Exercise 1 Practise the following geographic names. Guess their Russian equivalents.

UNIT 5

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

	Vocabulary:	Geographic names, words describing the geography, climate, state system, city sights, buildings, monuments and culture
Language Focus:	Articles, Infinitive and its Functions, Complex Subject
Skills:	Reading about the Russian Federation and Moscow sights
Communication:	Talking about Russia

Vocabulary

Exercise 1 Practise the following geographic names. Guess their Russian equivalents.

the Altai /ӕl’teɪaɪ/ the Arctic Ocean /’ɑ:ktɪk/ Asia /’eɪӡə/ the Atlantic Ocean /ət’lӕntɪk/ Baikal /baɪ’kɑ:l/ the Baltic Sea /’bɔ:ltɪk/ the Barents Sea /’bɑ:rənts/ the Black Sea the Caspian Sea /’kӕspɪən/ the Caucasus /’kɔ:kəsəs/ China /’tʃaɪnə/ Mount Elbrus /maunt əl’bru:z/ Europe /’juərəp/ Finland /’fɪnlənd/ Ladoga /’lӕdəugə/

the Lena /’leɪnə/ Mongolia /mɔŋ’gəuljə/ Moscow /’mɒskəu/ the Moskva River Norway /’nɔ:weɪ/ the Ob /ɒb/ the Okhotsk Sea /əu’kɒtsk/ the Pacific Ocean /pə’sɪfɪk/ the Russian Federation /‘rʌʃən ¸fedə’reɪʃən/ Siberia /saɪ’bɪərɪə/ St. Petersburg /sent ‘pi:təsbə:g/ the Urals /’juərəlz/ the Volga /’vɒlgə/ the White Sea /waɪt/

Exercise 2 Study and practice the following words before reading the text.

to appoint /ə’pɔint/ to border on /’bɔ:də/ chain /’tʃeɪn/ chairman /’tʃɛəmən/ courage /’kʌrɪʤ/ craft /krɑ:ft/ current /’kʌrənt/ deposit /dɪ’pɒzɪt/ desert /’dezət/ double-headed /’dʌbl hedɪd/ due to /’dju:/ eagle /’i:gl/ elaborate /ɪ’lӕbərɪt/ emblem /’embləm/ executive /ig’zekjutɪv/ The Federal Assembly /’fedərəl ə’semblɪ/ the Federation Council /¸fedə’reɪʃən ‘kaunsl/ generosity /¸ʤenɪ’rɒsɪtɪ/ glorious /’glɔ:rɪəs/ influential /¸ɪnflu’enʃəl/ to involve /ɪn’vɒlv/ iron /’aɪən/ judicial /ʤu:’dɪʃǝl/ lake /leɪk/ legislative /’leʤɪsleɪtɪv/ loyalty /’lɔɪəltɪ/ painted /’peɪntɪd/ pattern /’pӕtən/ peace /pi:s/ to be proud of /praud/ pure /pjuə/ range /reɪnʤ/ to reflect to stand for steppes /steps/ stripe /straɪp/ Supreme Court /sju’pri:m kɔ:t/ tableware /’teɪblwɛə/ valley /’vӕlɪ/ valuable /’vӕljuəbl/ various /’vɛərɪəs/ to vary /’vɛərɪ/

назначать граничить цепь председатель смелость ремесло, искусство текущий, настоящий, современный залежь пустыня двуглавый из-за орёл тщательно разработанный, подобранный символ, герб исполнительный Федеральное Собрание Совет Федерации щедрость славный, великолепный влиятельный вовлекать железо судебный озеро законодательный верность расписанный красками модель, структура, стиль мир гордиться чистый цепь (гор) отражать представлять, обозначать степи полоса, полоска Верховный Суд посуда, вилки, ложки равнина ценный, дорогой разнообразный меняться, варьировать

Exercise 3 Translate the words and phrases from English into Russian.

To border on a lot of countries, deposits of iron, to appoint the Chairman of the Government, double-headed eagle, to stand for generosity, to represent loyalty, mountain chain, valuable minerals, the purest on earth, three horizontal stripes, three-coloured flag, due to the large territory, a range of mountains, deep lakes, presidential republic, elected directly by the people, wooden tableware, judicial branch, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, legislative branch, the Federal Assembly, the Federation Council, executive branch, to reflect the city street patterns, elaborate architecture, glorious history, influential country.

