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A. Find information about Tyumen region and fill in the table.
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B. Ask your partner for information.
SPEAKING
Guess what the following means. Share your ideas with other students.
| Hermitage (Winter Palace) Red Square Trans-Siberian Railway The Blue Eye of Siberia Venice of the North St Basil's Cathedral The Motherland Calls | Golden Ring Kremlin the Northern Pole of Cold Scarlet Sails Mount Elbrus two-headed eagle three-coloured banner |
Use the following phrases to begin the sentences:
It was interesting to know that... , ...
I've just learnt that... , ...
tell the truth I didn't know... , , ...
15. Work in groups. Prepare a list of advice for a foreigner travelling across Russia. Share your ideas with other groups. Use the following phrases and structures to help you:
| You' d better do... I advise you to do... | You should / shouldn't do... It is worth doing... | It can be helpful to do... I suggest you (should) do... |
Discuss the following questions.
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1. What is Russia most famous for?
2. What do you know about Russian history?
3. How different is Russia today than Russia during the time of the Soviet Union?
4. What has Russia given to Europe and the world?
5. How different is Russia from other European countries?
6. Will Russia become the worlds number one superpower?
7. What do you think Russia will be like 50 years from now?
8. What do you think Russias neighbours think about Russia?
9. What do you think about Russias leaders?
10. What places in Russia would you prefer to live in?
Speak about the Russian Federation.
18. Prepare the report Famous Russian people . Choose only one personality and prove to the other groupmates that this person is worth talking about for the next hundred years.
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
19. A. Study the following list of phrasal verbs:
| look after , (-., -.); look back look down on (upon) , look for ; look forward to , look in (on/upon smb; at some place) , ; look into ; look on (upon) 1. ; 2.; | Look here! ! look out ; Look out!! ! look over ; look through 1. (, .); 2. look to -. look up 1. ( , ..); 2. (-. ); look up to ; |
