Moscow Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

Moscow Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

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00: 07

Listen to the first part and fill in the gaps. Listen twice.

Moscow is situated in ___________ Russia,

close to the country’s ___________ with the Ukraine, Belarus and Estonia. Lying on the Moskva River, it is the country’s ___________and its largest and ___________city. Moscow holds a special ___________in the world’s imagination. Opulent, spectacular and ___________, Moscow has been at the ___________of some of history’s most pivotal moments. It echoes with ___________of triumph, tragedy and ___________. Stories of legendary tsars and literary great political ___________and the international space ___________that changed the world ___________.

01: 05

Fill in the gaps with the words below:

Admire to fascinateheartremovedmodernpopulationmagnificentbetter highesttaleselitewalls

Listen to check:

Today Moscow continues ___________. Thoroughly ___________and with a European air, it has a___________ of more than 11 million people, the world’s ___________concentration of billionairesand an attitude befitting one of the world’s great cities.

There is no___________ place to hear the whispered___________ of Moscow’s past, than in Red Square - Moscow’s very _________.

___________St Basil’s Cathedral, a building so ___________, that according to legend, Ivan the Terrible had the architect’s eyes ___________so he could never again build anything so beautiful.

The Kremlin is another Moscow icon, and has been home to the city’s ruling___________ for a thousand years.

Visit the Cathedral of the Archangel, the Cathedral of the Annunciation and Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower, all within these red ___________.

02: 11

Listen and fill in the gaps as you hear them. Listen only once.

Many of Moscow’s most famous stories have been forged in the ___________of war.

Pass through ___________into Alexander Garden. The park pays ___________to Moscow’s unbreakable ___________and is home to the Tomb of the Unknown ___________.

Nearby Victory Park is ___________powerful tribute to those who fell___________the city, including the millions of soviet soldiers who died in the ___________world war. As the ___________war between the US and Russia intensifieda different ___________beganthe ___________for supremacy of the heavens.

03: 01

Watch the following episode. Cross out the items which were not mentioned. Match the nominations with their descriptions:

the Monument to the Conquerors of space theTretyakovPictureGallery the boulevards in Gorky Park the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts the All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy the Memorial Museum of Cosmonauts the Bolshoi Theatre

a towering memorial that celebrates the aerospace triumphs of the soviet people Visit one of the oldest and most renowned theatres in the world Tells about the space raace and the epic contest between the world’s super powers Visit to see to some classic works by Russian and European masters Relax or stroll along

04: 55

Go on watching and mark the places in the order you hear:

§ a ride on the Moscow Metro more like an art and history museum than one of the most efficient public transport systems in Europe

§ modern sculptures and public artworks have been added

§ many of the city’s most evocative monuments were pulled from their pedestals

§ the city’s coffee houses and restaurants remain a place where Muscovitescome together to share their own stories over rich traditional foods

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