IV. Understanding the main points.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the official name of your home country?

2. What part of the earth's surface does Russia occupy?

3. What countries does Russia border on? 

4. What natural resources is Russia rich in?

5. What mountains divide Russia into two parts?

6. What river is the longest in Europe?

7. When was the Constitution adopted in Russia?

8. What is the Federal Assembly?

9. What can the President do under the Constitution?

10. What is the first action of the Chairman of the Government on appointment?

V. Vocabulary focus.

Find synonyms and translate into Russian:

1. the uppermost layer of something (par. 1);

2. be close to (par. 2);

3. different natural surroundings (par.3);

4. it may be (par. 6);

5. all the inhabitants (par.7);

6. supplies of smth. (par.8);

7. a group of people elected to make laws (par. 12);

8. a head of state in supreme command of a country's armed forces (par. 15)

VI. Language developmewnt

A. Find Russian equivalents to the following list of English idioms:

1) throw a party, 2) hit the roof, 3) fight like cat and dog, 4) swim like a fish, 5) cut a long story short, 6) have a memory like an elephant, 7) eat like a horse, 8) take smth. into account, 9) take part in smth., 10) take place, 11) take a look at, 12) give a hand, 13) give a ring, 14) be at loss for words, 15) be in smb.'s shoes, 16) be in a good mood for smth., 17) be broke, 18) do one's best, 19) do a favour, 20) do (smth) for a living, 21) feel/be/look worn out, 22) learn by heart, 23) lose one's head, 24) lose heart, 25) lose one's temper, 26) change one's mind, 27) tell the world, 28) spend money like water, 29) fall in love, 30) get along, 31) get into a mess, 32) get on smb.'s nerves, 33) get rid of, 34) to give smb. one's word, 35) make allowance, 36) put the blame on smb., 37) put an end to, 38) put smth by for a rainy day, 39) no kidding? 40) (do smth) behind sb's back.

B. Make up a story using at least 5 Idioms above.

C. Make a similar description for an encyclopedia of any tree or animal from below. Use dictionary to help you if necessary.

Bird: beak, wings, breast, nest, eggs

Fish: tail, scales, gills

Cat: whiskers, claws, paw

Horse: hoof, mane, tail

Tree: twig, bark, branch, bough, trunk, leaf, roots

Flower: bud, pollen, thorn, stalk, petals

Specific animals: bee, shark, frog, bat, seagull, worm, parrot, dolphin, seal, snail, pigeon, peacock, hedgehog, crab, eagle

Names of trees: oak, willow, elm, fir, pine

D. Everyday expressions. Telephone talk. In a game with a ball practice asking questions (student A) and answering to them (student B). Then exchange the roles.

- Call me up at the office (at home), will you? - Hold the line, don't hang up, please. - Will you give me your phone number (address), please. - I've got a call to make. - May I use your phone? - Would you mind waiting a little? - Take the phone off the hook. - Put the phone on the hook. - Sorry, it's the wrong number. - I'd look if he were in. - Sorry he is not in. - Could you call back later? - I can't get through. - May I leave a message?