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Exercises

  1. Practise in reading:

1. The Russian Federation, Eastern Europe, Northern Asia, the Baltic Sea, the Pacific Ocean, the East, the Arctic Ocean, the North, the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Altai, the Sayan Mountains, the Amur, the Ussuri rivers, the South, Norway, Finland, the north-west, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, the Ukraine, the West, Georgia, Azerbaidzhan, the south-west, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, southern, Great Russian Plain, West Siberian Lowland, the Urals, Europe, Asia, the Volga, the Caspian Sea, Siberian, the Ob, the Yenisei, the Lena, the Amur, the Far East, Lake Baikal, Russians, 82 %.

2. The Constitution, a presidential republic, the Federal Assembly, the Upper Chamber, the Council of Federation, the Lower Chamber, the State Duma, the Speaker, the President, commander-in-chief, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the regional courts, represented, horizontal stripes, the Ruricovitches.

  1. Prepare the reading of the words:

  • with the first syllable stressed:

1. Total, kilometers, bordered, varies, deserts, valleys, separating, flowing, situated, arctic, current, natural, ferrous, metals, quarters, concentrated, agriculture, products, granaries.

2. The government, branches, legislative, balanced, chambers, legislature, treaties, popular, symbol, coloured, symbolizes, ancient, emblem.

  • with the second syllable stressed:

1. Located, subtropical, industrialized, agrarian, resources, include, approximately, engaged, produce.

2. Consists of, executive, judicial, initiated, approved, enforces, appoints, appointment, elected, replaced, originates, official.

  1. Give Russian equivalents for:

1. In area, the Russian Federation is the largest country in the world; along the southern border; the land of Russia varies from thick forests to barren deserts, from high peaked mountains to deep valleys; approximately 10 million people are engaged in agriculture and they produce half of the region’s grain, meat, milk and other dairy products.

2. The Russian Federation is set up by the Constitution of 1993; each of them is checked and balanced by the President; the legislative power is vested in the Federal Assembly; legislature may be initiated in either of the two Chambers; he appoints ministers to be approved by the Federal Assembly; the first action of the Prime Minister on appointment is to form the Cabinet; the blue one stands for the sky; they have been approved by the Federal Assembly.

  1. Give English equivalents for:

1. Общая площадь, занимать, простираться, граничить, граница, варьировать(ся), пустыни, горы, долины, располагаться, равнины, самое глубокое, арктический, континентальный, субтропический, население, русские (россияне), полезные ископаемые, приблизительно, молочные продукты, амбары (житницы), производить, регионы.

2. В соответствии с конституцией, президентская республика, федеральное правительство, законодательство, законопроект, состоять из, возглавлять, одобрять, наложить вето, вооруженные силы, главнокомандующий, Федеральное собрание, Государственная дума, Совет Федерации, избирать, на четыре года, государственный символ, символизировать, трехцветный флаг.