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Наполеона на море Тяжело
раненный Нельсон вскоре умер
от полученных ран
to consist of
состоять из
hill
возвышенность, холм
to measure
['me
]
измерить
instrument
прибор
time-measuring instru
прибор, измеряющий/
ment
показывающий время
to set time (set, set)
ставить время
to stand astride (stood,
stood)
стоять, расставив ноги
to mark
отмечать
brass
медный
strip
полоса
to cross
пересекать
courtyard
['k
tj
d]
двор
eve
*
канун
on the eve of
накануне
picturesque
[,p
k
'resk]
живописный
spot
место, и^стечко, уголок
advice
совет
to ask somebody for ad-
vice
спросить совета у кого либо
to prefer
предпочитать
tunnel
тоннель
beneath
под
foot
1) нога, 2) пешеходный
elevator
лифт
curious
['kju
r
s]
пюбопытный, любозна-
тельный
Exercises
1. Read the following:
• Greenwich
• the National Maritime
Greenwich Mean Time
the Neptune Hall
Greenwich Meridian
Nelson
John Flamsteed
Trafalgar
the fust Astronomer
the Thames
Flamsteed House
Cotswold Hills
the Royal Observatory
Oxford
Reading
2. Insert articles:
Greenwich is ... very beautiful parkland on ... outskirts of London, on ... bank of River Thames ...
Thames, ... major waterway of England, flows from Cotswolds, to ... North Sea and is about 210 miles long.
3. Insert prepositions:
Greenwich is famous ... Greenwich Mean Time, the Royal Observatory and the National Maritime
Museum. The Museum tells the story ... . Britain and the sea. The star attraction... the Museum is the
Neptune Hall. It explains the development... boats.. prehistoric times . the present day ... the Nelson
Galleries you can see the uniform jacket... a bullet hole... the left shoulder, which Nelson was wear ing when
he was fatally wounded ... the Battle... Trafalgar... 1805.
4. Use the verbs in the right forms: