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IX. Study Vocabulary Notes and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.
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X. Supply suitable words (consult Essential Vocabulary I):
1. The English..., in its narrowest part (the... of Dover) is only 32 km wide. 2. The... of Scotland is noted for its wild and desolate beauty. 3. The rivers of Great Britain are of no great... as waterways, some of them are joined by means of.... 4. The relief of Great Britain... to a remarkable degree. 5. They took... of their stay in London to brush up their English. 6. The chief grain.. are oats and barley. 7. Rivers in England are seldom frozen.... are ice-free. 8. Next to coal and iron, stone and slate are most... minerals in England. 9. The rich... of south-east England is well cultivated. 10. The Welsh Mountains are very... and difficult to climb. 11. The seas surrounding the British Isles are very..., usually less than 300 feet deep. 12. Britain's complex geology is one of the main reasons for its rich... of scenery. 13. In winter eastern Britain faces the colder continent whereas western Britain faces the... warm Atlantic. 14. In most areas the farmer... only the valley lands and the... where soils are deeper and richer. 15. There are... types of wild vegetation, including the natural flora of woods, fens and marches. 16. The Lake District is famous for its....
XI. Express the same idea in your own words or explain the following substituting synonyms for the words in italics:
1. Tom Ramsay spent two happy years in the various capitals of Europe. 2. Blodwyn, gazing at the dark out/me of mountains before her, knew that rain would fall before night-time. 3. The windows of semi-circular shape were on the level of the floor. 4. He was wandering about with two pence in his pocket and nowhere to go for the night. 5. It was the string of pearls Miss Robinson was wearing and it was valued at 50 thousand pounds. 6. Larry had a wonderfully melodious voice with a singular variety of tone. 7. The children appreciated the mechanical toys they had never seen before. 8. His hands were long, but not large for his size, beautifully shaped and at the same time strong. 9. She has twenty years advantage over me. 10. Both had the advantage of speaking good and fluent French. 11. They have just had a terrific scene. 12. I used ro wander about the sweet-smelling meadows in the evening. 13. He was not interested in your views on the social and moral value of their relationship. 14. Though she had lost the fresh bloom of extreme youth, there was not a line on her forehead or under her hazel eyes. 15. The climate is sufficiently varied for both sub-tropical and sub-arctic plants to be cultivated within the extent of the British Isles. 16. The British farmer cultivates a comparatively small tract of land producing a variety of products. 17. Tom ran around and stopped within a foot or two of the flower. 18. Owing to numerous rapids the river is not navigable. 19. Julia Pendleton liked to sit cross-legged on the couch just to show her shapely legs in silk stockings.
XII. Fill in prepositions. Make a study of the text'
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Just off the coast... the mainland... north-western Europe and only nineteen miles distant... it... the nearest point lies the small group... islands known as the British Isles.
The British Isles include Great Britain, Ireland and a number... small islands. Great Britain consists... England, Scotland and Wales. The southern two thirds... Ireland are occupied... the Irish Republic which borders... Northern Ireland. Great Britain is a region... varied lowlands, rolling hills and few mountains. Although the highest peak, Ben Nevis... the Grampians... Scotland, rises... 4,400 feet, such-heights seldom occur. The Pennine Range... northern England rises only slightly;.. 3,000 feet, as do the Cambrian mountains... Wales.
... the extreme south... England are the famed chalk hills some... which form the Dover Cliffs.
The rivers... the region are short and... general flow... the central and southern lowlands... the surrounding seas. Many... them are connected... each other... canals. The coasts... the British Isles are washed... the Atlantic Ocean, the Norwegian, North and Irish seas and two big channels (the English Channel and the North Channel).
ХIII. Write questions about the text, using new words and phrases in each question. When asking and answering the questions use the map.
XIV. Give English equivalents of the Russian word мелкий in its different meanings. Use them in sentences of your own.
XV. a) Read and translate the following text:
The warm currents in the Atlantic Ocean influence the climate of Great Britain. The winters are not severely cold, while summers are rarely hot.
Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year.
The percentage of the cloudiness is high, well over half the days of the year being overcast; fogs along the coast as well as occasionally in the interior frequently hide the sun. The fogs of London, often made severe by mixture with city smoke (smog), have a world-wide reputation, but one not to be envied.
b) Talk (or make up a dialogue) on the climate "of the European part of Russia using the terms from the text above.
XVI. Translate these sentences iato English:
1. Разные люди, которых мы не ожидали, появились в зале. 2.. Ангара вытекает из озера Байкал и впадает в Енисей. 3. Едвали вы найдете в нашей стране такой район, где бы не выращивались сельскохозяйственные культуры. 4. Просто удивительно, как может водиться столько рыбы в таком мелком озере. 5. Орел — большая птица, сильная, с острым зрением. Он обычно живет в скалах или на вершинах гор. 6. Этот одинокий утес напоминает мне по форме древнюю башню. 7. Если бы вам удалось защитить эти тюльпаны от жары, они бы не завяли (fade) так скоро. 8. Гористый ландшафт встречается главным образом на юге и на востоке нашей страны. 9. Он не раз видел, как олени бродят по тундре (the tundra). 10. Детей следует ограждать от дурного влияния. 11. Теперь уже едва ли вы найдете на карте белые пятна (blank spaces).
