- •Kazakhstan
- •In short stories
- •Введение
- •President nursultan nazarbayev
- •I would like to talk to you about…
- •I will make sure that all children in this country get a good education by hiring more teachers and spending more on education.
- •Economy of Kazakhstan
- •Leading Industries
- •Ferrous Metal Industry
- •Chemical and Oil-Processing Industries
- •Oil and Gas Industries
- •Transport and Communications
- •Agriculture
- •Foreign Economic Relations
- •Astana (2)
- •Astana - the capital of Kazakhstan
- •Eastern Ring
- •Insert prepositions:
- •Vocabulary:
- •My Native City
- •Vocabulary:
- •Semipalatinsk
- •Nurlan Omarov, City Akim Some data
- •It was the center of Semipalatinsk region till 1997.
- •The main branches of economy
- •Vocabulary:
- •1. In the post- war years in Semipalatinsk …
- •Rakhmanov hot springs
- •Vocabulary:
- •Markakol zapovednik
- •Vocabulary:
- •The irtysh river
- •Vocabulary:
- •Town near chinese gates
- •Animals are in danger in kazakhstan
- •Some interesting facts about east kazakhstan animals live “barometers”
- •Part VII: rare birds and animals of kazakhstan (entered in “red book”) The Golden Eagle (беркут)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Demoiselle Crane (журавль-красавка)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Great white pelican (розовый пеликан)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Black stork
- •Vocabulary:
- •Environmental problems
- •Vocabulary:
- •Almaty (2)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Karaghandy (1)
- •Karagandy (2)
- •Kokshetau
- •Translate into English:
- •Petropavlovsk
- •Vocabulary:
- •Kyzylorda
- •Baikonur cosmodrome
- •Vocabulary:
- •Abai Kunanbayev (!)
- •Abai Kunanbayev (2)
- •Word 4 (1891)
- •Word 6 (1891)
- •Word 31 (1895)
- •Word 14 (1893)
- •Mukhtar Auezov (1)
- •Mukhtar Auezov (2)
- •Kurmangazy Sagyrbayev (1)
- •Kurmangazy (2)
- •1. Most verbs add – ed to form the past tense which sounds [d] or [t]. Put the verbs below into the correct column:
- •2. Some verbs add –ed to form the past tense which sounds [id]. Find these verbs in the text, write them below:
- •3. Practice saying these words. Сhokan Ualikhanov (1)
- •Chokan valikhanov (1835 —1865) (2)
- •ZhambyL Zhabayev
- •Magjan Jumabayev
- •Altynai asylmuratova
- •Vocabulary:
- •Timur bekmambetov
- •Vocabulary:
- •Rosa rymbayeva - the pride of our country (1)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Abylkhan kasteev (2)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Roza rymbayeva (2)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Kanysh satpayev (1)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Alexander vinokourov
- •Vocabulary:
- •Talgat musabayev (1)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Talgat musabayev (2)
- •Kanysh satpayev (2)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Saken seyfullin – a martyr for freedom
- •Vocabulary:
- •Nurzhuman ihtymbayev
- •Vocabulary
- •Batyrhan shukenov
- •Vocabulary:
- •Kumash nurgalievich nurgaliyev - the people's teacher (1925-1988)
- •Vocabulary:
- •He is the best forward of the world fans
- •Vocabulary:
- •Shakharim kudiberdiev
- •Vocabuary:
- •Kazakhstan: Culture Back to Top
- •State holidays and national holidays. Meals of the people living in kazakhstan
- •Vocabulary:
- •Housing: the yurt
- •Vocabulary:
- •Traditions and customs
- •Vocabulary:
- •Cutting the hobble
- •Vocabulary:
- •Maslenitsa
- •Vocabulary:
- •Kelin Tusiru
- •Shildekhana
- •Cultural norms in kazakstan
- •The magic of old jewelry
- •Vocabulary:
- •Kazakh music culture
- •Asian games (asiads)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Sports and games in kazakhstan
- •Vocabulary:
- •In the Past the life and well-being of Kazakhs depended on their strength, endurance and courage. So, special attention was paid to teaching young generation good qualities.
