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Vocabulary:

entity – (единая) сущность uneven – неравномерный

population density – плотность населения severe – (зд.) суровый

b) act out the dialogue or continue the boys’ talk about the Russian Far East.

Ex. 14. Do you know that:

1.The Far Eastern yew-tree is the first representative of the coniferous trees in the world. Its life duration is about 4 000 years.

2.Minks were brought to the Far East in the 30-s from America. They got easily acclimatized and now are successfully raised on the fur farms.

3.Ginseng is called the “root of life”. Its Latin name “Panax Gingseng” means panacea. It grows only in the Far Eastern forests.

4.Eleutherococcus is called “Devil’s tree” or “Wild Pepper” because of bitter black berries. It’s widely used in medicine and can be found only in the

Russian Far East, China, Korea and Japan.

5.Ripe berries of the Far Eastern magnolia vine taste sour, sweet, bitter and salty. Chinese people call the magnolia vine “the plant of five tastes” and Japanese people gave it the name “the tree of seven tastes”.

6.There are about 60 fruit-bearing plants in the Far Eastern taiga.

7.In 70-s one can meet a leopard in the Far Eastern forest. Nowadays the Far Eastern leopards are nearly extinct.

8.During the Pre-Ice-Age glacier did not reach the central and southern parts of the Far East. That was why some heat loving representatives of flora and fauna had survived. The climate had changed greatly and heat loving plants and animals had to adopt themselves.

9.Kaluga may reach five metres in length and weight up to one ton.

10.The biggest shake in the RF is the Amur runner – about 6 feet long. Its bite is not fatal but painful.

11.The oldest city of the Russian Far East is Yakutsk (1632).

12.A rare type of tortoise can be found in fresh water. It is a good swimmer and runner and has very sharp teeth.

a)ask questions to the points above.

b)find out any other interesting facts about the geography of your native region.

Vocabulary:

expanse – простор, пространство to include – включать

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to divide – разделять, делить foothills – предгорья

strait – пролив

to stretch – простираться, растянуться border (with) – граница

to border on – граничить

broadleaf – широколиственный peculiar – своеобразный

endangered species – вымирающие виды fur-bearing – пушной

tapped – использованный prospecting – разведка extraction – добыча

mining – добыча; горное дело

tribal от tribe – племя

flora:

yew-tree –тисовое дерево cedar – кедр

birch – береза

cork tree – пробковое дерево spruce – ель

ash – ясень oak – дуб

larch – лиственница

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maple – клен fir-tree – пихта pine - сосна cranberry – клюква bilberry – черника

cowberry – брусника

herbs – травы, в том числе лекарственные honeysuckle – жимолость

fauna:

ermine – горностай sable – соболь deer – олень roe-deer – косуля

Manchurian deer – изюбр (благородный олень) musk-deer – кабарга

bighorn sheep – снежный баран elk – лось

boar – кабан marten – куница lynx – рысь beaver – бобр

racoon dog – енотовидная собака badger – барсук

arctic fox - песец weasel – ласка wolverine – росомаха sea lion – морской лев

seal (common) – тюлень (обычный) ribbon seal – полосатый тюлень whale – кит

walrus – морж

sea otter – морская выдра stork – аист

crane – журавль grouse - куропатка black grouse – тетерев hazel grouse – рябчик golden eagle – беркут heron – цапля

great cormorant – большой баклан pheasant – фазан

hawk – сокол, ястреб

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polar owl – полярная сова

fish eagle owl – рыбный филин

Amur pike – амурская щука

Aucha fish – ауха (китайский окунь) sturgeon – осётр

bream – лещ

invertebrate – беспозвоночные scallop – морской гребешок mussel – мидия

shrimp – мелкая креветка prawn – креветка

oyster – устрица algae – водоросли

mineral resources: coal – уголь

oil – нефть

natural gas – природный газ non-ferrous metals – цветные металлы copperмедь

zinc - цинк platinum - платина diamond - алмаз lead – свинец

II. THE KHABAROVSKY KRAI

Ex. 1. Learn the pronunciation: