A. Put these sentences in the correct order:
a. Near to the oil town a new one has risen on the wastelands and marshes.
b. Tyumen has got two universities, different colleges and some other higher institutions.
c. It was born anew on June 21, 1960, the day on which oil was found near a little forest village.
d. Tyumen plants are well-known in Russia and abroad.
e. Discoveries showed the northern part of Western Siberia possesses incredible quantities of oil and natural gas.
f. Tyumen is not only an oil town; it is a cultural, industrial and educational centre as well.
B. Answer the following questions:
a. What places of entertainment are there in Tyumen?
b. What collection does Tyumen Picture gallery have?
c. What places of interest are there in Tyumen?
d. What was the first stone building in the town?
e. Who made Blagoveschenskaya Church?
f. What traditions do a lot of wooden houses bear?
g. Where do the lovers of music listen to the organ?
V. VOCABULARY FOCUS.
A. Find words or phrases in the text which mean the same as the following:
a) ;
b) ;
c) ;
d) ;
e) ;
f) ;
g) 19 ;
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j) ;
k) ;
l) ;
m) ;
n) ;
o) ;
p) .
B. Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form nine phrases:
| 1. to become a trans- shipping 2. right away 3. to be established 4. to possess incredible 5. to be born 6. to have grown 7. to cover 8. research and design 9. the development of oil and gas | a) anew b) institutes c) an area d) deposits e) quantities of oil f) considerably g) as a fortress h) beyond i) point |
VI. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
A. Study the following list of phrasal verbs:
| break down ( .) break into ( ) bring about -1. ; 2. bring round -1. (- ) ; 2. bring up get away ; ; ; ; get through 1. (to); 2. -; ; go on 1. , , ; ( ); 2.; | go through , ; look after , (-., -.); look for ; look into ; look up (-. ); make up 1. (); 2.; 3. ; put out (); set up ; .), (-., -.). |
Make up your own sentences using the phrasal verbs above.
B. Match the phrasal verbs on the right with their meanings on the left:
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| 1. get through 2. get away 3. set up 4. put out 5. go on 6. go through 7. look up 8. look for 9. look into 10. look after 11. break down 12. break into 13. bring up 14. bring about 15. bring round 16. make up | a) raise b) compose, invent, put cosmetics on c) continue d) extinguish e) investigate f) stop working g) persuade h) come to a successful end i) do smth wrong without being caught j) experience, check k) establish l) forcibly enter m) cause to happen n) take care of o) try to find p) find information in the book |
C. Everyday expressions.In a game with a ball practice asking questions (student A) and answering to them (student B). Then exchange the roles.
Asking for directions: - Excuse me, Im lost. Can you help me, please? - Excuse me, how can I get to the post office? - Is there a bank near here? - Could you tell me the way to the bus station, please? - Can you tell me where the Science Museum is?
Giving directions: - Go straight ahead. - Turn left / right. - Take the first / second turn on your right / left. - Cross the street. - Go through the park. - Go along the street. - Go past the bookshop. - The cafe will be on your left.
VII. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
A. Work in a group of four. Draw a map of a part of your town or print it. Decide where you are on the map. Make an appointment with your friends. Describe on the phone each other how to get to the appointed place.
B. What facilities would your ideal town have? Name the three most important facilities for you in each of the categories listed below.
commercial centre: an area with lots of banks and company offices
shopping centres: places with many shops, cither indoors or outdoors
car parks: places to leave many cars
factories: buildings where you make/manufacture things, e.g. cars
suburbs: areas outside the centre of town where people live
libraries: places where you can borrow books
C. Are any problems mentioned below to be found in your city or city you know well? Could you suggest a solution for these problems?
Traffic jams: many cars on the road
Overcrowding: too many people live in too small a place
pollution: dirty air because of smoke and petrol fumes
Crime: people steal cars, rob banks and murder each other.
