Home reading. Text 26.

CITIES. TOWNS. VILLAGES.

Houses are buildings. Schools and clubs are buildings, too. A shop is a building or a part of a building.

When there are many houses and other buildings together, they make a town. A city is a very big town.

When there are few houses and other buildings together, they make a village. Cities, towns and villages have names.

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Minsk, London, Cambridge, Oxford are the names of cities.

Cities, towns and villages have streets between their buildings. The buildings are on each side of a street. On each side of the street, in front of the buildings there is a pavement. Between the pavements there is the road. People walk on the pavements, buses and cars drive on the roads.

We can get from one place to another by different transport. We can go by train, by plane, by ship, by bus, by car.

How can we get from Moscow to Vladivostok? We can get there either by train or by plane. If we go by train it takes us about seven days. If we go by plane it takes us about 12 hours only.

How can we get to the nearest town? We can get there either by bus or by train.

How can we get from one village to another? We usually use a bicycle, a motor-cycle or a bus to get from one village to another.

building - здание

each - каждый

pavement - тротуар

motor-cycle - мотоцикл

I. What words can we use when we speak about towns, cities and villages?

II. Find English equivalents in the text.

1. вместе
2. дорога
3. улица
4. из одного места в другое
5. на самолете

III. Complete the sentences.

1. Schools and clubs..
2. A city is..
3. Cities, towns and villages have..
4. We can get from one place to another..
5. How can we get from one village..

?IV. Give short answers to the questions.

1. Is a town a big city?
2. Is there a road between pavements?

3. Do buses drive on the pavements?

4. Can we get from Moscow to Vladivostok by plane?

5. Can we get from one village to another by bicycle?

V. Describe your town (city or village). Use 5 sentences.