June, 2, 2020 Towns and cities	
Describing towns and cities for visitors (1)	
city skyline - силуэт города
cobbled streets - мощеные улицы
conservation area -заповедная зона
quaint old buildings- причудливые старинные здания	The city skyline is a wonderful mix of old and new, and the city itself has a lot of busy, narrow cobbled streets. The old town is a conservation area and it has a lot of quaint old buildings dating back to the city’s foundation in the 1500s..	
upmarket shops - элитные магазины
pricey-дорогостоящий
overpriced - завышенный в цене
good value- адекватная цена (соотношение цены и качества)
relaxed atmosphere - непринужденная атмосфера	Doradella Street has a lot of upmarket shops and rather pricey, sometimes overpriced, restaurants, but not far away is the Genasia district, where you’ll find restaurants which offer good value and a more relaxed atmosphere.	
avenue runs - проспект простирается
lined with shops - застроен магазинами
lively bars- оживленные бары
fashionable clubs- модные клубы
pavement cafes - кафе на улице	Royal Avenue runs from north to south, and is lined with shops. Behind it, the streets are full of lively bars and fashionable clubs. The pavement cafes and shops of Luna Square are pleasant but very expensive.	
tree-lined avenues- проспекты, усаженные деревьями
residential areas- жилой сектор
high-rise flats - многоквартирная высотка
inner city- старая, центральная часть города
imposing buildings - величественные здания	As you drive into the city, the tree-lined avenues of the residential areas are soon replaced by the high-rise flats of the inner city. Then come the imposing buildings of the Parliament and government departments.	
Towns and cities and their problems (2)	
collocation	example	
inner-city areas- внутригородские районы
urban wasteland- городские пустыри
no-go areas-запретные зоны
strewn with litter- усыпанные мусором
run-down buildings-ветхие здания
deprived  areas- трущобы
industrial zones- промышленные зоны	Some of the inner-city areas are an urban wasteland and are somewhat dangerous for visitors. In fact some streets have become no-go areas, with high crime. Many streets are strewn with litter and there are numerous run-down buildings. There are some deprived  areas round the city centre with huge social problems. The industrial zones which lie on the edge of the city are grey and polluted.	
sprawling city- беспорядочно растущий город
bumper-to-bumper traffic - очень плотное движение на дорогах
exhaust fumes - выхлопные газы
volume of traffic - объем движения
incessant roar- непрестанный шум
comfortable suburbs - комфортные для жилья пригороды
shanty towns - район трущоб	Triope is a sprawling city with bumper-to-bumper traffic all day long. The exhaust fumes can be a nightmare. The volume of traffic has increased in recent years and the incessant roar of trucks and buses makes the city centre an extremely noisy place. The comfortable suburbs away from the city centre contrast sharply with the poor shanty towns one sees on the way to the airport.	
Exercise 1. Which of the collocations in the box have a positive meaning (+) and which have a negative
meaning (–)? 

relaxed atmosphere/ lively bar /over-priced restaurants/ urban wasteland
no-go area /  imposing building  / shanty town / fashionable club / run-down buildings

     
	
Exercise 2. Answer these questions using collocations from part (2).

1 What might prevent you from sleeping in a house near a busy motorway?
2 Exhaust fumes will get worse if what increases?
3 What is the opposite of a restaurant which is good value?
4 What kind of area with poor, home-made houses could certainly be called a deprived area?
5 If an area is very interesting historically, what may it officially be called?
6 What is another way of saying an expensive restaurant?
7 What do we call blocks of flats which have many storeys, perhaps 20 or more?
8 What adjective could be used about an attractive and perhaps slightly unusual old building? 
	
Exercise 3. Match the beginning of each sentence on the left with its ending on the right.	
1 It is a sprawling.
2 It is full of upmarket 
3 There was bumper-to-bumper 
4 I get asthma from the terrible exhaust 
5 I live in a residential
6 Some of the more deprived 
7 The main street in town.
8 The main street is lined 
9 On the outskirts are some industrial 
10 The streets were strewn 	traffic all the way to the airport 
runs from the castle to the river 
zones and some large supermarkets 
with shops and cafes
city covering an enormous area 
with litter 
area but work in the city centre 
areas are not far from the city centre 
fumes in the city centre 
shops, which are too expensive for me.	
Все материалы из  книги "English Collocations in Use" by M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell.