IV. Understanding the main points

A. Put these sentences in the correct order:

1. Near to the oil town a new one has risen on the wastelands and marshes.

2. Tyumen has got two universities, different colleges and some other higher institutions.

3. It was born anew on June 21, 1960, the day on which oil was found near a little forest village.

4. Tyumen plants are well-known in Russia and abroad.

5. Discoveries showed the northern part of Western Siberia possesses incredible quantities of oil and natural gas.

6. Tyumen is not only an oil town; it is a cultural, industrial and educational centre as well.

B. Answer the following questions:

1. What places of entertainment are there in Tyumen?

2. What collection does Tyumen Picture gallery have?

3. What places of interest are there in Tyumen?

4. What was the first stone building in the town?

5. Who made Blagoveschenskaya Church?

6. What traditions do a lot of wooden houses bear?

7. Where do the lovers of music listen to the organ?

V. Vocabulary focus.

A. Find words or phrases in the text which mean the same as the following:

a) столица нефтегазового региона;

b) известно во всем мире;

c) обычный город;

d) основатели города;

e) основана как крепость;

f) был освобожден от ига;

g) в конце 19го века;

h) дальнейшие исследования показали;

i) высоко развитая;

j) медицинское оборудование;

k) среднеобразовательная школа;

l) проблемы связанные с развитием;

m) выросла значительно;

n) исторические памятники;

o) привлекает внимание туристов;

p) в старой части города.

B. Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form nine phrases:

1. to become a trans- shipping 2. right away 3. to be established 4. to possess incredible 5. to be born 6. to have grown 7. to cover 8. research and design 9. the development of oil and gas

a) anew b) institutes c) an area d) deposits e) quantities of oil f) considerably g) as a fortress h) beyond i) point

VI. Language development

A. Study the following list of phrasal verbs:

break down – сломаться (о машине напр.) break into – вломиться (о грабителях) bring about - 1. осуществлять; 2.вызывать bring round - 1. приводить (кого- либо) в сознание; 2. переубеждать bring up – воспитывать get away – уходить; отправляться; удирать; выбираться; get through – 1. дозвониться (to); 2.справиться с чем-либо; выдержать экзамен; go on – 1. случаться, происходить, иметь место; длиться (о времени); 2.продолжать;

go through — тщательно разбирать пункт за пунктом, внимательно исследовать; look after — присматривать, ухаживать за (кем-л., чем-л.); look for — искать; look into — исследовать; look up — искать (что-л. в справочнике); make up – 1. гримировать(ся); 2.выдумывать; 3. мириться; put out – гасить (огонь); set up – создавать; л.), заботиться о (ком-л., чем-л.).

Make up your own sentences using the phrasal verbs above.

B. Match the phrasal verbs on the right with their meanings on the left:

1. get through 2. get away 3. set up 4. put out 5. go on 6. go through 7. look up 8. look for 9. look into 10. look after 11. break down 12. break into 13. bring up 14. bring about 15. bring round 16. make up

a) raise b) compose, invent, put cosmetics on c) continue d) extinguish e) investigate f) stop working g) persuade h) come to a successful end i) do smth wrong without being caught j) experience, check k) establish l) forcibly enter m) cause to happen n) take care of o) try to find p) find information in the book

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

Asking for directions: - Excuse me, I’m lost. Can you help me, please? - Excuse me, how can I get to the post office? - Is there a bank near here? - Could you tell me the way to the bus station, please? - Can you tell me where the Science Museum is?

Giving directions: - Go straight ahead. - Turn left / right. - Take the first / second turn on your right / left. - Cross the street. - Go through the park. - Go along the street. - Go past the bookshop. - The cafe will be on your left.