VII. COMMUNICATION SKILLS

A.Work in a group of four. Draw a map of a part of your town or print it. Decide where you are on the map. Make an appointment with your friends. Describe on the phone each other how to get to the appointed place.

B. What facilities would your ideal town have? Name the three most important facilities for you in each of the categories listed below.

commercial centre: an area with lots of banks and company offices

shopping centres:places with many shops, cither indoors or outdoors

car parks:places to leave many cars

factories:buildings where you make/manufacture things, e.g. cars

suburbs:areas outside the centre of town where people live

libraries:places where you can borrow books

C. Are any problems mentioned below to be found in your city or city you know well? Could you suggest a solution for these problems?

Traffic jams: many cars on the road

Overcrowding: too many people live in too small a place

pollution:dirty air because of smoke and petrol fumes

Crime: people steal cars, rob banks and murder each other.

D. Write sentences about Tyumen or any other towns you known, using each of the adjectives below (e.g.: The most picturesque part of my town is the old market place.)

picturesque, historic, spacious, elegant, magnificent, atmospheric, lively, deserted (e.g. at night), crowded, packed, shabby, dangerous, stressful, safe, calm

E.Make up dialogue according to the following situation:

Student A:

You are a journalist of an American newspaper. You have a task to write an article about Tyumen, its history and nowadays.

Student B:

You are an officer of the Town's Administration. You are interviewed by an American journalist about Tyumen.

F. Work in group. Make a project of a new leisure centre in your town. Cover the following points:

VIII. WRITING

Your foreign friend thinks of coming to your town but he / she is in doubt. Persuade him or her that Tyumen is worth visiting.

IX. WORD LIST

abroad

all over the world

ancient

at atmospheric

attract

attractive

birthplace

calm

Can you tell me where the Science Museum is?

capital

car park

composer

connected with

considerably

Could you tell me the way to the bus station?

crime

Cross the street

crowded

cultural

dangerous

deposits

deserted

dirty

discovery

diversified

due to

east and west

elegant

established

How can I get to the post office?

Excuse me, I’m lost.

Can you help me, please?

fairy-tale teller

football pitch

fortress

gate

Go along the street

Go past the bookshop

Go straight ahead

Go through the park

golf course

great number of

gym

gymnasia

highly developed

historic

incredible quantities

industrial

Is there a bank near here?

library

liceum

lively

magnificent

marsh

marvellous

masterpiece

medieval church

mostly

multinational population

murder

museum

natural gas

on the physical map

ordinary founder

originated

outlying district

overcrowding

permanent exhibitions

picturesque

pipeline

plain

plant

pollution

possesses

prosperous

province

refinery

research and design institutes

right away beyond

road

rob banks

safe

scientific

secondary school

shabby

skills

spacious

square kilometres

steal

stone building

stressful

swimming pool

Take the first / second turn on your right / left

taken together

tennis courts

The cafe will be on your left

theatre

to be born anew

to be famous for

to be painted green

to be proud of

to be situated

to be well-known

to break a record

to break down

to break into

to bring about

to bring round

to bring up

to get away

to get on

to get through

to go through

to improve

to look after

to look for

to look into

to look up

to make up

to provide

to pump

to put out

to set up

traffic jams

trans-shipping point

Turn left / right

unique collection

unyoked

wasteland

western

wonderful

wooden house

the end of

UNIT 3. My home country

I. WARM UP

Have you ever been in Moscow or St. Petersburg? Would you like to live there? Why?

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