D. Write sentences about Tyumen or any other towns you known, using each of the adjectives below (e.g.: The most picturesque part of my town is the old market place.)
picturesque, historic, spacious, elegant, magnificent, atmospheric, lively, deserted (e.g. at night), crowded, packed, shabby, dangerous, stressful, safe, calm
E. Make up dialogue according to the following situation:
Student A:
You are a journalist of an American newspaper. You have a task to write an article about Tyumen, its history and nowadays.
Student B:
You are an officer of the Town's Administration. You are interviewed by an American journalist about Tyumen.
F. Work in group. Make a project of a new leisure centre in your town. Cover the following points:
| - the place where it is situated; - advertisement (where people can find out about your leisure centre); - the range of courses and their the price; - what teachers and coaches do you need; - other amenities. | For example: in the centre of the town, not far from the University, near the lake, site in the Internet, advertisement on the buses, skiing, swimming, joga, knitting, judo, karate, volleyball, football, dancing, experienced, professional instructors, swimming pool, football pitch, golf course, tennis court, gym, etc. |
VIII. WRITING
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Your foreign friend thinks of coming to your town but he / she is in doubt. Persuade him or her that Tyumen is worth visiting.
IX. WORD LIST
abroad
all over the world
ancient
at atmospheric
attract
attractive
birthplace
calm
Can you tell me where the Science Museum is?
capital
car park
composer
connected with
considerably
Could you tell me the way to the bus station?
crime
Cross the street
crowded
cultural
dangerous
deposits
deserted
dirty
discovery
diversified
due to
east and west
elegant
established
How can I get to the post office?
Excuse me, Im lost.
Can you help me, please?
fairy-tale teller
football pitch
fortress
gate
Go along the street
Go past the bookshop
Go straight ahead
Go through the park
golf course
great number of
gym
gymnasia
highly developed
historic
incredible quantities
industrial
Is there a bank near here?
library
liceum
lively
magnificent
marsh
marvellous
masterpiece
medieval church
mostly
multinational population
murder
museum
natural gas
on the physical map
ordinary founder
originated
outlying district
overcrowding
permanent exhibitions
picturesque
pipeline
plain
plant
pollution
possesses
prosperous
province
refinery
research and design institutes
right away beyond
road
rob banks
safe
scientific
secondary school
shabby
skills
spacious
square kilometres
steal
stone building
stressful
swimming pool
Take the first / second turn on your right / left
taken together
tennis courts
The cafe will be on your left
theatre
to be born anew
to be famous for
to be painted green
to be proud of
to be situated
to be well-known
to break a record
to break down
to break into
to bring about
to bring round
to bring up
to get away
to get on
to get through
to go through
to improve
to look after
to look for
to look into
to look up
to make up
to provide
to pump
to put out
to set up
traffic jams
trans-shipping point
Turn left / right
unique collection
unyoked
wasteland
western
wonderful
wooden house
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UNIT 3. My home country
I. WARM UP
Have you ever been in Moscow or St. Petersburg? Would you like to live there? Why?
II. BEFORE YOU READ
A. Practice your pronunciation:
Europe ['juərəp]
Asia ['eɪ∫ə]
Mongolia [mɔŋ'gəulɪə]
China ['t∫aɪnə]
the Ukraine [ði: ju'kreɪn]
Finland ['fɪnlənd]
Norway ['nɔ:weɪ]
Azerbaijan [æzəbaɪ'ʤa:n]
Georgia ['ʤɔːʤɪə]
Korea [kə'riːə]
Kazakhstan [ˌkæzæk'stɑːn]
Estonia [es'təunɪə]
Latvia ['lætvɪə]
the Caspian Sea [ðiː 'kæspɪən siː]
Siberia [saɪ'bɪərɪə]
the Caucasus [ðiː 'kɔːkəsəs]
the Yenisei [ðiː ˌjenɪ'seɪ]
the Lena [ðiː 'leɪnə]
the Baikal [ðiː baɪ'kɑːl]
B. Read the information on Russia and tell your friends about the most interesting facts you have learnt from the text beginning the sentences like this:
It was interesting to know that... - , ...
I've just learnt that... - , ...
tell the truth I didn't know... - , , ...
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The State symbol of Russia is a three-coloured banner with three horizontal stripes: white, blue and red. The white stripe symbolizes the earth, the blue onethe sky, and the red one symbolizes liberty.
