3. Some useful forms and expressions:

I have been to London

I have paid a visit to Moscow.

I have visited Washington

He has been on a sightseeing tour of the City of London

the West End

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What have you been doing all day?

I have been making a tour of Westminster Abbey.

I have been showing a visitor round the centre of the city.

We have done a lot of sightseeing.

The tour is leaving here at 2 p.m., you can make it.

4. Read and dramatise: dialogues

1.

1. I say, Oleg, we are so pressed for time. What do you think we should see in your city in the first place?

2. Oh, it is not an easy question. This city is famous for its numerous places of interest and memorials one of which is unique.

1. Can we see most of them in one tour?

2. Yes, but if you go in a car.

2.

1. Will you put me down for a tour of the city?

2. Why, yes. If you want, join us this afternoon. There will be a British group.

1. Can you tell me the itinerary?

2. We start at the City University, go by the Museum of Fine Arte, then along the river embankment to the Monument to the Fallen in the Great Patriotic War.

3.

1. I see you town is quite a new one.

2. Oh no. Its foundation dates back to the 9^th century A.D. We are simply in a new residential part of the town.

1. I see. It seems to me, the ancient part is behind that tower, isn’t it?

2. That’s right. There you will find old buildings, churches, clock-towers, small shops – all in the narrow crooked streets paved with stones.

4.

1. We are now in one of our new housing developments.

2. I like those tall blocks of flats. They look very beautiful and there is no doubt they are comfortable. But what about the everyday services here?

1. All the shops, nursery schools, sports-grounds, personal service establishments and cafes are in the area.

2. So people need not go to the centre if they want to have their TV-set repaired, need they?

1. Of course not.

5.

1. How was your trip to the suburbs?

2. Oh, that was fine. I wish I lived there.

1. So you liked the town very much, didn’t you?

2. Yes, indeed. The place is picturesque, there’s almost no traffic in its green streets. And of course all of us were impressed by the magnificent palace with a lake in front of it, sculptures in the old park.

1. What do you say to spending a weekend in one of our hostels there?

2. That would be fine.

6.

1. I have some time, so I’d like to make a tour of your town. Where should I go and what should I see?

2. It depends on what you are interested in : museums, exhibitions, architecture, history.

1. You see, I was not thinking of detailed sightseeing – just to get a general impression.

2. In that case you should take a sightseeing bus tour. They last about an hour. It will start from the rail-way station in about an hour.

1. That’s just what I was thinking of. Thank you. You have been very helpful.