Lesson 7 Ex.1: Read and translate the text into Russian: what is farming?

It is the growing of crops and the rearing of animals.

Farming contributed £5.6 billion to the UK economy in 2006. The total area of agricultural land in 2006 was 18.7 million hectares, about 77 per cent of the total land area in the United Kingdom (excluding inland water).

Farming in Britain has changed a great deal in the last 30 years. Farming used to employ a great many people in Britain but nowadays, with machinery, a few people can run a huge farm of thousands of hectares.

Agriculture provides around 60 per cent of Britain’s food needs even though it employs just 1.4 per cent of the country’s labour force. Britain’s agriculture is under pressure to change at the moment. Farmers are under pressure to adopt more environmentally friendly methods such as organic farming. Organic farming does not use artificial chemicals that can damage the environment and human health. Its popularity has grown rapidly in recent years.

Types of farming:

• arable (growing of crops and cereals)

• pastoral (rearing and production of animals including pigs, chickens, hill farming sheep, beef and dairy cattle)

• mixed farming (combination of arable and pastoral)

• horticulture (production of flowers, fruit, vegetables or ornamental plants)

• market gardening (production of fruit and vegetables)

• viticulture (grapes).

Principal crops:

• wheat, (the most widely grown arable crop in the UK)

• barley,

• oats,

• potatoes,

• sugar beet, (The UK is the fifth largest producer of sugar beet)

• vegetables,

• oil seed rape,

• fruits.

Livestock products:

• poultry,

• sheep,

• cattle,

• milk,

• meat,

• eggs,

• wool.

Lesson 8

Make up the project about Russia.

Find some interesting photos or draw the pictures yourselves.

You can use the following information:

1. Is Russia a large country which is situated in Europe and Asia?

2. Do you know any of Russia’s symbols? ( white birch)

3. Is Russia rich in natural resources including fertile lands and forests, deep lakes and long rivers?

4. Is our country rich in mineral deposits?

5. Is Moscow the capital of Russia? Have you ever been to Moscow? Moscow is a hero city, isn’t it?

6. How many districts are there in it?

7. Is Moscow the seat of the Russian Government, important industrial centre of the country?

8. If you are in Moscow where would you like to go?

Unit 2 “great britain” lesson 9

Ex.1: Read and translate the words into Russian:

to be considered, custom, to attach, proud, to keep (past kept, p.p. kept) up, to crown, folk, to wear (past wore, p.p. worn), exciting, event, countryside, origin, All Halloween’s Eve, Bonfire Night, to blow up, to catch (caught), firework, competition, to convince, essential.

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