1 Complete the examples from the text on page 6. Singular No school on Monday so this weekend's going object to be a long !! Plural Misha's taken some amazing?... of our object school trip.
Petrovskoe Baroque — this was the architectural style focuses on samples of Swedish, German and Dutch civil architecture. The architecture of Peter's time is characteristic of the simplicity of bulk builds, clarity of articulation and restraint of decoration, planar treatment of the facades. 1.Peter and Paul Cathedral The Church is elongated from West to East, the rectangular building of the "hall" type. The exterior is austere and modest. The walls are decorated with flat columns — pilasters — and the heads of the cherubim on the window frames. Above the roof is slender and graceful octagonal drum with narrow vertical openings. Over it — a tall, Golden crown and a thin Golden cupola. At the top there is a figure of an angel with cross in hand. The interior of the Church divided into three naves by massive columns, painted to look like marble. In its decoration were used marble, Jasper, rhodonite. The Cathedral's floor is paved with limestone slabs. 2.The winter Palace The building has a clear plan - similar to a square, a rectangle, complicated by large corbels at the corners. Its height emphasize two-tiered columns. Vertical partitioning of the Palace continues the statues and the vases, points the eyes in the sky. Varied decor: mirrors, statues, fancy gilt moulding, granite column, marble. 3.Menshikov Palace The main facade is emphasized by pilasters. Side corbels pediments ornate. The frontal zone is punctuated by a portico of wooden columns, elaborately imitating stone or marble. The floors were revealed horizontal rods. The walls of the two upper floors were decorated with pilasters of the Corinthian order, and the bottom two were United great pilasters of the ionic order. The decoration was applied Delft tiles: they completely covered the walls and ceilings.
1. Canada is a large and rich country in North America.
2. The capital of Canada is Ottawa.
3. The symbol of the country is a red Maple leaf.
4. On the border with the USA, there is a beautiful Niagara waterfall.
5. There is magnificent nature, and friendly people live in Canada. A lot of them are good at sports.
6. It is situated in the northern and central parts of North America.
7. Canadian English and French are official languages in this country.
8. The most popular cities are Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Mississauga.
9. The British Queen Elizabeth ll is the head of Canada.
10. Government of Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy:
• Monarch : Elizabeth II
• Governor - General: Julie Payette
• Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau