- •Cities of russia speech patterns
- •Phonetic drills
- •Names of churches, cathedrals, musems, etc
- •Lexical exercises
- •Text 1 moscow.
- •Text 2 kaluga and tsiolkovsky
- •Text 4 kaluga.
- •Some ancient cities of russia Text 5
- •The tour about russian cities Text 7 European part
- •Text 9 Asian part
- •Text 10
- •Speech exercises.
- •Written tasks.
- •Russian cities during the great patriotic war.
- •St. Petersburg (Leningrad) – a City Hero.
- •Lexical and fact exercises
- •Speech exercise
- •Written task
Phonetic drills
Exercise 1. Pronounce the following words paying attention to the rules of pronunciation of the stressed vowels.
/a:/ heart, remarkable,
/۸/ custom, suburbs, structure, construct
/e/ architectural, emperor, majestic, guest, cemetery, entrance, exile, peasant, commemorate, picturesque
/Eə/burial, fair
/au/ crowned, outskirts
/iә/ imperial, sincere
/כ/ conquest
/כ:/ fortress
/i/ cathedral, magnificent
/i:/ deed, scenery, precious
/u/ truthful
/ei/ graceful, cradle, fate, reign
/ai/ fight, icon, item, survive, unite
/aiə/ admire
/auə/ tower
/ə:/ birthplace, church, preserve
/ju:/ cupola
Exercise 2. Read the following words paying attention to unpronounced letters.
Tomb, exhibit, reign, picturesque
Exercise 3. Remember the pronunciation of the following proper names.
Names of churches, cathedrals, musems, etc
the Assumption Cathedral /əs۸'mp∫әn/– Успенский собор
the Archangel Cathedral / a:’keinʤәl/ – Архангельский собор
the Annunciation Cathedral /ә,.n۸nsi’ei∫n/– Благовещенский собор
the Cover Cathedral /’k۸vә/– Покровский собор
the Cathedral of St.Bazil the Blessed /snt’bæzil ðə’blest/– собор Василия Блаженного
the Church of Cover on the Ditch /’k۸və כn ðә’dit∫/– церковь Покрова-на-рву
the Church of St. George “past the hill”/snt’ʤכ:ʤ ‘pa:st ðə ‘hil/ – церковь Георгия-за-верхом
St. Trinity Cathedral /snt ‘triniti/– Троицкий собор
the Church of Women Myrrh Bearers /’wimin ‘mә: bEәrәz/– церковь Жен Мироносиц
the Church of John the Precursor /’ʤכ:n ðә pri’kə:sə/– церковь Иоанна Предтечи
the Church of Nicolas the Miracle Worker /’nikələs ‘mirәkəl ‘wə:kə/– церковь Николая Чудотворца
the Church of Lord’s Transfiguration /’lכ:dz ,trænsfigju:’rei∫n/– церковь Преображения Господня
the Cathedral of Kozma and Domian /’kכzmə ənd ‘dכmiən/– собор Козьмы и Домиана.
the Armoury Chamber /’a:məri ‘t∫eimbə/– Оружейная Палата
the Museum of Armoury – музей оружия
the Diamond Treasury /’diəmənd ‘treʒəri/– Алмазный Фонд
Faceted Palace /’fæsitid/– Грановитая Палата
a Tsar-Bell /’za: ‘bel/– Царь-колокол
a Tsar-Cannon /’za: ‘kænən/– Царь-пушка
Ivan the Great Bell Tower /’aivən ðə ‘greit ‘bel ‘tauə/– колокольня Ивана Великого
Lenin Mausoleum /,mכsə’liəm/- Мавзолей Ленина
the Eternal Flame /i’tə:nəl ‘fleim/– Вечный огонь
the Local Lore Museum /’lכkəl ‘lכ: mju:’siəm/– краеведческий музей
the Art Museum – художественный музей
the Representation Church of Pafnuty-and-Borovsk monastery – подворье Боровско- Пафнутьевского монастыря
Lexical exercises
Exercise 1. Read the following words, define the way of their construction and group them according to the parts of speech (nouns, adjectives)
a birthplace, entrance, fortress, invention, settlement, graceful, uprising, truthful.
Exercise 2. Make up pairs of equivalents.
fate кладбище
a fair основывать
an exile храм
deed ссылка
a cemetery пейзаж
to fight подвиг
a temple конструкция
to survive живописный
scenery судьба
to found сражаться
a structure восстанавливать
to restore ярмарка
picturesque выживать
Exercise 3. Make up pairs of synonyms.
A dome, fight, a subsidiary, a settlement, an uprising, to build, to include, to make an impression, to save, splendid
A revolution, to impress, magnificent, to construct, a battle, village, to preserve, a cupola, a branch, to comprise
Exercise 4. Read the following sentences translating Russian words into English.
1. During the (царствование) of Ivan III the walls and (башни) were redbrick.
2. The clock that (отбивают) every quarter of an hour is on the Spassky Tower.
3. St.Bazil’s (собор) (был воздвигнут) by architects Postnik and Barma to (увековечить) Russia’s conquest of the Kazan Kingdom.
4. Kaluga (была построена) as a (крепость) in 1371.
5. There is his (могила) and a memorial there.
6. Kaluga was a (защитник) of Russian lands.
7. Kaluga was the centre of the (крестьянское восстание) (возглавляемое) by Ivan Bolotnikov.
8. In October 1812 French soldiers (были разгромлены) in the (битве) at Maloyaroslavets.
9. Kaluga region is the (место рождения) of many heroes.
10. Kaluga is the (колыбель) of cosmonautics.
11. The memorial complex (посвященный) to heroes is situated here.
12. (Мемориальный комплекс) is at the (въезд) of the city.
13. There are a lot of (церквей) in Kaluga.
14. This monument (производит впечатление) tourists.
15. This museum (выставляет) a lot of unique (экспонатов).
16. Citizens do their best to (сохранить) architectural (памятники).