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6. Make sentences:
the news
• this is
the item
these are
the facts
published by
the information
the Financial
the figures
(FT)
• the pound
the
the yen
is the currency
German
the dollar
Great
the D-Mark
Japan
the franc
Italy
the lira
France
7. Give full words for the following:
UBS mth
GBP yr
FT prev. close
8. Underline the verbs and translate the sentences into Russian:
The dollar rose where a fall had been forecast.
The figures added to the evidence that the American economy has resumed stronger growth.
The US deceleration is coming to an end.
The dollar was boosted by US construction spending for November.
With trading thin it sent sterling about a pfennig high.
It gained on strong consumer credit data and rising oil prices.
9. Write out a few sentences from the text about the position of the pound at that time.
10. Find the answers in the text:
What was the strongest currency over the holiday?
What sale sent the pound a pfennig higher?
What was the position of the pound for spot transactions in New York on November 18?
11. Role play
Imagine you are speaking with an Englishman. Ask him a few questions about the words and sentences
which were not quite clear to you at the beginning.
Unit forty nine
A visit to Oxford
Text
On the eve of their departure to Moscow the participants had some free time and Mr. Hill proposed they
should make a trip to Oxford.
Oxford, first and foremost, is known for its University. The University began itself in the middle of the
12th century, and by 1300 there were already 1,500 students. At this time, Oxford was a wealthy town, but
by the middle of the 14th century, it was poorer, because of a decline in trade and because of the terrible
plague, which killed many people in England.
Relations between the students and the townspeople were very unfriendly, and there was often fighting in
the streets. On the 10th February 1355, the Festival of St. Scholastica, a battle began which lasted two days.
Sixty-two students were killed. The townspeople were punished for this in two ways: they had to walk
through the town to attend a special service on every St Scholastica's day until 1825. Worse than this, the
University was given control of the town for nearly 600 years.
Nowadays there are about 12,000 students in Oxford, and the University and the town live quietly side by
side.
When the coach came to Oxford the participants bought some colourful books on Oxford, maps and some
souvenirs. Then they went sightseeing and stopped near Trinity College.
Tatjana: The college looks great. I wonder how old it is.