Твір з англіської мови Ivano-Frankivsk. Івано-Франківськ
Івано-Франківськ – це важливий залізничний і автомагістральний вузол, друге за величиною місто Галичини. Він розташований на заході України в мальовничій місцевості на злитті рік Бистриця – Надвірнянська та Бистриця-Солотвінська, притоків Бистриці. Місто займає площу 3890 гектарів. До 1962 року називалося Станіслав. Населення складає 233 000 жителів.
Більшість населення – українці. Вони оберігають національну культуру і свою мову. До міських архітектурних пам’яток належать ратуша (тепер краєзнавчий музей, перебудований у 1870 році),
Ivano – Frankivsk is an important railway and highway junction, the second largest city in Galicia.
It is situated in the western part of Ukraine in very picturesque surroundings near the confluence of the Bystrytsia – Nadvirnianska and Bystrytsia-Solotvynska, which are the tributaries of the Bystrytsia.
The total area of the city is 3890 hectars. It was called Stanislav until 1962. Its population is 233 000.
Ukrainians constitute the most part of the population. They care about the national culture and their language. Among the city’s architectural monuments are the city hall (now the regional museum, rebuilt in 1870), the former Jesuit college and church, the former Armenian baroque church with two steeples. There are a lot of monuments in the city. They are the monuments to T. Shev-chenko, Ivan Franko and Adam Myts-kevytch. Tourists can visit different museums. Located in the city are the Ivano-Frankivsk Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre, a puppet theatre, a region philharmonic society, different clubs and cinemas. The main educational institutions in Ivano-Frankivsk are the institutes of pedagogy, medicine, petroleum and gas. The city’s enterprises produce electronical equipment, compression machinery. The city is famous for the industrial complex “Carpathpressmash”. Light industry, textile industry and food processing are also developed there.
There is a railway station, bus stations and an airport in the city. Railway connects the city with all other cities of Ukraine and other countries. Ivano-Frankivsk is a very green city. It has many parks and a 38 hectars artificial lake.
Vocabulary:
Steeple [‘sti:pl] – дзвіниця petroleum [pi’trauham] – нафта compression machinery [kam’prejnma’Ji:nan] – компресорне устаткування artificial [pc:ti’fijl] – штучний picturesque surroundings [,pikt[a’resk sa’raundirjz] – мальовнича місцевість tributaries [‘tribjutriz] – припливи Jesuit college [‘d3ezjuit ‘кюіісіз] єзуїтська колегія
Questions:
What is the total area of Ivano-Frankivsk? What do the people care about? Are there any architectural monuments in the city? What do the city’s enterprises produce? Why is the city an important transport junction?
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