up down over past through out of (x2) in(to) across
You go _______ the path, _______ the pond, _______ the bridge and _______ the gate. Then you go _______ the road and take the path _______ the wood. When you come _______ the wood you walk _______ the path and ______ the church. It takes five minutes.
Listen and check.
XI. Using the vocabulary of the lesson speak on the following:
1. Your arrival in a big city.
2. Any city you find interesting.
3. Explaining to a stranger how to get to the Central Post Office from: here, Mikhailovka, Yugo-Vostok (South-East).
4. There is no place like home.
FACTS ONLY
Soviets say Talking Elephant Has Human Parents to Talk
Moscow (AP) The official Soviet News Agency says that Batir, a baby elephant at the Karaganda zoo, talks, and that zoologists have tape recordings to prove it.
Here is the full account the news agency, TASS, gave today;
Once upon a time, a watchman at the Karaganda zoo discovered that the baby elephant Batir talks during the night. Naturally no one believes the watchmans story: elephants are not on the list of animals capable of imitating human speech.
Nevertheless, zoologists decided to check the truth of the watchmans claims. Armed with tape recorders, they went off far a night watch at the zoo. And they were rewarded. Batir spoke nearly twenty phrases into the tape recorders. His interview was even transmitted on local radio. The elephant speaks mainly about himself and his needs. Batir is good. Batir is a fine fellow. Water. Have you watered the elephant? The specialists explained this phenomenon by noting that the elephant was orphaned at a very early age. He was raised by humans from the time he was in diapers. He learned some of the simplest phrases from his human parents. And besides all that, they say the elephant has exceptional hearing compared with other elephants.
Post Dispatch, St. Louis, Canada, 7/14/83
TRADITIONS AND HOLIDAYS OF KAZAKHSTAN
NAURUZ
I. Read the following words and word combinations paying attention to their pronunciation:
| 1) vernal equinox 2) oriental 3) reconciliation 4) festive 5) festival 6) hardships 7) to participate 8) to be in a hurry 9) to revive 10) spiritually 11) debt 12) to get rid of 13) well 14) to ask for forgiveness 15) wrong (=evil) 16) to reconcile 17) neighbor 18) ingredient 19) obligatory 20) popular belief 21) to eat ones fill 22) fruit-bearing 23) pleasure measures 24) to witness 25) verbal competition 26) contest 27) to set riddles 28) custom 29) to respect 30) native land | , , , , () |
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II. Read and translate the text:
Nauruz
There are a lot of different holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan: official, professional, religious. Among the official ones there are New Year, the Womens Day, the Day of the Unity of the Peoples of Kazakhstan, the Victory Day, the Day of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Day of Independence. And one of the most popular is Nauruz.
Nauruz is known as a holiday of a great vernal equinox. Orientals have celebrated this holiday since ancient times. The ancient Iranians considered that the whole world was created at the moment of the sunrise. At that moment light was separated from darkness, day from night, good from evil.
Nauruz, the modern Kazakh word for New Year, comes from Persian nau new, ruz year. Before that New Year was called Ulys kuni meaning a tribe or clan day. The tradition of reconciliation between relatives around a festive table, exchange of presents and good wishes was set for this day. The patient resistance to the winter hardships has come to an end, and now with the coming of spring it is time to participate in the life-giving festival. In spring people are in a hurry to revive themselves both physically and spiritually, liquidate their debts, get rid of old unwanted things, repair clothes, houses, water canals and wells, ask for forgiveness for past wrongs, reconcile with neighbours, invite guests and present relatives with gifts.
The main dish of this festival is nauruz-kozhez, a traditional spring soup. Nauruz-kozhez always includes seven ingredients. The ingredients may be different, but smoked meat from the reserves of the past year, milk and cereal are obligatory. There is a popular belief that if one tastes nauruz-kozhez in seven homes, the year will be successful for this person. One should eat it ones fill so that the next year would be fruit-bearing.
It is impossible to imagine this festival without pleasure measures: sports contests, games and songs. Thousands of people witness sharp verbal competitions of akyns, contests in national sports Kazakhsha-kures, toguz kumalak, Kuz-Kuu, Baiga. Games are accompanied by songs, playing tunes, setting riddles, improvising. Various dramatized shows and theatrical marches presenting national customs and rituals teach people to respect thenational culture and the native land.
III. Translate the words in the brackets into English:
1. Orientals () this holiday since ancient times.
2. It is time to participate in the () festival.
3. The tradition of () between relatives around a festive table was set for this day.
4. In spring people are in a hurry to get rid of ( ).
5. ( ), milk and cereal are obligatory.
IV. Find the Russian equivalents to the word combinations in the left-hand column:
| 1) winter hardships 2) to get rid of 3) to be in a hurry 4) to set riddles 5) vernal equinox 6) pleasure measures | a) b) c) d) e) f) |
7) patient resistance g)
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8) one should eat ones fill h)
9) unwanted things
10) revive themselves both i)
physically and spiritually j)
V. Find the corresponding endings of the sentences and translate them into Russian:
| 1. People are in hurry to ask for 2. It is time to participate in 3. It is the tradition of reconciliation between 4.Various shows and matches teach people to respect 5. Nauruz-kozhez always includes | a) relatives around festive table. b) seven ingredients. c) forgiveness for past wrongs. d) the life-giving festival. e) native land. |
