248 Read the information about Strange
Town and listen to the programme. Choose the
correct answers. Then listen again and check.
1 New Amsterdam changed to New York
because
a people travelled there from York.
(b) the British invaded it and named it after
the Duke of York.
c people didn't like the original name.
2 Why is Why called Why?
a Because people there ask a lot of
questions.
b Because it is on the River Why.
C Because the road is in the shape of a Y.
3 People named their town Happy because –
a they discovered gold there.
b they discovered water there.
c happy people established it.
4 Is Hell a nice place?
a Yes, but in the past the river there was
dangerous to cross.
b No, a lot of criminals lived there in the
past.
c It's a nice town, but it is very hot there.
end [ ] 1. 1) конец, край Put the platter at the end of the table. — Поставь блюдо на край стола. The school is at the south end of town. — Школа расположена в южном конце города. world's end — край света Syn: extremity, terminus, edge, limit, boundary, border 2) конец, окончание We stayed at the concert to the very end. — Мы сидели на концерте до самого конца. - at the end of the day - in the end - end on - put an end to - make an end of - to the bitter end Syn: conclusion, ending, termination, close, finish, expiration, cessation, completion, finale, wind-up, culmination, consummation 3) конец, исчезновение; смерть, кончина Another world war could mean the end of civilization. — Еще одна мировая война могла бы означать конец цивилизации. He met an untimely end. — Его настигла безвременная кончина. Syn: extinction, extermination, destruction, annihilation, termination, ruin, death, demise 4) остаток, обрезок; обломок; отрывок; часть This end of cloth is enough for a dress. — Этого отреза хватит на платье. Syn: remnant, leftover, fragment, scrap 5) цель He used unscrupulous means to achieve his end. — Он использовал любые средства для достижения своей цели. The end justifies the means. — Цель оправдывает средства. - to that end - gain one's ends - accomplish one's ends - achieve one's ends - ends and means - any means to an end Syn: aim, goal, purpose, object, objective, result, intention, design 6) результат, итог, развязка, следствие What will be the end of their constant feuding? — Какова же будет развязка их непрерывной вражды? happy end — благополучная развязка, счастливый конец Syn: outcome, upshot, resul
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