1. перепишите следующие предложения. определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:
а) показателем 3го лица единственного числа глагола в present indefinite;
б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения №1).
переведите предложения на язык.
1) london – britain’s capital city – is the residence of british monarch and government.
2) its numerous historic buildings, museums are testament (свидетельство) to its importance as a world city.
3) the national gallery houses a marvelous collection of over 2200 european paintings from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
2. перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на язык, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на язык определений, выраженных именем существительным (см. образец выполнения 2).
1) there are many art galleries in london.
2) rooms in buckingham (букингемский) palace include the music room.
3) londoners defended their city during the second world war.
3. перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на язык.
1) westminster abbey is the most important historical cathedral.
2) london is the largest city in europe.
3) brighton (брайтон) is smaller than london.
4. перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.
1) at some of the london underground stations there are lifts, others have escalators.
2) any student of our group can speak on the history of london.
3) no park in london is as popular as hyde (гайд) park.
5. перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видовременные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите их на язык (см. образец выполнения 3).
1) this student first came to moscow in 2003.
2) the port of london is to the east of the city.
3) in a few days she will leave for st. petersburg.
6. прочитайте и устно переведите на язык весь текст. перепишите и письменно переведите 1,2,3 абзацы.
пояснения к тексту:
1. ad anno domini – новая эра (после рождества христова)
2. anglo-saxons – -саксы
3. william the conqueror – вильгельм завоеватель
4. artefacts – артефакты, памятники материальной культуры, остатки материальной культуры древнего человека
5. the tower of london – лондонский тауэр
london
1. london began as a roman settlement in ad1 43 and grew rapidly into a large market town. after the romans left in ad 410 the town declined because the new conquerors, anglo-saxons2, lived in small farming communities.
a new era began for london when william the conqueror3 came to britain in 1066. medieval london ceased to exist on 2 september 1666 when a fire destroyed three-quarters of it. in the 18th and 19th centuries london developed as a commercial centre.
2. the gradual growth of the city helps to explain the fact that london does not have just one centre, it has a number of centres: the financial and business centre, the shopping and entertainment centre in the west end, the government centre in westminster.
museums and art galleries abound in london, but two of the best are the british museum and the national gallery. the british museum, which is still free to enter, is the oldest museum in the world and contains treasures from the roman, greek, egyptian, oriental and asiatic cultures. its important artefacts4 include egyptian mummies and their sarcophagi.
3. the national gallery houses a marvelous collection of over 2,200 european paintings from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
of the many beautiful churches and cathedrals in london, westminster abbey is perhaps the most important.
the tower of london5 is one of the most interesting places in london. it was a fortress, a royal residence, a prison, now it is a museum. not far from the tower you can see the tower bridge, one of the finest bridges in london.
4. today, london is a huge metropolis, an ancient and ever changing city. most londoners as well as tourists agree with samuel jonson, who once said, "when a man is tired of london he is tired of life".
7. прочитайте 4 абзац и ответьте письменно на следующий вопрос:
what did samuel jonson say about london?
