3 Write a word from the box in each gap.
capital • guide • sights • tickets tour • tourists • traffic • trip • view
1 I went to New York – there were noisy.
- everywhere!
2 The hotel is very close to the many –
_ I want to visit.
3 There's a lot of
_today. The roads are very busy.
4 What is the
-city of the UK?
5 How many
have you got for the play?
6 We were right at the top, so the
of the river was fantastic!
7 We didn't have a tour
to tell us about the old buildings.
8 Did you have fun on your –
_ to Washington?
9 Welcome! I hope you enjoy today's.
of Greenwich Village.

1). By hook or by crook.

 Try to use any effort to achieve the goal. Try not to shun anything in the quest to get what you want.

2).  A fool and his money are soon parted.

A fool does not know the value of money. Stupid man quickly loses or wastes it, if it suddenly appears.

3). The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The pudding should be eaten, to understand and appreciate its taste

4). A good wife makes a good husband.  

A good wife does not speak badly about her husband. A smart woman does everything for the manifestation of the best qualities of her husband.

5). A good name is sooner lost than won.

Great efforts are necessary to create a reputation, but you can lose it very quickly in a risky enterprise.

6). The exception proves the rule .

Exceptions denote that there is a General rule that they will not obey, but which may explain their presence.

7). Soon learnt soon forgotten.

If you learn something without having to work, it will soon be forgotten.

8). The boot is on the wrong foot..

Awkward thing or person. Some features of a person prevent him(her) from joining any common enterprise or any company.

9) Too good to be true.

This combination of good qualities favorable circumstances is unrealistic and suspicious. Most likely, it is either deception or delusion.

1 января 1997- The first of January, nineteen ninety-seven

9 мая 1945 – The ninth of May, nineteen forty-five

8 марта 1979- The eighth of March, nineteen seventy-nine

15 апреля 1900- The fifteenth of April, nineteen hundred

2 июня 1956 - The second of June, nineteen fifty-six

21 декабря 1967- The twenty-first of December, nineteen sixty-seven

23 сентября 1988- The twenty-third of September, nineteen eighty-eight

25 октября 2008- The twenty-fifth of October, two thousand (and) eight

(ещё можно: The twenty-fifth of October, twenty hundred- o- eight)

6 мая 2014 -The sixth of May, twenty hundred fourteen (или:  two thousand and fourteen)

31 декабря 2012 - The thirty first of December, two thousand and twelve

3,456 -three thousand four hundred and fifty-six

76,521- seventy-six thousand, five hundred and twenty-one

 1,845,123 –one million, eight hundred and forty-five thousand, one hundred and twenty three

0.25- point two five или - nought point two five

 3.568 - three point five six eight

 1/3 – one-third (=a third)