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как насчет санкт-петербурга? =)

saint petersburg (population nearly 5 million), formerly leningrad, is russia's second largest city. only moscow, the capital, has more people. st. petersburg is a major russian port and one of the world's leading industrial and cultural centres. the city lies in north-western russia, at the eastern end of the gulf of finland, an arm of the baltic sea.st. petersburg was the first russian city built in imitation of western european cities. its magnificent palaces, handsome public buildings, and wide public squares resemble those of such cities as london, paris, and vienna. in the early 1800 s, a commission that included noted italian architect carlo rossi established a design for the centre of the city that includes a series of squares.the city has had three names. czar peter i (the great) founded it in 1703 as st. petersburg. after russia went to war against germany in 1914, at the start of world war i, the name was changed to petrograd. the country's officials chose this name, which means peter's city in russian, to get rid of the german ending burg.in 1922, the soviet union was formed under the leadership of russia. in 1924, the soviet unions communist government renamed the city in honour of v. i. lenin, the founder of the soviet communist party. in 1991 — as communist influence in the soviet union declined — the people of the city voted in a nonbinding referendum to restore the name st. petersburg. in september 1991, the soviet government officially approved the name change. in december 1991, the soviet union was dissolved, and russia became an independent nation.the city lies on a marshy lowland where the neva river empties into the gulf of finland, at about 60° north latitude. because of its far northern location, st. petersburg has very short periods of daylight in winter. for about three weeks in june, it has "white nights" during which the sky is never completely dark.the centre of st. petersburg is on the southern bank of the neva. this area includes the main business district and most of st. petersburg's famous buildings. many fine examples of baroque and neo-classical architecture have been preserved in the area, and few modern structures have been built there. the city has about 900 small rivers and canals and about 400 bridges.several luxurious palaces built in the 1700 s still stand in three suburbs of st. petersburg—pavlovsk, petrodvorets, and pushkin. these palaces, famed for their architectural excellence, were summer homes of the czars. today, they are popular resorts and tourist attractions.

the eurostar is a high-speed train and was launched in 1994. it is said to be the fastest train in europe and was built to link the uk, france and belgium. in 1996 a second train station was opened in ashford in kent. in 2007 most of eurostar servieces were moved from waterloo international to st pancras, london.

many records were broken by eurostar. in 2003 it was recorded as the fastest in the uk. it has since broken the record for the journey between paris and london. the journey is now done in less than two hours four minutes.

one cold, stormy afternoon, harry’s dad 1) was telling (tell) him a ghost story called ‘scary sally’. “one day long ago,” he 2) said (say), “a man 3) was walking (walk) through the woods, when he 4) noticed (notice) that strange lights 5) were shining (shine) in the north, south, east and west. suddenly, he also 6) saw (see) a strange woman. big, black crows 7) were flying (fly) above her head. then, the crows 8) chased (chase) the terrified man out of the woods! nowadays, people still sometimes see the strange lights, the witch and the crows.” harry 9) didn't believe (not/believe) his dad's story! that night, harry 10) heard (hear) a strange tapping sound at his bedroom window. harry 11) looked ( look) out of the window and 12) screamed (scream) loudly! he 13) could (can) see some strange lights and big, black crows 14) circling (circle) in the trees

1. was telling - past continouous - длительное действие в прошлом;

2. said - past simple - единичное действие в прошлом;

3. was walking - past continouous - длительное действие в прошлом;

4. noticed - past simple - единичное действие в прошлом;

5. were shining - past continouous - действие происходило в определенный момент в прошлом;

6. saw - past simple - указание на единичное действие в прошлом;

7. were flying - past continouous - действие происходило в определенный момент в прошлом;

8. chased - past simple - единичное действие в прошлом;

9. didn't believe - past simple - глагол не используется во временах группы continuous;

10.   heard - past simple - глагол не используется во временах группы continuous;

11. looked - past simple - единичное действие в прошлом;

12. screamed - past simple - единичное действие в прошлом;

13. could - модальный глагол, не используется во временах группы continuous;

14. circling - complex object - конструкция "to see smb doing smth"