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DNIEPROPETROVSK

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Dniepropetrovsk is a big and busy city. It has old and

new buildings

, a lot of plants and factories, universities

and places of interest

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. Its centre is nice and (1) …………

with parks, museums, statues, but the other streets are

very dirty.

WHEN TO GO

The best times to visit Dniepropetrovsk are May and

September. The summers are (2) ………… and dusty,

and the winters are (3) ………… and muddy.

WHERE TO STAY

There are cheap hotels in the bedroom suburbs

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. There

are big expensive hotels and good apartments

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for rent in

the centre.

WHAT TO DO

Dniepropetrovsk has theatres, cinemas, and museums.

The best stores

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are in Karl Marx (4) ………… and in the

(5) ………… shopping centres: Grand Plaza, Most City

Centre, and Vavilon.

Go to the river bank. There are bridges, fountains, (6)

…………. lawns

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and a new embankment in the centre.

People like walking around Monastyrskiy (7) ………… .

There are walks, beaches, merry-go-rounds, a football

ground, a small zoo, the Aquarium, a boating station and

the National Olympic Sailing Centre.

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Если калькируем с русского, пишем Dniepropetrovsk или

Dnepropetrovsk

. С украинского - Dnipropetrovs’k. Все варианты -

правильные.

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a place of interest

= достопримечательность

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bedroom suburbs

= спальные районы

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an apartment (Amer.)

= a flat (Brit.)

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a store (Amer.)

= a

shop (Brit.)

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a lawn

= газон

(1-3):

cold

clean

hot

(4-7):

big

green

Avenue

Island

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HOW TO TRAVEL

From Monastyrskiy Island you can get back

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to the city

centre by the cable road

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. In the city there are trolley-

buses, (8) ………… and the underground. The best way

to see the city centre is on foot and by tram. Electric

transport is really (9) ………… here. Roads are okay in

the centre but they are (10) ………… in the suburbs

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.

You can get to Dniepropetrovsk by train or by bus. Also,

there is an international airport and a port.

WHAT TO EAT

There are few (11) ………… food restaurants in town, but

(12) ………… dogs and patty

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stalls

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, and shaurma

grills are everywhere. You can find Ukrainian food in

expensive and cheap ethnic restaurants

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but they are

few, too.

WHAT TO SEE

Dniepropetrovsk is called ‘the space capital of Ukraine’

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.

Visit its Yuzhniy Machine Building Plant

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Museum. Other

good places to see are the (13) ………… Museum with

its ancient stone images

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and Diorama

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, and the Art

Gallery on Shevchenko Street.

For night life there are theatres, cinemas and, of course,

the Opera and Ballet (14) ………… .

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to get back

= возвращаться

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a cable road

= подвесная дорога

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in the suburbs

= на окраине

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patties

= piroshki

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a hot dogs and patty stall

= лоток с хот-догами и пирожками

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an ethnic restaurant

= ресторан национальной кухни

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‘the space capital of Ukraine’ = «космическая столица Украины»

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Yuzhniy Machine Building Plant

= завод «Южмаш»

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ancient stone images

= древние каменные изваяния (каменные

бабы)

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Diorama

= Диорама

(11-14):

House

fast

hot

Historical

(8-10):

cheap

mini-buses

horrible