Kazakh cuisine

Traditional Kazakh cuisine revolves around muttonandhorse meatas well as variousmilk products. For hundreds of years, Kazakhs were herders who raised fat-tailed sheep, Bactrian camels, and horses, relying on these animals for transportation, clothing, and food. The cooking techniques and major ingredients have been strongly influenced by the nation’snomadicway of life. For example, most cooking techniques are aimed at long-termpreservation of food. There is large practice of salting and drying meat so that it will last, and there is a preference forsour milk, as it is easier to save in a nomadic lifestyle.

Meatin various forms has always been the primary ingredient of Kazakh cuisine, and traditional Kazakh cooking is based on boiling. Horse and mutton are the most popular forms of meat and are most often served in large uncut pieces, which have been boiled. Kazakhs cared especially for horses which they intended to slaughter-keeping them separate from other animals and feeding them so much that they often became so fat they had difficulty moving.

Besbarmak, a dish consisting of boiled horse or mutton meat, is the most popular Kazakh dish. It is also called “five fingers” because of the way it is eaten.

Task 2. Read the text and write a suitable heading to each paragraph. (Time for preparation – 2 min., for answer – 1 min).

WRITING (10 min)

Task 1. Write an essay to the given situation (60 words), (Time for preparation – 8 min., for answer – 2 min).

Imagine that there will be held a conference at your university, devoted to Kazakh sport. And you are responsible for writing and sending invitation letters to other universities. Writeaninvitationletter.

Card №10

LISTENING (10 min.)

Task 1.Listen to the text [T. 10] - 2.5 min. and give T(true) and F(False) answers. (Time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

№		True	False
1	About 17 people have been injured in the car crash.
2	The lorry was going 85 miles an hour.
3	2500 workers have walked out of Peugeot car factory in Coventry in protest against the company’s pay offer.
4	The total number of unemployed is approximately 1,490,000.
5	The average price of a three-bed room house in south-east England is now £255,900.

Task 2. Retell the main idea of the listened text (Time for preparation-2 min., time for answering-2 min.).

SPEAKING(10 min.)

Task 1. Discuss on the given situation. (Time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

You won 2 lottery tickets for the trip to FIFA World Cup – 2018, which will be held in Russia. Who will you invite to go with, your brother, your colleague, or your close friend? And share your impressions about the trip

Task 2. Speak on the given topic “Kazakh national sport”. (Time for preparation- 4 min., time for answering- 2 min.).

READING (10 min.)

Task 1. Read the text and translate the 1^st paragraph of the text. (Time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 2 min.).