Words to the text:

to lie	лежать
both...and...	и… и…, как… так…
oil refining	нефтеперерабатывающий
wheat	пшеница
barley	ячмень
oats	овес
buckwheat	гречиха
cabbage	капуста
horse-breeding	коневодство
cattle-breeding	скотоводство
bee-keeping	пчеловодство
theatre	театр
several	несколько
entertainment	развлечение
different	различный
rest	отдых
etc. = etcetera	и т.д.

3.2 Questions:

1. Where is Bashkortostan situated?

2. What branches of industry are developed in the republic?

3. What vegetables are grown in Bashkortostan?

4. What are traditional occupations of Bashkirs?

5. What historic places in Ufa do you know?

3.3 Say whether the facts about the Republic of Bashkortostan (rb) are true or false:

The Republic is rich in iron, oil, copper, manganese.

Yamantau is the highest peak of the Southern Urals.

The main water route of the Republic is the Belaya River.

The most important of the RB’s industries are oil extracting, refining, and processing.

Ufa is linked with Moscow by 2 federal highways.

Ufa is the only city-millionaire in the Russian Federation where there is a natural increase in population since 2008.

4 Great Britain

4.1 Read and translate the text:

Britain has several names: Britain, Great Britain, the British Isles. Its official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The population of the country is 62 million people.

The climate is warm and damp. There are many rivers in Great Britain and the largest river is the Thames. The largest cities are London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham.

Great Britain is a highly developed industrial country. Its main industries are coal mining, machinery, textiles, electronics. The capital of Great Britain is London.

Agriculture is a highly developed branch of the British economy, too. The climate of Great Britain is ideal for cattle breeding and vegetable growing. There are a lot of sheep and poultry farms in Great Britain. The chief agricultural products of Great Britain are meat, milk, potatoes, sugar beet, wheat, barley and oats.

Words to the text:

the British Isles	Британские острова
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии
population	население
warm	теплый
damp	влажный
long	длинный
large	большой
capital	столица
to develop	развивать
coal	уголь
agriculture	сельское хозяйство
poultry	домашняя птица
sheep	овца