- •Topic: My visit card
- •1. Write down and translate the following vocabulary notes and sentences. Learn the vocabulary notes by heart.
- •3. Read and translate the text. My visit card
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Now answer these questions to be ready to speak about your visit card:
- •6. Add some more information to the answers to the questions above. Be ready to speak about your visit card. Topic: My Working Day
- •1. Look through the list of vocabulary notes and try to match them with the words and phrases given in Russian.
- •3. Read and translate the following text. My Working Day
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Are you an early bird or a night owl?
- •6. Read the following situations then choose one of them and role-play it:
- •7. Compose an essay on the topic “My working day” and be ready to retell it. Topic: My favourite sportsman
- •2. Read the title of the text, try to guess and say what it is about. Read and translate the text.
- •Irina Chaschina
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Translate the following sentences into English using the active vocabulary of the lesson:
- •6. Read, translate and role-play the following dialogue between two fans of calisthenics. You may choose some other kind of sport to discuss while role-playing.
- •7. Compose an essay on the topic “My favourite sportsman”. Be ready to retell it. Topic: Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sport
- •9. Compose an essay on the topic “My University”. Be ready to speak on the topic “My University”.
- •Topic: The Russian Federation
- •Sport in Russia
- •Glossary
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the essential vocabulary:
- •III. Write o for oceans, s for seas, r for rivers, l for lakes, I for islands, p for peninsulas, Rg for regions:
- •IV. Read and translate the text. Text a Geographical outline
- •Text b Political system of Russia
- •V. Try your hand in interpreting:
- •Sport in Russia
- •1. Give English equivalents for:
- •2. Use these words and phrases in sentences of your own.
- •3. Read the statements and say whether they are true or false. You’ll sound more English if you use these models:
- •4. Write a summary of the text.
- •II. Wordshop. Translate and transcribe:
- •III. Restore the text with these questions to help:
- •IV. Read and translate the dialogue and then play it out with your partner.
- •V. Discourse.
- •VI. Role play these etudes.
- •Omsk is the city where I study
- •II. Give full answers to the questions:
- •III. Retell the text using the active vocabulary.
- •IV. Write an essay about Omsk as your native city.
- •V. Make the advertisement prospect of Omsk. Say why people should visit it! Topic: Great Britain. Sport in Great Britain.
- •Supplementary texts and tasks Sports and Pastime.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •I advice you to go to/visit……я советую Вам пойти/посетить……..
- •Vocabulary
- •Holidays in Great Britain
- •Topic: The Olympic Games Text 1: The Ancient Olympic Games
- •1. Look through the list of some new vocabulary notes and try to match them with the Russian words and phrases given below.
- •3. Before reading the text, look through and remember the following:
- •4. Read and translate the text.
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Use the text and give the English equivalents for the following Russian sentences:
- •9. Write an essay on the topic “The Ancient Olympic Games”. Be ready to speak on the topic “The Ancient Olympic Games”.
- •1. Look through the list of some new vocabulary notes and try to match them with the Russian words and phrases given below.
- •3. Before reading the text, look through and remember the following:
- •4. Read and translate the text. The Modern Olympic Games
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English. Use the topical vocabulary.
- •9. Think over 5 differences between Ancient Olympic Games (see the previous text) and Modern Olympic Games. Do you find them all advantages or disadvantages? Give your reasons.
- •10. Write an essay on the topic “The Modern Olympic Games”. Be ready to speak on the topic “The Modern Olympic Games”. Text 3: Pierre de Coubertin
- •1. Look through and remember the following vocabulary notes:
- •3. Read and translate the text. Pierre de Coubertin
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Try your hand in the following translation:
- •6. Write an essay on the biography of Pierre de Coubertin. Be ready to speak about the biography of Pierre de Coubertin. Topic: Sport and society
- •Text 1. What is better watching sports or participating in sports?
- •Healthy living
- •Text 4. Sports and Games (Sports in our Life).
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 8. Dangers of doping.
Text b Political system of Russia
The Russian Federation was set up by the Constitution of 1993. After its destruction the Soviet Union was broken up into independent Russia and 14 other new, sovereign nations.
Under the Constitution of 1993 Russia is a Presidential Republic. It is headed by the President who is elected for a four-year term. The President is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, he makes treaties, and enforces laws, appoints the prime minister, cabinet members, and key judges. The President can override and in some cases dissolve the national parliament, the bicameral Federal Assembly.
