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Active vocabulary. 2. Decide if the following statements are true
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| dweller | житель, мешканець |
| urban | міський |
| rural | сільський |
| value | цінність |
| landmark | орієнтир, помітний об’єкт місцевості |
| newcomer | новоприбулий |
| settler | поселенець |
| handful | пригорща, жменя |
| looking glass | дзеркало |
| swamp | болотистий |
| Jews | євреї |
| neglected district | занедбаний район |
2. Decide if the following statements are true or false:
1. More people in the USA live in cities than in the country.
2. The difference between the life in urban and rural areas is getting bigger with
every year.
3. New York is proud of having the tallest American skyscraper.
4. Manhattan can’t be called а typical New York district.
5. New York is the greenest city in America.
Match the endings of the sentences.
| 1. New York City consists of five boroughs: | a) is the place of playgrounds and tennis courts. |
| 2. New York Coliseum | b) is a sea of concrete. |
| 3. Practically the whole of the Manhattan area | c) and remains a centre of black culture. |
| 4. Harlem has kept its special atmosphere | d) is the most modern exhibition hall. |
| 5. Central Park | e) Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Richmond. |
| 6. The first Europeans | f) was built in 1902. |
| 7. The first skyscraper in New York | g) came to Manhattan from Holland in 1605. |
Supply the missing members of these words families. Check your answers with the dictionary.
1) popular- population, populous, popularity.
2) to influence
3) value
4) product
5) to excite
6) simple
5. Complete the following dialogue with the proper verbs in the right forms and role-play it: to have (3 times), to find, to read (2 times), to make, to want.
Sightseeing in New York
Tanya: New York is a beautiful city! I am so happy we are here, Michelle.
Michelle: I am excited to see Central Park. Tanya, how many parks does New York City ______?
Tanya: I will look in my book….hmmm, here it is, I found it! New York City ______ more than 1, 700 parks and recreation areas.
Michelle: Oh my, that is a lot! Where would you like to go in New York City?
Tanya: I was ______ my book about New York City and I ______ that some of the museums in New York are the greatest in the world!
Michelle: I am so excited to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art! It has more than 200 galleries, more than 2, 000 European paintings, more than 4, 000 American pieces of art, and the entire ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur.
Tanya: This city _____ me happy. I also want to look at universities here. Maybe I will move here after high school. New York City has more than ninety colleges and universities!
Michelle: Wow, we ______ so much to see! Let’s get started. Where should we go first?
Tanya: First, let’s take our luggage to the hotel room, get something to eat, and then we’ll be ready!
Michelle: Sounds perfect!
UNIT 2