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1. English Country-Side England looks like a great well-ordered park. The hedges surrounding the gardens look beautiful in spring. In summer when they are covered with leaves and flowers they are even better. In autumn they are gold, brown and red. In winter they are still beautiful, especially in the early winter when you can see a few […]...
2. Перевод идиомы the man in the street / the woman in the street / the person in the street, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: the man in the street / the woman in the street / the person in the street Перевод: обычный человек, обыватель, рядовой гражданин Пример: According to the man in the street the city government is not very popular. Согласно рядовому гражданину, городское правительство не очень-то популярно....
3. Перевод слова street Street – улица Перевод слова The main street of the town – главная улица города street cries – крики разносчиков street dress – платье для улицы I parked on the Street. Я припарковался на улице. He took the wrong Street. Он пошел не по той улице. What Street does Ann live? На какой улице живет […]...
4. Come Rain or Shine There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. December, January and February are winter months. Days are short and nights are long. The weather is cold, rivers and lakes are usually frozen. The ground is covered with snow, so a lot of people go skating and skiing. Also it is pleasant […]...
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. Fleet Street Топик Флит-Стрит знакомит вас с улицей в лондонском Сити. С 18-го века на Флит-стрит стали появляться офисы основных лондонских газет, а позднее – и информационных агентств. Хотя многие СМИ в последнее время переехали в другие районы, за Флит-стрит прочно закрепилась репутация цитадели британской прессы. Fleet Street has been the meeting place for newspaper men since […]...
7. Значение идиомы back street [back street] {n.} A street not near the main streets or from which it is hard to get to a main street. We got lost in the back streets going through the city and it took us a half hour to find our way again. Compare: SIDE STREET....
8. Перевод слова lime Lime – лайм; известь Перевод слова Dead lime – гашеная известь vodka and lime – водка с соком лайма lime decrepitates – известь теряет активность stratum of lime – накипь, осадок Lime may slake spontaneously in moist air. Известь может самопроизвольно загаситься под воздействием влажного воздуха. Add 1 Lime, seeded and sliced. Добавить 1 Лайм, […]...
9. Значение идиомы through street [through street] {n.} 1. A street on which cars can move withoutstopping at intersections, but cars on streets crossing it have tostop at the intersection. You have to be especially carefulcrossing a through street. Mr. Jones stopped his car when he cameto the through street. He waited until there were no cars on it, anddrove […]...
10. 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 […]...
11. Kiev Kiev is the capital of our country. It is the largest city in the Ukraine. More than three million people live there. Kiev was founded more than 1500 years ago. It is the political, economic, industrial and cultural centre of our country. There are many factories in Kiev. They make different products. In Kiev there […]...
12. Значение идиомы side street [side street] {n.} A street that runs into and ends at a mainstreet. The store is on a side street just off Main Street. TheSpellmans bought a house on a side street that runs off Broad Street. Compare: BACK STREET, CROSS STREET....
13. Значение идиомы cross street [cross street] {n.} A street that crosses a main street and runs on both sides of it. Elm Street is a cross street on Main Street and there is a traffic light there. Compare: THROUGH STREET....
14. Значение идиомы stop street [stop street] {n.} A street where cars must come to a full stopbefore crossing another street. Johnny was late because he traveledon a stop street. Contrast: THROUGH STREET....
15. New Zealand Way of Life New Zealand have a high standard of living. New Zealanders eat more butter and meat per person than do the people of any other country. The government’s medical program provides excellent health care. About 70% of New Zealand people own their houses. Almost every family has a car. Most New Zealanders live in single family […]...
16. London (4) London is the British capital and one of the biggest cities in the world. The oldest part of London is called the City. It is small, but it is very important. Two thousand years ago a town was built here. For hundreds of years people lived and worked there, but now many of the old […]...
17. Значение идиомы on easy street [on easy street] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Having enough money tolive very comfortably; rather rich. After years of hard work, theGrants found themselves on easy street. Jim’s novel was a successand put him on easy street. Compare: IN CLOVER, IN THE CHIPS, WELL-TO-DO....
18. Времена года/ The Seasons of the Year На английском языке Перевод на русский язык The Seasons of the Year Времена года My name is Ann, I’m thirteen years old. I like all the seasons of the year, because each of them is wonderful in its own way. I live with my grandmother in the village in summer. It’s very beautiful there in […]...
19. Значение идиомы go through with [go through with] {v. phr.} To finish; do as planned or agreed; notstop or fail to do. The boys don’t think Bob will go through withhis plans to spend the summer at a camp. Mr. Trent hopes the citywon’t go through with its plans to widen the street. Syn.: CARRY OUT. Compare: CARRY THROUGH, LIVE […]...
20. London (2) London draws people from all over the world. Some come on business, some come to study, to work or on holiday. London is naturally a very English city and it is very cosmopolitan, containing goods, food and entertainment, as well as people, from many countries of the world. London spreads its influence over much of […]...
21. British Homes Топик Британские дома рассказывает о том, какие дома существуют в Великобритании, какие из них дороже, а какие – дешевле и какие из них больше нравятся британцам. There are 22 million homes in Britain – big homes and small homes, old cottages and new buildings, houses and flats. (Americans say “apartment” but British people say “flat”). […]...
