- •Introducing myself (my family)
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Family tree
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •You will read & translate a text about accommodation. Then tell your partner about your flat. My flat
- •Exercise5.
- •Daily routine
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Make a list of all the things you want or need to accomplish in your weekly life.
- •Exercise4.
- •My Hobby
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Russia (Its geographical position, climate, natural and mineral resources & industry)
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •1) Match items from columns (1-12) and the second one (a-l) to form phrases which describe geographical facts of Russia:
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4. (a)
- •(B) Complete the table with appropriate information.
- •Answer the following questions about the text:
- •Great Britain (its geographical position, climate, relief)
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4.
- •Test yourself.
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Arkhangelsk
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4. Test yourself
- •Customs and traditions of Great Britain
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •British customs
- •Exercise4.
- •Answer the following questions
- •Travelling
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Accommodations
- •Exercise3. Going on a trip
- •If you were going to spend a week in a large unfamiliar city, which ten of these things would you take with you? Work in pairs or groups. Begin your sentences with:
- •Exercise4. Work with your partner. Decide whether you agree (a) or disagree (d) with these statements about travelling.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after m.V. Lomonosov
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4. Read the dialogues. Who might say them and in what situation? Work in pairs. Complete the dialogues with your own phrases.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •My speciality
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Exercise4. Work with your partner. Decide whether you agree (a) or disagree (d) with these statements about specialties and jobs.
- •Political system of Russia
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Answer the following questions
- •Exercise4. Work with your partner. Decide whether you agree (a) or disagree (d) with these statements about the political system of Russia.
- •Russia’s ancient capital
- •Answer the following questions
- •Great Britain (its political structure and industry)
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •English-speaking country (the usa)
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4.
- •The Pomors
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •My plans for the future
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise2.
- •Attending a job interview
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Exercise1.
- •Exercise 2.
- •Exercise3.
- •Exercise4. (a)
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- •Test yourself with «Psychology Questionnaire 1»: This questionnaire is intended to help you to think about your psychological portrait and your ambitions. Discuss these questions in small groups.
- •Embarrassment
- •Exercise 5. Answer the following questions.
- •References
Topical vocabulary
boundary |
граница |
to share land borders with |
граничить на суше |
to be washed by |
омываться |
peninsula |
полуостров |
coast |
морское побережье |
counter-clockwise |
против часовой стрелки |
stretch |
протяжение/простирание, пространство, участок, отрезок |
mountain chain/range |
горная цепь |
slope |
склон |
desert |
пустыня, пустынный район |
various types of climate |
различные типы климата |
latitude (in the latitude of 40 degree South; at a latitude of ten degrees North) |
широта (на 40 градусе южной широты; на 10 градусе северной широты) |
deposits of coal |
месторождение угля |
heavy industry |
тяжелая промышленность |
eastwards |
в восточном направлении |
margin |
берег, кромка, край |
coniferous forest |
хвойный лес |
foliage |
листва |
sedge |
осока |
flowering herbs |
цветущие травы |
nuclear weapons |
ядерное оружие |
Exercise1.
Match the highlighted words or word combinations in the text with their definitions.
comprising the whole number or amount;
persons who are kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed;
in the order already mentioned;
extending across or relating to two or more continents;
treeless cold desert covers almost all the extreme north of European and Siberian Russia from the Arctic coast to the northern margin of the coniferous forest;
situated in the interior of a country rather than on the coast;
the lowest point or part of something;
the outside part or uppermost layer of something;
a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water;
The territory which is famous for black earths or chernozems. Their thick upper layer consists of black organic matter or humus, the residual product of decayed roots and feather grass foliage, sedges and other flowering herbs.
Exercise2.
1) Match items from columns (1-12) and the second one (a-l) to form phrases which describe geographical facts of Russia:
I |
II |
1. The principal river of the west Siberian lowlands and one of the largest rivers of the world. |
A) The Kara sea |
2. An Industrial city of Russia to the south of Moscow, traditionally famous for rifles, samovars and pryaniki (gingerbread). |
B) Baikal Lake |
3. A mountainous region in the southern part of West Siberia. |
C) The oldest towns |
4. Russia’s most easterly point |
D) Arkhangel’sk |
5. The third longest river, following the Volga and the Danube. |
E) Yaroslavl’ |
6. It is situated between the Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef land islands, and the Archipelago Severnaya Zemlya |
F) The Ob’ |
7. For a long time it was Russia’s only access to the sea. |
G) Cape Dezhnev |
8. A group of volcanic islands situated between the Kamchatka Peninsula and the island of Hokkaido. |
H) The Altai |
9. 336 rivers flow into this lake, the world deepest, and only one, the river Angara, flows out of it. |
I) Tula |
10. It is situated between the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido and connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan. |
J) The La Pérouse Strait |
11. The “Gold Ring of Russia” unites |
K) The Kuril Islands (the Kurils) |
12. An ancient Russian city of the River Volga. According to the legend it has been known since 1071. |
L) The Dnepr |