VI. Answer the following questions



1. What is Omsk?

2. How old is Omsk?

3. What is the population of Omsk?

4. How was it founded?

5. What are the main branches of industry in Omsk?

6. Why do we consider Omsk a city of students?

7. What theatres do you know in Omsk?

8. What places of interest are there in Omsk?

9. What problems are the inhabitants of Omsk to solve?

 

VII. Make up a plan of the text

 

VIII. Give a short story about Omsk

IX. Speak about the history of Omsk using the following words and word combinations

 

To be situated, merchant town, to turn for, center, a group, soldiers and Cossacks, guidance, Buchgolts, to found, fortress, to be renamed, to be Sounded, Great Trans-Siberian Railway, to pass through, to be like, wooden, unpaved, dusty, crooked, exile, Dostoevsky.

Текст II

Omsk in a nutshell

· Founded in 1716

· Is said to be the capital of South-Western Siberia

· Situated in the southern part of the West-Sibirian plain

· Climate is continental

· Population is 1,5 mil people

· Distance from Moscow - 2555 km.

· Local time GMT +6

· Phone code: 3812

· Big railway traffic centre

Basic info

Omsk is said to be the capital of South-Western Siberia.

The territory of Omsk region is 139,7 thousand square kilometres and is divided into 32 administrative districts.

Population

Population is 1,5 million people. It is a multinational City. It is inhabited by Russians, Germans, Ukrainians, Tatars, Kazakhs, Belorussians, Bashkeers, Jewry and other nations, altogether – about 80 nationalities.

Geography

Omsk region is situated in the southern part of the West-Siberian plain. On the West and North the region borders Tyumen region, on the East – with Tomsk and Novosibirsk regions, on the South and South-Western direction – with Kazhakstan.

History of Omsk Region

Omsk was founded in 1716 as a fortress at the junction point of channels of the Irtysh and the Om rivers by Colonel Ivan Bukhgoltz, this historic fact initiated developing one of the oldest cities in Siberia.

At the second part of the 18th century the fortress became the largest fortification at the East of the country. Construction of Trans - Siberian railway boosted the development of the city. Railway connected Omsk with European part of Russia

Culture

There are 83 public libraries with book fund exceeding 7 million pieces, 9 museums, containing over 220 000 collection items, theatres of Omsk are also well known in Russia as well as abroad.

Sport

Athletes from Omsk have been taking part in national and international competitions, Olympics. Wrestler Alexander Pushnitza, swimmer Roman Sludnov and gymnast Irina Chashina are world known.

Omsk Hockey Team Avangard is the champion of the Russian Hockey Superleague in 2004, 2 times took the second place – in 1998 and 2006, and is proud to be the European Hockey Champion in 2005.

Healthcare

There are 10 000 physicians and 17000 nurses in Omsk as well as 60 hospitals and 158 dispensaries. Omsk Medical Academy trains highly skilled doctors of different specialties and is in charge of raising the level of G.Ps skills.

The distinguishing feature of our people, in this case our physicians, is that they are perfectly glad to share their knowledge and experience with students.

We have very friendly and warm relationships with leading hospitals, thus, they are constantly waiting for our students. We hope everybody can appreciate the atmosphere, which prevails in our hospitals.

There are 30 special medical centers in Omsk , such as: endocrinological, pulmonological, perinatal, microsurgery, surgery of lever, gastroenterology, and diagnostic center, the largest one in Siberia.

How to get

The flight time from Moscow is 3 hours. There are 3 flights every day: 2 in the early morning and one at night.

Текст 1

I. Vocabulary list

 

1. raze – разрушать до основания

2. invasion – вторжение

3. reign – царство

4. moat – ров

5. destroy – разрушать

6. rebuild – заново строить

7. encircle – окружать

8. crown – короновать

9. execution – казнь

10. proclamation – провозглашение

11. edict – указ

12. merchant – купец

13. host – хозяин

14. site – место

15. tomb – могила

 

II.

1. Kremlin – Кремль

2. Napoleon – Наполеон

3. Red Square – Красная площадь

4. Lobnoye Mesto – Лобное место

5. Leninsky Prospect – Ленинский проспект

6. Leningradsky Prospect – Ленинградский проспект

7. International Sheremetievo Airport – Международный аэропорт Шереметьево

8. Tretyakov Art Gallery – Третьяковская Галерея

9. Pushkin Fine Arts Museum – Музей Изобразительного искусства им. А.С.Пушкина

10. Art Pavel Tretyakov – художник Павел Третьяков

11. Olympic Games – Олимпийские игры

12. Bolshoi Theatre – Большой театр

13. Great Patriotic War – Великая Отечественная война

 

III. Text

MOSCOW

Moscow, the capital of Russia is one of the biggest industrial, scientific and cultural centers of the world.

