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Лексический практикум по теме «My native land»
Задание №1. Изучите текст по теме «My native land - Russia»:
Geographical Position
Russia, or the Russian Federation, сovers a huge part of Eurasia. Being the largest world country it borders 18 states and takes in one eighth of the Earth’s dry surface.
Climate
In Russia winter is mostly cold and snowy and summer is usually hot and dry. The polar climate prevails over northern areas. Beyond the Polar Circle people don’t see daylight in winter. But in summer the long polar night gives place to the midnight sun.
Natural Resources
Russia can boast of the richest mineral and energy reserves. The country is often called an «energy superpower» as Russia’s depths rich in oil, natural gas and coal.
Population and Cities
The density of population in Russia is uneven. Up to 78% of citizens live in comparatively small European part while vast Asian areas remain low populated. About 8% of Russian people reside in Moscow. In the list of the largest Russian cities the capital of the Russian Federation is followed by Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg.
CultureRussia is a homeland of classical ballet school and Stanislavski’s system of acting. Russian literature is very popular throughout the world. All educated people know the names of Aleхander Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov.
Five Russian writers and poets won the Nobel prize in literature: Ivan Bunin, Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Sholokhov, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Brodsky.
Do You Know That…?
To pronounce «I love you» in Russian English people use word combination «yellow blue bus».
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Форма отчетности: устный ответ.
Текст 1.
Almost every nation and country has a reputation of some kind. The Englishmen are reputed to be cold, reserved, rather naughty easy-going and fond of sport. They are the nation of stay-at-homes., they say. The English man's home is his castle is a saying known all over the world. They prefer a small house built for one family, with a small garden are a fire in the centre of the house. They like animals very much and follow the traditions concerning food and meals. We know much about English traditions and customs but now I'd like to say a few words about the traditions of my native land-Russia. First, about Russian people. To my mind, the main traits of their characters which differ them from other people are hospitality, their,, wise Russian fairytales reflect this wisdom. Our people are hardworking, patient, never loosing hope for better life. The Russians are the talented nation. Russia gave the world beautiful names of Pushkin and Lermontov, Chaikovsky and Repin, thousands of names of world famous poets, writers, composers, scientists. All of them are the pride of the nation because they sand the beauty of our nature and people.
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Besides these great names in literature and music, our country is famous for Russian traditional specific crafts its skilled craftsmen. Painted boxes of Palekh, coloured shawls of Pavlov Posad, clay toys of Dymkovo, laces of Vologda are known all over the world.
The names of Gzhel and Khokhloma are considered to be the symbols of Russia as well as matryoshkas and samovars. The history of khokhloma goes back into the 17th century Producing of tableware-dishes, spoons, mugs was begun at that time in the villages of Suomino and Khokhloma in the Nizhniy Novgorod Province. On the banks of the great Russian river Volga. Many carpenters, painters have been working since then reviving traditions of old masters. The Khokhloma style is characterized by using plant elements in painting the tableware. The prevailing colours are black, yellow, golden, green and red. And nowadays this craft is sure to be saved, it will be developed and brought into the future by the new generation of painters.
The reviving of old crafts is connected with the reviving of the traditional arts of all peoples inhabiting our big country. There are 100 of them. They revive their culture, costumes, dances and language. It is the revival of our souls. Now we celebrate the forgotten holidays - Troisa, Maslenitsa, Easter. We again sing Russian folk songs and chastushki, dance Barinya and perform khorovods, ride in troikas. Traditional Russian cooking is world-famous for such dishes as okroshka, shi, pelment, kurnik, kvass. We begin to build and reconstruct churches. The example of it is the building of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. It is the symbol of reviving human feelings, national pride and patriotism.
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Russia is the largest countries in the world. It occupies about one-seventh part of dry land. It is situated in Europe and in Asia. It's total area is over 17 million square kilometers, with population of 200 million people. There are 1,030 towns and cities in this country. Moscow, with 9,5 million people, is it's capital.
Текст 2.
The country is washed by seas and oceans. By Arctic Ocean in the north and the Pacific Ocean in the east. There are many rivers in Russia. The largest rivers are the Volga in Europe and the Yenisei and OB in Asia. The deepest lakes are the Baikal and Ladoga. All rivers flow in the seas.
The relief of Russia is mostly flat. Russia is located on two plains the Great Russia Plain and the Western Siberian Plain.
There are three main mountains chains in Russia. The Caucasus is a range of mountains which extend from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. The highest mountain is the Caucasus. The highest mountain in Caucasus in Russian Federation and in the whole Europe Mount Elbrus is. The Urals extend from the Arctic Ocean to the steppes. This mountain chain divides the European and Asian parts of Russia. The Urals are famous for their valuable minerals. There are 150 volcanoes in Kamchatka, 30 of which are active.
Russia Federation is very rich in minerals resources, such as oil, natural gas, coal, iron,gold and others.
Russia borders on fourteen countries including the former republics of the USSR, which are now independent states. Russia borders with Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Poland, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan and so on.
Today Russia is one of the world's largest grain products and exporters. It produced 78 % of all its natural gas, 60 % of steel,80 % of timber and 91 % of oil. So, today Russia becomes greatest industrial country.
The main cities of Russia are: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, Perm, Rostov - on - Don, Vladivostok. Many villages in Russia are famous for their specific crafts: painted boxes in Palkn, Wooden tableware in Khokhloma, and toys in Dymkovo.
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Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is one of the biggest and most beautiful cities in the world. Moscow is the modern city. It's the political center, here the government of our country work. Moscow is the port of five seas, as the Volga Canal links Moscow with the Baltic, White, Caspian and Black seas and with Sea of Azov. Moscow is the cultural center. There are a lot of theatres, museums, institutes, libraries and cinemas. Young people like to visit The Central Military Museum. There are many tanks, guns and war documents there.
Everyone can see The Kremlin and Red Square in the city. There are many fine buildings, wide streets, green parks, large squares, churches and monuments in Moscow.
There are a lot of famous monuments to Pushkin, Fedorov, and many, many others.
Moscow is a very big city and it's transport must be very comfortable and fast. There are a lot of buses, trolley-buses, trams, a lot of metro station(about 190 stations). There are 9 railway stations in Moscow and some airports around the city.
The main stations in Moscow is The Central station in Luzhniki. Many competitions and football matches are held there. The Olympic village was build for the 22 Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980. It's a big complex for sport games.
So I'm a patriot of my country and I love it very much.
Практическая работа №3
Тема: Общественная жизнь (повседневное поведение, профессиональные навыки и умения). "My social life"
Цель: - извлекать необходимую информацию из прочитанного текста;
-представить устное сообщение на заданную тему (с опорой на вопросы);
Литература: практикум, англо-русские словари
Время выполнения: 2 часа
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