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8)Virtual reading halls of the RSL are attended by about 8000 visitors annually.

9)The system of library‘s catalogues and card-indexes is elaborate and easy-to-use.

10)Visitors from abroad should provide an individual library card with a personal photo.

11)RSL often hosts book presentations, readers' conferences and concerts.

12)You can get the access to the Russian State Library funds paying 100 rubles.

Speaking:

I. Answer the questions:

1)Where is the Russian State Library? Why is it famous?

2)When was it founded? What were library‘s first collections?

3)What collections has the library today?

4)Who can use the library? What readers use the library‘s resources?

5)Does the Library provide any digital resources?

6)How can a person register with the RLS?

7)What resources can one-off visitors access?

8)What does RSL to promote public interest for reading?

By the way:

Some facts about the Russian State Library:

-green lamps of the main reading hall are bright symbols of the

RLS;

-among the rarities of the RLS are unhurt pages of Bulgakov‘s first version of «the Master and Margarita», copy of the famous Bruce Calendar and the earliest issue of the first national newspaper «Vedomosti», dated to 1703;

In the Soviet film ―Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears‖ Lyudmila wants to find a husband in the Lenin Library:

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Film reference:

-Я вот в научный зал Ленинской библиотеки пропуск достала. -Зачем?!

-Представляешь, какой там контингент? Академики, философы…

-Ну и что ты там будешь делать? Смотреть, как они читают? - Много ты понимаешь! Там еще курилка есть…

II. Make the dialogue with your partner. Imagine the situation:

You are the library consultant of the RLS. You have two visitors (foreigners). Answer their questions about the history of Library, the library‘s collections, the rules of registration, library‘s cultural events, etc.

Writing:

I. Make the following tasks to the text:

a)translate the part № 1/2/3;

b)find in the text:

- старейшая публичная библиотека; быть приверженным че- му-то; эпоха Просвещения; хранилище; народное просвещение; центр коллекции; книголюб; огромное влияние; несмотря на эвакуацию; распад СССР; приобрести имя; периодические издания; запрещенные издания; отдел рукописей; личная библиотека; общественный деятель; хранитель; культурное наследие.

c) write down the full answers to the following questions:

-What is the National Library of Russia famous for?

-Who founded the library and why?

-What was the original collection?

-Did the Library work during the siege of Leningrad?

-What are the treasures of the library?

-What role does the library play in the cultural life of Russia?

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TEXT II. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF RUSSIA

1.The oldest state public library in Russia, the National Library of Russia is the second largest library in Russia with holdings of more than 33 million volumes. It is the national center of librarianship and bibliography.

It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1795 by Empress Catherine II as the Imperial Public Library. Catherine was devoted to the philosophy of the Enlightenment in the early period of her reign. She wanted the library to be a repository for all books produced in the Russian empire, books published in Russian outside the empire, and books about Russia published in foreign languages. The library was supposed to be open to the Russian public for the purpose of general enlightenment.

2.The library officially opened in 1814. The nucleus of the original collection was the collection, brought to St. Petersburg from Warsaw by two Polish aristocrats and bibliophiles. Throughout its history, the library has had an enormous influence on the political, cultural, and scientific life of Russia.

The library continued to function during the siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944, despite the evacuation of valuable materials. In 1992, after the dissolution of the USSR, the library acquired the name Russian National Library.

3.The library possesses the world's most complete collection of Russian books and periodicals. Among the treasures of the collections are early Slavic printed works, the largest collection of books from the Petrine era and the Free Russian Press collection (about 15,000 illegal publications dating from 1853 to 1917).

The Manuscript Division holds the world's richest collection of Old Russian and Slavonic manuscripts from the 11th to the 17th century. Among the library's other treasures are personal library of Voltaire, consisting of 7,000 volumes, archives of such public figures as Peter I, Catherine II, Mikhail Kutuzov, Alexander Suvorov, Alexander Griboyedov, Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anna Akhmatova, Alexander Blok and others.

The National Library of Russia is a custodian of Russia's cultural heritage. It holds a unique place in Russian history and is recognized as one of the Russia‘s foremost cultural institutions.

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Grammar:

Future Tenses

(Будущие времена)

I. Translate the sentences, say what time is used:

1.They will have passed all their exams before they go to camp.

2.Tomorrow I will still be working at six o'clock.

3.The sun will rise at 6:03 am.

4.He will be writing love poems at 5 o'clock tomorrow.

5.The wedding will take place on May 8th.

6.If you lend me some money, I will have returned it by the end of the month.

7.I will return in two hours.

8.By one o'clock tomorrow I'll have done this work.

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9.I'll come to see you on Sunday.

10.We will not have found the material by tomorrow.

II. Choose the right variant. Translate into English:

1)В следующий раз мы встретимся через 3 месяца. a) will meet

b) will be meeting c) will have met

2)Пока он будет в игровой комнате, я буду делать прическу. a) will be/ will do

b) will be/ will have done c) will be/ will be doing

3)Я прочту все материалы до конференции.

a)will read

b)will have read

c)will be reading

4)Завтра мы закончим к 4 часам. a) will have finished

b) will finish

c) will be finishing

5)Они встретят его в аэропорту. a) will be meeting

b) will meet

c) will have met

6)Джон с друзьями соберутся завтра, чтобы поиграть в фут-

бол.

a)will be gathering

b)will have gathered

c)will gather

7) Когда ты придешь, я уже полью цветы и протру пыль.

a)will water and dust

b)will be watering and dusting

c)will have been watered and dusted

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8) Я лучше буду слушать наушники, пока ты будешь репетировать.

a)will listen/ will rehearse

b)will be listening/ will be rehearsing

c)will have listened/ rehearse

III. Put the verbs in the brackets into correct form:

1. Next weekend the boys (to play) football. 2. The scientist (to present) his project from five till eight pm. 3. We (to come) home by the evening tomorrow. 4. The children (to make) the birdhouses by tomorrow. 5. We (to go) to the Dubai for the vacation in a week. 6. When Sam comes to her place, she still (to make up). 7. When he brings the cake, we (to have) dinner. 8. You (to complete) the project by the end of the week? 9. What you (to do) at five o'clock tomorrow? 10. I (to play) tennis on Friday. 11. I (not to stay) at the office during 7 hours. 12. The day after tomorrow she (to buy) a wedding dress, because she (to get married) next month. 13. The party (to finish) by 10 pm.

