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1. Zaporozhye: The city in which I live My native city is the city of Zaporozhye. It is very dear to me, because I was born here. Zaporozhye is situated in the south of Ukraine. It’s territory stretches for about 50 square kilometres. The city is divided by the river Dnieper into two parts. The population of Zaporozhye is approximately 900 thousand people. […]...
2. Blagoveschensk – My Native Town В топике Благовещенск – мой родной город я делюсь впечатлениями о моем любимом городе. Благовещенск был основан в 1861 году. Сейчас мой город – центр Амурской области, он расположен на правом берегу реки Амур и нам хорошо виден китайский город Хэйхэ. Жители нашего региона могут посещать Китай каждый день, имея лишь заграничный паспорт, и многие […]...
3. Poltava Poltava – one of the most interesting towns of Ukraine – is situated on the picturesque bank of the river Vorskla. Due to its history Poltava is of great interest. It was first mentioned in chronicles as Ltava in 1174. This old name changed only in 1430. The history of Poltava is full of different […]...
4. Lviv Lviv, the capital of Western Ukraine, is a large industrial and commercial centre of Ukraine. Its narrow old streets and its historic centre make it one of the best places in the country. Lviv was founded as a fort in the mid – 13th century by Danylo Halytsky and was named after his son Lev, […]...
5. London (9) London, the capital of Great Britain, is situated on the Thames River. It is the largest city in Europe with a population of eight and a quarter million. It is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End. The City is the business and commercial heart of London. Many […]...
6. New York New York is one of the largest cities in the world. Its population is over 11 million people. New York is an industrial and cultural centre of the country. Most business is centred in Manhattan Island. The whole area is very small, that’s why the sky-scrapers were invented in New York and, especially, in Wall […]...
7. Minsk (2) Minsk is the capital of Belarus, an ancient and beautiful city with a long and exciting history. It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1067 in connection with the battle of the Nemiga River during which it was completely destroyed. It was destroyed, burned, ruined by the conquerors many times during its 930 year history: […]...
8. My Khabarovsk В топике Мой Хабаровск я расскажу о своем родном городе и, хотя сейчас я живу в Белогорске, я очень люблю Хабаровск – второй по величине город на Дальнем Востоке после Владивостока и один из крупнейших городов в России. Этот город – культурный и образовательный центр, в нем много театров, кинотеатров, музеев, институтов и университетов. Кроме […]...
9. London (11) THE PLACES TO VISIT. London is the capital of England. It is its political and business centre. The heart of London is the City. It is the oldest part of London. Many people work in the City but very few live there. There are a lot of banks and other offices there are too. You […]...
10. My Native Place В топике Моя родина – я рассказываю о своем родном городе Иркутске, основанном в 1661 году. Вы узнаете немного об истории этого города, о его старинных памятниках, о старом Драматическом театре. От первых деревянных домиков Иркутска сейчас не осталось и следа – в городе построены многоэтажные дома, много университетов и институтов, магазинов, кинотеатров, обновлен Драматический […]...
11. New York (2) New York is one of the largest cities in the world and the biggest seaport. It’s the financial capital of the country. It’s the business centre of the United States. The city is situated in New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson river. It’s population is over eight million. In early times the […]...
12. Moscow (11) The best way to see a strange city is to buy a map and a guide-book. If you want to learn more about a city, it is useful to walk along the streets and look around to see historical places, buildings and monuments. There is no doubt that you should visit art galleries and museums. […]...
13. Moscow (10) The history of Moscow began in 1147, and since then Moscow has always had a leading position in the life of the whole country. It is the political, cultural, scientific centre of Russia. Coming to Moscow for the first time, many tourists start sightseeing with the Red Square. On the Red Square they visit St. […]...
14. Washington (4) The capital of the United States of America was founded in 1791 in the District of Columbia. The capital received the name of Washington – after the name of the commander-in-chief of the American army in the War for Independence who became the first President of the United States. President Washington himself took an active […]...
15. Moscow (3) Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is the seat of the highest bodies of state authority. Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yuri Dolgoruky. In the 15th century Moscow became the capital of Russian state. With the transfer of Russia’s capital to St. Petersburg in 1712, it became the country’s second capital. In 1918 […]...
16. Perfect customer A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a midwest town he planned to visit on his vacation. He wrote, “I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with […]...
17. Moscow (6) Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is one of the biggest and most beautiful cities in the world. Moscow is a modern city now. The population of the city is about 9.8 million people. Moscow is a political centre, where the government of our country works. Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yuri Dolgoruky. […]...
18. Moscow (4) Moscow is the capital of Russia. It was first mentioned in the records dated back to the year 1147. At that time it was a small frontier post. The history of Moscow is connected with the history of Russia. In 1287 Moscow fell under the yoke of the Tatars. And it was the Moscow Prince […]...
19. London (3) London is one of the largest and most interesting cities in the world. Greater London covers an area of about 600 square miles and has the population of nearly 9 million people. In London today, there still stand numerous landmarks reminding us of the town, as it was five or six centuries ago. The old […]...
20. Moscow (7) In March of 1918 Moscow became the capital. The supreme organs of state power and many central institutions moved to Moscow from Petrograd. It was extremely difficult in the years of the Civil war to see the image of a new city in deserted and unheated Moscow. The rapid growth of Moscow’s population occurred during […]...
