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bank
берег
on the bank
на берегу
northern bank
северный берег
southern bank
южный берег
college
['kol
]
колледж
Eton colledge
Итон-колледж
public school
частная школа
Eton public school=Eton
college=Eton
Итон (одна из девяти
престижных частных школ
Англии)
no fewer than
не менее (чем)
prime minister
премьер министр
term
семестр
student
студент
to dress
одевать
to be dressed
одеваться
tail coat
фрак
wing collar
стоячий воротник с отво
ротами
Exercises
1. Insert prepositions:
Sunday morning the group started... an excursion .. Windsor ... coach.
Windsor lies 34 km west... London.
Windsor is famous first and foremost. the Windsor Casle.
Many parts of the Castle are open . the public
Some parts are closed when the royal family is residence.
The site Windsor Castle was first defended .. William the Conqueror 1070.
2. Insert articles:
... most impressive of all... castle buildings is St. Georege's Chapel, ... masterpiece of perpendicular
Gothic architecture
... state apartments, which are always closed to... public comprise 16 rooms
Each room is treasure house of superb furniture, porcelain and armour.
... rooms are decorated with carvings by famous artists
star attraction open to . public is Queen Mary's Doll House.
3. Choose the correct form:
The site of Windsor (defended, was defended) by William the Conqueror
The building of the Castle (enlarged, was enlarged) continually.
The rooms (decorated, are decorated) with carvings by famous artists.
The furnishings of the Doll's House (design, are designed} at one-twelfth lifesize
Part of the Railway Station (has converted, has been converted) to a waxworks museum
The museum recreates the scene in 1879 when a special train (has arrived, arrived) here to celebrate
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
4. Match the names of famous figures and their contributions into the history:
Queen Victoria
Madame Tussaud
He designed the Doll's House for
Queen Mary.
Grinlin
Van Dyke
Sir Edwin Lutyens
William the Conqueror
She contributed a lot to the unity
and progress of the nation in the
nineteenth century.
She was the first to establish a
wax-works museum.
He is famous for his superb
carvings.
He is famous for his master-
pieces in