Unit 17.

In the city.

Exercise 1. Read the words and find out the definitions.

Cash machine	you can park a car here
Bank	you can seek medical advice, get medical care here
Railway station	you can change money/currency here
Car park	you can get information here
Bus station	you can buy medicine here
Harbour	area where something is being built
Chemist’s (shop), am. drugstore	you can post letters, postcards and parcels here
Hospital	you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat
Museum	you can read books and newspapers here
Tourist information centre	you can get a train here
Post office	you can see exotic and wild animals here
Swimming pool	a room or small building containing one or more toilets
Library	area with a lot of shops (shoe shop, book shop, toy shop…)
Shopping centre	you can get a bus here
College	you can swim here
Building site	you can get money from it
Market	you can walk and enjoy nature here.
Zoo	you can get a ship, steamboat or ferry here
Gardens/ parks	students get education here
WC	you can see interesting old masterpieces here.

Exercise 2. Make up sentences.

Example: Tourists can get a train at the railway station.

People can walk and enjoy nature in the park.

Exercise 3. Match some places with the symbols below.

Asking for and giving directions.

Useful expressions.

Excuse me, can you help me, please? Извините, вы не могли бы мне помочь?

I’m a stranger here. Я иностранец.

I’ve lost my way. Я потерялся.

What’s the name of this street? Как называется эта улица?

Where is the nearest subway station/ bus stop? Где ближайшая станция метро/автобусная остановка?

Where is the exit?Где выход?

Where is the museum situated? Где находится музей?

How can one get to the railway station? Как мне добраться до ж/д вокзала?

Is there a bank near here? Банк рядом?

Change the line. Сделайте пересадку.

Go straight ahead. Идите прямо.

Turn right/left after the bank. Поверните направо/налево за банком.

At the traffic lights take the first left/right and go straight on. На светофоре поверните налево/направо и идите прямо.

Go along this street as far as the library then turn right. Идите по этой улице до библиотеки, затем поверните направо.

It’s three stops by bus. Три остановки на автобусе.

It’s (not) far/rather far from the hospital. Это (не)далеко/весьма далеко от больницы.

It’s about a 5-minute walk on foot. Около пяти минут пешком.

It’s over there round the corner. Это там за углом.

It’s on this side of the street. На этой стороне улицы.

Cross the street. Перейдите через улицу.

In that direction. В том направлении.

You can’t miss it. Ты не можешь пропустить его.

Exercise 4. Read the dialogues.

1. - Excuse me, is there a cash machine near here?

• Yes, the cash machine is on the corner of Tverskaya Street.

• Thank you.

• You are welcome.

2. – Excuse me, where is the zoo situated?

• Over there, on the left.

• Oh, I see, thank you very much. Good-bye.

• Good-bye. Have a nice day.

• Thank you.

3. – Excuse me!

• Yes?

• Can you tell me the way to the nearest tourist information centre?

• Well, I say....

• How do I get there?

• At the traffic lights take the first left, go straight on and it’s opposite the college.

• Is it far?

• Not really.

• Thank you.

• Don’t mention it.

Exercise 5. Practice saying the dialogues, use new vocabulary (on the right of, on the left of, in Manezhnaya street , behind, opposite the museum and the bank, in front of , etc.).

Exercise 6. Put the sentences in the correct order to make a dialogue.

1. Is it far to walk?

2. What bus should I take?

3. Well, you’d better take a bus number to save time.

4. Thank you very much.

5. How long does it take to get to the market?

6. Excuse me, I’m looking for the market. Do you live here?

7. Take the bus number 73 and get off at the second stop, cross the street and you will see it on your left.

8. No thanks at all.

9. Yes, I do.

Exercise 7. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Идите прямо до парка и увидите музей слева.

2. Мы идем в правильном направлении?

3. Торговый центр находится на другой стороне улицы.

4. Порт далеко отсюда?

5. Идите до светофора, затем поверните направо.

6. Как можно добраться до автобусной станции?

7. Здесь поблизости есть больница?

8. Поверните налево после парковки и вы увидите ж/д станцию.

9. Сколько это займет времени?

10. Вы не сможете пропустить банкомат.