Учебное пособие по развитию навыков устной речи и чтения для студентов 1 курса технических специальностей

2. Answer the following questions on the text.
1) When and how was the Icehotel founded?
2) What is the usual temperature inside the hotel?
3) Do think the Icehotel could be considered an engineering achievement? Why (not)?
4) Why do think the Icehotel is so popular with tourists?
5) What other unusual places to spend your holiday can you think of?
3. Match the numbers in the box with their verbal nominations below (1-10).
You should remember that in English you write a point (.) not a comma (,) in decimal numbers. You should say the numbers after the point separately, for example 56.91 is “fifty-six point nine one.”

2 m

1/2

3.5

1/4

2/3

8.4%

3,460

264

0

36.87

1. 
   two thirds
   
2. 
   three point five
   
3. 
   a quarter
   
4. 
   two hundred sixty four
   
5. 
   thirty-six point eight seven
   
6. 
   two million
   
7. 
   a half
   
8. 
   three thousand, four hundred and sixty
   
9. 
   zero/ nought
   
10. 
    eight point four per cent
    

Read the following numbers correctly.
15,262; 2,000,000,000; 79.1%; 400; 1/3; ½; ¼; 12.45; 6 m; 349; 7.789; 2,639.
4. Work in pairs. Dictate your numbers to your partner so that he/she could write them down correctly.

A	B
thirty nine point one six percent ten million a half six thousand eight hundred and eleven one billion	a quarter six point three nine five seventy eight point three percent three thousand two hundred and sixty-nine one third