Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку для студентов первого курса

3.12.3.Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
Dialogue 1.

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  I think we’ll get off the bus near the circus …
  

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  Do you mean to invite me to a circus show? I’d love to see it in London.
  

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  Oh, no. I mean Piccadilly Circus. It’s just a square.
  

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  I see. Why is it called that? Is it round, or what?
  

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  Well? It isn’t exactly round. As a matter of fact any open space where a number of streets meet can be called a circus. You can come across them all over England. But when a Londoner speaks of the Circus he means Piccadilly Circus.
  

Dialogue 2.

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  I suppose you’ve been to Covent Garden?
  
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  Covent Garden? I’m afraid not. I have only been to Green Park, Regent’s Park and Kensington Gardens.
  
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  Dear me! Don’t you know what Covent Garden is?
  
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  I certainly do. It’s the Royal Opera House. I was just pulling your leg. (дурачить, разыгрывать).
  

Dialogue 3.

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  While seeing the Tower of London, have you noticed several ravens in the courtyard?
  
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  Oh, yes, I have, there were some.
  
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  There’s a belief that the British Empire will come to an end when those ravens leave the Tower.
  
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  Well, but as far as I know the British Empire does not exist anymore, though the ravens are still there.
  
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  That’s right. Their wings are clipped. (to clip – подрезать).
  

Dialogue 4.

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  Why, it’s No 10 Downing Street!
  
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  Exactly so. Here the Prime Minester of Britain lives.
  
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  And where’s the residence of the Queen?
  
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  The London residence of the British Kings is Buckingham Palace. When the Queen is in residence the Royal Standard is flown at the mast-head. (флагшток)
  

Dialogue 5:

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  Which are the most notable picture galleries in London?
  
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  Well, the National Gallery, to begin with, then comes the National Portrait Gallery, then the Tate Gallery.
  
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  Yes, but what about the British Museum? I’ve heard a lot of it.
  
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  Oh surely, you ought to go there, but the British Museum is not a museum of Fine Arts. In the first place it’s a museum of history, achaelogy and ethnography. It’s also one of the largest libraries in the world.