Liverpool

1. Liverpool is one of the Britain’s biggest cities. Its population is more than one and a quarter million. Such persons as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr made Liverpool famous. Liverpool is also known for its football teams, its football Club is one of the most successful European Teams.

2. But however, just music and football do not limit Liverpool. In the 18^th and 19^th centuries it was developing as Britain’s major Atlantic port. It became a center of the cotton trade and manufacturing industry. The River Mersey is crossed by two tunnels: a railway and a road tunnels, which are known as the Mersey Tunnels. The river had no bridges and for a long time ferries were the main way to cross the river.

3. Shipbuilding, engineering, food processing and sugar refining are the leading industries in Liverpool.

4. Liverpool is proud of its sights, especially of the 20^th century cathedrals. One cathedral is the property of the Church of England and startling modern paintings decorate its interior. The other one belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, its architecture is unique in its way, and the cathedral looks like a huge Indian wigwam. No one doubt that Liverpool is a cultural and educational centre, for it has two universities, a great number of famous schools and many fascinating museums and picture galleries.

5. Liverpool is the city of England but sometimes people call it the capital of Ireland and the capital of Wales because there are many people of Irish and Welsh descent in the city. People are friendly, wit and humorous. The general opinion of a person from Liverpool is that he is from the working class and he is good at jokes.

6. Not long ago the docklands of the Merseyside were converted into a leisure area of parks and museums so that people could have a rest.

Vocabulary

ferry – паром

refine – очищение

property – владение, собственность

startling – поразительный

descent – происхождение

Questions

What is the general opinion of a person from Liverpool?

ВАРИАНТ 3

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием – s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го числа единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) показателем множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения 1)

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. My son’s computer is very modern.

2. Edinburgh lies in seven hills.

3. The author mentions this phenomenon in his article.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным (см. образец выполнения 2).

1. His grandfather was one the leaders of the partisan movement during World War II.

2. The reporter spoke about the fulfillment of the new program in the region.

3. Not long ago our family moved into a large three-room flat.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.

1. The more I studied the English language, the more I liked it.

2. My friend is one of the best students of our group.

3. This room is smaller than that one.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределённых и отрицательных местоимений.

1. No student of this group studies Spanish.

2. Some five hundred people were present at the meeting.

3. Have you any books on chemistry?

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видовременные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык (см. образец выполнения 3).

1. The dean will come here later.

2. The student made no mistake in his translation.

3. Plasma is the fourth state of matter.

VI. Прочитайте и устно переведите на русский язык с 1-го по 5-ый абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 3, 4 и 5-ый абзацы. Письменно ответьте на вопрос после текста.