- •The russian federation
- •Exercises:
- •I. Read the following words:
- •II. Find the sentences in the text proving that:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Pronounce the following words in English and make up sentences with them:
- •V. Paraphrase the sentences:
- •VI. Make up questions to the underlined words:
- •VII. Fill in the crossword:
- •VIII. Answer the questions:
- •IX. Read the text about the climate in Russia and answer the questions after it:
- •X. Tell what you learned about the Russian Federation. Moscow
- •Exercises:
- •I. Read the following words:
- •II. Define whether the sentences below are true or false. Begin your answers with the following expressions:
- •III. Complete the sentences:
- •IV. Find English equivalents of the following words and make up sentences with them:
- •V. Use the Passive Voice constructions in the following sentences:
- •VI. Put questions to the underlined words:
- •VII. Answer the questions:
- •VIII. Read the following texts:
- •Notes to the text:
- •Notes to the text
- •IX. Answer the questions. Use exercise VIII.
- •X. Tell everything you learned from the text about the capital of Russia.
- •XI. Read the text about one of the largest and most beautiful Russian cities and answer the questions after the text. St. Petersburg
- •Vocabulary
- •Reviewing the material on the topics: "English-speaking countries” "Cities" (London, Washington, Moscow) "The Russian Federation"
- •I. Answer the following question:
- •II. Fill in the missing words:
VII. Answer the questions:
t) When and by whom was Moscow founded?
2) What can you say about Moscow of the 13th century?
3) When did it become the capital?
4) Why did Moscow become the main target of Napoleon's attack?
5) What was Moscow like in ancient times?
6) When was Moscow greatly destroyed?
7) Define the period of Russian history when Moscow was not the capital of the country.
8) What is the population of the present capital?
9) What is considered to be the heart of Moscow?
10) What sights of Moscow do you know? What are they famous for?
11) What sights have you personally seen? What do you know about them?
VIII. Read the following texts:
1. The Kremlin is now both a piece of living history and an ensemble of masterpieces of Russian architecture.
The first thing that meets the eye is the red-brick wall of the Kremlin, reinforced by 20 towers, five of which are also gates. The total length of the walls of the Moscow Kremlin equals to 2.25 kilometres with a thickness varying between 3.5 and 6.5 metres. The Kremlin's towers are unique in appearance. Built in 1485, the Tainitsky Tower is the oldest. The highest of them is the Trinity Tower, which is 80 metres tall.
Notes to the text:
red-brick [red'brIk] из красного кирпича
length [lFNT] длина
thickness ['TIknIs] толщина
unique [jH'nJk] уникальный
Trinity ['trInItI] троица
Tainitsky Tower ['tauq] Тайницкая башня
2. Moscow University is the oldest University in Russia. It was founded more then 230 years ago by the great Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. The University produced a great number of brilliant scholars such as Zhukovsky, Stoletov, Sechenov, Timiryasev, Pavlov and Vernadsky. Classics of Russian literature: Lermontov, Griboyedov, Turgenev and Chekhov also studied at the University. The list of such great names is endless.
There are 16 departments, 275 chairs, 360 laboratories, several research Institutes, a computer centre, some observatories, a botanical garden and its branches and three museums. There are about 2000 foreign students end post-graduates from more than one hundred countries in the University. The teaching standards in Moscow University are very high and internationally recognized.
Notes to the text
scholars ['skOlqz] ученые
list [lIst] перечень
post-graduates ['pqust 'grxdjuIts] аспиранты
3. The biggest library in Russia is the Russian State Library (former Lenin State Library (1925-1992)). Its history begins in 1862 when it was founded as the Rumyantsev Public Library. Every day more than 7000 people come to study in its reading rooms, using materials from its collection of 38 million books and periodicals. The Russian State Library is one of the largest in the world among such world famous ones as the Library of Congress in the USA, France's Bibliothèque Nationale and the British Library.
IX. Answer the questions. Use exercise VIII.
1) What does the Kremlin look like nowadays?
2) What are the total length and the thickness of its walls?
3) What is the highest tower of the Kremlin?
4) Who founded Moscow University and when?
5) What well-known people studied there?
6) When was the biggest library in Russia founded?
7) How many books and periodicals are kept in the Russian State Library?