- •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.
V. Discourse.
a. Make up a plan of your trip about Moscow. Suggest places of interest you’d like to have a glimpse of and give your reasons.
Prompts: I suggest going
I wish I saw
I’d rather see (further see the models in the dialogue “Sightseeing”)
b. You come back from Moscow. The party of friends wants to know what you saw and learned there.
c. An English student came to your University. He/she is eager to know as much as possible about the Russian capital. What would you tell him/her about?
Use the following: “It’s up to you, but I’d; it depends on your tastes, but I’d; but why not go; I don’t mind, though I think.”
VI. Role play these etudes.
1. You are in Moscow and having a talk of sights with your guide.
2. You are going sightseeing but it’s difficult to decide on a definite plan. Your Moscow friend gives you a hand in showing you around.
3. Your English friend wants to know more about Russian history and historical places. He has a good guide at his disposal – you.
4. Take part in the “Excursion about Moscow”.
Omsk is the city where I study
New words:
confluence – слияние рек
frontier – граница
to acquire – приобретать, получать
to contribute to – способствовать, вносить вклад
enterprise – предприятие
to accommodate – заселить
saline – соленое озеро
machine-tool – станок
Read and translate the text. Mind your pronunciation.
Omsk is the principal city and administrative center of Omsk region. It is situated in the center of Russia (2,555 km from Moscow) at the confluence of the rivers Irtysh and Om. Founded in 1716 as the fortress protecting Russian frontier in Siberia, Omsk acquired the town status in 1782. It had been the administrative center of Siberian Cossack Army until 1918. The construction of Trans-Siberian Railway in the late 19th century and the presence of the river port on the Irtysh contributed to the development of industrial production and commerce in Omsk. From June 1918 to November 1919 the town of Omsk was the residence of admiral A.V. Kolchak, the High Regent of Russia, who proclaimed Omsk the capital of Siberia.
During World War II (1939-1945) a lot of major industrial enterprises were evacuated from European part of Russia. It was the time when Omsk population nearly tripled. Present day Omsk is the home for about 1,200,000 citizens. 2,200,000 people live in Omsk region on the territory of 139,700 square kilometers (enough room to accommodate such countries as Austria, Belgium and Netherlands).
There are a lot of freshwater lakes and salines in Omsk region. In the south the prevailing is wooded steppe, in the north — dark-coniferous taiga. Oil is extracted in the northern part of the region.
The multinational population (more than 100 nationalities) of Omsk region consists mainly of Russians, Germans, Ukrainians, Kazakhs and Tatars.
The present day Omsk is one of the major industrial centers of Siberia. The most developed industries here are machine-building, machine-tools manufacture, electrical engineering and electronics, instrument-making, petrochemistry, woodworking and foodstuffs production. Space rockets, engines, agricultural machinery, oil and gas equipment, construction materials are also manufactured in Omsk.
30 higher educational institutions and branches are situated in Omsk. The most well-known of them on the national level are Omsk State Transport University, the University of Engineering, the State University, the Pedagogic University, the Road-Transport Academy, the University of Physical Culture, the Academy of Law and the Medical Academy. Omsk is by right called the city of youth and students. Actually, each of four citizens is a student.
The city of Omsk is a cultural and sports center of Siberia. Its history is connected with the names of F.M. Dostoyevsky, the great Russian writer; M.A. Vrubel, the famous artist. Omsk Symphony Orchestra and Omsk State Russian Folk Choir are very well-known both in Russia and abroad. Omsk Avangard, the ice hockey team, is 2004 Champion of Russia.
There are a lot of landmarks in the city — historical, cultural and architectural monuments, theaters, museums, concert halls, a circus, exhibitions, sports complexes, swimming-pools, night clubs, cafes and restaurants.
The people of Omsk are friendly and hospitable. You will always find a ready welcome in our Siberian land, the glorious city of Omsk!