4 Match the words below with the definitions. There is one extra word.
harbour monument museum palace shopping district square statue temple theatre tower
water park
1 This is a place next to the sea that protects boats.
2 This is areligious building. There are a lot of these buildings in India.
3 This is a building which is home to a royal family.
4 This is a place where you can get wet and have fun.
5 This is a tall narrow building and if you climb to the top, you can see a long way.
6 This is a piece of art, often made of stone or metal and found in a public place.
7 This is a place where you can learn about a subject, such as history or science.
8 This is an areawhere you go if you want to buy things.
9 This is a special building or statue that was built to remember something, for example people who died in a war.
10 This place is named after its shape and it is often in the centre of a town.
It seems to the Nottingham sheriff of our day that whatever legend may say, it is still harmful, since the unauthorized redistribution of wealth is by no means noble. The Sheriff believes that the Nottingham Forest football team and the famous skaters Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean are more worthy of the attention and honor of their fellow countrymen than the noble outlaw. Greensmith managed to win over the city government, and a consortium of local businessmen hired four advertising agencies to create a new symbol of the city, not reminiscent of robbery and violence.
ответ на русском:
Ноттингемскому шерифу наших дней кажется, что, как легенду ни крути, она все равно вредна, поскольку самовольное перераспределение богатства отнюдь не благородно. Шериф считает, что футбольная команда Nottingham Forest и знаменитые фигуристы Джейн Торвилл и Кристофер Дин более достойны внимания и почитания земляков, чем благородный разбойник. Гринсмит сумел привлечь на свою сторону городские власти, и консорциум местных бизнесменов нанял четыре рекламных агентства, перед которыми поставлена задача — создать новый символ города, не напоминающий о разбое и насилии.
a) Cambridge is formed from a variety of institutions, isn't it?
b) All the colleges are self-governing institutions within the university, aren't they?
c) It does not have a main campus, does it?
d) The university also operates eight cultural and scientific museums, doesn't it?
e) Cambridge has educated many prominent scientists, politicians, lawyers,
philosophers, hasn't it?
f) There are 31 colleges with 18,271 students with 9,823 academic and
administrative staff members at Cambridge University, aren't there?
g) No college is as old as the university itself, isn't it?
h) Cambridge is now the only remaining United Kingdom university with female only colleges, isn't it?