- •1.1.1 Learn the following words and expressions
- •1.1.2 Make up your own sentences using these words for your fellow students to translate them into Russian
- •1.1.3 Complete the following sentences with the words from ex. 1.1.1
- •1.1.4 Find the synonyms in the right column to the words in the left column
- •1.1.5 Paraphrase the following
- •1.1.6 Find the words and phrases from ex. 1.1.1 in the text below and translate the sentences with them into Russian
- •1.1.7 Read the text and make a plan of it
- •Expedition
- •1.2.4 Complete the sentences using the information from the text
- •1.2.5 Say whether the following statements are true or false
- •Fortification
- •1.3.5 Put your own questions to the words and phrases in italics
- •1.3.6 Identify the Tenses in the following sentences and prove that they are used correctly
- •1.3.7 Make up dialogues discussing the figures (2, 3 and 4) in the text
- •1.4.1 Find the following words and phrases in the text and make a note of where they occur. Put them in the sentences of your own. Learn the given words
- •1.4.2 Quickly skim the whole text to decide what the general theme of the text is. Give your heading to the text
- •1.4.3 Compare your heading with ones of your classmates, discuss which the best title is and express your opinion why you think so. Use the following phrases for agreement or disagreement
- •1.4.4 Look through the text once again to find the answers to the following questions
- •1.5.1 Answer the following questions:
- •2.1.3 Read the text without the dictionary, try to understand it with the help of the words and expressions given above
- •I.I. Nepliuev
- •2.1.4 Compare your answers to the presupposed questions that you’ve made up before reading the text with the real facts from the original and say what was wrong and what new info you have gained
- •2.1.5 Answer the following questions
- •2.1.6 Complete the sentences the way they are put in the text
- •3.1.2 Read the text and try to understand it with the help of the given above words and expressions
- •3.1.3 Prepare a list of eight- ten questions to ask about the text. Be ready to interview the students in the group
- •Use your skimming and scanning skills to find out key words and phrases in the following text. Write them down in the sentences of your own.
- •Read the text and summarize what it is about in 8-10 sentences.
- •3.3.1. Skim the following text to find out what it is about in general. Find the main themes of paragraphs and give each one a suitable heading
- •3.3.3. Make up 5 questions to the text
- •3.4.1. Find the following words and expressions in the text and make a note of where they occur. Learn them
- •3.4.2 Read the text and try to understand it with the help of the given above words and expressions
- •4.1.1 Read the new words according to the transcription, mind their pronunciation and meaning
- •4.1.2 Pay attention to the meaning of the words, belonging to the group of mineral resources. Mind their pronunciation
- •4.2 Read the text. Translate it The Concise Reference of the Orenburg Region
- •4.2.1 Answer the questions to the text
- •4.2.3 Arrange items for plan according to text
- •4.2.4 Speak about the Orenburg region according to the plan
- •4.3. Read the text. Translate it
- •4.3.1 Find the equivalents
- •4.3.2 Find the equivalent
- •4.3.3 Pronounce the following words
2.1.4 Compare your answers to the presupposed questions that you’ve made up before reading the text with the real facts from the original and say what was wrong and what new info you have gained
2.1.5 Answer the following questions
1. Why was Nepliuev's family not rich?
2. Why did 1715 become a turning point in Nepliuev's life?
3. When was Nepliuev sent abroad?
4. What did Peter the Great say about Nepliuev?
5. Where was Nepliuev sent to as a diplomat?
6. What did he do when he returned to Russia from Turkey?
7. Why did Nepliuev get into trouble?
8. Where was he sent to in 1742?
2.1.6 Complete the sentences the way they are put in the text
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This tall, blond, blue-eyed man came from…
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The legend says that Vasily the Dark…
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That is why Ivan Nepliuev inherited…
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At the age of 16 he lost his father…
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Prince Menshikov arrived in Novgorod…
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Nepliuev became one of its first cadets…
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The year 1717 found him in…
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He was greatly pleased with…
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In this post he remained for 14 years…
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Nepliuev was made Governor…
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Thanks to his friends and relatives…
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All contemporaries…
2.1.7 Open the brackets using the appropriate tense form of the verb. Compare it with the original from the text and make corrections if necessary. Explain your choice and comment upon your mistakes if there are any
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The name (to say) to have appeared as a nickname during the reign of Vasily the Dark and (to derive) from the Russian "do not spit", namely from the proverb “do not spit into the well it may be of use to drink water from”;
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Cambila proudly (to refuse) replying that his kin never (to marry) anyone but coming from princes' houses;
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This legend (to refer) to by V.N. Vitevskii in his monograph, where he (to mention) that it (to relate) to him by N.N. Nepliuev, who in his turn (to have) it from the family.
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Though ancient, the family (to be, not) rich, because they (to suffer) losses having supported some old orthodox believers, and being related to some of those who (to back up) Princess Sophia against her brother Peter;
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On October 1, 1715 the Naval Academy (to open) in St. Petersburg;
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When in 1721 Peter the Great (to need) a reliable and able resident in Istanbul his choice (to be) Nepliuev, who (to become) a diplomat and a very able one;
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During the rest of the reign of Anna Ivanovna Nepliuev (to be) in favour for he (to be) on good terms with Oysterman since Peter the Great's reign, when he (to leave) for Turkey;
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The post (to be) not only lower than that he (to have) before, but he (to be) to go to a remote area of Russia almost uninhabited by Russians and uncultivated.
2.1.8 Make up 4 - 5 questions in Russian on Nepliuev's activities so as to cover the main points for your classmates to translate them into English and answer them
2.1.9 Read the short passage below, try to remember and render one into English without looking into it while speaking out
Неплюев происходил из древнего, но обедневшего рода. С 1716 по 1720 год он учился морскому делу за границей. 14 лет он служил русским резидентом в Стамбуле. С 1742 по 1758 годы Неплюев был в Оренбуржье, он основал город Оренбург. Петр Великий говорил о нем: "В этом малом путь будет".
2.1.10 Explain what is meant by the following statements. Make up situations illustrating their meaning
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do not spit into the well it may be of use to drink water from;
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this lad will be a success.
2.1.11 Tell your classmates all you know (15-20 sentences) about the life and work of I.I. Nepliuev and his contribution into the history of Orenburg town and region
2.1.12 Write an essay (30-35 sentences) about any other outstanding people who were of the essential importance for the history and development of Orenburg town and region
Unit 3 FINAL LOCATION
SECTION ONE
3.1.1 Find the following words and expressions in the texts and make a note of where they occur. Learn them and put in the sentences of your own.
confluence - слияние (рек)
engineer-ensign - инженер-прапорщик
to submit for approval - представить на утверждение
ixmpart - вал
moat — ров
construction site - зд. место строительства
breastwork-kind - брустверного типа
wide spread - широко распространенный
masonry - каменная кладка
cross section - профиль
paapea firing range - зона огня
to rename - переименовать
vehicle - повозка, экипаж
latitudinal - добротный
longtitudinal - меридианальный
defenceability - обороноспособность
through-street - сквозная улица
network - сетка, сеть
rectangle - прямоугольник
detachment - подразделение
to facilitate - облегчить
nomades - кочевники
to coinside - совпадать
preliminary – предварительный