6.4.1.Complete the sentences using the information from the texts:
1.a) The text 2 describes
b) We found out that in the 16th century
c) The location of the town was
d) The text ends with
2. a) The text 3 enumerates
b) The most important higher educational establishment
c)The text 3 underlines a special role of
d) Our Academy is considered to be
3. a) The text 4 is devoted to
b) The text gives a detailed description of
c) Then the author passes on to
d) If you walk down Republic Street
6.4.2. Understanding the main points:
1) When did Yermak begin his marches to Siberia?
2) What happened to Siberia in the 16th century?
3) What purposes did fortress and churches serve?
4) When did the industrial development of Tyumen begin?
5) What problems are solved in the laboratories of research institutes and higher educational establishments?
6) Why is Tyumen State University is the most important higher educational establishment?
7) What specialists are trained at the State Oil and Gas University?
8) What sights of Tyumen are of great importance?
9) What church was built in 1726-1755?
10) Where can you admire the works of Russian artists?
6.4.3. Translate the sentences into English:
1) 2 .
2) , , -, .
3) 18 , .
4) 3 .
5) .
6) 4 .
7) , .
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6.4.4.Match the russian sentences in the left-hand column with the english ones in the right-hand column.
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| 1. . 2. . 3. 1953-, , 1960, . 4. , , , , . 5. , , , . 6. , , , , . 7. , . 8. , , . 9. , , . 10. . 11. - , , , . 12. , c , , . 13. . 14. , , , . | 1. Gigantic oil and gas fields discovered in Tyumen entrails have attracted the attention of not only all the country but all the world and this influenced the economics. 2. And further the kaleidoscope of events, dates, names, occurrences and facts. 3. There goes the active development of a modern market infrastructure, extensive possibilities are created for foreign investments in traditional as well as new branches of economy. 4. Neither easy nor fast the way to Siberian oil was. 5. A part of the program is the intensive establishment and strengthening of international relations. 6. For a short period of time a developed net of commercial banks, stock exchanges have been created, international tenders for the right of oil and gas fields development become traditional. 7. And there was 1953, the first open gas flow in Beryozovo, 1960 the first oil gusher in Shaim. 8. Even in the last century scientists tried to find underground treasures behind the Urals. 9. The closest contacts have been established with the province of Alberta in Canada, with Alaska, with the Lower Saxony in Germany and with Scotland. 10. And today, under conditions of an arising civilized market, the Tyumen region continues to be a pioneer, innovator, sort of a testing area. 11. Foreign partners getting better knowledge of the economy and culture of Siberians are able to make profitable investments in projects necessary for Tyumen residents. 12. Tyumen has opened wide the doors for business delegations from abroad, Tyumen inhabitants themselves often visit their partners in Italy, France, Great Britain, Holland. 13. In the region, in accordance with the decree of President the Complex Development Program is being administered. 14. The benefit from these relations is mutual. |
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