ЭД-103 / Subj / 732-Экономика англоговорящих стран и Челябинской области

Copper-smelting plant was constructed in 1911. The decades of copper ore extraction and non-ferrous metal smelting resulted in the fact that Karabash was declared a hazardous environmental zone.

Kasli

In 1774 Mr. Korobkov, a merchant from Tula set up the Kaslinsk Iron Mining Factory. Today the town is famous for the unique art of ornamental casting and its reputation is known far beyond Russia.

Magnitogorsk

Magnitnaya Fortress was the first fortress to be constructed in the upper part of the Urals. Two hundred years afterwards, in 1929, construction of the huge factory was launched at the foothills of Magnitnaya Mountain. Today Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works is one of the major factories in Russian metallurgic industry. Magnitogorsk is the region’s second most populated cities.

Ozyorsk (closed town)

Ozyorsk is one of the youngest towns in the Chelyabinsk region. It was founded on the bank of Lake Irtyash in 1945. Earlier it was known as Atomgrad (or Chelyabinsk-40). The town is famous for its Mayak plant that used to produce warheads for the first nuclear bombs and for distinguished scientist Kurchatov that participated in the uranium project.

Plast

The center of the famous Kochcar Goldfields and for this reason is often called Gold Town. The town was founded in 1845. Today there are deep mines in the territory of the town producing gold and arsenic using modern technologies.

Satka

Troice Satkinsky Iron Mining Factory was founded in 1758 and is still operating today. Magnesite deposits have been identified in Satka. There are only three places all over the world that have deposits of this mineral. Today Magnezit (Magnesite) factory produces refractory goods for many foreign countries.

Snezhinsk (closed town)

It was earlier named Chelyabinsk-70. It is located on Sinara Lake. The major enterprise is the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (All Russia R&D Institute of Applied Physics).

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2. Complete the table.

Name of	Second	Year of	Industry/	The
the city/	name (if any)	foundation	natural resources	main plant
town

2.Solve the puzzle.

Atomgrad

Is famous for bulat steel

The Russian Federal Nuclear Center

Has magnesite deposits

2nd most populated city

Is famous for ornamental casting

Gold Town

The hazardous environmental zone

Kyshtym Tragedy

One of the largest ecological catastrophes of human kind at the nuclear industrial complex “Mayak” is also known as “Kyshtym tragedy”.

Large amount of water, used for operating of nuclear reactors, was saturated with radioactive and toxic substances and was wasted in special radiological effluents’ storages.

Because of monitoring devices malfunction, ventilation was not turned on and oxyhydrogen gas had accumulated above these storages on September 29, 1957. As a result of the detonation, 80 tons of radioactive mixture had risen in the air, forming above the industrial complex a cloud of strontium-90 isotope. The trail from this cloud made up about 350 kilometers, and was about 50 kilometers wide. Contaminated area

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in Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions made up more than 20 000 square meters. The trail from the cloud went over 4 rivers and 30 lakes; consequently water sources’ radiation level had increased 10-100 times . 124 000 people were exposed to radiation.

A lot of people had seen a strange yellow cloud and a fog that day. Later on, a plain explanation was published in the local newspaper: it was a rare natural phenomenon.

Soldiery and local residents were liquidating the catastrophe. They did not have any protection, not even breathing masks. With the help of bulldozers they were stripping topsoil, knocking off plaster from the buildings and washing away radioactive dust with wet brushes. Only 1.5 years later the industrial complex started operating again.

Later, people were resettled – but only from the mo st contaminated areas. On various pretexts, about 10 000 people were resettled from the “dead zone”. For example, they were told that oil was found, that is why the village would be demolished.

Of course, during the years of Soviet regime, authorities were keeping silence. Circumstances and consequences of the catastrophe were kept secret. Even doctors were forbidden to diagnose radiation sickness. Nevertheless, doctors were the first to give the alarm.

1.Answer the questions about the text.

1)What was one of the largest ecological catastrophes of the human kind?

2)What caused the accumulation of oxyhydrogen gas?

3)When did it happen?

4)What was the result of detonation?

5)What area was contaminated?

6)How many people were exposed to radiation?

7)Did people notice the catastrophe?

8)How did soldiery and local residents liquidate the catastrophe?

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9)When did “Mayak” start operating again?

10)What were the reasons of resettling people from the “dead zone”?

11)Were the circumstances of the catastrophe known during Soviet regime?

12)Who was the first to give the alarm?

2.

Think about the situation in your native town. Ask and answer the questions

in pairs.

1) How do you think your town has changed in the last two years?

Significantly improved

Improved

Not changed

Got worse

2) If you could choose three things to improve the environment of your town, what would they be?

Sweep streets more often

	Impose fines on people who drop litter
	Reduce amount of traffic

Improve public transport

Improve parks

Provide more sports facilities

other

3)What’s the best thing about living in your town?