The city was founded in 1147 by Yuri Dolgoruky on the bank of the Moscva river. The city was razed in the 13th century during the Tatar invasion. In the 14th century it grew stronger and it was a military as well as an administrative and economic center. By the end of the 16th century during the reign of Boris Godunov, Moscow had 3 walls with towers, and moats surrounding the Kremlin.

With the invasion of Napoleon in 1812 four-fifth of Moscow was destroyed by fire but it was soon rebuilt and trade and industry developed again.

Let’s start the tour of Moscow with Red Square which is right in the center of things. Moscow is built on 7 hills, one of which is encircled by a red wall. The Kremlin stands on this hill.

We can see here the Moscow Kremlin with its beautiful towers crowned with ruby starts. We can come up to the place of execution and proclamation of various edicts, which was called Lobnoe Mesto. If the Kremlin is a symbol of Russia, then Spasskaya Bashnya is a symbol of the Kremlin. It is notable for its clock.

Moscow is a modern city. The population of the city is over 8 million now. The number of streets constantly increases. The largest one is Leningradsky Prospect.

Moscow underground is one of the beautiful in the world, it has about 2 hundred stations and is almost there hundred and forty (340) kms long. There are 9 railway stations in Moscow and 5 airports around the city. International Sheremetievo airport is among them.

Moscow is famous for its museums: the Tretyakov Art Gallery, the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, etc. There are many exhibitions and concert halls. The Gallery was named after the Moscow Merchant and Great lover of Art Pavel Tretyakov. The Gallery reflects the history of Russia the life and ideals of its people.

In the city there are many stadiums, sports facilities among them the ones, built for the 22nd Olympic Games in 1980, when Moscow was the host of the Games. Lots of theatres of Moscow are well-known. The best-known is, of course, the Bolshoi Theatre. One can enjoy numerous cinemas, restaurants, cafes.

Moscow is the main educational center of the country. There are 76 higher educational establishments in it. At the end of the University Prospect on the Lenin Hills rises the high building, the 32 storey Moscow University. The city is famous for its parks, for its botany garden, where hundreds of trees and plants from all over the world are gathered. The city has numerous modern enterprises, primarily engineering and metal-working plants with a wide range of output. Some 300 of the city’s plants and factories export their products to about 70 foreign countries.

Moscow is a green city. In the Alexandrovsky Garden we can stand by the tomb of the Unknown Warrior. For heroism of the people of our capital during the Great Patriotic War Moscow was awarded the title of Hero City. Moscow faces many problems now. But nevertheless, its future is bright.

IV. Give English equivalents to the Russian words and phrases

 

1. pазрушать до основания           9. провозглашение

2. правление Бориса Годунова    10. хозяин

3. ров                                              11. могила Неизвестного солдата

4. разрушать                                  12. образовательные учреждения

5. заново строить                           13. купец

6. метро                                           14. окружать

7. выставки                                     15. указ

8. отражать                                     16. провозглашение

V. Make up sentences

1. Moscow, 1147, to be, find.

2. In, Moscow, 1812, destroy, to be, fire, by.

3. To be, a, modern, Moscow, city.

4. Museum, Moscow, for, to be, famous, its.

5. Main, Moscow, to be, the, center, educational, the, of, country.

6. City, a, Moscow, to be, green.

VI. Answer the following questions

1. What is Moscow?

2. When was it founded?

3. What do you know about the history of Moscow?

4. What are the main sightseeings of Moscow?

5. What is the population of Moscow?

6. What is Moscow famous for?

7. What can you tell about Moscow as an educational center?

VII. Make up a plant of the text

VIII. Give a short story about Moscow

IX. Speak about Moscow as the city of students using the following words and word combinations:

Educational center, establishments, University Prospect, Lenin Hills, to rise, Moscow University.

IX. Speak about sightseeings of Moscow using the following words and word combinations:

To be famous for, all over the world, to gather, numerous, enterprises, Kremlin, Towers, ruby stars, place of execution, proclamation, Lobnoe Mesto, Spasskaya Bashnya, notable, Leninsky Prospect, Leningradsky Prospect, Underground, Tretyakov Art Gallery, Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, exhibitions, concert halls, stadiums.

 


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