1. Learn the pronunciation of the given words.

   area architecture Buckingham Palace burial business century crown department doubt entertainment exchange famous financial gallery government half headquarters legislative Leicester library London major

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   majority mayor metro museum nearly Piccadilly Circus Poet poorest Regent Street residential skyscraper Soho St. Paul’s Cathedral suburb theatre tower Trafalgar Square warehouse Westminster Abbey William world worth

   m ‘d rity ‘me ‘metrou miu ’zi m ‘ni li ,pik ‘dili ‘s :k s ‘poui t ‘pu rist ‘ri: d nt ‘stri:t ,resi ‘den l ‘skai ,skreip sou ‘hou snt ‘p :lz k ‘θ i:dr l ‘s Λ b :b ‘θi t ‘tau tr ‘f æ lg ‘skwe ‘we haus ‘westminst ‘æ bi ‘wili m w :ld w :θ

2. Read the words and guess their meaning.

1. (n) scraper, architecture, residence, firm, centre, dock, gallery, tourist, department, port, cathedral.

2. (a) modern, financial, central, legal.

3. a million people, national television (networks), the Bank of England, the residence of the PM.

3. Words and expressions to remember.

the latter entertainment century a building downtown in the suburbs the Stock Exchange a residential area a warehouse a mayor major working class people to be home for ... an abbey a skyscraper outstanding St. Paul’s (Cathedral) Buckingham Palace the Tower to crown – coronation a burial place a grave a legislative body the headquarters no doubt to be worth seeing	второй (из двух перечисленных) развлечение, увеселение век здание в центре (Лондона) в пригороде Фондовая Биржа жилой район склад мэр главный трудящиеся быть местом нахождения чего-л. аббатство небоскреб выдающийся собор св. Павла Букингемский дворец Тауэр короновать – коронация место захоронения могила законодательный орган центральные учреждения без сомнения стоит посмотреть
nearly nearby	почти поблизости

4. Let us see how much you remember of the above words and expressions. Set yourself a mark according to the table below:

words/expressions 21 -26 16 - 20 11-15 6 – 10 5

mark 5 4 3 2 1

Note:

Soho – район ночных клубов, ресторанов, казино и других увеселительных заведений.

4. Listen to the topic twice for understanding.

London is the capital and the largest city of the United Kingdom with the population of 11 million people. The majority of Londoners live in the suburbs and travel into the centre to work.

London is home for all government departments, Parliament, the major legal institutions and the monarch. It contains the headquarters of the national television networks and of all national newspapers.

London consists of three main parts: the City, the West End and the East End. The City is the country’s business and financial centre. There is the Bank of England, the Stock Exchange, the residence of the City’s Lord Mayor, offices of firms. Only 8,000 people live there while nearly a million works.

The West End is the name of Central London that includes Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, shopping areas of Oxford, Regent and Bond Streets, the entertainment centers of Soho. There are many government buildings, including 10 Downing Street (the residence of the PM) and the Houses of Parliament (the highest legislative body). There is also Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s residence.

The East End is the poorest residential area of Central London where working class people live. There are markets, warehouses, and factories producing clothes and the Port of London.

London is a modern city with skyscrapers and the best metro in the world. Old buildings are downtown. The oldest are the Tower (11^th century), St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The latter is the place where nearly all kings and queens have been crowned; it is also a burial place with the graves of outstanding writers and poets (Dickens, Spencer etc.)

London is famous for its parks, museums, art galleries, theatres and libraries such as Hyde Park, the British Museum, the National Gallery, the British Library, and the Old Vic Theatre.

No doubt, London is a city worth seeing and thousands of tourists come there daily.