22. Значение идиомы man in the street [man in the street] {n. phr.} The man who is just like most othermen; the average man; the ordinary man. The newspaper took a pollof the man in the street. Compare: JOE DOAKES, JOHN Q. PUBLIC....
23. Gardening Топик Садоводство повествует о том, как сильно англичане любят выращивать цветы, фрукты и овощи. Поэтому многие из них стремятся жить не в квартирах, а в домах, со своим личным палисадником. В Великобритании очень распространены всякие шоу и конкурсы с участием садоводов-любителей, причем каждый из них стремится поразить присутствующих самым-самым большим овощем и получить за свой […]...
24. Seasons and Months A year is the average time it takes for the Earth to go once round the Sun. There are 12 months or 52 weeks or 365 days in a year. Every four years there is a leap year. It has 366 days. The names of the months are: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, […]...
25. Seasons Топик Сезоны дает описания сезонов (или времен) года. Затем – каждый сезон рассматривается отдельно: описывается погода и отличительные черты каждого из 3-х месяцев сезона. Из этого топика вы также узнаете, какой день самый длинный в году, а какой – самый короткий. Winter, spring, summer and autumn are the seasons of the year. December, January and […]...
26. Working as a Street Performer Giancarlo: Whoa, where are you going? I thought we were going To hang out. Alana: I’m going to work. Giancarlo: Work? I didn’t know you got a job. Alana: I’m Busking on Main Street. Giancarlo: You mean you’re Panhandling? That’s not working. Alana: I’m not panhandling. I’m working for Tips. I perform, try To draw […]...
27. A priest is walking down the street one day when A priest is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach. After watching the boys efforts for some time, the priest moves closer […]...
28. Being Clean and Dirty Ray: My mother is coming for a visit, which means we need to do some Spring cleaning this weekend. Debra: I’ll get the Duster, if you’ll get the Broom. Ray: I’m serious. You know how Nit-picky my mother is and I want our house to be Neat and tidy. Debra: Fine, fine, I understand. You […]...
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. Перевод слова neat Neat – четкий; чистый, аккуратный Перевод слова Neat room – прибранная комната neat beds – аккуратно застеленные кровати to write a neat hand – иметь хороший почерк Ellen’s room is always Neat and tidy. Комната Эллен всегда чистая и прибранная. I can’t drink brandy Neat. Я не могу пить бренди в чистом виде. The books […]...
31. Long Ago, a Pilot Landed on an Uptown Street. That’s Where the Bar Was A plane sat on 191st Street in 1956 after its wings were removed for shipment. The pilot landed the craft on St. Nicholas Avenue, rear, as part of a barroom bet. Surprise airplane landings always make headlines. Who will forget Capt. Chesley Sullenberger steering a US Airways jetliner onto the Hudson River in 2009? Then […]...
32. Перевод идиомы street smarts, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: street smarts Идиома: street smarts Перевод: житейская хватка, ловкость, житейский ум; знания и опыт, необходимые для того, чтобы справиться со сложными ситуациями в городе, на улицах Пример: The kids around here may not be much good at reading or writing, but they sure have a lot of street smarts. Ребятишки здесь может быть и […]...
33. A snow town – Город из снега My name is Vika Vishnjakova and I live in a very small town somewhere behind the Polar circle. I study English at school №6 and I am a student of the 7th form. Very often I spend my summer holidays in summer camps near the Black Sea or the Azov Sea. I like it very […]...
34. Street Art Топик Уличное искусство рассказывает о зарождении, развитии и признании широкими массами “стрит-арта” или “граффити”. До 1970 года надписи и лозунги, нарисованные на стенах домов бедных кварталов Нью-Йорка и вагонах метро, рассматривались как агрессивная работа вандалов, стремящихся выразить свою индивидуальность или политическую точку зрения. В начале 1980-х наблюдался реальный расцвет граффити, затем это искусство вновь вернулось, […]...
35. 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 […]...
36. Seasons and Weather Everyone knows that there are four seasons in a year: Spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each of them lasts 8 Months. Spring comes in March and ends in May. It often rains in Spring, especially in April. Summer is the hottest season in the year. It begins in June and ends in August. In summer […]...
37. 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 […]...
38. Larry, a local football star, is jogging down the street Larry, a local football star, is jogging down the street when he sees a building on fire. A lady is standing on a third story ledge holding her pet cat in her arms. “Hey, lady,” yells Larry, “Throw me the cat.” “No,” she cries, “It’s too far.” “I play football, I can catch him.” The […]...
39. Why was Washington made the capital of the United States? After the War of Independence the United States needed a capital city. Different cities in different parts of the country wanted to be the nation’s capital. After all, it was decided to build a new city. In 1791 George Washington, the first president, chose the place where the city now stands. The land around the […]...
40. Значение идиомы down-at-heel [down-at-heel] or [down-at-the-heel] or [down-at-the-heels] {adj.} Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy. John is always down-at-the-heels, but his sister is always very neat. Old houses sometimes look down-at-the-heel....