Sky of golden sun,
Steppe of golden seed,
Legend of courage -
Take a look at my country!
From the antiquity
Our heroic glory emerged,
They did not give up their pride
My Kazakh people are strong!
Chorus:
My country, my country,
As your flower I will be planted,
As your song I will stream, my country!
My native land – Kazakhstan!
The way was opened to the posterity
I have a vast land.
Its unity is proper,
I have an independent country.
It welcomed the time
Like an eternal friend,
Our country is happy,
Such is our country.
Chorus (twice):
3. Reading
A. Work with the new words:
Border - граница -шекара
Unitary- унитарный -біртұтас
Government- правление -басқару
Independence- независимый -тәуелсіз
Sovereign- суверенный - егемен
Freedom- свобода -бостандық
Population- население -халқы
Juncture- стык -қиылыс
B. Read and translate the text
“Kazakhstan is My Motherland”
The Republic of Kazakhstan is located on the juncture of two continent- Europe and Asia. It is the ninth largest country in the world.
Kazakhstan borders the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan and China. The population of the Republic of Kazakhstan is over 15 million people. The official language is Kazakh and Russian is the language of interethnic communication.Monetary unit- tenge. Today, Kazakhstan is a unitary state with the presidential form of government. The Republic of Kazakhstan gained independence on the 16 December 1991.
The national symbols reflect colours of the blue- sky and gold sun. The central element of the national emblem is shanyrak. There is an ornament, the gold sun and the sovereign eagle on the national flag- the symbols of freedom and independence of the country. About 60 % of the population of the republic live in cities 14 regions. There are 85 in number. The biggest cities of Kazakhstan are Almaty, Astana, Karaganda and Chimkent. A new capital of the independent Kazakhstan named Astana is a 21-st century’s city.
1.. Task: Read the sentences and say true or false.
1. Kazakhstan is a sovereign independent state.
2. The population of Kazakhstan is over 15 million people.
3. The Republic celebrates its independence Day on the 25-th of October.
4. The official language is Kazakh.
5. Kazakhstan shares its border with France.
6. Russian is the language of international communication.
7. The head of the state is Prime-Minister.
Complete the test
1. What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
a) Almaty b) Akmola c) Astana
2. Who is the head of the state?
a)President b) Khan c) Prime-Minister
3. What is the Population of Kazakhstan?
a) 10560768 b) 16870000 c) 17560000
4. Where is the Kazakhstan situated?
a)Europe b) Australia c) Central Asia
5. What is the area of Kazakhstan?
a) 1546000sq.km. b)2724900sq. km c)6546000sq. km
6. With what country doesn't Kazakhstan shares its border?
a) China b) Russia c) France
7. When Akmola was renamed Astana?
a) in1997 b) in 1998 c) in 1999
8. What is the official language of Kazakhstan?
a) Russian b) English c) Kazakh
9. What is the language of international communication?
a) English b) Russian c) Kazakh
10. When is the Independence Day?
a) 16 December b) 22 March c) 9 May
Writing
Read the text and complete it with the words below
in the end just then however when because of this
and then eventually but soon so but later
Beijing surprise
A. (1)_________________ somebody lit some candles and put them around the room,
(2)___________ I still couldn’t see my notes very well. The speech was a complete disaster. You can imagine my surprise when the Chinese businessmen started to smile and clapped loudly when I finished the talk. I sat down and started to eat my meal.
(3)_________________ I asked the translator sitting next to me why everyone had clapped so enthusiastically, she replied, ‘None of the people here speaks English. I’ll translate your speech for them (4)_________________.’
B. Since then I’ve never prepared any of my speeches. They seem to work better when I improvise. I did give the translator my notes though!
C I was in Beijing as part of a trade delegation and our company was one of several asked to give a speech. I had spent a long time preparing my speech and had written about five pages of notes. I suppose there were about thirty people in the room listening to me and I was quite nervous.
D Have I ever told you about the time I was asked to give a speech to some Chinese businessmen?
E. I started to speak. (5)_________________
there was a power cut and all the lights in the room went out. (6)_________________ I couldn’t see my
notes very well at all. (7)_________________, I continued speaking, (8)_________________
I realised that I had started with page three and couldn’t find page four or five.
(9)_________________ I just improvised
(10)_________________ I found page one.
Choose five linking words from the box and write about the region you were born in