1. There is a good library in our Institute.

2. There is no ink in my pen.

3. Is there coal in this region?

Study and remember the following charts:

№2 1. There are many good laboratories in our

Institute. , . , . ,

2. There are no books on analytical chemistry

on the shelf. ... -

2. 

   № 3

   1. There were many students at the meeting

   yesterday. . .

   2. There were no mistakes in his work.

   3. Were there many people at the lecture?

   Are there English books in your library?

Ex. 5. Complete the following sentences using “there is”, “there are" ac­cording to the model:

Model: Moscow is a cultural centre, (many theatres, museums) in it.

Moscow is a cultural centre, there are many theatres, museums in it.

1 The Soviet Union is rich in mineral resources, (much iron ‘ coal oil) in it. 2. I shall go to the library, (no books) in our reading room. 3. Your work was very poor, (many mistakes) in it 4. Our laboratory is very good, (new devices, modern apparatus) in it. 5. Our city is very beautiful, (parks, gardens) in it. 6. Many years ago our town was very small, (no big houses, cinemas, institutes) in it.

Study and remember the following chart:

1 There will be a lot of new schools in our city. 2. There will be no old houses in our street.

Model: Ask him to come at three, in the hall (a meet­ing).

Ask him to come at three, there will be a meet­ing in the hall.

1. Don’t forget to come tomorrow, at 5 o’clock (a very interesting lecture). 2. Carry out this work today, (no time tomorrow) I think. 3. Read the article now, (no time later).

2. Do not come late, (nobody in the laboratory).

Ex. 7. Put the following sentences into the negative form:

1. There were many new laboratories in our Institute some years ago. 2. There is an English magazine on the table. 3. There are foreign students in our group.

Study and remember the following chart:

1. This article is very important.

2. These articles are very important.

3. That lecture was very interesting.

4. Those lectures were very interesting.

Notes on the Text

1. For a term of four years — сроком на четыре года

2. To achieve an outstanding record — достичь выдающегося успеха

3. To hold one of the leading places — занимать одно из первых мест text. The soviet union

The Soviet Union is the first socialist state in the world It is the socialist state of workers and peasants. The IjSSR is a state emboding 15 Soviet Socialist Republics..

_vThe USSR Supreme Soviet is the highest body of state power in our country. It is elected for a term of four years.

The Soviet Union is the largest country in the world. It occupies half of Europe and a third of Asia, altogether a sixth of the earth’s land surface. Its territory is 22,4 million square kilometres, its population is over 280 million people.

Under the leadership of the Communist Party, the Soviet Union achieved an outstanding record in all spheres of life. The Soviet Union is a highly developed industrial country. It now leads the world in steel and oil production, in tractors, mineral fertilizers.

Today the USSR produces more pig-iron, steel, oil, natural gas, cement, machine tools, tractors, mineral fertilizers and many other goods than any other country in the world.

New industries, such as atomic, space rocket, electronics and microbiological industries have been set up.

It is important that powerful production complexes have been built in the Urals, Siberia, the Far East, in fact, m all regions of our great country. ✓

"The USSR holds one of the leading places in the world for the resources of coal, oil, gas, iron арД manganese ores, non-ferrous and rare metals.

The rate of development of chemical industry is very high, particularly in the production of synthetic fibres, poly­mers, resins.

The country’s national income has grown greatly since the end of the 2nd world war; industrial output increased many times during the postwar period. Soviet science and technology have achieved outstanding successes. The Soviet Union blazed the path into space. It pioneered the peaceful uses of atomic energyAThe Soviet Union built the fir§t nuclear power station and nuclear-powered ice-breakei}.^

Now the CPSU Central Committee has put forward the tasks on accelerating scientific and technical progress.

Society’s development will be determined by qualitative changes, by the intensification of our economy.

According to the New 12th Five-Year Plan the output of manufactured consumer goods will greatly increase.

All these measures are aimed at the further improvement of well-being of our people. Concern for the well-being of the people was, is and will remain the highest aim of our Party.

p Great progress has been achieved in the field of education. In the Soviet Union the training of skilled workers is regarded now as a matter of great importance.*

In the next Five-Year-Plan period Soviet secondary and higher schools will undergo further qualitative development.

The Soviet Union pursues a policy of peaceful coexistence. ' The Soviet Union stands for cooperation in science and technology with all countries. The Soviet Union stands for peace in space. The USSR stands for full elimination of nu­clear threat, for peace and friendship with other countries.

Remember the following words and word combinations;

power iron to put forward^v’

to elect to set up* task

to accelerate'.' to change <( change ; ' to remain^ well-being to stand for

term resources

to occupy rare f

to extend fibre '

highly to achieve

to develop to use

to produce nuclear.

Ex. 8. Answer the following questions according to the model. (Work in pairs.) ^v

Model: This text is very interesting, isn’t it?

Yes, it is. or No, it isn't.

This text is not long, is it?

Yes, it is. or No, it isn't. ^

1. This is a very large* country, isn’t it? 2. It is a new power station, isn’t it? 3. The chemical industry is remarkable for the scale of its development, isn’t it? 4. Soviet science today is in the forefront i# many spheres of world scientific progress, isn’t it? 5. The Irate of development of the Soviet chemical industry is very high in the USSR, isn’t it? 6. This text is not very difficult, is it? 7. This plant is not very old, is it? " •

Ex. 9. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the first socialist country in the world? 2. What is the highest body of state power in the USSR? 3. What terri­tory does the Soviet Union occupy? 4. What is the population of the USSR? 5. What are the new industries in the USSR?

6. What do you know about the first nuclear power station?

7. What tasks have been put forward by the Communist Party of the USSR at the XXVII Congress? 8. What can you say about the progress in education? 9. What is the foreign policy of the Soviet Union?

Ex. 10. Put the following words into plural:

this plan, that factory, this branch, that field.

Ex. 11. Give short answers according to the model. (Work in pairs.)

Model: Is there much coal in our country?

Yes, there is.

Is there a power station in your town?

No, there is not (isn’t).

1. Is there much iron in the Urals? 2. Is there a new plant in your town? 3. Are there many power stations in the Soviet Union? 4. Are there many old houses in the centre of Moscow?

2. Are there many schools in your city?

Model: a new power plant, in our district

There is a new power plant in our district.

1. a lot of books, in our new library; 2. many research centres, in our city; 3. new, modern houses, in all cities of our country; 4. over 8 million people, in Moscow.

Ex. 13. Listen to the tape-recorded text and discuss it:

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is the biggest of the Soviet republics. Over half the population of the Soviet Union lives there.

It is the leading Union republic in terms of economic might. The products of its industry include machines and instruments, chemicals, the best textile goods.

The Russian Republic produces two-thirds of all the Soviet Union’s industrial items and about half of its total agricul­tural output.