Сосредоточиться на главных достижениях; охарактеризовать культуру; объединенный территориально-экономический комплекс; преобладать в сельской местности; редкий; уважение к старшим; желание помогать; необходимо отметить; отзывчивый; полагаться на «цепочку» друзей; ответвление; представление физического пространства; создание гармонии созерцания; согласиться с общепринятым мнением; в настоящее время.
Task 2.
Put down 10 questions to the text. Stand in 2 lines facing each other. Students from one line ask the students in front of them the prepared questions until the teacher stops them. Then students take turns.
Task 3.
Complete the sentences using the information from the text.
1. In order to characterize Russian culture we need …………..
2. Russian language is ………..
3. The Russian language was ………..
4. A great achievement for the country ……………
5. Russians rely on …………..
6. Foreigners can’t deny …………….
7. The icons by Rublyov are …………
8. The best collections of paintings……….
9. Currently Russians ………………
Focus on grammar
Task 1.
In most lines of the following dialogue there is one unnecessary word. Write down every unnecessary in the space provided (see 00) or put a tick (Ö) if the line is correct (see 0). Explain your choice.
| 0 Ö 00been 1…… 2…… 3…… 4…… 5…… 6…… 7…… 8…… 9…… 10….. 11….. 12….. 13….. 14….. |
A Treasure House of Russian Art
Irina: Come and look! This painting is worth seeing.
It looks like there is been a lamp hidden behind the canvas, doesn’t it?
Lena: Yes. It’s called “Moonlit Night on the Dnieper “ by from Arkhip Kuindzhi. How amazing! The centre is highlighted to show the rays of the moon. Did you know that he was painted at different times of the day to the experiment with the effects of light?
Irina: He’s a great painter! Indeed, he is probably one of the best Russian landscape artists.
Lena: Right. Let’s go and to see Aivazovsky’s paintings. I’ve read he was the only Russian seascape painter. He captured the vastness of the sea very much well.
Irina: Exactly. This one’s was called “The Ninth Wave”. Here the artist masterfully shows the beauty of a stormy sea.
Lena: It’s wonderful! Aivazovsky was really the able to show of the character of the sea in his work.
Focus on writing
Task 1.
Divide the text into logical parts. Find the topic sentence of each part. Make up the plan of the text.
Task 2.
Define the main idea of the text and write down the supporting details.
Task 3.
Find information about 2 famous people of Russia (political figures, scientists, actors, etc.). Using the topic sentence provided and the information you have found, write a paragraph which follows the comparison pattern.
Despite some differences between X and Y, there are striking similarities between the two people.
Use the following connecting words and phrases to create a cohesive and unified piece of writing.
Also, in the same way, likewise, similarly, both, as well as,
Let’s Talk
Task 1.
How do you understand the epigraph to the text? Can you name the author of these words in Russian?
Task 2.
Comment on the following words of
- Oscar Wilde: “Nothing is impossible in Russia but reform”.
- Condoleeza Rice: “Punish France, ignore Germany and forgive Russia.”
Task 3.
Discuss your favourite artists and their works with your partner. (See the dialogue in the previous section.) Use the following phrases:
Showing attention, understanding or agreement
I see.
Exactly.
Yes.
Showing surprise
Right.
Um-hmm.
Really?
Oh no!
No kidding!
That’s/How amazing!/surprising!/incredible!
Changing the subject
Which remind me…
Come to think of it…
By the way,…
Task 4.
Speak about Russians as cinema- and theatre-lovers. Do you often go to the theatre?
Task 5.
Read the two verses of poetry and guess who wrote them in Russian.
I just recall this wondrous instant;
You have arrived before my face –
A vision, fleeting in a distance,
A spirit of the pure grace.
***
The storm wind covers the sky
Whirling the fleece snow drifts,
Now it howls like a wolf,
Now it is crying, like a lost child.
Tell about your favourite Russian poets or writers.
Task 6.
Since 1901 Russia has received only 19 Nobel Prizes. Can you give reasons for this? Name some of the Russian Nobel Prize Winners.
Unit 4
MY NATIVE TOWN KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR
Topical vocabulary
bank - берег
citizen - горожанин
courage – смелость, мужество
first-builder - первостроитель
furnitury factory – мебельная фабрика
Museum of Local Studies – краеведческий музей
monument - памятник
oil refinery – нефтеперегонный завод
performance – театральное представление
place of interest - достопримечательность
population - население
palace of culture – дворец культуры
railway station – железнодорожный вокзал
river port – речной порт
saw mills – лесопильный завод
vocational school – профессионально-техническое училище
amateur - любительский
magnificent - величественный
picturesque – живописный
to attract - привлекать
to be devoted to – быть посвященным ч.-л.
to be founded – быть основанным Syn. to be established
to get acquainted with - знакомиться
to initiate – начать, приступать
to be situated – находиться, располагаться
Lexical work
Task 1.
Find in the text all the sentences (clauses) with the nouns in the word list, write them out, translate them and be ready to reproduce them from memory. Do the same with the verbs and adjectives.
Task 2. Bubbles.