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– tell the tourists about the most famous places of interest in Moscow.
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– tell the tourists about the most famous places of interest in Moscow.
– try to convince the guests of the capital to visit the sight which is to your opinion makes the greatest impression on tourists.
Let’s talk about Russia:
1. Where is Russia situated?
2. What is the population of Russia?
3. What rivers of Russia are considered the most important?
4. What kinds of climate are there in Russia?
5. Which areas of Russia are the coldest?
6. What cities attract thousands of tourists?
7. When was Moscow founded?
8. What kind of city is it?
9. What is Arbat Street famous for?
10. What places of interest would you like to see in Moscow?
11. What large cities of the country have you visited?
12. What do you know about federal government and its functions?
13. What are the national symbols of Russia?
14. What do they symbolize?
15. Are you proud of the country you live in?
Grammar exercises
I. Open the brackets using Passive Voice.
1. In 1956 the Kremlin (to surround) by a wooden wall.
2. The shores of Russia (to wash) by 12 seas and 3 oceans.
3. The European and the Asian parts of Russia (to separate) by the Urals.
4. In northern parts of the country the rivers (to frees) in winter.
5. A Council of Ministers (to head) by the Prime Minister.
6. The President (to elect) for four years.
7. Moscow (to found) more then 800 years ago.
8. The city (to know) for its beautiful cathedrals and museums.
9. Some churches (to destroy) after the revolution.
10. Almost all famous Russian painters (to represent) at the Tretyakov Gallery.
II. Use Passive instead of Active.
1. Yuri Dolgoruky founded Moscow.
2. Lomonosov created the first coloured glass mosaic.
3. Sakharov made a great contribution into the development of thermonuclear physics.
4. Pushkin wrote «Ruslan and Luydmila».
5. Tsiolkovsky founded astronautics.
6. Dmitry Donskoy built a white stone wall around the Kremlin.
7. Popov invented radio.
8. Mendeleev investigated chemistry.
9. Sophia Kovalevskaya worked out the theory of partial differential equations.
10. Nikolai Lobachevsky achieved the revolution in geometry.
III. Translate into English.
Федеральное правительство России представлено тремя ветвями власти: законодательной, исполнительной и юридической.
Законодательные функции выполняются Федеральным собранием. Две палаты – Совет Федераций и Государственная Дума входят в состав Федерального собрания. Каждая палата возглавляется Спикером.
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Исполнительная власть принадлежит правительству, которое возглавляется премьер-министром. Кабинет министров формируется премьер-министром.
Юридическая власть представлена судами разных уровней: конституционным, верховным, региональными судами.
Text III
The Kremlin
Read the text and say what sights of the Kremlin have you seen or read about
Kremlin is the oldest part of Moscow. This is the main tourist attraction. The Kremlin stands at the heart of the city. The word " Kremlin" means " fortress", and the Moscow Kremlin used to be a fortress. In 1956 a small settlement of Moscow was surrounded by a wooden wall, and became a Kremlin. The town and the Kremlin were burnt in 1237 and 1293 during the Tatar invasion, but they were rebuilt. In 1367 Prince Dmitry Donskoy built a white stone wall around the Kremlin. By that time Moscow had already ceased to be a fortress. The towers were built for decoration and had no military significance. Five of the towers were gates. The Tainitskaya Tower had a secret passage to the Moskva river. The Spasskaya Tower is the symbol of Russia and Moscow. It has a famous clock; one can hear its chimes on the radio. The clock which we can see today was installed in the middle of the 19th century.
The buildings inside the Kremlin wall were built between the 15th and the 17th centuries. There is the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great and a famous group of churches. The Uspensky Cathedral is the largest one. It was built in 1479; Russian tsars and emperors were crowned there. In the Archangel Cathedral one can see tombs of Moscow princes and tsars. Among them are the tombs of Ivan the Terrible, his sons Ivan and Tsar Fyodor. Blagoveshensky Cathedral was built in 1484. It is noted for its frescoes by Andrei Rublyov and his pupils.
Granovitaya Palata is another masterpiece inside the Kremlin wall. The Tsar Cannon (16 century) and the Tsar Bell attract crowds of tourists, too.
Outside the Kremlin Wall there is the famous Red Square. Tourists can look at the magnificent Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, the Lenin Mausoleum and the monument to К Minin and D. Pozharsky.
I. Read the sentences and say if the statements are right or wrong.
1. The Kremlin is the main tourist attraction in Moscow.
2. The word " Kremlin" means " a small settlement ".
3. The towers of the Kremlin had great military significance.
4. The Spasskaya Tower is the symbol of Russia and Moscow.
5. The clock which we can see today was installed in the middle of the 16th century.
6. The Uspensky Cathedral is the smallest one.
7. Russian tsars and emperors were crowned in the Kremlin.
8. Blagoveshensky Cathedral is noted for its frescoes by Andrei Rublyov and his pupils.
9. Moscow tsars held magnificent receptions in honour of foreign ambassadors in Blagoveshensky Cathedral.
10. Outside the Kremlin Wall there is the famous Red Square.
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