Task 4. Describe any tourist attraction using the table.

Location	…on the coast of…, …on the site of…, …on the outskirts of…, centrally located…, out of the way…, …off the beaten track…, …not far from the…, …quite close to the…, …overlooks the…, …within the walking distance of the centre…
Kind of Place	It is a place where people can… It offers … the opportunity to… It has a wide range of things to look at… It used to be… There you will have a choice between… and… The facilities are fantastic…
Positive Adjectives	Lively, picturesque, welcoming, impressive, cosy, specious, friendly, comfortable, well-maintained. (add the adjectives from Task 2)
Negative Adjectives	Dull, old-fashioned, chaotic, depressing, sleepy, messy, dirty, untidy, unfriendly, dilapidated.
Feelings	It feels/seems/looks as if… It gives the impression of… You get the feeling that… generally… You are made to feel…

Task 5. Describe your favourite city using the frame.

Welcome to..., which offers you a wide variety of....

This... place boasts....

It has a multitude of attractions such as... and one can always find a place to suit the taste.

Such places as... are sure to capture your interest.

A trip to... won’t be complete without....

All in all... will make your excursion an exciting and memorable experience.

Task 6. Read the text. Fill in the gap (1–7) with one suitable word.

London

Set in the (1) _______________ of southern England, London is one of the biggest and busiest cities in Europe. A truly international city, London attracts millions of visitors every year from all ( 2 ) _______________ the world, yet never loses its own unique charm.

London has many impressive sights to see, ranging ( 3 ) _______________ the historical beauty of St. Paul’s Cathedral and Big Ben to Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. In this city of contrasts, you can be walking ( 4 ) _______________ one of the busiest streets, yet still be less than a mile from one of the many huge, peaceful parks. London is a great cultural centre, too; the National Gallery contains one of the finest collections of classical paintings in the world.

London is also well known ( 5 ) _______________ other things apart from its monuments and art galleries. Shoppers will enjoy visiting the department stores on Oxford Street or they could try Harrods, the most exclusive shop in London. For evening entertainment, the choice of theaters is enormous. From the famouse Southbank Theater complex to the smaller theaters on Covent Garden, there is no end of plays to see. Soho and its pavement café s are also ( 6 ) _______________ visiting.

London is an exceptional place, a truly modern city that has managed to ( 7 ) _______________ its traditional style and sense of history. You may get exhausted in London, but one thing is certain; you will never get bored, as Dr. Johnson once said, ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.’

Task 7. Read the text. Match choices (A–H) to (1–6). There are two choices you do not need to use.

NEW YORK

You cannot stay neutral about New York. (1) _________ As far as New Yorkers themselves are concerned, they love to hate it. For example, The New York Times last year ran a series of leading articles under the overall title: ‘New Calcutta: an occasional series’. Several of the articles have dealt with homelessness and the need for public housing. A specific case is that of the mentally ill. In New York, as in London, many of the city’s homeless are former occupants of mental institutions who have been put on the streets without adequate shelter provided for them in the city. No one knows exactly how many in New York have no homes to go to, but it is roughly estimated at 100, 000.

(2) _________ There are the weepers, those who sit with their knees drawn up, hand out, crying continuously. There are the ones who ask for big money: ‘Give me a hundred dollars, ’ he cries. So you give him a quarter.

Everything in New York is extreme. It is a city of the incredibly rich and the miserably poor. For the rich, there are expensive private schools and hospitals, concert halls and theatres — although fewer of those than formerly — and restaurants. The poor are on a hiding to nowhere: all public facilities, schools and hospitals and housing, are deteriorating. (3) _________ There are 250, 000 heroin addicts, 500, 000 crack addicts, 400, 000 carriers of the Aids virus.

Of all New York statistics, those concerning crimes of violence are most often quoted. About five people are murdered every day. The record for one day’s killing was set on 9 July 1988 when 20 people were murdered. The total for any one year is going on 2, 000. These are not the traditional gangland slayings. (4) _________ A typical killing occurred in the Bronx when a 14-year-old boy saw two friends being harassed by another teenager. When he tried to cool things down, the teenager pulled out a revolver and shot him. He was dead in seconds. In another case, a woman went to pull her child away from her apartment door because she knew that her flatmate’s boyfriend was outside and angry. A blast from a shotgun ripped through the door, killing her.

The latest fashion in violence is called ‘wilding’. Posses of teenagers often go on the rampage. Their most frequent victims are fellow blacks and Hispanics from the ghetto, violent and drug-infested neighbourhoods which are no longer in anyone’s control. (5) _________ The strangest attacks have been on white women by gangs of black teenage girls: victims have reported being stabbed from behind by needles or pins, and some of them feared that they had been injected with an Aids-infected syringe.

New Yorkers routinely compare their city with Calcutta. But the comparison is unfair. (6) _________ It also has the know-how. In the early eighties, through the drive of one man, Richard Ravitch, the New York subway system was saved from total breakdown. Mr Ravitch, by huge efforts, raised the $8 billion capital needed to clean the stations and trains of their graffiti, to lay down new track, and buy new, air-conditioned rolling stock.

A Has the American government got its priorities right?

B The streets are filled with beggars, or panhandlers, as Americans call them.

C New York has the wealth to do something about its problems.

D These are the result of casual violence combined with easy access to firearms.

E And from Susan to Ginger: ‘Darling, next bus out of town. Be under it.’

F School-children from the ghetto commonly battle each other with knives and razors.

G The statistics of social breakdown make depressing reading.

H You either love it or hate it.

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