- •The very headline of the article poses a problem.
- •Active vocabulary
- •Tales of st. Pete
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Russian province: family oriented, averse to politics
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Ads have no limits
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Russia confronts aids crisis
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Sherlock holmes revealed at last
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Boiling pleasure
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Tea or coffee?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Men in the kitchen
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Orphans thrive at a new concept home
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Kids and aids
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Searching for a smile in moscow
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Ghost in the shell
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Elves and hobbits in russian woods
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •British quality
- •Vocabulary notes
- •A school for vip kids
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Experience: teenager from moscow in u.S. High school
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Alma mater abroad
- •Vocabulary notes
- •The wild side of a russian education
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Russian studies: a risky business?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Stay at home fathers
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Marriage made in hell
- •Vocabulary notes
- •An unprotected look at western-russian relations
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Hello. Can u meet 4 coffee asap
- •2 Discuss english lingo, cheers!
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Lost in translation?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •It’s clean air month
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Environmentally friendly moscow
- •Vocabulary notes
- •10 Things that will do you good
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Foods that americans like
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Walking for better health
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Architecture may be unhealthy
- •Videoecology explains why megapolis dwellers prefer looking at the ground
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Bad, bad thing
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Tourism chiefs to tout russia’s regions
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Ecotourism
- •Vocabulary notes
- •The baikal
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Dig at stonehenge
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Dna identifies the child victim of titanic
- •Visit was emotional
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Astronomers find earth-like planet
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Contents
Vocabulary notes
denounce [dI'nauns] осуждать
plywood ['plaIwud] фанера
unit – зд. сооружение
rent price – арендная плата
worn-out ['wO:n'aut] изношенный
chaos ['ke(I)Os] хаос,полный беспорядок
inconceivable ["Inkqn'sI(:)vqbl] непостижимый, невообразимый, невероятный
Analyze the following words
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owner
tourist
advertisement
professional
governmental expensive
annoying
ecological
remove
unsafe
replace
undertake
summarize constantly inconceivable installation
Find the English equivalents
Общая площадь; что можно сравнить с; равный чему-л., постоянно расти; за последние 10 лет; наружная реклама; городской бюджет; закрывать исторические здания; программа под названием; один из главных пунктов; общее число; исторический центр; так называемые правительственные трассы; во имя, ради; безопасность дорожного движения; согласно плану; избавить кого-л. от; раздражающая реклама; социальная реклама; в ближайшем будущем; празднование дня города; предпринятые меры; представить план; действовать на нервы; авторы законопроекта; ограничить рекламу; оскорблять патриотические чувства; расположенный рядом, по соседству; ограничить размер; долгосрочные контракты; от пяти до; большинство контрактов истекает
Comprehension questions
How much is the totals area of advertising surfaces in Moscow?
What can it be compared with?
Why are there so many advertising billboards in the capital?
How much do the rent prices vary?
What do they depend on?
What advertisements do Muscovites denounce?
Why is the number of complaints concerning the amount of advertising constantly growing?
What are the main points of the city program of the development of outdoor advertising in Moscow?
Why have the city authorities started to reduce the number of advertising billboards in the streets?
What are the usual plywood billboards going to be replaced by? Why?
How much social advertising will the owners of the video screens be obliged to show?
What do the authors mean by social advertising?
What else will replace commercial advertising in the streets of Moscow?
Where do the authorities suppose to limit commercial advertising?
From what places do they intend to completely remove commercial ads?
How will the size of commercial banners be restricted?
Is commercial advertising also a problem in other cities and towns in our country?
Is it a problem in our city?
What is your attitude to commercial advertising in general?
Should there be any limits to it?
Have you ever seen any social ads in our city?
How do you see the ways of solving the problems connected with commercial advertising in our city?
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ACTIVE VOCABULARY
according (to) [q'kO:diN] согласно, по словам, в соответствии
achieve [q'Ci:v]достигать, добиваться
affect [q'fekt] воздействовать, влиять, поражать, (о болезни)
cite [saIt] ссылаться, сослаться цитировать, процитировать
complete [kqm'pli:t] полный, законченный
drug addict ['xdIkt] наркоман
due to – благодаря
generation ["Genq'reIS(q)n] поколение
hit – (2/3 hit) поражать, больно задевать
incidentally ["InsI'dentlI] между прочим
linked to – связанный с чем-л.
mortality [mO:'txlItI] смертность
on the whole – в целом
particular [pq'tIkjulq] частный, отдельный; особый, исключительный особенный
principal ['prInsqp(q)l] главный, основной
quality ['kwPlItI] качество, свойство
rate – темп, уровень, скорость
require [rI'kwaIq] требовать, нуждаться (в чем-либо)
researcher [rI'sq:Cq] исследователь
source [sO:s] первопричина, начало, источник
top – возглавлять, быть первым
virus ['vaIqrqs] вирус
Practise aloud
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addict
source
triple
patient
vaccine
plague
colleague
affect
require
achieve
complete
resistant
mortality
particular
principal
quality
comprehensive
incidentally
official
researcher