- •Е. А. Таушканова, а. А. Хлызова conversational topics
- •My homeland
- •1. Read Text 5a and translate it. Text 5a. A great invention of a Russian scientist
- •2. Find the English equivalents in text 5a.
- •3. Make up 5 questions to text 5a. Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions you have written.
- •4. Read text 5b and translate it. Text 5b. The first president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
- •5. Read text 5c and translate it. Text 5c. Yevgraf Stepanovich Fedorov
- •6. Read text 5d and translate it. Text 5d. Alexander Andreevich Auerbach
- •7. Imagine that you can talk to you famous compatriots. Make up the questions for Fedorov, Karpinski, Popov and Auerbach.
- •8. Read the text and retell it in English Краснотурьинск родной1
- •9. Read the text and retell it in English Турьинские Рудники2
- •10. Find the information and tell about other famous people, who live or lived in your town.
- •11. Read text 5e and translate it. Text 5e. The Mountain marathon ‘Konzhak’
- •12. Read the article and translate the main idea into English. Конжак – легенды и предания3
- •13. Read text 5f and translate it. Text 5f. The International Chess Tournament ‘North Urals` Cup’
- •14. Discuss the following questions with your partner.
- •1. Read Text 6a and translate it using Vocabulary. Text 6a. The ecology of the Urals
- •Vocabulary
- •Topical vocabulary
- •2. Find a phrase or a sentence in text 6a which means the same as the following.
- •3. Decide if these statements are true or false.
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Look at these sentences from the text and answer the questions.
- •6. Study Topical Vocabulary and translate sentences.
- •7. Read Text 6b and translate it. Text 6b. Air pollution
- •8. Read Text 6c and translate it. Text 6c. Water pollution
- •9. Read Text 6d and translate it. Text 6d. Soil pollution
- •10. Read Text 6e and translate it. Text 6e. Ecological culture
- •Text 6f. Recycling
- •15. Read text 6g and translate it into Russian. Text 6g. Municipal Waste
- •16. Think about some other ideas of recycling municipal wastes. Make a written report.
- •17. Read text 6h and translate it. Text 6h. Walks in the wood
- •33. Match the names of berries.
- •34. Find the equivalents in text 3g.
- •35. Read the poem ‘Autumn Leaves’ by Eve Merriam and try to translate it into Russian using Vocabulary .
- •Vocabulary
34. Find the equivalents in text 3g.
Самая ароматная, вкусный, горький, божественный, особый случай, свежеприготовленный, рубиновый, кислый, достоинства, незаменимый, гурман, веточка, возможность, цветущий, созревать.
35. Read the poem ‘Autumn Leaves’ by Eve Merriam and try to translate it into Russian using Vocabulary .
Autumn Leaves
Eve Marriam
Down,
Down,
Down.
Red,
Yellow,
Brown.
Autumn leaves tumble down,
Autumn leaves crumble down,
Autumn leaves humble down…
Flaking and shaking
T
umbledown
leaves.
Skittery,
Flittery,
Rustle by,
Hustle by.
Crackle and crunch
In a snappery bunch
Run and catch,
Run and snatch
Butterfly leaves
Sailboat leaves
Windstorm leaves,
Can you catch them?
Swoop,
Scoop,
Pile them up
In a stompy pile and
Jump,
Jump,
Jump!
Vocabulary
to tumble |
падать, обрушиваться |
to crackle |
потрескивать |
to crumble |
сыпаться, осыпаться |
to crunch |
хрустеть |
flaking |
осыпающийся |
bunch |
куча, букет |
to rustle |
хрустеть, шелестеть |
to snatch |
хватать |
to hustle |
толкать, подгонять |
to swoop |
хватать, подхватывать |
|
|
to scoop |
черпать, зачерпывать |
Для рифмы и аллитерации (звукоподражания) поэтесса изобрела глагол to humble down – падать и прилагательные: skittery – летающий, flittery – порхающий, snappery – хрустящий, stompy – мягкий.
1 Заря Урала №49 26 июня 2014
2 Заря Урала №49 26 июня 2014
3 Слепухин А. Конжак. Предания и легенды / А. Слепухин // Заря Урала. Краснотурьинск. 16.06.2005.