- •Arkan tartu (tug–of –war)
- •Altybakan
- •To participate
- •National horse-sport games
- •Vocabulary:
- •Baige (horse race)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Kazakh National cooking
- •Vocabulary:
- •Sorpa in the kazakh manner
- •Kuyrdak
- •What is kazakh food like?
- •History and food.
- •Food for religious and holiday celebrations.
- •Kazakh Traditional Dishes
- •3. The meat is …
- •The kazakh legend of the lame onager (koulan)
- •Aldar kose and the snake
- •Vocabulary:
- •A deceived fat man
- •Vocabulary:
- •Intellect, science and happiness
- •My country (1)
- •I’m proud of my state.
- •It is so beautiful and great!
- •It has a lot of limitless steppes, high mountains,
- •My country (2)
- •My motherland
- •I love my country
- •Kazakhstan is good
- •Oh, my luckless kazakh
- •Oh, kazakhstan, I’m in love with you!
- •I love you deeply, dear land,
- •We love you, dear Kazakhstan
- •Addressing to a friend
- •Do the Clothes Make the Man?
- •The Rooster and the Peacock
- •There’s No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk!
- •The Elephant and the Monkey
- •The Nightingale, the Spider, and the Bat
- •The Three Bears
- •The Wolf, the Fox and the Donkey
- •What’s Tastier?
- •The Eagle and the Raven
- •Traditions and customs
- •Cutting the hobble
- •Sorpa in the Kazakh Manner
- •Во второе издание тексты и задания добавили:
- •Составители сборника:
- •Редакционная коллегия:
- •Выражаем особую благодарность
- •Literature:
- •Рецензия
President nursultan nazarbayev
Before reading:
1. Prepare information about President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s life and family.
2. What is similar and what is different in the life ways and policies of the USA and RK Presidents?
President Nursultan Nazarbayev was born on the 6th of July, 1940, in Chemolgan village Kaskelen district, Almaty. He started his labour activities as a student of a technical secondary school in Dneprodzerzhinsk (the Ukraine) in 1958-1960. He worked as a worker at “Kazmetallurgstroy” and a furnace-man at the Karagandy iron and steel works. Next followed some other metallurgical professions.
In 1967 he graduated from the technical college of the Karagandy iron and steel works iron and steel works and became a metallurgical engineer.
He has got a degree of the doctor of economics. Since 1969 he has been actively involved in Komsomol, Party and Soviet structure activities.
In March 1984 Nursultan Nazarbayev was appointed the chairman of the Kazakh SSR Council of Ministers. From July 1989 to September 1991 he was the First Secretary of the Kazakhstan Communist Party and the Kazakh SSR Supreme Soviet Chairman.
In April 1990 N.A. Nazarbayev was elected the Kazakh SSR President and since January 1991 he has been President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
On December 1, 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev became the first nation-wide elected President of the country. on December 10, 1992 the President took an oath of allegiance.
On April 19, 1995 the nation-wide referendum extended his presidential term up to December, 2000, when he was re-elected for the second term of office which according to the constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan will last for seven years, up to 2007.
Look through magazines and papers to find out the most important decisions made by our President and describe one of them in your exercise-book.
Speak on the most interesting and important initiatives of President Nazarbayev.
Find out some personal information on the President’s family. What do you know of the first lady Sara Nazarbayeva? About their children? Anything else?
Compare the requirements to presidents in the USA and Kazakhstan:
‘Vote for me” Game
1. Study Nursultan Nazarbayev’s running-for-office program. What issues did he point out in his program?
2. Imagine that you are campaigning to become the leader of our country.
You have to make a speech on Kazakhstan national TV and persuade people that you have good ideas about how to change things. First make notes about the issues.
Example
Education: We should spend more money and hire more teachers.
Issues |
Ideas |
Education |
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Unemployment |
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Healthcare |
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Women’s rights |
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3. Choose one of the issues and write a short speech to explain your ideas. You can start with a phrase like:
I would like to talk to you about…
and finish with:
Thank you for your attention.
Example