THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Прослушайте и запомните произношение следующих А) географических названий; б) слов и словосочетаний:
Прочитайте текст со словарем. Russia Russia is one of the largest countries in the world. The vast territory of the Russian Federation stretches from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, from the Arctic Ocean in the North to the Sea of Azov in the south. It occupies the northern part of Asia and the eastern part of Europe. Russia borders on many countries, such as Mongolia and China in the south-east, Finland and Norway in the north-west, Georgia in the south, to name only a few. Due to the large territory, the climate and nature are of various types in Russia. In Siberia, for example, the climate is continental, it is very cold in winter, but summers may be very hot and dry. In the central part of Russia the climate is rather mild: winters are seldom too cold, and summers are more often warm than hot. The climate in the south is tropical, with hot summers and warm winters; the temperature is usually above zero all year round. Russia is a country of thick forests and wide valleys, of high mountains and bare deserts. There are a lot of great rivers and deep lakes on its territory. The longest rivers are the Volga in Europe and the Ob, the Yenisey and the Lena in Asia. The largest lakes are Ladoga and Baikal. Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and its water is the purest on earth. The Russian Federation is rich in natural and mineral resources. It has deposits of oil, gas, coal, iron, gold and many others. The current population of Russia is about 150 million people. The European part of Russia is densely peopled, and most people live in cities, towns and their outskirts. The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow, with the population of about 10 million people,
3. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний: Одна из самых больших стран мира; простирается от Балтийского моря на западе до Тихого океана на востоке; от Северного Ледовитого океана на севере до Азовского моря на юге; граничит со многими странами; на юго-востоке; на северо-западе; если назвать лишь некоторые; климат является континентальным; в центральной части России; зимы редко бывают слишком холодными; температура обычно выше нуля; на ее территории много великих рек и глубоких озер; самое глубокое озеро в мире; Российская Федерация богата полезными ископаемыми; Европейская часть России густо населена; с населением более 10 миллионов человек.
4. Найдите и произнесите предложения из текста, в которых используются следующие слова и словосочетания: vast, Europe, due to, mild, thick, forests, the longest rivers, the largest lakes, deposits, current, Moscow 5. Найдите в тексте антонимы к следующим словам: low, thin, shallow, cool, narrow, poor, wet, monotonous, shortest, smallest, muddiest.
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