Exercise 4 Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right.

1. chain 2. current 3. due to 4. emblem 5. pure 6. to represent 7. various 8. to vary 9. to involve 10. pattern 11. craft 12. glorious 13. courage 14. double-headed

clean style, structure with two heads different because of to differ to stand for fine, wonderful to include bravery trade present coat of arms range

Exercise 5 Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.

1. chairman 2. elaborate 3. valuable 4. tableware 5. desert 6. lake 7. valley 8. eagle

a. a large sandy piece of land where there is very little rain b. a very large strong meat-eating bird c. a large area of non-salty water surrounded by land d. head of a large organization e. an area of land lying between hills or mountains f. plates, glasses, knives, forks, spoons used when eating a meal g. carefully worked out h. worth a lot of money

Reading Skills: The Russian Federation

Exercise 6 Answer the questions below before reading the text about the Russian Federation. Then scan the text and check your answers.

1. What is the total area of Russia?

2. What is the total population of our country?

3. What is the capital city of the Russian Federation?

 

Exercise 8 Complete the sentences to the text.

1. Russia occupies about ……….

2. Russia is washed by ………. seas and ………. oceans.

3. Due to ………. the climate and nature are of various types in Russia.

4. The land of Russia varies very much from ………..

5. The highest mountain of the Caucasus in Russia and in whole Europe is ……….

6. The Urals divide ………. of Russia.

7. The Russian Federation is rich in ………..

8. Baikal is ……… in the world and its water is ……… on earth.

9. The emblem of Russia is ……….

10. The Russian President is involved in the work of ……….

11. ………. represents the legislative branch of power.

12. The Federal Government represents ………. of power.

13. The judicial branch of power consists of ……….

14. The population of Moscow is about ………..

15. The Metro system is known for ………..

16. Today Russia is one of ………. in the world.

17. Russia has a ………. history, ………. culture and ………. power in the world.

 

Language Focus: Articles

Exercise 8 Put the words and phrases into the correct column. What is the rule?

 

a/an	the	no article

 

Tolstoy, Yenisei, Caucasus, Moscow, world, Russia, President, music, Europe, Elbrus, first, deepest, it’s … presidential republic, Government, Kremlin, Siberia, Pacific Ocean, she is … engineer, Black Sea, piece of cheese, Baikal, Russia, USA, Russian Federation, apple, to play … guitar, to play … chess, to go to … work, money, north, Red Square.

 

UNIT 5

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

	Vocabulary:	Geographic names, words describing the geography, climate, state system, city sights, buildings, monuments and culture
Language Focus:	Articles, Infinitive and its Functions, Complex Subject
Skills:	Reading about the Russian Federation and Moscow sights
Communication:	Talking about Russia

Vocabulary

Exercise 1 Practise the following geographic names. Guess their Russian equivalents.

the Altai /ӕl’teɪaɪ/ the Arctic Ocean /’ɑ:ktɪk/ Asia /’eɪӡə/ the Atlantic Ocean /ət’lӕntɪk/ Baikal /baɪ’kɑ:l/ the Baltic Sea /’bɔ:ltɪk/ the Barents Sea /’bɑ:rənts/ the Black Sea the Caspian Sea /’kӕspɪən/ the Caucasus /’kɔ:kəsəs/ China /’tʃaɪnə/ Mount Elbrus /maunt əl’bru:z/ Europe /’juərəp/ Finland /’fɪnlənd/ Ladoga /’lӕdəugə/

the Lena /’leɪnə/ Mongolia /mɔŋ’gəuljə/ Moscow /’mɒskəu/ the Moskva River Norway /’nɔ:weɪ/ the Ob /ɒb/ the Okhotsk Sea /əu’kɒtsk/ the Pacific Ocean /pə’sɪfɪk/ the Russian Federation /‘rʌʃən ¸fedə’reɪʃən/ Siberia /saɪ’bɪərɪə/ St. Petersburg /sent ‘pi:təsbə:g/ the Urals /’juərəlz/ the Volga /’vɒlgə/ the White Sea /waɪt/