4)What’s the worst thing about living in your town?

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Test Revision

START

1 An

3 The major

important

economic

economic

problem of the

sector in

2 The

USA

4 This city

Britain

advantage of

was first

the

called

Chelyabinsk

Magnitnaya

5 What is

Region

Fortress

Scotland the

major

producer of?

13 Speak

6 What does

about import

America

and export in

rank second

the three

7Name some

in?

economies

famous and

rich people in

12What event

the economy

is known as

of the USA

“Kyshtym

tragedy”?

11Speak about

8 Explain the

the rate of

term

employment in

“market-

Britain

oriented”

10Name two

9 They

closed cities of

employ

the

174 000

Chelyabinsk

people in 100

Region

countries

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Unit II. Role play

Вступительное слово

Данная учебно-методическая разработка предназначена для проведения ролевой игры по теме: «Совещание о проекте сотрудничества челябинских и британских промышленников». Основной замысел разработки состоит в том, что представители британской делегации приезжают на предприятия машиностроительного комплекса Южного Урала с целью заключить контракт с одним из них. Но, прежде всего, они знакомятся с экономикой области, а также рассказывают об экономике своей страны и о компании, которую они представляют. В свою очередь, представители машиностроительных предприятий готовят презентации и отвечают на вопросы британской стороны. Заканчивается игра процедурой подписания контракта между челябинскими и британскими промышленниками. Разработка предполагает проведение ролевой игры в группе численностью 14 человек. Главные действующие лица: ведущий (the presenter), три представителя челябинской области (the representatives of the Chelyabinsk region),

три представителя британской делегации (the representatives of the British delegation),

семь представителей машиностроительных предприятий челябинской области

(participants). Ценность разработки состоит в том, что она может вовлекать в игру студентов с разным уровнем подготовленности и владения языком. Так, например,

в качестве ведущего и представителей могут быть выбраны студенты с более высоким уровнем владения языком, так как эти роли предполагают передачу большего количества информации. Особое внимание уделено коммуникативному аспекту, в пособии широко используются фразы и выражения, необходимые для проведения презентаций и выступлений.

Разработка разделена на три логические части: часть первая предполагает знакомство членов британской делегации с экономической картиной Челябинской области; часть вторая содержит преимущественно рассказ об экономике Великобритании и британских компаниях, подготовленный для представителей Челябинской области; третья часть включает презентации машиностроительных предприятий Челябинской области и дискуссию, заканчивающуюся подписанием контракта. Во всех частях жирным шрифтом выделены фразы и выражения,

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употребляющиеся в дискуссиях и публичных выступлениях, что подчеркивает коммуникативную направленность пособия. К ролевой игре рекомендуется приступать после изучения тем: «Экономика Великобритании» и «Экономика Челябинской области» с целью активизации изученного материала. При подготовке к ролевой игре преподавателю следует обратить внимание на повторение активной лексики и специальных терминов, указанных в приложении.

Преподавателям следует обратить внимание на финальный этап игры.

Для того, чтобы повысить мотивацию студентов к участию в игре, считаем необходимым предоставить учащимся самим выбрать то предприятие, с которым они хотят “ заключить контракт” ( в нашем пособии это металлургический машиностроительный завод в Уфалее). Основаниями для такого выбора могут служить более подготовленная презентация, наилучшим образом представленный материал, ясность и четкость изложения и т.д., но мнение преподавателя при этом также должно учитываться во избежание субъективной оценки. Подготовка презентаций – творческий процесс. Учащимся можно предложить подготовить презентации своих предприятий самостоятельно, используя сайты компаний челябинской области и материалы периодических изданий. Студенты,

подготовившие лучшие презентации, могут быть поощрены высокими отметками.

При составлении разработки использовался материал журнала Marchmont Guide (ежемесячного обзора российских регионов), а также сайтов ведущих машиностроительных компаний Челябинской области и Великобритании. В

примечании приведена таблица основных предприятий, упоминаемых в разработке,

список активной лексики, специальных терминов, перечень фраз и выражений,

используемых в ораторской речи.

Разработка может применяться и для самостоятельной работы студентов всех форм обучения при составлении тем по экономике Великобритании и Челябинской области. Надеемся, что представленный материал будет интересен и полезен, в

первую очередь, для аудиторной работы и поможет сделать изучение данных тем более увлекательным и занимательным.

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Part 1. Presentation of the Chelyabinsk Region Economy

(The representatives of the Chelyabinsk region, the representatives of the British delegation, all participants are ready to start the meeting. They are waiting for a

presenter who is invited to take the floor).

