Use the following connecting words and phrases to create a cohesive and unified piece of writing

Also, in the same way, likewise, similarly, both, as well as,

Let’s Talk

Task 1.

How do you understand the epigraph to the text? Can you name the author of these words in Russian?

Task 2.

Comment on the following words of

- Oscar Wilde: “Nothing is impossible in Russia but reform”.

- Condoleeza Rice: “Punish France, ignore Germany and forgive Russia.”

Task 3.

Discuss your favourite artists and their works with your partner. (See the dialogue in the previous section.) Use the following phrases:

Showing attention, understanding or agreement

I see.

Exactly.

Yes.

Showing surprise

Right.

Um-hmm.

Really?

Oh no!

No kidding!

That’s/How amazing!/surprising!/incredible!

Changing the subject

Which remind me…

Come to think of it…

By the way,…

Task 4.

Speak about Russians as cinema- and theatre-lovers. Do you often go to the theatre?

Task 5.

Read the two verses of poetry and guess who wrote them in Russian.

I just recall this wondrous instant;

You have arrived before my face –

A vision, fleeting in a distance,

A spirit of the pure grace.

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The storm wind covers the sky

Whirling the fleece snow drifts,

Now it howls like a wolf,

Now it is crying, like a lost child.

Tell about your favourite Russian poets or writers.

Task 6.

Since 1901 Russia has received only 19 Nobel Prizes. Can you give reasons for this? Name some of the Russian Nobel Prize Winners.

Unit 4

MY NATIVE TOWN KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR

Topical vocabulary

bank - берег

citizen - горожанин

courage – смелость, мужество

first-builder - первостроитель

furnitury factory – мебельная фабрика

Museum of Local Studies – краеведческий музей

monument - памятник

oil refinery – нефтеперегонный завод

performance – театральное представление

place of interest - достопримечательность

population - население

palace of culture – дворец культуры

railway station – железнодорожный вокзал

river port – речной порт

saw mills – лесопильный завод

vocational school – профессионально-техническое училище

amateur - любительский

magnificent - величественный

picturesque – живописный

to attract - привлекать

to be devoted to – быть посвященным ч.-л.

to be founded – быть основанным Syn. to be established

to get acquainted with - знакомиться

to initiate – начать, приступать

to be situated – находиться, располагаться

Lexical work

Task 1.

Find in the text all the sentences (clauses) with the nouns in the word list, write them out, translate them and be ready to reproduce them from memory. Do the same with the verbs and adjectives.

Task 2. Bubbles.