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Pre-Listening Vocabulary

1.1. Make sure you know the following words:

altitude [ÈQltItjuùd] - высота над уровнем моря

site - зд. положение, местонахождение

peninsula [pIÈnInsjUl«] - полуостров

trail - зд. тропа, дорога

seaboard [Èsiùbùd] - морское побережье, приморье

terminus [ÈtÎùmIn«s] - вокзал

herbs - лекарственные травы

suspension bridge - подвесной мост

span - соединять берега (о мосте)

1.2. Read the following geographical names:

the Mission San Francisco de Asis [deÈQùsIs]

Yerba Buena [ÈjerbabUÈena]

Marin County [m«Èriùn]

Redwood Highway

Listening Exercises

2.1. You’ll hear a talk about San Francisco. Then you’ll be asked 5 questions (Numbers 39, 40, 41, 42, 43). They are not written out for you, so you will have to listen carefully in order to understand and remember what the speaker says.

2.2. Listen to the recording again and fill in the gaps with the missing words:

1. From this lookout we __________ of San Francisco.

2. The city rests _________ varying in altitude from ____ to ___ feet.

3. The first permanent settlement ___________ at this site in __ when a Spanish military post ________.

4. A station was established for travellers called Yerba Buena which means __________.

5. By 1869 the first transcontinental railroad _________ seaboard.

6. 6.The bridge which is ________, spans the harbour from San Francisco to Marin County and the Redwood Highway.

Follow-Up Activities

Write down a short reproduction about the history and the present days of San Francisco. Get ready to act as a guide.

UNIT 2

Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING

Text Title: London (part of a lecture)

Cassette: From Advanced English Course, by D.Crystal, D.Davy

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

Learn the meaning of the following words and word combinations:

originate [«ÈrIdZIneIt] - происходить

cement [sIÈment] - соединять

overlap [«Uv«ÈlQp] - частичное совпадение

outsets [ÈaUtsets] - начало

encampment [InÈkQmpm«nt] - лагерь, поселение

proposition [Çprp«ÈzIS«n] - дело

estuary [ÈestSU«rI] - устье реки

proliferation [pr«UÇlIfIÈreIS«n] - быстрый рост

Merchant Guilds [ÈmÎùtS«ntÈgIldz] - купеческие гильдии

urban [ÈÎùb«n] - городской

fordable [Èfùd«b«l] - переходимый вброд

crucial [ÈkruùS«l] - решающий

internal [InÈtÎùnl] - внутренний

subsequent [ÈsÃbsIkw«nt] - последующий

Charing Cross - The Charing Cross Hotel

the Strand - one of the main streets in the central port of London

Somerset House - one of the great houses on the Strand

Listening Exercises