Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.

Within the boundaries, a territorial unit, to make up, a rail-way line, a motorway, a farming land, available, a cement product, a share, to manufacture, to be rich in smth., iron ore mining, an ore dressing plant, an iron ore deposit, to cause, production capacity, per annum, live-stock production.

 

Say whether you agree or disagree with there statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.

1. The Belgorod region was formed on January 6th, 1953.

2. The region is situated on the Middle Russian Hills.

3. The region does not produce any iron ore and cement.

4. The Belgorod region is not very rich in mineral resources.

5. Chalk is not produced in the region.

6. The development of the Stoilensky and Lebedinsky iron-ore mining and dressing plants did not have any effect on the growth of industry in Gubkin and Stary Oskol.

7. The cement production per annum is 6 million tons.

8. There are not any cooperative farms in the region’s agricultural complex.

9. Live-stock production is not developed in the region at all.

10. Sugar production is very high in the region.

 

Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.

1. Some specific features of the Belgorod region.

2. The location of the region.

3. Live-stock production.

4. Iron-ore dressing plants.

5. The agro-industrial complex.

6. The formation of the Belgorod region.

7. Mineral and non-mineral resources.

8. Farming.

9. The Oskol Electrometallurgical plant.

10. The area of the Belgorod region.

11. The main industries developed in the region.

12. Food industry.

13. The main rail-way lines and motorways.

14. The population of the region.

15. The Yakovlevo mines.

16. Farming land.

17. Large enterprises of the region.

18. The boundaries of the Belgorod region.

19. Cement production.

 

Read Text 5B again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.

 

TEXT 5C

Memorial in honour of heroes of the Battle of Kursk

1. More than fifty years have passed since the day when the Soviet Army hoisted the Banner of Victory over the thrown Reichstag. The Second World War unleashed by the fascist Germany lasted from 1939 to 1945 and carried away dozens of millions of human lives.

2. Many heroic pages have been added by the Soviet people-conquerors and the Red Army into the chronicle of World War II and one of most glorious is the defeat of German troops in the battle of Kursk.

3. In the honour of the heroes of the great battle in 1973 the Memorial was built on the 624th kilometer of the Moscow-Simferopol highway. The authors of the project are the painters from Belgorod A.I.Grebenyuk, V.I.Kazak, V.D.Leus and the architect A.T.Bozhko.

4. In the foreground there is a monument to the Soviet tankmen - a legendary tank T-34. In the hall of Battle Glory there is a display of sacred relics testifying to the feats of combined arms and services, tank and aviation units which took part in combat operations against German-fascist troops in the Belgorod direction. Here are some samples of arms, private things, documents, photos of soldiers and commanding officers. In the common grave which is near the entrance to the hall of Battle Glory there are remains of the perished soldiers-gunners.

5. In the southern part of the Memorial at the attitude of 254.5 trenches, means of communication and a dug-out preserved since war times have been restored.

6. In the center of the Memorial the Everlasting Fire has been set in the memory of the valorous soldiers of Fatherland.

 

 

Ask your fellow students about Text 5C and let them answer these questions.

 

1. What heroic pages have been added into the chronicle of World War II?

2. Why was the defeat of the German troops in the battle of Kursk so important?

3. When and where was the Memorial to the heroes of the battle of Kursk built?

4. Who are the authors of the Memorial?

5. What is the hall of Battle Glory like?

6. What are the displays in this hall?

7. Where is the common grave situated?