The government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Each of them is checked and balanced by the President. The legislative power is vested in the Federal Assembly. It consists of the Council of Federation (upper house) and the State Duma (low house). The members of the State Duma are elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The Council of Federation is not elected. It is formed of the heads of the regions. Each Chamber is headed by the Chairman. Legislature is initiated in the State Duma. But to become a law a bill must be approved by the Lower and Upper Houses and signed by the President. The executive power belongs to the Government. The judicial branch is represented by the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and regional courts.
Today the state Russian flag is three colored. It has three horizontal stripes: white, blue and red. The white stripe symbolizes the earth, the blue one stand for the sky, and the red one signifies liberty. It was the first state symbol to replace the former symbols in 1991. The hymn of Russia is created by Alexandrov and Mikhalkov. Now the national coat of arms is a two-headed eagle. It is the most ancient symbol of Russia.
Russian is the official, but not the only language which people speak in the country. Members of more than 60 other ethnic groups who live in Russia speak their own languages. The people of the Altaic group speak mainly Turkic, and Mongolian languages. The members of the Uralic group speak Uralic languages. The representatives of the Caucasus group speak various languages of the North Caucasus region of Russia. The people of Paleosiberian groups speak variety of languages of far-eastern Siberia.
Task 1. Find answers to the following questions in the text:
When was the RF set up?
Who is the head of the RF?
What are the branches of the Russian government?
What are Russia’s state symbols?
What is the official language of the RF?
Task 2. Exctract the most important information and retell the text.
V. Try your hand in interpreting:
A. 1. Западный берег этого острова омывается теплыми водами Тихого океана. 2. Я не думаю, что спорт занимает у тебя слишком много времени. 3. Большая река отделяет северную часть города от южной. 4. Мы наблюдаем стремительное развитие российской тяжелой, легкой и химической промышленностей. 5. Климат во Франции не суровый, а мягкий. 6. Суровость российских зим ограничивают площадь пахотных земель. 7. Китай занимает первое место в мире по численности населения. 8. Большинство студентов нашего университета – спортсмены. 9. Россия одна из немногих стран, у которых в недрах есть практически все минеральные ресурсы. Она богата углем, нефтью, природным газом, железной рудой, медью, цинком, никелем, оловом, свинцом, алюминием. 10. Если вы посмотрите на карту РФ, то в восточном углу ее вы увидите Камчатский полуостров и Курильские и Сахалинские острова. 11. Эта река образует естественную границу между двумя странами. 12. Шотландия – это страна с холмистыми возвышенностями и хвойными лесами. 13. Гора Народная является самой высокой вершиной для скалолазов в Уральских горах. Ее высота достигает 1,895 метров. 14. Рельеф России разбавлен озерами и болотами, а через бассейны рек пролегают долины и ущелья. 15. Наш новый дом в Сочи расположен в паре кварталов от моря. 16. Этот двор отделен от фабрики высоким забором. 17. Леса охватывают половину площади Канады. 18. На западе нашу страну омывает Атлантический Океан. 19. Обширные территории фермерских земель простираются на сотни километров. 20. Флорида граничит с Джорджией на севере. 21. Эти файлы занимают много места на диске. 22. Киев стал колыбелью русской культуры еще много веков назад. 23. Восточная часть России окружена горными цепями. 24. Климат на территории нашей страны варьируется от арктического на севере до субтропического на юге. 25. Река Иртыш впадает в Обь. 26. Север России расположен в арктической и субарктической зонах с тундрой и тайгой, а юг – в субтропической зоне со степями и пустынями. 27. Стемнело, и холмы слились с темным небом позади них. 28. Реки Западной Сибири Обь и Енисей протекают вдоль самой обширной низменности в мире. 29. Эти острова населяют 17 тысяч человек. 30. Большинство людей проживает в Европейской части России, тогда как Сибирь и Дальний Восток недостаточно населены, а некоторые части этих регионов остаются незаселенными.
B. Российская Федерация – президентская республика. Это означает, что ее возглавляет президент. Он заключает соглашения и проводит в жизнь законы. Государственная власть состоит из трех ветвей: законодательной, исполнительной и судебной. Законодательная власть представлена Федеральной Ассамблеей. Она состоит из Совета Федерации и Государственной Думы. Исполнительная власть принадлежит правительству, которое возглавляет премьер министр. Судебная власть представлена Конституционным Судом, Верховным Судом и региональными судами. Сегодня государственными символами России являются национальный гимн, трехцветный флаг и герб с двуглавым орлом.
Read and translate the text Sport in Russia.