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XVII. Fill in:
a) to change, to vary or to differ.
1. The soil... within a few miles in many districts, producing sharp contrast of scenery and flora. 2. The climate of Great Britain... greatly from that of the Continent. 3. The weather... very often in England. 4. The face of Scotland... from that of South East England. 5. The educational system of Great Britain... from that of the United States. 6. Tastes.... 7. He looked exactly as she remembered him, as young, as frank, but his expression was.... 8. The average winter temperature... between — 3°C and — 7°C. 9. What can have happened to... him so much? 10. That is a point on which you and she would certainly....
b) different, various or varied:
1. Russia has a... climate because of its vast territory. 2.... branches of industry are found in Greater London. 3. This good wheat land is quite... from those being cultivated in northern regions. 4. Britain is immensely... within a small area. 5. The insect fauna in Britain is less... than that of Continental Europe. 6. He has been to... places of the extreme North. 7. A glance at the map is enough to see how... the surface of England is. 8. A home in the country is very... from an apartment in the city. 9. I have come across him in recent years on... occasions. 10. The young man asked me... kinds of questions. 11. The newspapers carried... reports of the storm. 12. What we wear nowadays is quite... from what our ancestors wore. 13. He started to teach me German. He would tell me the German for the... objects we passed, a cow, a horse, a man and so on, and then make me repeat simple German sentences. 14. Through many years of... conditions he kept thinking of his family. 15. Having tried... topics of conversation I felt exhausted.
c) to value or to appreciate:
1. She told Count Borcelli that her necklace was... at eight thousand pounds. 2. Judging by his words he... your help. 3. Being asked what he thought of a possible change in the plan he said he... it 4. But I would not like him to think that I do not... the honour that he has done me. 5. The picture is... at a thousand dollars. 6. I suppose only a Frenchman can... to the full the grace of Racine and the music of his verse. 7. Jane Austen's work is to be... primarily as satire. 8. Mr. Cook... his secretary for her accuracy.
d) lonely or alone:
1. She stayed... in her room refusing to come downstairs. 2. Theirs was a... house isolated by the mountains. 3. He felt miserable and.... 4.... in the house was Miss Sarie Villier. 5. Elliot in his well-cut dinner jacket looked elegant as he... could look. 6. "Do you know that meeting you for the first time is to me like a... traveller coming across some bright flowerlet in the desert!" — said Sir Francis. 7. He was... when I was ushered in. 8. Frau Becker seemed to look for opportunities of being... with Larry. 9. The British farmhouse is often some distance from a public road. The life there is hard and.... 10. Young Jolyon... among the Forsytes was ignorant of Bosinney's nickname.
XVIII. Translate the sentences into English:
1. Чем лучше обрабатывается почве, тек выше урожай. 2. Обширная равнина простирается от Уральского хребта до реки Енисей. 3. Волго-Донской канал — одна из наших главных водных магистралей, он судоходен на всем своем протяжении. 4. Во Владивостоке прекрасная гавань, многие российские иностранные пароходы бросают в ней якори (cast anchor). 5. Па-де-Кале отделяет Великобританию от материка, а Северный пролив — Шотландию от Ирландии. 6, Эта культура ценна как корм для скота. 7. Едва ли приходилось вам наслаждаться более живописными видами. 8. Большая часть пахотной земли в этом районе занята под пшеницей. 9. Уже на расстоянии мили от берега мы видели отчетливые очертания кораблей, стоящих в гавани. 10. Линия побережья Каспийского моря сравнительно ровная, только у устья Волги берег изрезан и имеет много островков и бухт.
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XIX. The table below (April, 1981) shows some similarities and differences between the four countries of Great Britain:
| England | Scotland | Wales | Norhern Ireland | |
| Area (sq km) | 130,422 | 78,133 | 20,779 | 13,576 |
| Population | 49,300,000 | 5,100,000 | 2,900,000 | 1,700,000 |
| Highest mountain (height) | Scafell Pike 978 m | Ben Nevis 1,342 m | Snowdon 1,085 m | Slieve Donard 852 m |
| Largest city (population) | London (Greater London) 7,074,300 | Glasgow 611,660 | Cardiff 318,000 | Belfast 297,900 |
We can point out the similarities like this:
In spite of the obvious differences in size and population, the countries of the UK have quite a lot in common. Wales and Northern Ireland are fairly similar in size, though the area of Wales is slightly larger. There isn't much difference in population between Cardiff and Belfast, though Belfast is just a little larger.
Scafell Pike and Snowdon are more or less the same height, though Snowdon is just a few metres higher. Both Snowdon and Ben Nevis are over 1,000 m height, though neither of them is all that high compared with the Alps, for example.
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