2 247 Read the text and match headings a-f with paragraphs 1-5. A All the way to Manchester B Faster and faster C The first passenger train D The first successful locomotive train E Horse-drawn trains F George Stephenson's first train
У каждого человека есть день, который он запомнит надолго. Я хочу поделиться с вами одним из таких дней.
Это было в мое день рождения, мы поехали в батутный центр с друзьями, где попрыгали и насладились совместным времяпровождением. Затем мы поехали в кино, где просто не могли сдерживаться от смеха. Мы посетили еще несколько развлекательных центров города, повеселились на славу. После этого тяжелого дня мы поехали толпой домой, где поужинали и выпили чай с праздничным тортом. После вкусного торта мы смотрели на прекрасный салют.
Это был самый лучший день в моей жизни, который я запомню надолго. Надеюсь, у каждого будет день, похожий на мой.
Moscow is located at 55 45 N and 37 37 E of the Greenwich meridian in the middle of the East European Plain. The area lies at a height of 30-35 meters above the Moskva river and about 150 meters above sea level.
TOTAL AREA
Moscow occupies more than 1,000 square kilometers.
POPULATION
More than 10 million people are living in Moscow. Among them there are representatives of about one hundred nations and ethnic groups. Russians are the largest ethnic group in Moscow.
GOVERNMENT
Moscow as a separate subject of the Russian Federation is governed by a mayor, who is popularly elected for a four-year term, and by a 35-member Duma (assembly), which is the city's legislature. Moscow consists of 10 administrative regions, which are subdivided into 128 districts.
AREA CODE 495
TIME
Moscow Standard Time — MST differs from Greenwich Mean Time — GMT Summer MST = GMT+4 hours Winter MST=GMT+3hours
CLIMATE The climate in Moscow is temperate continental. It is mainly characterized by hot summers and very cold winters.
FOUNDATION
The date of Moscow's founding is generally accepted to be April 4, 1147, when the first record of Moscow in Russian chronicles was done. Moscow's history starts from a wooden fortress, which was built by order of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky on a hill at the confluence of the Moskva and the Neglinnaya rivers. It is often said that Moscow is the third Rome, because the main part of the city, according to the legend, was built on seven hills.
SYMBOL
The official symbol of Moscow is a dark-red shield, where an ancient Old-Russian subject is depicted: St. George fighting down the Serpent
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Moscow boasts of its numerous attractions: Kremlin, Red Square, Tretyakov Gallery, Bolshoi Theater, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Armory, Novodevichy Convent, St. Basil Cathedral, Arbat, The Church of Christ the Savior, Poklonnaya Mountain, Archangelskoye Estate, Ostankino Estate and others.
У каждого человека есть день, который он запомнит надолго. Я хочу поделиться с вами одним из таких дней.
Это было в мое день рождения, мы поехали в батутный центр с друзьями, где попрыгали и насладились совместным времяпровождением. Затем мы поехали в кино, где просто не могли сдерживаться от смеха. Мы посетили еще несколько развлекательных центров города, повеселились на славу. После этого тяжелого дня мы поехали толпой домой, где поужинали и выпили чай с праздничным тортом. После вкусного торта мы смотрели на прекрасный салют.
Это был самый лучший день в моей жизни, который я запомню надолго. Надеюсь, у каждого будет день, похожий на мой.
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Moscow is located at 55 45 N and 37 37 E of the Greenwich meridian in the middle of the East European Plain. The area lies at a height of 30-35 meters above the Moskva river and about 150 meters above sea level.
TOTAL AREA
Moscow occupies more than 1,000 square kilometers.
POPULATION
More than 10 million people are living in Moscow. Among them there are representatives of about one hundred nations and ethnic groups. Russians are the largest ethnic group in Moscow.
GOVERNMENT
Moscow as a separate subject of the Russian Federation is governed by a mayor, who is popularly elected for a four-year term, and by a 35-member Duma (assembly), which is the city's legislature. Moscow consists of 10 administrative regions, which are subdivided into 128 districts.
AREA CODE
495
TIME
Moscow Standard Time — MST differs from Greenwich Mean Time — GMT
Summer MST = GMT+4 hours
Winter MST=GMT+3hours
CLIMATE
The climate in Moscow is temperate continental. It is mainly characterized by hot summers and very cold winters.
FOUNDATION
The date of Moscow's founding is generally accepted to be April 4, 1147, when the first record of Moscow in Russian chronicles was done. Moscow's history starts from a wooden fortress, which was built by order of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky on a hill at the confluence of the Moskva and the Neglinnaya rivers. It is often said that Moscow is the third Rome, because the main part of the city, according to the legend, was built on seven hills.
SYMBOL
The official symbol of Moscow is a dark-red shield, where an ancient Old-Russian subject is depicted: St. George fighting down the Serpent
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Moscow boasts of its numerous attractions: Kremlin, Red Square, Tretyakov Gallery, Bolshoi Theater, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Armory, Novodevichy Convent, St. Basil Cathedral, Arbat, The Church of Christ the Savior, Poklonnaya Mountain, Archangelskoye Estate, Ostankino Estate and others.