VIII. Add to your active vocabulary

Could you tell me how to get to …? (= Could you tell me the way to …? = Can you direct me to?) - Вы не подскажите мне как пройти к … ?

I am a stranger (foreigner) here – Я приезжий

industrial district – промышленный райoн

business section – деловая часть города

shopping district – торговый центр

residential area – жилой райoн

outskirts – окраины

environs – окрестности

rush-hour – час-пик

traffic-lights – светофор

to get on – садиться (в транспорт)

to get off the next stop – выходить на

следующей остановке

You don’t have to change – Вам не надо пересаживаться

suburb – пригород

in the suburbs of – в пригороде

around the corner – за углом

to go by bus (tram, trolleybus, taxi) – ехать на автобусе и т.д.

to go on foot – идти пешком

Near from here (far from here) – Близко отсюда (далеко отсюда)

Take the street on your left – Идите по улице слева от вас

Go straight on - Идите прямо

to cross the street – переходить улицу

to turn (to the) right (left) – повернуть направо (налево)

to take the next turning – свернуть на следующем повороте

right across the square – прямо через площадь

cemetery – кладбище

ruins – руины

mansion – особняк

staircase – лестница

fountain – фонтан

to be on display (view) – экспонироваться

to commemorate – увековечит, служить напоминанием, чтить память

sightseer – турист; тот, кто осматривает достопримечательности

tourist – турист

guide – гид

guidebook - справочник

picturesque – живописный

majestic – величественный

route (= itinerary) – маршрут

block – квартал

further along – дальше

to get lost – потеряться, заблудиться

nearby – рядом, неподалеку

opposite – противоположный, рас-положенный напротив

passer-by – прохожий

to pass by – проходить

You’d better take … – Вам лучше сесть…

How long will it take – Сколько это займёт

времени?

It’s within walking distance – Туда можно дойти пешком

It’ll take you ten minutes – На это уйдёт около 10 минут

overcrowded bus - переполненный автобус

traffic jam - транспортная пробка

to go as far as – идти до

IX. Dialogues

Read the dialogues, learn them by heart and act.

Dialogue 1.

- Excuse me. Where is the nearest bank here?

- It’s round the corner over there, opposite the supermarket.

- How can I get to the Karaganda Hotel, please?

- Keep straight on, then turn left at the first crossroads.

Dialogue 2.

- Excuse me. Is there a photoshop near here?

- Ah, yes, there is one at Pospelov Street.

- How can I get there?

- Go across the bridge, then take the third turning on the left, then the forth on the right. Pospelov Street is there, behind the church.

- Is it far?

- Well, it isn’t very near …

- Can I take a bus?

- Certainly. Take bus 59 and get off at the fifth stop.

- Thank you.

- That’s all right.

Dialogue 3.

- Is there a chemist’s shop near here?

- Ah, yes. Walk down the street, and take the second turning on the right. The chemist’s is not far from the corner, next to a pub.

Dialogue 4.

- Can you tell me the way to the Museum, please?

- Well, go as far as the Halyk, then walk down Erubaev Street. The Museum is there, in the middle of the street.

- Can you tell me how I can get to the Exhibition Hall?

- Take bus 45 and at the fifth stop change for trolley-bus No 7. Get off at the third stop.

2. Fill in the correct prepositions if necessary . You may use them not once: of, in, on, from, by, at, along, off, to, about.

Ann: Er, I say, Betty? Do you live _____ the hostel _____ our University?

Betty:Oh, no. I’m from Karaganda and live _____ Bukhar Zhyrau Avenue. But why?

Ann: Well. I wanted to call _____ a friend _____ mine who lives _____ the hostel, but I’m not sure I can find the way there. Is it a long way_____ the University?

Betty: Rather. It’ll take you 35 minutes or so.

Ann: Do you happen to know how I can get there _____ here?

Betty: Oh, let me think for a moment. Take trolley-bus 14. It’ll take you right there. I’m not absolutely sure, but I think there’s a stop _____ the University.

Ann: I wonder if I can get there by trolley-bus.

Betty: Why, yes of course. But if you go _____ trolley-bus, you’ll have to change _____ Gagarin Square, that’s why the best way for you to go is _____ bus.

Ann : And where do I get_____?

Betty: You have to go as far as Peace Boulevard stop, there you get _____, turn _____ the corner, walk a short distance _____ the street and street and less than 5 minutes you’ll find yourself _____ the hostel.

Ann:It’s perfectly clear.

Betty:It is quite easy to get there. But _____ case you lose your way, you may ask a militiaman or any passer-by _____ about it. They’ll show you the way, only don’t forget the address: 56, Tulepov Street.

Ann: Thank you very much.. Bye.

3. Add a beginning to each point: