 |
4. Answer the following questions to the text.
|
|
|
|
4. Answer the following questions to the text.
1. Where is the Russian Federation located?
2. What is the territory of Russia?
3. What oceans and seas is Russia washed by?
4. What countries is Russia bounded by?
5. How can you characterize Russia’s climate?
6. What is the population of Russia?
7. What are the main cities in Russia?
8. What mineral resources is our country rich in?
9. What industries are developed in Russia?
10. What is the political system of Russia?
11. What branches does the federal government consist of?
12. What is the legislative power vested in?
13. How does a bill become a law?
14. What authorities are the executive and the judicial branches represented by?
15. What are the official symbols of Russia?
16. What cities or places of interest have you visited in Russia recently?
17. What places would you like to visit in Russia? Why?
5. Retell the text.
6. Read the following dialogues and make your own dialogue with your partner about Russia.
Dialogue I
- Hello. John! What are you doing here?
- Hi, Andrew. You see, I am reading a book on Russian history.
- Great! To know the history of any country is useful!
- You are absolutely right! It helps me to understand better your people’s customs and traditions. Russia has a very interesting history.
- I agree with you, but it’s too complex.
- Can I help you then?
- To tell the truth, I haven’t quite got the state system of the Russian Federation.
- Don’t worry. It’s not too complex. I hope you know who is at the head of our country.
- Naturally. The president, who is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He also appoints ministers of the government.
- That’s fine! Do you know what branches the federal government consists of?
- I wish I knew...
- The federal government includes three brunches: legislative, executive and judicial.
- Sorry for interrupting you. I think I know about it. Executive power belongs to the government, which is headed by the Prime Minister.
- Good for you. And the judicial power is represented by the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and the regional courts.
- Believe me or not, but we have the similar judicial system in our country.
- Just fancy!
- Many thanks for the information.
- Not at all. It was a real pleasure for me.
Dialogue II
- Hi, Dima. How are you getting on?
- Hi, Lena. I am OK, thanks. And how are you?
- Not bad. I’ve already passed all my exams and now I’m thinking about my summer holidays. By the way, do you have any plans for summer?
- Yes, I am going to travel with my friends. You see, our country is so big that we decided to visit one new place every time when we have holidays.
- Oh, really? I like travelling much. And where are you planning to go this time?
- First, we’d like to stay in St. Petersburg and then we have tour around Karelia.
|
|
|
- Oh, it sounds great. I’ve been to St. Petersburg few times, but Karelia … I’ve never thought about it. Is there any really interesting place?
- Yes, the main sight in Karelia is Ruskeala mountain park, with a marble canyon that is now a lake with crystal clear water, and another underground lake. I saw the photos and read much about this place in the Internet. We can rent boats there or hike. In summer there are light shows on the lake.
- And how are you getting there?
- There is the train from Ladozhsky railway station in St. Petersburg to Sortavala. It takes about 4-5 hours and then we can take the bus to Ruskeala. Would you like to join our trip?
- With great pleasure. Thank you, but I need more details about it.
- Of course. I’ll answer all your questions.
7. Read about Rostov region, make up questions and ask them to your partner.
Rostov region or Don region is one of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation, located in the Southern Federal District. It has an area of 100, 800 square kilometres and population of about 4, 300, 000 people.
Rostov region has borders with Volgograd and Voronezh regions in the north, Krasnodar and Stavropol regions in the south, and the Republic of Kalmykia in the east. It also borders with Ukraine.
There are about 1000 small rivers and about 100 lakes in Rostov region. The biggest lakes are Limann, Monastyrskoe, Tsymlyanskoe. The biggest river of the region is the Don. It is the fourth of the largest rivers of the East European Plain (after Volga, Dnepr and Ural).
The main industries of Rostov region are agriculture, food processing, heavy industry, coal and automobile industries. The biggest enterprises are Rostselmash (combine producing factory), Taganrog metallurgical factory, “Krasny kotelschik” factory (Taganrog), Novocherkassk electric locomotives producing factory, Novocherkassk electrode plant etc.
Its administrative center is Rostov-on-Don, which also became the administrative center of the Southern Federal District in 2002. Rostov-on-Don is an important traffic center in the south of Russia. There is Platov International airport serving flights through Russia as well as international flights. An International river harbor is specialized in mineral and construction, packaging and piece cargo, wood materials and metal processing.
Rostov region is well-known for its cultural and folk traditions. The region has more than 8000 objects of archaeological heritage of Federal importance. Its prominent history and folklore attracts tourists from all over the world. The Rostov region is the native land of the famous Russian authors Anton Chekhov and Mikhail Sholokhov, the Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
On the base of http: //www. russia-ic. com/regions/3484/geography
|
|
|
