Readingtask 1. read the text and definitions below. find the proper word in the tetable. look up the words in the dictionary and check the answers.learners should use dictionaries or digital on-line tools to check their anexample: a means of conveying such as a track or a bus1. any netlike combination of lines2. the extent or amount of space between two things3 a person who is travelling in a vehicle but is not driving it4. a railroad, especially one operating over short distances5. a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam toproduce movementthe railways
The house was designed by Irish-bornJames Hoban[2] and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architectBenjamin Henry Latrobe) added lowcolonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage.[3] In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829.