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Search the Internet to find out more information about Omsk petrochemistry and share it with the rest of the class.
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Vocabulary Training
39. Read and remember the following words and word combinations:
| centrepiece – наиболее ценный предмет ensemble – ансамбль flank – быть расположенным сбоку, располагаться по обе стороны chapel – часовня at hand – близко bourse – биржа | stately – величавый mansion – особняк dormition – успение revival – возрождение consecrate – освящaть commission – указание, приказание действовать каким–л. образом edifice – величественное здание, строение |
40. Work with your partner. Match synonyms:
junction, adjoining, rich, somber, landmarks, scatter, side, carefully, confluence, building, darksome, opulent, edifice, meticulously, sights, diffuse, cutting edge.
Reading
Scan the text and express its general idea.
Architecture of Omsk
The centrepiece of the city is an ensemble of buildings along Lyubinsky prospekt (Lenin Street). This is the former Gostiny Dvor, flanked by two chapels. Close at hand are a bourse and a Drama theatre. Both buildings are dated from late 1800s – early 1900s. Side streets are lined with stately mansions of former insurance companies, trusts and banks from the same period. Hidden closer to the river confluence are the few survi-ving somber buil-dings of the 18th-century fortress. The largest and most opulent church in the city is the Dormition Cathedral, a five-domed edifice in the Russian Revival style. It was consecrated in 1896 but blown up by the Soviets. Fortunately, it was meticulously restored in the early 2000s.
Another area of interest is Nikolsky prospekt (Krasnykh Zor Street), where a line of merchants' wooden houses still stands. The street leads to the Neoclassical cathedral of St. Nicholas. It was commissioned by the Cossacks. It was designed by Vasily Stasov and consecrated in 1840. It contains various relics of the Siberian Cossacks. Various other landmarks are scattered throughout the city.
The major museums in Omsk are the Omsk Vrubel Art Gallery and the State Historical Museum, located in the former bourse building and the governor-general's mansion, respectively.
Among the attractions of city - more than several dozen churches, monuments, including the style of "l’art nouveau", historic sites, and sculptures devoted to famous people, and lots of other interesting places.
One more thing that could easily be referred both to architecture and transportation is a subway system. It was proposed in the late 1980s, but postponed for lack of funds. Currently it is under construction, with the Metro bridge over the Irtysh river. The bridge is already opened for cars (upper level), but the metro (lower level) is still under construction. As a first step one short line will connect the districts in the northwest with the city centre. The first line of the metro is scheduled to be finished in 2010 and generally our subway system is going to be the cutting edge.
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Answer the questions.
What is considered to be the centrepiece of the city?
Where is Drama theatre located?
Where are the surviving somber buildings of the 18th-century fortress situated?
What is the most opulent church in the city?
Who initiated the idea of construction of St. Nicholas cathedral?
What are the major museums in Omsk?
Is Omsk Metro going to be the best one in our country?
Speech practice
43. Choose any attraction of the city, find out photos and tell the class
about it.
Work with your desk-mate.
Partner 1 Partner 2
Make a Power Point presentation of the topic “Omsk”.
Check List to Module VI
Where is Omsk situated?
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