The presenter: Hello, ladies and gentlemen, are we ready to begin? Let me introduce myself. My name is … As you all know we are here today to talk about the enterprises of the machine-building sector of the Chelyabinsk region, about its products and industrial volume. We are going to discuss the place our region occupies in the economy of our country. Also, we will become acquainted with the representatives of the British company and our local enterprises who will tell us about the features of the machine-building sector. Our British guests came to our region in order to make a contract with one of our machine-building companies. So, they are interested in getting as much information as possible about the enterprises of our region. Well, if everybody is ready perhaps we could make a start? We will begin with the general description of the Chelyabinsk region economy to have a detailed picture of our economic profile and then the participants of the meeting will take the floor. All the speakers are invited to be brief. Ok? Could I ask you to start, please?

The 1st representative of the Chelyabinsk region: Thank you. The Chelyabinsk Region occupies the southern part of the Urals and the adjacent plain. The territory of the region spans 88,500 square kilometers which 0,5% of Russia's territory. Chelyabinsk, the administrative centre of the region, is located on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains. Chelyabinsk, often called the capital of South Ural, ranks one of the top ten largest cities in Russia. Today more than 30% of the region's population, 1.093 million people, lives within the Chelyabinsk city. Chelyabinsk is located at the cross-roads of major automobile highways and railways connecting Siberia with European Russia and the Ural with Kazakhstan. The region is rich in natural resources. There are more than 300 mineral deposits on the territory of the region.

The 1st representative of the British delegation: Sorry, if I could just come in

here a moment and ask what mineral resources are concentrated in the region?

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The 1st representative of the Chelyabinsk region: Just a moment, please. The most important of them are iron, titanomagnetite, copper and zinc ores, nickel, bauxite, talc, magnetite, graphite and gold. Iron ores are concentrated in 24 operating deposits with total reserves of 832 million tons. Chelyabinsk mines and processes more than 95% of magnetite, more than 90% of Russia’s total volume of kaolin and graphite, 71% of metallurgic dolomite, 70% of talc, 37% of facing brick, 25% of zinc, 15% of its copper and iron. Gold reserves are 453 tons.

The 2nd representative of the Chelyabinsk region: The region's economic profile is formed by such sectors as metallurgy, mechanical engineering, metal working, construction, the fuel and energy and agricultural sectors. Metallurgy and mechanical engineering are the key industries accounting for some 80 percent of the region's production and employing over 40 percent of its workforce.

The Metallurgical complex accounts for 241 enterprises that output 59% of total industrial volume.

The 2nd representative of the British delegation: Excuse me, do you mind if I just

interrupt? I’d like to know what kinds of products do they produce? What production do

machine building companies focus on?

The 2nd representative of the Chelyabinsk region: Thank you, but if you could

just allow me to finish, I would say that machine-building production in the region comprises the enterprises of automobile industry including tractor and agriculture machines production, the output of metallurgical, road construction, technical and mining equipment, instrument and tool production.

The 3rd representative of British delegation: Excuse me, can I just ask something

on the point? Do the enterprises of the machine – building secto r export abroad?

The 2nd representative of the Chelyabinsk region: Chelyabinsk machine builders enjoy a growing domestic market but are eager to export to the US and EU. Lacking the technical complexity of their global counterparts, even lower cost and higher quality are not enough to enter these foreign markets. Sales to Asian, CIS and African countries however, are strong and increasing.

The presenter: I wonder, if you don’t mind, could we leave questions to the end

of the presentation? OK? Thank you.

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The 2nd representative of the Chelyabinsk region: (continues speaking) The region boasts a most favorable situation for attracting both domestic and foreign capital. The Chelyabinsk Region has all the elements of investments potential: industrial, financial, laboring, consuming, institutional and innovational.

Some 50 percent of the 520 companies with foreign stakes are engaged in production. Ferrous metallurgy, trade, transport and communications are the most attractive sectors to foreign partners. The bulk of investments come from Germany, Ireland, Canada, Switzerland and Britain.

The presenter: Thank you. Dear guests, do you have any questions or

comments?

The 1st representative of the British delegation: What are the factories of the

machine-building sector in the Chelyabinsk region?

The 2nd representative of the Chelyabinsk region: The prominent companies in Chelyabinsk region are the Electromashina, Kyshtym Machine Building Factory, Ufaley Metallurgic Machine Building Plant, Miass Machine Building Factory and the Stankomash.

The 2nd representative of the British delegation: What is the total output of rolled

metal products and steel?

The 3rd representative of the Chelyabinsk region: The Chelyabinsk region produces 25% of Russia’s total output of rolled metal products and steel. The region’s metal products are in high demand in foreign markets, especially in China. To stay competitive and produce higher quality goods, the leading companies are investing billions. All of this contributes to the sector’s continued powerful growth.

The 3rd representative of the British delegation: What about the development of the IT sector in the region?

The 3rd representative of the Chelyabinsk region: The supercharged growth of the Ural IT market is highly integrated. Concentrated in Yekaterinburg, major players are

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