The official date of opening of the Cathedral is October 20, 1708 — birthday of architect Rena (the day he turned 76 years old), but the actual service at the Cathedral commenced on 2 December 1697. Before commencing construction, the Ren actually had three completely alter the project. The first project intended to build on the Foundation of the burned-out fourth Cathedral new big Church. This project was rejected almost immediately — apparently the authorities wanted something more grandiose. The second project involved the construction of a Church, having in view the plan of a Greek cross. This project was worked out in detail — suffice it to say that up to the present time preserved is executed in scale 1:24 layout of this Cathedral, which today is exhibited in the Cathedral of St. Paul. However, this project was also rejected as too radical. The third project of Ren involves the construction of a rather large Church with a dome and two towers with belfries. This project was approved, and in June 1675 the construction work began. However, soon after king Charles II re-claimed for the project and ordered changes, which he described as decorative. These decorative change was a large dome, made to St. Paul's Cathedral one of the biggest London attractions. It is generally accepted that the dome of the Cathedral was very similar to the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Under the dome there are three galleries: the internal whispering gallery and exterior stone and Golden gallery. Whispering gallery owes its name not provided by architects, especially its acoustics: a word even spoken in a whisper, at one end of the gallery, repeatedly reflected its walls, causing a murmur could hear people on the other end of the gallery.
In the steeples of the Cathedral are 17 bells, 13 of them in the North-West tower and 4 (including the bell Big Paul (eng. Great Paul) and Large Volume (eng. Great Tom) — in the South-West tower.
Have to или to be to. 1. She had to send a telegram because it was too late to send a letter. 2. They decided that she was to send them a telegram every tenth day. 3. You have to learn all the new words for the next lesson. 4. Do you know this man? He has to be our new teacher of history. 5. Who was to go to the library to get the new books? — I was, but I couldn't because I had to finish some work at the phonetic' laboratory. 6. It is raining. You have to put on your raincoat. 7. "The patient is to stay in bed for a few days," ordered the doctor. 8. The child had stomach trouble and had to take castor oil. 9. I told her she has to open the window for a while every day. 10. The agreement was that if Johnny White could not repay the money he had borrowed, then Luke Flint was to have the right to sell the land. 11. If I don't ring up before six o'clock, then you are to go to the concert hall alone and wait for me at the entrance. Is that clear? 12. The planters had to gather their cotton at once, as they had been warned that heavy rains were expected. 13. I have to wear glasses as my eyesight is very weak. 14. Johnny White had to borrow from Luke Flint at a high interest, for there was no one else in the district who lent money. 15. "Cheating is a very nasty thing,"' said the teacher, "and we are to get rid of it."
4.It's the busiest time of the year (самое загруженное)
5.The traffie is much worse at this time of day (намного хуже)