | трамвай |
| trolley | троллейбус |
| underground, metro (AmE subway) | метро |
Pronunciation
Listen and repeat. Add more words.
[æ] tr a m, t a xi, b a nk, tr a ffic, tr a ffic lights
[i] c i nema, c i ty, br i dge
[Λ] b u s, u nderground, s u bway
[o] st o p, o ffice, tr o lley, w al k
[ə:] t ur n
[ei] t a ke, str aigh t, subw ay
[ai] l i brary, l igh ts, r igh t
[eə] squ are
[au] t ow n
[ou] h o tel, p o st
[iə] th ea ter
[ju] m u seum, aven ue
[ŋ] buildi ng, crossi ng
Oral exercises
Practice the following sentences with the words given below. Listen and repeat the sentences until you can say them fluently.
a) theater: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the theater?
museum, hotel, library, post office
b) tram: Where is the nearest tram stop?
bus, trolley, taxi, train
c) traffic lights: Turn right at the traffic lights.
corner, bank, cinema, bridge, crossing
d) 16: Take # 16 bus and get off in three stops.
2, 18, 22, 59, 255
e) Kirova street: Take Kirova street and walk three blocks.
prospect Oktyabrya, Mendeleeva street, Lenina street,
boulevard molodezhi
