- •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.
II. Wordshop. Translate and transcribe:
bubble over with hospitality (with jokes, stories); to enjoy to the full; a bustling city (area, child, woman, man); steeped in history (in fog, in study, in mystery, in heritage); high-rise blocks (buildings, towers, column); to do sights; to date back hundred of years, months; to date back to 1554; a really unique creation (book, novel, history); a highlight of the district (book, match, concert).
Match these Russian word combinations with those from the previous exercise:
неистощимый на гостеприимство (шутки, рассказы);
получить полное удовольствие;
суматошный город (деловой район; непоседливый ребенок);
богатый историей (окутанный туманом, погруженный в работу, окутанный тайной, богатый наследием);
многоэтажки (высокие здания, высокая башня, высокая колона);
осматривать достопримечательности;
насчитывать сотни лет (годы, месяцы, датироваться 1554 годом);
если бы камни могли говорить;
поистине уникальное сооружение;
великолепный вид;
гвоздь программы (острый момент матча, гвоздь концерта, «фишка»);
Learn to pronounce and spell properly:
cathedral, entertainment, bustling, incredible, medieval, unique, sightseer.
III. Restore the text with these questions to help:
What can you tell us about Moscow?
What does Moscow attract tourist with?
How can you enjoy Moscow to the full?
What is the best way to get an idea of Moscow?
What kind of city is Moscow?
Where does the bustling capital city lie?
What is the best place to start sightseeing?
If stones could speak what would they tell us about?
What is Red Square famous for?
Who is the author of the unique creation in Red Square?
What can you say about Moscow museums and galleries?
What is the Museum of Fine Arts famous for?
Why is Moscow considered to be a city of theatres?
Where is the growth of Moscow evident?
What is located beyond the Garden Ring?
IV. Read and translate the dialogue and then play it out with your partner.
“Sightseeing”
A: Is it possible to see anything of Moscow in one or two days?
B: Well, yes, but, of course, not half enough.
A: What do you think I ought to see first?
B: Well, if you are interested in churches and historic places you should go to the Kremlin and Red Square. Do you like art galleries?
A: Rather!
B: Then why not go to the State Tretyakov Gallery?
A: I’m told one ought to see the Museum of Fine Arts. Do you think I shall have time for that?
B: Well, you might, but if I were you, I should leave that for some other day. You could spend a whole day there. It’s much too big to be seen in an hour or so.
A: I suppose it is. What about going to Arbat?
B: That’s not a bad idea. You could spend a couple of hours there comfortably, or even a whole afternoon walking down this street with many adjoining lanes. Here you can see all architectural styles. In Arbat you can see many houses famous for the writers, painters and other celebrities, who used to live there, and some monuments.
A: I’ll do that then. How do I get there?
B: Let me see. I think your best way from here is to walk across Red Square and Prospect Kalinina.
A: Is it much of a walk?
B: Oh, no, a quarter of an hour or so, but, if you are in a hurry, why not take a taxi/
A: I think I will. Ah, here’s one coming. Taxi! Arbat, please.