Read the story again. Work with a partner and decide if the sentences are true or false. Find out and mark the sentence(s) for which there is no information in the text.

1. It was raining.

2. Monica has travelled in foreign countries a lot.

3. She went to the pub at lunchtime.

4. The first thing she did was sit down at a table.

5. She watched other people.

6. The barman gave her some milk and sugar.

7. In English pubs, you don't pay for your drinks when you leave.

Text 5

You are going to read part of a leaflet which describes a number of places to visit in a particular area of Britain. For questions 1–15, choose from the places A–H. The places may be chosen more than once and when more than one answer is required, these may be in any order.

1. Where can you see old methods of transport?

2. Where can visitors see animals or birds from other countries?

3. Which places provide somewhere for children to play?

4. Which two attractions are situated in the same village?

5. Where could you see exhibits related to farming?

6. Where would you go for sports or exercise?

7. Which three places provide possibilities for visitors to eat food they have brought themselves?

8. Which attractions are situated in buildings which once had specific uses?

COTSWOLD'S ATTRACTIONS

If you're on holiday in Britain, why not come to the Cotswold? It's a delightful area of rolling farmland and pretty stone-built villages. If you need to forget the world for a few days, this is the place for you. These are some of the places you can visit while you're here.

A. Cotswold's Wildlife Park

Situated in gardens and woodland around an old English country house, a large and varied collection of animals from all over the world can be seen in spacious enclosures. There is also a reptile house, aquarium, tropical house, a picnicking area, an adventure playground, bar, restaurant, and gift shops. Special events are organised during the summer months.

B. Cotswold's motor museum and Toy Collection

This is more than a motor museum, for along with the amazing cars and motorcycles there are 7,000 items from the vintage motoring years. The museum is housed in an eighteenth century watermill on the River Windrush at the heart of Bourton-on-the-Water, one of the most beautiful Cotswold villages. In a 1920s atmosphere, you can see shops of the period, a display of old caravans and the Childhood Toy Collection.

C. Cotswold countryside collection

Cotswold country life is displayed here, with agricultural exhibits and a "seasons of the year" sequence plus Cotswold social life and an exhibition of laundry, dairy and kitchen items. Audio and video sequences and weekend events programmes. Free car parking and a range of refreshments.

D. Keith Harding's world of mechanical music

"A unique experience in sound". An award-winning museum of antique clocks, musical boxes, and mechanical musical instruments in an old wool merchant's house in Northleach. Here also are Europe's leading restorers of clocks and musical boxes, as well as an enchanting shop with musical gifts that will bring joy to all ages.

E. Perfumery Exhibition

The Perfumery Exhibition, believed to be the only one in Europe, is set in the delightful Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water. This permanent exhibition includes an explanation of perfume extraction processes, an audio visual show in a specially constructed "Smelly Vision" theatre and a perfume garden where the plants have been selected for their fragrance.

F. Pittuille Pump Room museum

Housed in the magnificent pump room, where people used to come to drink the health-giving water, this museum imaginatively uses original costumes to bring to life the history of Cheltenham from Regency times to the Swinging Sixties. Jewelry showing changing taste and fashion from Regency to Art Nouveau, and a spectacular collection of tiaras are also included. Special exhibitions are held throughout the season.

G. Cotswold Water Park

The Cotswold Water Park, which offers an exciting variety of activities, is based on a network of lakes formed from old quarries. In addition to the water activities, which include fishing, windsurfing, sailing and water-skiing, there are walks and picnic sites. This nationally-recognised conservation area has a number of nature reserves providing opportunities to study an enormous variety of plants and local wildlife.

H. Birdland Park

At Birdland you will find a huge variety of birds from all over the globe, with many wandering freely amongst the visitors. Watch our large colony of penguins feeding, swimming and playing. Relax in our newly-created picnic area, whilst keeping an eye on the children in the play area, or come to our newly-opened cafeteria. Sit in the gardens and feel the peace and tranquillity of Birdland.

Text 6

Translate the text from English into Russian with the help of a dictionary and get ready to answer the questions.

TOURISM IN OUR REGION

The Murmansk region is situated within the borders of several landscape areas: tundra, forest tundra, mountain tundra and taiga. The largest part of the region is not inhabited. 73 % of its territory is occupied by forests and tundra, there are 21 thousand rivers and 111 thousand lakes here. Ponds of the region are rich in fish: Atlantic salmon, trout, bulltrout, loach and etc. About 20 % of territory is covered with woods.

In the west and in the center of the Kola Peninsula numerous mountain ranges are situated. There are 4 reserves, 10 game reserves, 52 memorials of nature and a botanic garden in the Peninsula. At the same time here is developed industrial region, the only Northern unfrozen port. North is unique, interesting and original, this uniqueness attracts tourists.

There are no more than 6 thousand of fishermen, using fishing rod in the world. The fifth part of it every year comes to the rivers of the Kola Peninsula in order to catch the biggest salmon, and then let it away as it is not catch but enemy and victim can be gained in fair fight. Salmon fishery is the visit card of the tourism of the Kola Peninsula.

Pechenga district is situated at the board with Northern Norway. There is point of joint of boards of three countries – Norway, Finland and Russia – Muotkavarra. Here takes place annual "Ski track of friendship". About 5 thousand skiers, sportsmen and amateurs of three countries go 12 km of routs, which runs through three boarders. This splendid holiday became the symbol of friendship and sport of countries of the Barents region.

Murmansk is a modern city with well-developed infrastructure. There are several hotels here: "Polyarnye Zory", "Arctic", "Meridian", "Ogni Murmanska". There are also restaurants, bars, and discos.

Travelling on the map of the Kola Peninsula we should stay in the town of Kirovsk, as there is a very good mountain ski resort. The season of skiing in Khibiny lasts from November to May, there are different types of routs for skiers of different levels.

The Murmansk region is ideal place for the amateurs of extreme rest. Alp tours, tours for rock climbers, rally "Arctic Trofy", mineralogical tours…

What is attractive in the south of the Kola Peninsula? Town of Kandalaksha is a port, but on the coast of the White Sea. Marine excursion on the Kandalaksha bay of the White Sea and underwater excursion with aqualung allow to see maritime animals in the water and on land. There is wooden church in the ancient Pomor village Kovda and stone labyrinths are in the district of Guba Pitkullya.

Let us talk about Umba. Four millenniums ago ancestors of modern Saami made petroglyphs on the stone, created stone "babylons". There is marvelous memorial of architecture of 1674 year, Uspenskaya church, which acts in present.

There are 10 fishing camps for Russian and foreign tourists on the Tersk coast. The season of salmon spawning is the longest here: from the beginning of June till the end of October. Varzuga is the only place in Europe where people can see hunting for white whales. Foreign tourists observe it from helicopter.

Questions:

1. What hotels are at the tourists' disposal in Murmansk?

2. What is attractive in the south of the Kola Peninsula?

3. Is fishing tourism popular in our region?

4. How long does the skiing season last here?

5. What countries does our region border on?

6. What interesting places are connected with Saami culture?

7. What seas does our region border on?

СПИСОК ИНТЕРНЕТ-РЕСУРСОВ

1.http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/История Мурманска

2. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Герб Мурманска

3. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мурманск

4. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Путешествие

5. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кругосветное путешествие

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