- •Unit I people and their life Conversational topic: Characterizing people
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: About myself
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Family life
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Unit II education Conversational topic: Education in Russia
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Higher education in the United Kingdom and the United States of America
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Our University
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Unit III choosing a career Conversational topic: My future profession
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: The role of foreign language in my future profession
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Unit IV outstanding people Conversational topic: From the history of science
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Outstanding scientists of the world
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Inventors and their inventions
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Famous Architects.
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Unit V russia – my motherland Conversational topic: Our Country – Russia
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Russia’s Political System
- •Words to remember
- •Conversational topic: Moscow
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: The sights of Moscow
- •Unit VI my native land Conversational topic: Zabaikalsky Krai.
- •Words to remember
- •Exercices
- •In a train
- •Conversational topic: Chita
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Unit VII english speaking countries Conversational topic: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: London
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •The sights of London
- •Conversational topic: The United States of America
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: New York
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: The sights of New York
- •Conversational topic: Washington
- •Exercises
- •Words to remember
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Holidays in Great Britain
- •Exercises
- •Conversational topic: Holidays in the United States of America
- •Exercises
- •Bibliography
- •Content
Words to remember
To cover [kʌvə] занимать
Total целый, полный, общий
To border on граничить с
Crown [kraun] корона
To hold держать
Orb держава, шар
Midland средняя полоса
Highland ['haılænd] высокогорная местность
Desert ['dezǝt] пустыня
Extremely очень
To be located быть расположенным
To separate ['sepǝreıt] разделять
To possess [pǝ'zes] обладать, иметь
Enormous громадный, огромный
Striking [straikiŋ] поразительный, удивительный
Various различный, разнообразный
Deposit [dı'pɔzıt] месторождение
Hydro- power resources гидроэнергетические ресурсы
Timber reserves лесные запасы
Natural resources природные запасы
Maritime морской
Exploration исследование
To support поддерживать
To generate производить, генерировать
Major основной, главный
Power держава
Leading ведущий
Output выработка, выпуск, мощность
Outstanding выдающийся, знаменитый
Legislative ['ledƺısleıtıv] законодательный
Executive [ig'zekjutiv] исполнительный
Judicial [dƺu:'diʃl] судебный
Exercises
1. Learn the pronunciation:
Russian [rʌʃn], Europe ['juərəp], Asia ['əıʃə], the Urals ['juərəlz], the Arctic Ocean ['α: ktik ‘ouʃn], Earth [ə: θ], Siberia [saı'bıərıə], Norway ['nɔ:weı], Baltic ['bɔ:ltık], Georgia ['dƺɔ:dƺjə], China ['tʃaınə], the Far East, the European region.
2. Choose proper variants:
1.символизирует свободу
a) symbolize the earth b) symbolize the liberty c) symbolize the sky
2. промышленная держава
a) industrial power b) industrial progress c) industrial output
3. гидроэнергетические ресурсы
a) the biggest rivers b) hydro-power resources c)the deepest lake
4. атомная электростанция
a) hydroelectric plant b) electricity output c) nuclear plant
5. основной производитель
a) main district b) major producer c) leading industry
3. Translate given word combinations:
A total area, a sea-border, a gold double-headed eagle, heraldic shield, several mountain chains, hydro-power resources, extremely rich, in reality, quite striking, for most of the country, it hard to name, industrial power people's, to execute laws, the judicial branch.
4. Find the Russian equivalents for the following expressions:
восточная часть rich in lakes
герб natural resources
на фоне красного щита more varied
исторические короны science and engineering
более разнообразный the leading industries
богатый озерами the national emblem
пресноводное озеро against a red shield
климатические контрасты historical crowns
природные ресурсы the eastern part
ведущие отрасли промышленности the climate contrasts
наука и техника fresh-water lake