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VIII. Add to your active vocabulary




 


Could you tell me how to get to …? (= Could you tell me the way to …? = Can you direct me to?) - Вы не подскажите мне как пройти к …?

I am a stranger (foreigner) here – Я приезжий

industrial district – промышленный райoн

business section – деловая часть города

shopping district – торговый центр

residential area – жилой райoн

outskirts – окраины

environs – окрестности

rush-hour – час-пик

traffic-lights – светофор

to get on – садиться (в транспорт)

to get off the next stop – выходить на

следующей остановке

You don’t have to change – Вам не надо пересаживаться

suburb – пригород

in the suburbs of – в пригороде

around the corner – за углом

to go by bus (tram, trolleybus, taxi) – ехать на автобусе и т.д.

to go on foot – идти пешком

Near from here (far from here) – Близко отсюда (далеко отсюда)

Take the street on your left – Идите по улице слева от вас

Go straight on - Идите прямо

to cross the street – переходить улицу

to turn (to the) right (left) – повернуть направо (налево)

to take the next turning – свернуть на следующем повороте

right across the square – прямо через площадь

cemetery – кладбище

ruins – руины

mansion – особняк

staircase – лестница

fountain – фонтан

to be on display (view) – экспонироваться

to commemorate – увековечит, служить напоминанием, чтить память

sightseer – турист; тот, кто осматривает достопримечательности

tourist – турист

guide – гид

guidebook - справочник

picturesque – живописный

majestic – величественный

route (= itinerary) – маршрут

block – квартал

further along – дальше

to get lost – потеряться, заблудиться

nearby – рядом, неподалеку

opposite – противоположный, рас-положенный напротив

passer-by – прохожий

to pass by – проходить

You’d better take … – Вам лучше сесть…

How long will it take – Сколько это займёт

времени?

It’s within walking distance – Туда можно дойти пешком

It’ll take you ten minutes – На это уйдёт около 10 минут

overcrowded bus - переполненный автобус

traffic jam - транспортная пробка

to go as far as – идти до


IX. Dialogues

Read the dialogues, learn them by heart and act.

Dialogue 1.

- Excuse me. Where is the nearest bank here?

- It’s round the corner over there, opposite the supermarket.

- How can I get to the Karaganda Hotel, please?

- Keep straight on, then turn left at the first crossroads.

Dialogue 2.

- Excuse me. Is there a photoshop near here?

- Ah, yes, there is one at Pospelov Street.

- How can I get there?

- Go across the bridge, then take the third turning on the left, then the forth on the right. Pospelov Street is there, behind the church.

- Is it far?

- Well, it isn’t very near …

- Can I take a bus?

- Certainly. Take bus 59 and get off at the fifth stop.

- Thank you.

- That’s all right.

Dialogue 3.

- Is there a chemist’s shop near here?

- Ah, yes. Walk down the street, and take the second turning on the right. The chemist’s is not far from the corner, next to a pub.

Dialogue 4.

- Can you tell me the way to the Museum, please?

- Well, go as far as the Halyk, then walk down Erubaev Street. The Museum is there, in the middle of the street.

- Can you tell me how I can get to the Exhibition Hall?

- Take bus 45 and at the fifth stop change for trolley-bus No 7. Get off at the third stop.

 

2. Fill in the correct prepositions if necessary. You may use them not once: of, in, on, from, by, at, along, off, to, about.

Ann: Er, I say, Betty? Do you live _____ the hostel _____ our University?

Betty: Oh, no. I’m from Karaganda and live _____ Bukhar Zhyrau Avenue. But why?

Ann: Well. I wanted to call _____ a friend _____ mine who lives _____ the hostel, but I’m not sure I can find the way there. Is it a long way_____ the University?

Betty: Rather. It’ll take you 35 minutes or so.

Ann: Do you happen to know how I can get there _____ here?

Betty: Oh, let me think for a moment. Take trolley-bus 14. It’ll take you right there. I’m not absolutely sure, but I think there’s a stop _____ the University.

Ann: I wonder if I can get there by trolley-bus.

Betty: Why, yes of course. But if you go _____ trolley-bus, you’ll have to change _____ Gagarin Square, that’s why the best way for you to go is _____ bus.

Ann: And where do I get_____?

Betty: You have to go as far as Peace Boulevard stop, there you get _____, turn _____ the corner, walk a short distance _____ the street and street and less than 5 minutes you’ll find yourself _____ the hostel.

Ann: It’s perfectly clear.

Betty: It is quite easy to get there. But _____ case you lose your way, you may ask a militiaman or any passer-by _____ about it. They’ll show you the way, only don’t forget the address: 56, Tulepov Street.

Ann: Thank you very much.. Bye.

 

3. Add a beginning to each point:

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. Yes, this is where you change for the Botanical Gardern.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. If you take bus No 5, you’ll get to the circus without changing.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. No, you have two more blocks to go.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. No, I’m getting off at the next stop.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. Let’s better walk.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. The bus will get you there faster.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. Well, in this case you have to wait for the next bus.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. Yes, get on quickly.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. It’s overcrowded. I hate overcrowded buses.

A. _____________________________________________________________

B. If we take a taxi, we’ll make it (успеем), I’m sure.

X. Directions

1. Look at the map of Chesswood and find these things:

• a farm • a wood • a pond • a path

• a hill • a river • a bridge • a gate

 

 

2. Read these descriptions and add the places to the map:

The hotel is opposite the car park.

The bank is on the corner of Lower Road and Hill Road. It is next to the baker's.

The supermarket is between the chemist's and the greengrocer's.

There is a bus stop in front of the flower shop in Station Road. There are two pubs. The Red Lion is in Station Road, opposite the flower shop near the railway bridge, and the Old Shepherd is in Church Street, behind the school.

 

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