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The City is rather a small area east of the centre which includes the site of the original Roman town. It is
an area with a long and exciting history, and it is proud of its independence and traditional role as a centre of
trade and commerce. The City of London is one of the major banking centres of the world and you can find
the banks of many nations in the famous Threadneedle Street and the surrounding area. Here, too, the Bank
of England, the central bank of the nation. is located. Nearby is the Stock Exchange where shares of
commercial companies are bought and sold. A little further is Lloyd's, the most famous insurance company
in the world.
During weekdays in the City one can see the City gents with their bowler hats, pin-striped suits and rolled
umbrellas. This is the 'unifrom' only of those men involved in banking and business in the City.
Words and expressions
to build (built, built)
[b
ld, b
lt]
строить
to rebuild (rebuilt,
перестраивать
rebuilt)
fortification
укрепление
to cross
пересекать
defence
защита
peace
[p
s]
мир
Norman
норманнский
conquest
завоевание
to continue
продолжать (ся)
terrible
ужасный
plague
[ple
]
чума
to destroy
разрушать
fire
пожар
Londoner
житель Лондона
to spread (spread,
spread)
простираться, разверты
вать (ся)
further
дальше, далее
outwards
наружу
ant inwards
внутрь
to surround
окружать
surrounding
окружающий
metropolis
столица
square (=sq.)
[skwe
]
квадратный
kilometre (^km.)
километр
suburbs
пригород
beyond
за, за пределами
gradual
постепенный
growth
рост
a number of
несколько
distinct
четкий
character
характер
the West End
Уэст-Энд (западная фе-
шенебельная часть Лон
дона)
east
восток
east of the centre
к востоку от центра
site
местоположение, участок,
площадка
original
первоначальный
Roman
Римский
exciting
[
k'sa
t
]
интересный, волнующий
independence
независимость
traditional
традиционный