Vocabulary

population to be founded (by) bank fortress position beautiful beauty outstanding famous well-known to name after symbol enterprise research science scientific citizen to keep memory alive to build building to be marked with nobleman to be remarkable for long-standing cultural traditions exhibition monument resident

население быть основанным берег крепость место расположения красивый красота выдающийся знаменитый известный называть в честь символ предприятие исследование (научное) наука научный горожанин хранить живую память строить здание быть отмеченным чем-либо дворянин быть примечательным чем-либо устоявшиеся традиции выставка памятник житель

Exercises

2. Fill in the gaps:

1. The … of Krasnoyarsk is over 1 million people.

2. Krasnoyarsk … … on the … of the river Yenisey.

3. Krasny Yar was named because of its … and … .

4. The history of Krasnoyarsk … … with many famous names.

5. The architectural face of the city … its … .

6. Surikov … … in our city. He is a … painter.

3. Make the sentences English:

1. Жители of Krasnoyarsk назвали the street в честь Surikov.

2. Выдающийся opera-singer Khvorostovskiy родился in our city.

3. Krasnoyarskisthecityof устоявшихся культурных традиций.

4. Здание of Pokrovskaya church was built in 1795.

5. Krasnoyarsk был основан as a крепость by Andrey Dubenskoy in 1628.

4. Match the words which have something in common:

Gold night club ore

flora avenue disco

coal country well-known

restaurant fauna

state village cafe

city material raw

famous tundra town

country street silver

natural resources steppe

5. Choose some word from vocabulary and give the definitions to the words. Let the other students guess.

6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:

1. Мой дом – моя крепость.

2. Суриков – знаменитый художник нашего города.

3. Эта улица названа в честь известного человека.

4. В Красноярске много культурных и исторических памятников.

5. Красноярск – это промышленный центр, в котором очень много крупных предприятий.

6. В нашем городе сложная экологическая ситуация.

7. Горожане решают важные проблемы промышленной, научной и культурной жизни нашего города.

7. Agree or disagree:

1. Krasnoyarsk is a small town with a population of 1 thousand people.

2. It is situated in the steppe.

3. It was founded by Dubenskiy in 1728.

4. The Yenisey is one of the longest rivers in Russia.

5. Many famous people, Pushkin, Solzhenitsin, Shishkin lived in Krasnoyarsk.

6. The railway bridge across the Yenisey is the symbol of our city.

7. Krasnoyarsk is a big industrial and scientific centre.

8. There are no interesting places and historical buildings in Krasnoyarsk.

9. Krasnoyarsk is the city of long-standing cultural traditions.

10. Different exhibitions are regularly held in Krasnoyarsk.

8. Guess a famous person:

• He was born in 1848. He began to draw when he was a small child. He graduated from the Academy of Arts successfully. He was interested in history and he painted historical events.

• He was an outstanding Russian seatraveller. He swam to America to establish relations. There he fell in love with a woman? Who had been waiting for him for all her life. He died in our city.

• He came to Siberia in the 17^th century with his cossacs and in 1628 he founded the fortress Krasniy Yar.

• He was born in Krasnoyarsk in the 20^th century. He graduated from our Institute of Arts and worked at the Opera and Ballet House. Now he is a wellknown operasinger.

• This person was e wellknown merchant. He had one of the richest private libraries in Russia.

• He is a famous person. He has written many books, e.g. «Kingfish». His books are about Siberia and the people who live here.

9. Study vocabulary (underlined words and word combinations) and read the text about a Great Russian painter V.I. Sirikov.