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27but a city, which has grown, and in growing preserved an identityof function, for nearly 2,000 years.(From Британия7)I. Explain the following words and phrases in English and givetheir Russian translation. Give synonyms if you can.Physical size, resident population, to refer to, total area, vast metropolis,to estimate, some 10,000 people, to swarm, borough, throughoutthe kingdom, flow of the tide (low and high, ebb tide, flood tide), disparity,the reason for, background (historical, religious, social, etc.), to design,rather than, purpose, living entity, museum piece, solitude, to suspect,casual (pedestrian, wear), hive, pattern, warehouse, deliberate planning,identity.II. Answer the following questions to the paragraph.1. What can you say about the size of the City?2. What is its popular name?3. What is its size in square kilometers?4. About how many people live there permanently?5. Why is the contrast between day and night so great there?6. What is the nightlife of the City like?7. Why is the City so important nationally and internationally?8. How is it linked to the farthest ends of the earth?9. How old is the City historically?III. Write the transcription of the following words.Borough, echo, recital, oratorio, banquet.IV. Translate the following sentences into English using wordsand expressions from the above paragraph.1. По своему размеру и количеству людей, проживающих в нем,наш город самый большой в районе.2. Надо ссылаться на тот материал, который был вам дан.7 См.: Британия : учеб. пособие по страноведению для студ. ин-тов и фак.иностр. яз. / В. Р. Куприянова, И. В. Арнольд, М. А. Боровик. 2-е изд., испр. Л. :Просвещение, 1977. С. 74–75.