What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.

A.: What is London like?

B.: … .

A.: What is the population of London?

B.: … .

A.: What does the Thames flow through?

B.: … .

A.: What are the best known bridges over the Thames?

B.: … .

A.: What are the most important parts of London?

B.: … .

A.: What can you say about the City of London?

B.: … .

A.: What is the West End of London famous for?

B.: … .

A.: What can you say about the East End of London?

B.: … .

A.: What are the places of interest in London?

B.: … .

A.: What is the Tower now?

B.: … .

A.: What can you say about the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Buckingham Palace?

B.: … .

A.: What museums and galleries is London famous for?

 

Put questions to which these are the answers. The important words in the answer are underlined. Act the dialogue.

A.: … ?

B.: London is an ancient city of more than twenty centuries old.

A.: … ?

B.: London is situated on the river Thames.

A.: … ?

B.: There are 17 bridges over the Thames.

A.: … ?

B.: The City covers a square mile.

A.: … ?

B.: The City is the financial and business part of London.

A.: … ?

B.: The West End is the richest part of London.

A.: … ?

B.: The East End includes the port, docks, a lot of factories and workshops.

A.: … ?

B.: The Tower of London used to be a fortress, a palace and a prison.

A.: … ?

B.: The clock “Big Ben” came into service in 1859.

A.: … ?

B.: Nearly of the kings and queens of Britain were crowned and buried in Westminster Abbey.

A.: … ?

B.: The statue of Lord Nelson stands on top of the column in the centre of Trafalgar Square.

A.: … ?

B.: It took Christopher Wren thirty-five years to build St. Paul’s Cathedral.

A.: … ?

B.: Buckingham Palace was built in the 18th century.

A.: … ?

B.: The British Museum is well known as one of the largest museums in the world.

 

Reproduce the Text “The Capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in English according to the plan made up.

 

TEXT 8B

    London traffic

  1. Traffic in London differs from that of the Continent. In England, they keep to the left but not to the right. In England, people say: “If you go left, you go right; if you go right, you go wrong.”

2. They say that once upon a time people kept to any side of the road they liked. Then they decided to make it a rule to keep to the left. As Napoleon hated the British very much, he decided that in France the people should keep to a different side. Moreover, later on in all the countries which he conquered he made the traffic keep to the right.

3. In London one can see many buses, cars and taxis in the streets. The English omnibuses are often called double-deckers, because they are very high and have seats on the upper and lower decks. The London buses first came into the streets in 1829. At first they were horse-drawn omni­buses, with three horses. They say they were imported from Paris. The double-deckers of today are speedy and comfort­able, but they seem to be very clumsy moving slowly through the endless line of taxis and cars of all sizes and models. Still they manage to maneuver very well without running into one another.

4. There are no trams in London since 1952. The main transport is the underground. The London underground is often called the tube, because it looks like a long, narrow and dimly lit tube, with its walls plastered with all kinds of advertisements. There are no vestibules in the London underground. The sign of the London underground — a red circle crossed with a blue stripe can be seen on the buildings or just under a staircase leading straight under the ground.

5. The London underground is very long. Its total length is about 250 miles. Nearly 4,289 million passengers use the underground every year.

6. One must be very careful using the word subway in London. It does not mean “the underground”. It means “a passage under the street for pedestrians”. Fares in London are high.

 

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