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Read the geographical names.
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1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
[ju:ʼnaɪtid ʼkindəm əvʼgreit ʼbritən ənd ʼnɔ:Әən ʼailənd] –
Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии.
2. Great Britain [ʼgreit ʼ britən] – Великобритания
3. the British Isles [ ʼbritiʃ ʼailz] – Британские острова
4. England [ ʼɪ:ῃglənd]– Англия
5. Scotland [ ʼskɔtlənd] – Шотландия
6. Wales [ ʼweilz] – Уэльс
7. the Irish Sea [ ʼairiʃ ʼsi:] – Ирландское море
8. the North Sea [ ʼnɔ:θ ʼsi:] – Северное море
9. the European Continent [ju:rəʼpi:ən ʼkɔntinәnt] – Европейский континент
10. the English Channel [ ʼi:ηgliʃ ʼʧᴂnәl]– пролив Ла-Манш
11. the Strait of Dover [ʼstreit əv ʼdouvə] – пролив Па-де-Кале
12. Ben Nevis [ben ʼnevis] – г. Бен Невис
13. the Severn [ʼsevn] – р. Северн
14. the Thames [ʼtemz] – р. Темза
15. the Windermere [ʼwindəmiə] – оз. Уиндермир
16. the Gulf Stream [ʼgʌlf ʼstri:m] – течение Гольфстрим
17. Celtic [ʼkeltik] – кельтский
18. Manchester [ʼmᴂnʧistə] – Манчестер
19. Liverpool [ʼlivəpu:l] – Ливерпуль
20. Glasgow [ʼglα:sgou]] – Глазго
21. Birmingham [ʼbә:miηəm] – Бирмингем
4. Choose the geographical names with а definite article the in exercise III, read and memorize them.
5. Find the synonyms^
main, total, flat, coast, state, about, territory, shore, area, chief, entire, level, country, mild, soft, several, cool, current, flow, cold, nearly, a number of.
6. Read the adjectives and form degrees of comparison. Translate them into Russian:
| great | mild | warm | long |
| large | changeable | small | wet |
| deep | moderate | high | short |
7. Make sure if you remember the suffixes of adjectives:
mountain – mountainous; climate – climatic; rock – rocky; cloud – cloudy; wind – windy; geography – geographical; tropics – tropical; Europe – European; north – northern; south – southern; change – changeable.
8. Read and translate the following word-combinations and phrases:
a) geographical position, total area, excellent harbours, independent republic, Northern Ireland, on the west coast, the Lake District, Celtic languages, warm current of the Gulf Stream, the highest mountain Ben Nevis, the largest lake Windermere;
b) can be used by ships, it brings a little of tropics to the very doors of English people, as a rule, the surface is flat.
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Match the words in A with those in B.
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| 1) part 2) surface 3) area 4) republic | 5) position 6) climate 7) current 8) continent | a) flat b) total c) changeable d) independent | e) geographical f) southern g) European h) warm |
Translate the sentences into Russian and then back into English.
1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on two large islands.
2. The country is separated from the European Continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover.
3. The southern part of Ireland is an independent republic.
4. On the west coasts of the state is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
5. The British Isles are washed by the warm current of the Gulf Stream.
Express your opinion.
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1. The total area of Great Britain is about 245.000 square kms.
2. Over 80 % of population of Great Britain live in cities.
3. The longest rivers are the Severn and the Thames.
4. The river Thames is 332 kms in length.
5. The Strait of Dover is only 31 kms across.
6. The main cities of the country are London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.
12. Translate into English:
on: на двух больших островах; на континенте; на Темзе; на озере Виндермир; на Тихом океане; на западном побережье.
in: в Европе; в Шотландии; по длине; в стране; на севере; на юге; на западе страны.
by: отделен Ирландским морем; ограничен Атлантическим океаном; исполь-зованы кораблями; омывается тёплым течением.
of: теплое течение Гольфстрима; Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии; поверхность Англии; самая длинная из них; 80 % населения; ряд озер; прибрежная зона страны.
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