14.What we (to go) next time?

IV. Answer the questions:

1.What will you be doing at 4 o'clock tomorrow?

2.What will you do if the snake bites you?

3.When will you graduate?

4.What will you have done by next weekends?

5.What will you buy next time?

6.What will you be doing the day after tomorrow at 7 in the morning?

V. Test yourself:

1.By the time mother comes home Peter ..... all the ice-cream. will eat

will have eaten will be eating

2.I'll come home late tomorrow. I ..... out with my friend. will be dining

will dine am dining

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3.I can't meet you this evening. A friend of mine ..... to see me. will come

will have come comes

4.Susan ..... the house before her husband comes home.

won‘t leave won‘t have left won‘t be leaving

5.According to the weather forecast it ..... tomorrow all day

long.

will be raining will rain

will have rained

will have been raining

6.You can't see this film on TV tonight, they ..... it only next Sunday.

will show

show

will be showing

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UNIT XIV. READING CULTURE

“Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.” Tomie dePaola

Language focus:

I. Read and memorize the words:

1)worrying – тревожный ;

2)to blame – винить;

3)to compete – соревноваться;

4)to obtain – получать /приобретать;

5)publisher – издатель;

6)to simplify – упрощать, делать более простым;

7)to aim – стремиться к (чему-л.), нацеливаться;

8)equipped – оборудованный;

9)to purchase – приобретать, покупать;

10)to pick up – поднимать, забирать;

11) way of life – образ жизни;

12)bookshop – книжный магазин;

13)initiator – инициатор;

14)excerpt – выдержка, цитата.

Vocabulary work:

I. Translate into Russian:

- a worrying call, a worrying look; a worrying news; to blame for the accident, to blame government, to blame oneself, to blame others;

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to compete for Grand Prix; to compete in the Olympic games, to compete with others, to compete with a company;

-to obtain a reward, to obtain a licence, to obtain a patent, to obtain a result; signature of a publisher, ―Life‖ publisher, a book publisher from Bangkok; to simplify the process, to simplify division, to simplify the form; to aim to become a doctor, to aim to get education;

-an equipped space, an equipped sport-hall, an equipped office; to purchase one's freedom, to purchase some property; to pick up a handkerchief, to pick up a candy wrapper, to pick up a hairpin or a button; glam way of life, healthy way of life, wrong way of life; an opened bookshop, a bookshop is on lunch break, a large bookshop, the bookshop in the center of the town; initiator of a quarrel, initiator of a business, a talented and creative initiator; an excerpt from Gogol, a witty excerpt, well-known excerpt.

II. Translate the sentences:

1. Не вините вы томаты, если сами виноваты (guilty). 2. Приобретите у нас великолепных щенков йоркских терьеров. 3. Зачем Польша упрощает въезд иммигрантов (in-movement)? 4. К пятнице мне нужно написать сочинение «Образ жизни Обломова». 5. Я не буду прибегать (quote) к выдержкам из речей мудрецов (wise men) или восточной философии. 6. Дом книги – это старейший книжный магазин в Санкт-Петербурге. 7. Все пляжи Италии оборудованы спасательными пунктами (rescue post). 8. Я плохо играю в настольный теннис и не буду соревноваться с тобой. 9. Издатель не принял его рукопись (typescript). 10. Инициатором этой акции стало известное издательство "Эксмо".

Reading:

I. Read and translate:

TEXT I. READING CULTURE

Russia is not the most reading country in the world any more. According to the statistics only 10 % of Russians read books everyday and 35% of Russians do NOT read books at all, which is a worrying fact.

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Teachers blame modern technology. It is difficult for classical writers to compete with hundreds of TV channels, computers and the Internet. Today children live on-line, communicate through social networks and play computer games for hours. People don‘t stop reading altogether, they just mostly read not books but posts and forums from monitor displays.

The development of mobile and computer electronics allows giving up printed materials and reading from the screen of a mobile phone, electronic book or from a computer monitor. However, information obtained in this way does not come to stay. People scan information, understanding all but remembering little. Many publishers and Internet resources work on the principle: the simpler the easier to understand. Simple texts that we read simplify our minds.

We should read books. If people know their language and speak it well and read much, they live in a great country. Happiness, health and success of the nation very much depend on what and how much it reads. We should understand that those who read books in this world control those who prefer watching TV and spending time in social networks.

So, how to promote reading? Russian social organizations launched some projects, such as ―Books in the Parks‖ and project ―Read‖. ―Books in the Parks‖ is the campaign which aims to turn city parks into arenas for meeting with writers. The parks are equipped with kiosks where visitors can purchase books for the lowest price. Project ―Read‖ popularizes teens-reading in the video with Russian classics Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky who rap «В начитанном теле начи-

танный дух».

Russian libraries also try to popularize literature. Popular initiatives are bookcrossing, ―Biblionight‖ and the creation of book clubs.

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