..
MOSCOW
-:
. .
2015
C O N T E N T S
Unit 1. Introduction 4
Unit 2. The History of Moscow. Part 1 6
Unit 3. The History of Moscow. Part 2 9
Unit 4. Tverskaya Street 15
Unit 5. Triumphalnaya Square 18
Unit 6. Pushkin Square 20
Unit 7. Tverskaya Square 22
Unit 8. From Tverskaya Street to Red Square 24
Unit 9. Red Square. Part 1 31
Unit 10. Red Square. Part 2 36
Unit 11. The Alexander Gardens 41
Unit 12. Manezhnaya Square 44
Unit 13. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour 48
Unit 14. The Pushkin Fine Arts Museum 53
Unit 15. From Volkhonka Street to the Novodevichy Convent 55
Unit 16. The Novodevichy Convent 57
Unit 17. From the Novodevichy Convent to the Sparrow Hills 62
Unit 18. The State Moscow University on the Sparrow Hills 66
Unit 1. Introduction.
Vocabulary File.
Ex.1 Listen, look, repeat.
1. a thoroughfare , ,
2. an embankment
3. an architectural monument
4. unique -
5. a buzz
6. to impress
7. to be famous for smth -
8. hospitality
9. to acquaint oneself
10. ancient
11. to sense ,
Ex. 2 Read the sentences with the new words.
1. a thoroughfare , ,
Tverskaya street is the main thoroughfare of Moscow.
2. an embankment
The Moskva-river embankments look very beautiful.
3. an architectural monument
4. unique
There are a lot of unique architectural monuments in Moscow.
5. a buzz
|
|
|
6. to impress
The buzz of the great city impressed him so much.
7. to be famous for smth -
8. hospitality
Muscovites are famous for their hospitality.
9. to acquaint oneself
10. ancient -
The guide helped to acquaint ourselves with this ancient city.
11. to sense ,
I could easily sense the friendly atmosphere in the family.
Ex.3 Fill in the gaps with the right words from the box in the necessary form.
____________________________________________________________________
an architectural monument a buzz unique
an embankment hospitality to be famous for(2)
to acquaint oneself ancient(2) to impress
a thoroughfare to sense
____________________________________________________________________
1. Traffic on the citys main.............................. is very busy.
2. The............of Moscow streets can.................... anybody.
3. I .................. the warm and friendly atmosphere of the town at once.
4. Muscovites................................ their............................
5. We were driving along the Moskva-river.................................
6. St. Petersburg............................. its beautiful and................... architecture.
7. Id like.................................. with this.................... tradition.
8. Theres a great number of......................................... of the past in this.............town.
Welcome to Moscow, the capital of Russia and the fourth largest city in the world. Its bright lights, great buildings and thoroughfares, the Moskva-river embankments, wonderful and often unique architectural monuments of the past, crowds of people on its streets, the buzz of the great city with the population of more than 12 million people can impress anybody. Muscovites are famous for their hospitality and do everything they can to help guests to acquaint themselves with the ancient but forever young city and to sense its warm and friendly atmosphere.
Unit 2. The History of Moscow. Part 1.
Vocabulary File.
Ex. 1 Listen, look, repeat.
1. to belong to smb - -
2. to mention
3. to consider ,
4. to found
5. a fortress
6. to surround -
7. power ,
8. to increase ()
9. thus
10. struggle
11. to expand ()
syn. to enlarge
12. to conquer ,
13. a wealthy state
14. an artisan -,
15. a merchant ,
16. a war (civil) ()
17. to invade
18. invasion
19. to drive(drove, driven) out of ,
20. to elect
21. to launch , (- , , ..)
