9B Write out the underlined phrases from the text that mean the same as:

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4	“Я тоже.”
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What’s in the news?

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UNIT

esson 1 Short and sweet

1 Look through the contents of the newspaper and write down the page numbers you would read if you were interested in:

1. n

   2 changes in currency.

   3. the opinion of the editor

   4. the situation in different regions of Russia.

   5. new films and books

   6. the results of the latest football match

   7 whether to take an umbrella tomorrow or not.

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Contents
Editorial	1
international news	2-5
Home news	6-7
Finance	8-10
Sports	11-12
Reviews	13
Weather	14

2 Write down the professions of these people.

• Don’t use any word twice.

3. Rewrite these headlines as complete grammatically correct sentences. Example: Bus Drivers’ Strike Over

The bus drivers’ strike is over.

1. Stolen Car Found

2. Russian and US Presidents To Meet

3. Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted

4. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With Axe

5. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Lesson 2 What? Where? When? Why?

4. Fill in the gaps with who, which, when, where or whose and do the quiz.

1. Name a river flows through Nizhny Novgorod.

a) the Neva b) the Volga

2. Name the animal is the tallest of the mammals.

a) giraffe b) elephant

3. Name the person was the first European to land on Hawaii.

a) James Cook b) Christopher Columbus

4. Name the animal is the second largest land mammal and a relative

of the pig.

a) rhino b) hippopotamus

5. Name the person was the first man in space.

a) Neil Armstrong b) Yury Gagarin

6. Name the company launched (запустила в производство)

the first microprocessor in 1971.

a) Intel b) IBM

7. Name the year the computer was conceived (придуман).

a) 1946 b) 1835

8. Name the city the oldest Russian theatre is situated.

a) Yaroslavl b) Moscow

9. Name the person expedition was the first to reach the South Pole.

a) Robert Scott b) Roald Amundsen

10. Name the cartoon character is the partner of Mickey Mouse.

a) Merlin Monroe b) Minnie Mouse

5. Join the sentences using who, when where, which or whose.

1. This is John Smith. He is a famous newspaper reporter.

2. That was the summer. I entered the university then.

3. I’ve spoken to Mary Brown. Her article was published a month ago in a Moscow newspaper.

4. Vedomosti is a newspaper. It is very popular in the town.

5. This is the studio. Most of the local TV programmes are produced here.

6 Read the news report and circle the correct verbs.

GLOSSARY

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TWO-YEAR-OLD SWIMS 1,700 METRES ACROSS GANGES

Kayua, Gupta, a two-year-old girl in India,

(1) entered/ has entered the record books for swimming 1,700 metres across the turbulent Ganges river.

The Deccan Chronicle reports that she (2) breaks/ broke the earlier record of 1,500 metres set by three-year old Taruna Nishad of Allahabad.

It is being reported that though the two-year old’s coach, and five lifeguards (3) were remained/remained close at hand for help, she (4) has crossed/ crossed the swirling waters without any help.

Two motorboats (5) have also been used /were also used to create ripples in the waters to keep snakes away just before the toddler began her swim.

Coach Jyoti Baba said, “We (6) are worried/were worried because the Ganges is swollen due to heavy rains and there are a number of poisonous snakes in the river, but Kavya confidently (7) accomplished/accomplishes the task. I can now say that one day the girl (8) made / will make India proud."

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Wessons 3-4 What makes a good story?