Задание к самостоятельной работе

Самостоятельная работа по теме Великобритания .

Название задания: Достопримечательности.

Цель работы: Изучение достопримечательностей Великобритании, обогащение словарного запаса.

Задание 1: Прочитать и перевести текст .

Задание 2: Ответить на вопросы по теме: Великобритания.

Задание 3: Перевести предложения на английский язык.

Places of Interest in Great Britain(1).

Great Britain is rich (1) in world-famous places. Among them there are famous university cities Oxford and Cambridge, London, Shakespeare's birthplace - Stratford-upon- Avon, towns of Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
London is one of the most famous capital cities of the world and every year it attracts crowds of visitors from abroad. They come to explore its historic buildings, to see its museums and galleries, its streets and parks. Sightseeing (2) tours in London usually start from Trafalgar Square. Tourists are particularly impressed by the Nelson Column there in the centre of the square. From Trafalgar Square you can go along down Whitehall and see the Houses of Parliament. It is a long building with a famous clock Big Ben in one of the Towers. Near the Parliament there is Westminster Abbey where many great Englishmen were buried. One of the best museums is the British Museum with its library, reading room and the collection of old manuscripts (3). One of the greatest monuments is St. Paul's Cathedral (4).
94 miles north-west of London there is a small town which is called Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of a great English poet W. Shakespeare. In Henley street there stands a one-storied wooden house, where the greatest English poet and playwright (5) was born. We can see a garden behind the house where the flowers, trees and plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays are growing now. Then we go to the church where he was buried. There is a bust (6) of Shakespeare that was carved (7) by a Dutch sculptor (8).
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre was opened in Stratford in 1932. Only Shakespeare's plays are performed here. Every year on the 23-d of April people from the whole world come here to take part in celebrating Shakespeare's birthday.
Those who come to Oxford and Cambridge are interested in their Universities most of all.
Oxford is situated 54 miles north-west of London. Many visitors to Oxford want to be shown Universities. There is no 'university' as such, the component (9) parts of the University of Oxford are the colleges. Each college is practically autonomous (10), with its own set of rules of government.
Cambridge is the second oldest University in Great Britain after Oxford. There are 29 colleges in it. In the street you can see many young men wearing dark-blue or black clothes and square caps. The tradition goes back to the old times when the students had to wear black clothes. Many great men studied here: Cromwell, Newton, Byron, Darwin and others.
There is a prehistoric (11) monument in Great Britain which is called Stonehenge. Stones stand here in circles or are arranged into a horseshoe shape (12). A great many theories have been advanced (13) but exactly why it was built remains a mystery (14). Some scientists consider that it was built in order to calculate the annual calendar and seasons.


Vocabulary
1. to be rich [rɪʧ] - быть богатым
2. sightseeing ['saɪtsiɪŋ] - осмотр достопримечательностей
3. manuscript ['mænjəskrɪpt 'mænjuskrɪpt] - рукопись
4. St. Paul's Cathedral - собор св. Павла
5. playwright ['pleɪraɪt] - драматург
6. bust [bʌst] - бюст
7. to be carved - вырезать из дерева
8. sculptor ['skʌlptə] - скульптор
9. component [kəm'pəunənt] - составляющая
10. autonomous [ɔː'tɔnəməs] - автономный
11. prehistoric [prihɪ'stɔrɪk] - доисторический
12. horseshoe shape - в форме подковы
13. advanced - выдвинутые
14. to remain a mystery - оставаться тайной
Задание 2: Вопросы по теме

1. What cities and towns are of special interest in Great Britain?
2. What name is Stratford-upon-Avon associated with?
3. What is the theatre of Stratford famous for?
4. What attracts tourists to London?
5. What differs Oxford and Cambridge from other Universities?

Задание 3: Перевести предложения

1. Соединенное королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии расположено на Британских островах. Британские острова состоят из двух больших островов, Великобритании и Ирландии, и более пяти тысяч маленьких островов. Их общая площадь - более 244 000 квадратных километров. Великобритания состоит из четырех стран: Англии, Шотландии, Уэльса и Северной Ирландии.

2. Великобритания - конституционная монархия. По закону, глава государства - Королева, но практически, Королева правит, но не управляет. Страна управляется избранным правительством с премьер-министром во главе. Британский Парламент состоит из двух палат: Палаты лордов и Палаты общин.

3. Британские острова отделены от Европейского континента Северным морем и Ла-Маншем. Западное побережье Великобритании омывается Атлантическим океаном и Ирландским морем.