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role
роль
commerce
['kom
s]
торговля
thread
нить
needle
игла
stock
акции и облигации
stock exchange
фондовая биржа
gent = gentlemen
bowler
котелок
hat
шляпа
pin-striped
в полоску
suit
костюм
rolled
закрытый
umbrella
[
m'brel
]
зонт
to involve
привлекать
men involved in business
люди, занятые в бизнесе
Exercises
1. Translate into Russian:
Roman fortifacation
Norman Conquest
the plague of 1665
the Great Fire of 1666
Many people fled London during those years.
The city was rebuilt later.
2. Read as in the examples:
• Example
1665
sixteen sixty
1
1
1
• Example
1580 sq. km.
one thousand five hundred
and eighty square kilometres
158
1520
151
1
3. Choose the correct form of the verb:
London (was not built, did not build) as a city in the same way as many other cities.
First at this place a Roman fortification (built, was built).
Then a wall around the town (built, was built).
People (built, were built) outside the walls during a long period after the Norman Conquest.
This building (continued, was continued) over the years.
The city (was, has been) practically destroyed during the plague and the Great Fire in the seventeenth
century.
The city (was, has been) rebuilt later.
4. Complete as in the text:
London was not built as a city in the same...
It began life as a Roman. . to cross the River Thames.
A wall was built around the town for.. but during the long period of peace which followed .. people built
outside...
This building continued over .
In 1665. .. plague which killed ..
In 1666 the Great.. ended the plague but it also. .
Many people who had fled London during... returned to live in ...after.. Fire
But there were never again so many Londoners... centre.