Translate these groups of words (derivatives). Pay atten- tion to the suffixes and prefixes

delight - delightful

to touch - to untouch

to exist - existence

to attract - attraction, attractive

to visit - visitor

to force, forcible, forcibly

wide - widely

to contain – container.

 

4. Translate the sentences with the verbs in Passive Voice (to be + P II).Give infinitives of these verbs, define the Tense of the vebs in Passive Voice.

 

1. The Queen Elizabeth Gate will be constructed there.

2. Nature is kept untouched there.

3. In the 1630 s the public was admitted to this park.

4. Speaker's Corner was established in the 1850 s and 60 s.

5. Modern-day concerts, giant children's parties, fire-work dis­plays and festivals of British food are held in Hyde Park.

TEXT "HYDE PARK" (Part I)

The largest and the most popular of the London parks is Hyde Park. It is a place for walking and thinking and breathing. Hyde Park itself right in the heart of the West End remains a curiuos delight. And soon it will be more delightful at that particular place because the Queen Elizabeth Gate will be constructed there. Officially it is a present to the Queen Mother for her 90th birth­day. There will be a rose tree, containing a lion and a unicorn and other symbols representing the Queen Mother's interests.

Hyde Park,one of those great green spaces which Pitt the Elder called the lungs of London" has long been a stately place, where Nature is kept untouched. It began its existence as a Royal park in 1536 when Henry YIII forcibly took it from Westminster Abbey and enclosed 600 acres to form a deer park.In the 1630s the public was admitted to the park. Hyde Park links Mayfair, Belgra- via and Kensington and runs along the edges of Bayswater.

At its Mayfair the romantic may think about eighteenth-century dandies bowling along the Ring in carriages raising their hats to promenading ladies. At the western or Kensington Gardens end the visitors can walk to such traditional attractions as the Round Pond and the statue of Peter Pan. Hyde Park is widely known for its Speaker's Corner, which was established in the 1850s and 60s. Anybody may climb a soap-box and say anything he wants.

Hyde Park is the place where modern-day concerts, giant children's parties, firework displays and festivals of British food are held.

 

AFTER-TEXT EXERCISES

Put the verbs in brackets in Present or Past Continuous Tense. Translate these sentences.

1. At Mayfair end the romantic may think about the eighteenth- century dandies, who (tobowl around) the Ring in carriages.

2. When a young man met a lady, he (to raise) his hat.

3. In Hyde Park you can see a lot of people, who (to promenade) along its alleys.

4. All year round numerous concerts, parties, festivels (to take place) in Hyde Park.

 

 

Read and translate the text without a dictionary.

There are many beautiful parks in London, among them Hyde Park is the largest and the most popular. Everybody can rest here in the way he likes. Hyde Park links such areas as Mayfair, Belgravia and Kensington. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens really; form one whole but they differ both in planning and in publico Kensington Gardens looks like an eighteenth-century park with

straight avenues. The trees keep their natural form and there is a flowerwalk in the park with its masses of colour.

1. both... and... -как..., так и;и..., и....

2. strangth -прямой

 

Make up a dialogue, following the instruction.

- Hyde park is your favourite park among London's parks.

You know its history and its present-day life. You are ready to answer your friend's questions.

- You are interested in London's Parks, especially in Hyde

Park. You know quite a little about Hyde Park. So you ask your friend such questions, as:

1) if Hyde Park,really remains a curious delight;

2) what will be constructed there soon;

3) how the Queen Elizabeth Gate will look like;

4) why Hyde Park has long been a stately place;

5) when and how Hyde Park began its existence;

6) what Hyde Park is famous for;

7) what is held in Hyde Park howadays.

 

4. Retell the text "Hyde Park", following the plan.

1. What do you learn about the Queen Elizabeth Gate?

2. What do you know about the history of Hyde Park?

5. What may the romantic think about at its Mayfair End?

4. What is Speaker's Corner? When was it established and what is it famous for?

5.Speak about the present-day life of Hyde Park.

 

LESSON 6

"HYDE PARK" (part 2)

GRAMMER: Participle II and its FUNCTIONS

in the Sentence

I. 1.Vocabulary-minimum:

match (v) -соответствовать

lead (led) (v) -вести,приводить

walnut (n) -грецкий орех

frost (n) -мороз

unfortunately (adv) -к несчастью, к сожалению

dug (n) -канава

meander (v) -извиваться

pond (n) -пруд

watch (v) -наблюдать

oarsman (n) -гребец

courageous (a) -смелый

 

Guess the meaning of the words with the help of synonyms, rural - situated in the country.

to bear - to carry

to improve - to make better

to damage - to destroy

to lay - to put

to stylise - to create in traditional style

amateur - not professional

private - personal, own

vast - very large, huge, giant

to lie - to be in a horizontal position

to pass - to go

to restore - to rebuild

 

3. Translate these groups of words (derivatives). Pay attenti­on to the suffixes and prefixes.

 

to love - lover, beloved.

to lay - layer

to improve - improver, improvement

to build - builder, building, to rebuild

to watch - watchful

courage - courageous, courageously

original - originally

 

Pick put of the text the sentences with the verbs in the Present Indefinite Tense. Make them interrogative. Translate the sentences.

II. TEXT "HYDE PARK" (part II)

The pleasure of Hyde Park is not only in its being "Lungs of London". For a small piece of land (360 acrea now) it has more layers of history than any rural field could ever match. It bears the marks of every generation of "improvers". King William III built Rotten Row to lead him to Kensington Palace and made it the first road in Britain to have streetlamps. In the eighteenth century a great avenue of walnut trees was planted here. Unfor­tunately it was damaged by frost in 1770. George II had the Surpentine dug - a 20 acre - long - meandering lake created out of fish ponds. Now amateur oarsmen meander across and the most courageous swim in the Surpentine on New Year's Day. The next century laid down the Park's roads, originally carriage – drives and. Queen Victoria added numerous plants, memorials and sculptures. Among them there was Albert Memorial. Now it is restored and Victoria's beloved Albert keeps a watchful eye on the world from highly stilised Memorial.

Hyde Park has been a private place too: somewhere to lovers to meet or old gentlemen to take morning exercises with the paper under their arm. Hyde Park is a garden where you may walk or sit on the grass. There are vast areas of lawn with groups of trees, where Londoner s lie or sit about and there is enough open space for fresh air to pass over them.

III. «AFTER-TEXT EXCISES»

1.There are 5 sentences with Participle II in the text. Pick them out of the text and define, where P.II is a part of a Predicative and where it is Attribute. Translate the senten­ces.

Make up sentences with the following words. Translate them.

1. Improvers, of, the marks, of, generation, Hyde Park, every, bears.

2. A, walnut, planted, century, of, trees, was, in, avenue, the eighteenth, great.

3. Had, dug, the, fish, out of, George II, Surpentine, created, ponds.

4. The Surpentine, now, meander, across, oarsmen, amateur.

5. Hyde Park, are, lawn, groups, of, with, areas, of, there, vast, trees, in.

 

Read and translate the text without a dictionary.

Hyde Park is the greatest park in London. Hyde Park is famous for the turpentine. The Surpentine is a beautiful lake where bathing and boating take place. To the North-east there is an area where the Hyde Park orators of all types express their different views to those who wish to listen to them, generally on Sunday afternoons. Walking along the edge of the Park we reach the fountains with the statue of Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vaccination.