- •И.Д. Латфуллина, е.Ю. Шутова, е.Г.Брунова
- •1.1 Answer the following questions:
- •1.5 Translate and memorize the following word-combinations:
- •1.6 Make up your own sentences with the words and word-combinations from activity 1.5.
- •1.8 Match the following words and word-combinations in a with their synonyms in b:
- •1.9 Give the English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •1.10 Study the information about studying at a University:
- •1.11 Replace the underlined verbs with less formal verbs that have the same meaning in the context:
- •1.12 Fill the gaps with a suitable word:
- •1.13 Read these sentences spoken by university students. What is each person studying?
- •1.14 Complete the following sentences:
- •1.15 Translate the following sentences into English:
- •1. 16 Correspond the names in a with the following numbers in b:
- •1.17 Read the sentences and decide which word a, b, or c best fits each space.
- •1.18 Answer the questions:
- •1.19 Read the text and guess what institutions are located in the sites described in the text. Choose the answer from the list below:
- •1.20 Speak about the University according to the following schemes:
- •2.4 Read the names of the faculties and specialities:
- •2.6 Match the word-combinations in a with their Russian equivalents in b:
- •2.7 Think over your own sentences with the following words and word-combinations:
- •2.8 Match the words and word-combinations in a with their meanings in b:
- •2.9 Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below to make up a phrase. Use the words only once.
- •2.10 Complete the sentences:
- •2.11 Study the information about exams and education:
- •2 12 What questions could you ask to get these answers?
- •2.13 Answer the following questions:
- •Would you like to…? I’m afraid, I can’t...
- •2.15 Speak about your Institute / faculty. Use the table:
- •3.1 Discuss the following questions:
- •3.2 Read the Geographical names correctly, then complete the table that follows.
- •3.3 Some of these sentences are correct, but some need the (perhaps more than once). Correct the sentences where necessary.
- •3.4 Read through the text and match these headings with the passages:
- •3.5 Memorize the following words and word-combinations. Then find the sentences with them in the text and translate them.
- •3.6 Match the words and word-combinations in a with their synonyms in b:
- •3.7 Give the English equivalents for the following:
- •3.8 Match the adjectives on the left with the corresponding nouns on the right:
- •3.9 Are these statements true (t) or false (f)? If the statement is false, correct it.
- •3.10 Translate into English:
- •3.11 Complete the following sentences using the information from the text:
- •3.12 Answer the following questions:
- •3.13 Study the factfile:
- •3.14 Speak about the country you live in.
- •4.1 Answer the questions:
- •4.2 Read the text through to be ready to do a few exercises after it. The Tyumen Region
- •4.3 Match the words and word-combinations in a with their Russian equivalents in b:
- •4.4 Combine the words in a and b to form phrases:
- •4.5 Think over your own sentences with the words and word-combinations in activities 4.3, 4.4.
- •4.6 Read the passages and number them in the correct order:
- •4.7 Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •4.8 Read these statements about the Tyumen Region. Are they true or false?
- •4.9 Complete the following sentences:
- •4.10 Answer the following questions:
- •4.11 Prove that:
- •4.12 Study the factfile (according to the statistics data of 2002):
- •4.13 Speak about the Tyumen Region.
- •5.1 Pre-text discussion:
- •5.2 Read through the text to be ready to do the exercises after it.
- •5.4 Fill in the correct adjectives (a, b or c):
- •5.5 Say what are the best and the worst things about living in the city. Use the following word-combinations:
- •5.6 Make a list of advantages and disadvantages of living in Tyumen. Give two columns. Use the following adjectives:
- •5.7 Say what features and facilities Tyumen has and hasn’t got.
- •5.8 Complete the dialogues in a suitable way. Fill in the gaps with the following words and word-combinations:
- •5.13 Speak about the city you live in. Bibliography:
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4.3 Match the words and word-combinations in a with their Russian equivalents in b:
A B
1 migration a) многонациональный
2. to be equivalent b) значительный
3 treasureland c) кладовая
4 arable d) граница
5 to increase e) место рождения
6 multinational f) климатические условия
7 storehouse g) поколение
8 considerable h) местоположение
9 climatic conditions I) северный олень
10 border j) природные ресурсы
11 generation k) сокровищница
12 birthplace l) пространный, обширный
13 location m) занимать место
14 extensive n) домашний скот
15 natural resources o) быть равным
16 livestock p) увеличивать, возрастать
17 reindeer q) пахотный
18 to occupy r) переселение
4.4 Combine the words in a and b to form phrases:
A B
1 to be equivalent to a) a new generation
2 to increase b) of smb’s children
3 multinational c) the production
4 to form d) region
5 considerable e) of deep rivers and lakes
6 the birthplace f) location
7 to be covered g) land resources
8 to specialize in h) natural resources
9 extensive network i) the area
10 to be famous for j) population
11 advantageous k) with forests
4.5 Think over your own sentences with the words and word-combinations in activities 4.3, 4.4.
Model: The Tyumen Region is multinational.
4.6 Read the passages and number them in the correct order:
a) But five more centuries were to pass before groups of brave men attracted by the abundance of fur-bearing animals built the first wooden fortresses at Tyumen, Tobolsk, Surgut, and elsewhere.
b) This lowland area – in places it lays below sea level – is one of the most extensive and flattest in the world and forms the gate to Siberia. The green background of forest and swampland is shot through with the silver threads of rivers. On the vast territory it is possible to allocate four natural zones: tundra, forest, taiga and forest-steppe. This huge area includes among others the Tyumen and the Tomsk regions.
c) This region was a remote province for many years, though the land was famed for its furs and fish. Nobody could imagine what huge seas of oil were concealed under this land of forest, lakes and marshes.
d) Western Siberia occupies the huge expanse (area) between the Urals and the Yenisey River and extends from the dry steppes of Khazakhstan in the south to the cold shores of the Arctic Ocean in the north. With an area of 936,000 square miles, it is one of the largest natural regions of Russia.
e) In ancient times the Russian merchants and Novgorod warriors who already stood at the doors of Siberia by the 11th century believed that they would find the legendary land of Lukomorye here, filled with fairy-tale riches.
(from “Siberia: Epic of the Century”, by Vito Sansone)
4.7 Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
the huge expanse, lowland area, extensive, flat, swampland, threads of rivers, merchants, warriors, the abundance of fur-bearing animals, wooden fortresses, to conceal, to be famed for, forest, lake, marsh, fairy-tale riches, legendary land, to be attracted by, huge seas, to conceal.