21. Greenwich Village and the East Village in New York Топик Гринвич-Виллидж и Ист-Виллидж в Нью-Йорке рассказывает о двух кварталах столицы США. С начала 20 века Гринвич-Виллидж стал пристанищем для людей богемы. Сейчас богемная жизнь ушла в прошлое. В центре квартала находится известный парк на Вашингтон-сквер, вокруг которого сосредоточены учебные корпуса Нью-Йоркского университета. Здесь нашли приют многие не-бродвейские театры, джаз-клубы и комедийные клубы. Ист-Виллидж – […]...
22. Достопримечательности Нью-Йорка/ Places of Interest in New York На английском языке Перевод на русский язык Places of Interest in New York Достопримечательности Нью-Йорка New York is not the capital city of the Unites States of America. However, it’s the largest and the most famous city of the country. The city is situated on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean and consists of […]...
23. Ukrainian Places of Interest Ukraine is a country with the glorious past. It is rich in historical monuments and different places of interest. Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and one of the oldest cities in the Eastern Europe. It has already celebrated its 1500th anniversary. That’s why it is not surprising that a lot of interesting monuments are […]...
24. Yalta Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing […]...
25. Steven Wright on dogs The other day, I was walking my dog around my building…on the ledge. Some people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths. I had a dog once. I spilled spot remover on him, and now he’s gone. I put contact lenses in my dog’s eyes. They had little pictures of cats on […]...
26. Khreshchatyk The main street of Kyiv is certainly Khreshchatyk and you’d better start your sightseeing there. The street is not very long but very impressive. Khreshchatyk looks especially beautiful in spring when chestnut trees are in blossom. The building of this street began at the end of the 18th century. The first houses were wooden. The […]...
27. History of London Топик История Лондона вкратце знакомит вас с историей столицы Великобритании и Северной Ирландии. Сам древний город начинался с небольшого поселения римлян, вторгшихся в Британию в 43 году н. э. В этом месте они построили мост, а поселение – на правом берегу Темзы и назвали его Лондиниум, что означает “поселение на разливающейся реке”. Сейчас это большой […]...
28. Odessa Odessa is the Black Sea gateway to Ukraine. It is the country’s largest commercial Black Sea port and a large industrial city. Odessa is a crossroads of cultures, languages and trade. Pushkin lived here in exile during the 1820s, and also it was home to writer and film director Alexander Dovzhenko. The site of Odessa […]...
29. London (8) In 1996, I went to London. This city impressed me very much. When we leaved from Archangelsk the weather was terrible: it was awfully cold. But when we arrived to London there were green leaves on the trees and the air was much warmer then in our city. That was the first thing that impressed […]...
30. A Little Information about Turkmenistan (2) My hometown is the of Turkmenabat and It is very dear to me, because I was born here which it is the second largest city in Turkmenistan. The population of Turkmenabat is over 254 thousand people. The city is located in the province of Lebap in the northeast of the country, which has borders Uzbekistan […]...
31. Moscow theatres For decades Moscow has had a reputation as a city oftheatres. The birth plays of the historic “Bolshoy”, “Maly” and”Moscow Art” theatres the city has been and steel is a centre forthe development exploretary modern ideas in the dramatic art andis famous for it’s great number of highlygifted, interestingdirectors, actors, playwrigts and artists. Every evening […]...
32. Minsk My native city is Minsk. Here I was born and here I lived all my life. Minsk is the capital of the Republic of Belarus, its political, economic, cultural and scientific center. It is an ancient city and dates back to the 11th century. The main stages of its origin and development are rather typical […]...
33. Перевод слова east East – восток Перевод слова To bear east – двигаться на восток east point – точка востока the east side of the city – восточная часть города The sun rises in the East. Солнце встает на Востоке. The wind which now blows at East. Сейчас, когда дует восточный ветер. The river flows from East to […]...
34. Жизнь в городе/ Living in The City На английском языке Перевод на русский язык Living in The City Жизнь в городе Living in the city has both advantages and disadvantages. From one hand, it is always easier to find a good job or to visit interesting places and exhibitions. There is also a good choice of public transport. From the other hand, […]...
35. Cities of the USA Among large and famous American cities there are Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Washington is the capital of the USA. It is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. D. Washington chose the place. The city was founded in 1791 and named after the first president. Now […]...
36. Rostov-on-Don My native city is Rostov-on-Don. It is the capital of the Don area. It was founded in 1749. It is situated on the right bank of the river Don. In the past Rostov was a small town with small population. But now the territory of Rostov-on-Don is 380 square kilometres and the population is more […]...
37. Перевод слова centre Centre – центр, середина Перевод слова Atomic centre – центральная часть атома in the centre – посередине centre of heaviness – центр тяжести The title isn’t quite Centred on the page, is it? Заглавие не совсем по центру на странице? This is the business Centre of the capital and is no longer residential. Теперь это […]...
38. St. Petersburg St Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as the “Window to the West”. Thousands of workmen were brought from all parts of Russia to build a new city on the swampy land at the […]...
39. Sightseeing in Russia Топик Достопримечательности в России рассказывает о большом интересе иностранных туристов к русской культуре, русским обычаям и традициям. Их привлекают старинные русские города своей архитектурой: русскими православными соборами, церквями, монастырями, старинными усадьбами. Одна из сокровищниц русской культуры, живописи, прикладного искусства и архитектуры – город Новгород, и ни один другой город не превосходит его по числу древних […]...
40. Hotels (upper intermediate) Топик Отели хорошего уровня рассказывает, отели какого уровня существуют во многих странах и чем они разнятся. Где еще можно поселиться во время отпуска, кроме отелей высокого и среднего уровня. Рассматриваются преимущества и недостатки проживания в отелях. В конце топика автор приходит к заключению, что все-таки отель хорошего уровня – самый оптимальный вариант для проживания во […]...