How would you say these numbers?
My credit card number is 87 63 05 33 09 74
It’s too hot today + 29°!
There are nine 0 in a figure billion.
In yesterday’s game Ak Bars won 5:0
Average temperature in winter is – 18 C°
READING: Some facts about Russia
a. Read the facts about Russia and discuss in pairs. Use the Language Skills phrases above.
Study the vocabulary.
vast territory
to lie
to extend
to cover
to border on
in terms of
according to
census
two-headed eagle
to appear
superpower
to contain
approximately
обширная территория
лежать, находиться
простираться, тянуться; длиться
покрывать
граничить c
в отношении
согласно….
перепись
двуглавый орел
появляться
сверхдержава
содержать в себе, включать
приблизительно
Read and translate the text.
Russia is one of the largest countries in the world. The vast territory of Russia lies in the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. Russia extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe through 11 time zones. At 17,075,200 square kilometers Russia is the largest country in the world: it covers more than an eighth of the Earth’s land area. It borders on China, Kazakhstan, Finland, Norway and many other countries. With 142 million people it is the ninth largest in terms of population.
According to the Constitution Russia is a federation and formally a semi-presidential republic, where the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the government.
Russia's 160 ethnic groups speak some 100 languages. According to the 2002 census, 142.6 million people speak Russian, followed by Tatar with 5.3 million and German with 2.9 million speakers. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism are Russia’s traditional religions.
As a state symbol the two-headed eagle first appeared in the XVth century when the country was called Moscovia. The most common version states that two heads of the eagle symbolize two parts of Russia – European and Asian and their importance for the country. Peter the Great was the first to use the three - colour Russian national flag. In those times red colour symbolized the Earth, blue – the sky, and white – the world of God.
Russia has the world's greatest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is known as an energy superpower. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world’s fresh water.
Complete the fact file about Russia.
RUSSIA’S FACT FILE
Location |
Land borders |
Territory |
Population |
Mineral resources |
Political status |
Religions |
Official language |
State symbol |
National flag |
Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
capital in terms of covers in the south symbolizes vast borders on approximately according to destroyed in the west |
Mongols… the main population centers except for Novgorod and Pskov in the 13th century.
Peter the Great moved the … from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
… of population, Russia is the ninth largest country in the world.
Russia … most of Eastern Europe and north Asia.
Russia … Norway and Finland in the northwest; Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania …; Georgia and Azerbaijan in the southwest; and Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and North Korea …
The population of Moscow is …10,500,000.
… the census there are more than 140 languages and dialects in Russia.
Two-headed eagle … two parts of Russia – European and Asian.
Siberia is a very … territory.
SPEAKING
Speak about Russia using the prompts.
STATISTICS