Walks on Modern Tyumen
I. Read the international words and guess their meaning.
Hotel, company, monument, meter, firm, fountain, visitor, program, college, project, menu, form, institute, façade, film, restaurant, problem, to project, to design, to construct, to recommend, real, administrative, effectively.
II. Read, translate and memories the following words and expressions.
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1) a sky-scraper;
2) a store (a floor);
3) lantern;
4) a real shopping paradise;
5) a refined menu;
V
6) to be equipped up to …;
7) to prefer;
8) to cause the interest of;
9) to stay at;
10) to spoil;
11) to solve (a problem);
12) to make acquaintance;
13) to stagger;
Adj.
14) cheap;
15) expensive.
III. Read the text and entitle it.
- Tyumen provides a wide range of entertainment places for every taste.
- If you are full of energy after the working day or have nothing to do on holidays, go to one of the night clubs.
- There you can always find modern music and dancing till morning.
- If you are tired you can just walk around the city or sit on a bench in the park
and enjoy the city views.
- Green trees, bright flower-beds, beautiful fountains create the atmosphere of relaxed way of life.
- If you are a stranger in Tyumen who lost the way you can ask people for help.
- They are not spoilt by the atmosphere of a big industrial center and usually do their best to solve the problem.
- Come to Tyumen and make acquaintance with the city yourself.
IV. Answer the following questions.
- Do many young people come to Tyumen on studies?
- What educational establishments do you know in our city?
- Where do you study?
- Is Tyumen a business center?
- Have foreign companies their branches in our city?
- There are several big plants in Tyumen, such as “Motor Works”, “Batery Plant”, “Medical Equipment Plant”, “Ship Building Works” and others. Do you think they work effectively?
- Do foreign companies invest money in industry of Tyumen and Tyumen region?
V. Read the text The Walks in Tyumen By Vasilina Ozerskikh and try to understand it.
VI. Match English and Russian Equivalents.
1) a building of 20 stores; a) остановиться на ночь;
2) to project; b) вызвать интерес;
3) a monument of modern architecture; с) сберегательный банк;
4) a majestic building; d) перекресток;
5) to recommend; e) проектировать;
6) to cause interest of; f) величественное строение;
7) walks on; g) двадцатиэтажное здание;
8) to stagger with; в h) современность и динамичность форм;
9) to occupy a leading position; i) памятник современной архитектуры;
10) to stay for a night; j) рекомендовать;
11) a saving bank; k) фонарь;
12) contemporaneity and dynamic of the forms; l) поражать, потрясать;
13) an intersection; m) занимать ведущее положение по…;
14) at the crossing of the streets; n) прогулки по…;
15) a lantern; o) на пересечении улиц;