to consist of состоять из
hill возвышенность, холм
to measure измерить
instrument прибор
time-measuring instru ment прибор, измеряющий/ показывающий
время
to set time (set, set) ставить время
to stand astride (stood, stood) стоять, расставив ноги
to mark отмечать
brass медный
strip полоса
to cross пересекать
courtyard двор
eve канун
on the eve of накануне
picturesque живописный
spot место, уголок
advice совет
to ask somebody for advice спросить совета у кого либо
to prefer предпочитать
tunnel тоннель
beneath под
foot 1) нога, 2) пешеходный
elevator лифт
curious любопытный, любознательный
Exercises
Read the following:
Greenwich theNationalMaritimeMuseum
GreenwichMeanTime theNeptuneHall
GreenwichMeridian Nelson
JohnFlamsteed Trafalgar
thefustAstronomerRoyal theThames
FlamsteedHouse CotswoldHills
theRoyalObservatory Oxford Reading
2. Insert articles:
Greenwich is ... very beautiful parkland on ... outskirts of London, on ... bank of River Thames ...Thames, ...major waterway of England, flows from Cotswolds, to ... North Sea and is about 210 miles long.
3. Insert prepositions:
Greenwich is famous ... Greenwich Mean Time, the Royal Observatory and the National Maritime Museum. The Museum tells the story ... . Britain and the sea. The star attraction... the Museum is the Neptune Hall. It explains the development... boats…prehistoric times . The present day ... the Nelson Galleries you can see the uniform jacket... a bullet hole... the left shoulder, which Nelson was wearing when he was fatally wounded ... the Battle... Trafalgar... 1805.
4. Use the verbs in the right forms:
The Old Royal Observatory (to be) part of the Maritime Museum and (to consist) of a few historic buildings Early telescopes and time measuring instruments (to display) in Flamsteed House. The large Gate Clock (to measure) Greenwich Mean Time, the standard by which time (to set) all round the world.
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