A new National Emblem is a two-headed eagle which is the most ancient symbol of Russia. All these symbols have been approved by the Federal Assembly.
C. Match the words on the left with their halves on the right:
| 1. the constitutional 2. armed 3. densely 4. covers 5. a variety of 6. earth's 7. architectural 8. is located on 9. override 10. the mountain | a. the veto b. surface c. chain d. forces e. the eastern part f. court g. scenery h. populated i. two plains j. monuments |
III. READING
Read the text and make sure you know the translation of the highlighted words and phrases.
RUSSIA
1. My home country is called the Russian Federation or Russia. It is one of the largest countries in the world. It occupies almost one-seventh of the earth's surface. It covers the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. Its total area is about 17 million square kilometres.
2. Russia borders on many countries such as China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan in the South, it is bounded on the West by Norway, Finland, Belorussia, Estonia, Latvia and the Ukraine.
3. There is hardly a country in the world where such a variety of scenery and vegetation can be found. We have steppes in the south; plains and forests in the midlands; tundra and taiga in the North; highlands and deserts in the East. The Russian Federation is located on two plains, the Great Russian Plain and the West Siberian Plain.
4. There are several mountain chains on the territory of the country: the Urals, the Caucasus, the Altai and others. The mountain chain, the Urals, separates Europe from Asia.
5. On the vast territory of Russia there are various types of climate. In the central part of Russia the climate is rather mild. The climate in the south is tropical with hot summers and warm winters. Northern Asia is the coldest place and in the middle of the country the climate is moderate and continental.
6. Russia is a land of long rivers and deep lakes. The longest rivers are the Volga in Europe and the Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena in Asia. The Volga river flows into the Caspian Sea which is in reality the largest lake in the world. Perhaps, the most notable lake is Lake Baikal. Located near the Mongolian border, it is the deepest freshwater lake (1,600 metres) in the world. The water in the lake is so clear that if you look down you can count the stones on the bottom.
7. The population of Russia is about 150 million people. The European part of the country is densely populated and most people live in cities, towns and their outskirts.
8. Russia ranks first in the world for reserves of coal, iron ore, oil, natural gas, copper, gold, nickel, etc. It possesses the world's greatest hydropower resources and timber reserves.
9. Approximately 10 million people are engaged in agriculture and they produce grain, meat, milk and other dairy products.
10. The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow with the population of about 10 million people. It stands on the bank of the Moskva river. Moscow is famous for its historical and architectural monuments, museums, art galleries and theatres. It is a political, administrative, economic, educational and cultural centre of the country.
11. Under the Constitution adopted in 1993 Russia is a Presidential Republic. The federal government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Each of them is checked and balanced by the President.
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12. The legislative power in the country belongs to the Federal Assembly. It consists of two Chambers. The Lower Chamber of the Federal Assembly is the State Duma. It is made up of 450 deputies. The Duma introduces, considers and adopts new bills. But in order to become a law, the bill must be enforced by the Council of Federation and signed by the President. The President may veto the bill. The State Duma may override the veto. The Upper Chamber is the Council of Federation. It is made up of the representatives of all the subjects of the Federation (two representatives from each subject).The Council enforces federal laws adopted by the State Duma and all the decrees issued by the President. The deputies of the State Duma are elected by popular vote for a four-year term. Each Chamber is headed by the Speaker who is elected by the members of the Chambers.
13. The executive power belongs to the Government, which is headed by the Chairman of the Government. The first action of the Chairman on appointment is to form the Cabinet.
14. The President is head of the state and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He enforces Federal laws adopted by the Federal Assembly. The President also forms the Government and appoints the Chairman of the Government whose candidacy must be approved by the State Duma.
15. The judicial branch is represented by the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Arbitrary Court and the regional courts. The Constitutional Court may veto any federal law adopted by the Federal Assembly, or a decree issued by the President if the Court regards them contradictory to the Constitution.
16. Russia has always played an important role in the world and the younger generation must do very much to make Russia strong and powerful.
