LISTENING. 23. Listen to the Text “Position of the City” about geographical and climatic features of Washington

23. Listen to the Text “Position of the City” about geographical and climatic features of Washington, D.C.

a) Answer the questions that follow.

1. What was the purpose of constructing Washington, D.C.?

2. How did President George Washington pick out the spot for the capital?

3. What is the geographical position of the city?

4. What are the climatic conditions of the city?

5. When did the City of Tokyo give several thousand of cherry-trees to Washington?

6. Why does spring in Washington have to be seen?

b) Check your answers with your groupmates and Tapescript 11A of the Text.

c) Retell the story about the position of Washington, D.C.

d) Tell your groupmates about some other seasons of Washington based on the information collected.

24. Listen to the Text “Different Washingtons”. Study the following notes and commentaries:

1. soda fountain [‘sэudэ‘fauntin] – стойка в магазине, где продаются фруктовые напитки, мороженое и т.п.

2. Rock Creek Park – парк Рок-Крик, крупнейший парк в Вашингтоне; специально для детей в нем оборудованы выставочный зал, лекторий и планетарий.

a) Fill in the chart placing ticks in its corresponding boxes.

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	A Washington of politics and lobbyists	A Washington of government girls	A Washington of “Society”	A Washington of newspaper men
It is located in Georgetown and along Massachusetts Avenue.
Its inhabitants move from the Capitol to House and Senate offices, down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.
Hundreds of reporters are continuously visiting the Capitol and White House, the court-rooms, the offices of department heads
It is dedicated to the “great god paperwork”.

b) Check your answers with your groupmates.

c) Read Tapescript 11B. Look up the words you do not know in your dictionary.

d) Retell the story.

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