Ask your neighbor 5 questions about his/her apartment or room.

Example: Is there a balcony in your room?

Unit 4 City

Listen to the dialogues and read them in pairs.

Dialogue 1

Stranger Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the UralSib bank, please!

Native Oh, yes, the nearest branch is just around the corner. You turn left at the next crossing.

Stranger Sorry, I want to go to the main building.

Native Ah, then you take any bus that goes to Gostinny Dvor. Get off at “Uralsib bank” stop and go straight by Revolutsionnaya street. The highest building is UralSib bank.

Stranger Thank you very much!

Native You are welcome!

 

Dialogue 2

Tania Hi, Gulnaz!

Gulnaz Hi, Tania!

Tania Where are you going?

Gulnaz I decided to go to the Bashkir State Drama Theater but I don’t know how to get there.

Tania It’s easy: go by the 12 trolley. The stop is in front of the University building and get off at the last stop. The theater will be in front of you across the street.

Gulnaz Thanks a lot!

Vocabulary

across	напротив
avenue ['ævə,nju:]	проспект
bank	банк
block	квартал
boulevard ['bu:lə,va:d]	бульвар
bridge	мост
building	здание
bus	автобус
cinema	кинотеатр
city	город (большой)
crossing	перекресток
hotel [həu'tel]	гостиница
in front of	перед
library	библиотека
museum [mju:'zi:əm]	музей
on the left (right)	слева (справа)
post office	почта
square [skweə]	площадь
stop	остановка
straight [streit]	прямо
street	улица
taxi	такси
theater	театр
to get off	сходить (с транспорта)
to go by bus (taxi, tram…)	ехать на автобусе (такси, трамвае…)
to take – took - taken	сесть (на транспорт), пойти (по улице)
to turn	повернуть
to walk	гулять, идти пешком, прогулка
town	город (маленький)
traffic	дорожное движение
traffic lights	светофор
tram	трамвай
trolley	троллейбус
underground, metro (AmE subway)	метро

Pronunciation

Listen and repeat. Add more words.

[æ] tr a m, t a xi, b a nk, tr a ffic, tr a ffic lights

[i] c i nema, c i ty, br i dge

[Λ] b u s, u nderground, s u bway

[o] st o p, o ffice, tr o lley, w al k

[ə:] t ur n

[ei] t a ke, str aigh t, subw ay

[ai] l i brary, l igh ts, r igh t

[eə] squ are

[au] t ow n

[ou] h o tel, p o st

[iə] th ea ter

[ju] m u seum, aven ue

[ŋ] buildi ng, crossi ng

 

Oral exercises

Practice the following sentences with the words given below. Listen and repeat the sentences until you can say them fluently.

a) theater: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the theater?

museum, hotel, library, post office

b) tram: Where is the nearest tram stop?

bus, trolley, taxi, train

c) traffic lights: Turn right at the traffic lights.

corner, bank, cinema, bridge, crossing

d) 16: Take # 16 bus and get off in three stops.

2, 18, 22, 59, 255

e) Kirova street: Take Kirova street and walk three blocks.

prospect Oktyabrya, Mendeleeva street, Lenina street,

boulevard molodezhi

 

Answer the questions on the dialogues.

a) What street is the main building of UralSib bank?

b) What bus should the stranger take?

c) Where is Gulnaz going?

d) What number trolley should she take?