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озера Байкал и впадает в Енисей. 3. Едва ли вы найдете в нашей стране такой район, где бы не

выращивались сельскохозяйственные культуры. 4. Просто удивительно, как может водиться

столько рыбы в таком мелком озере. 5. Орел — большая птица, сильная, с острым зрением. Он

обычно живет в скалах или на вершинах гор. 6. Этот одинокий утес напоминает мне по форме

древнюю башню. 7. Если бы вам удалось защитить эти тюльпаны от жары, они бы не завяли

(fade) так скоро. 8. Гористый ландшафт встречается главным образом на юге и на востоке

нашей страны. 9. Он не раз видел, как олени бродят по тундре (the tundra). 10. Детей следует

ограждать от дурного влияния. 11. Теперь уже едва ли вы найдете на карте белые пятна (blank

spaces).

XVII. Fill in:

a) to change, to vary or to differ.

1. The soil ... within a few miles in many districts, producing sharp contrast of scenery and

flora. 2. The climate of Great Britain ... greatly from that of the Continent. 3. The weather ... very

often in England. 4. The face of Scotland ... from that of South East England. 5. The educational

system of Great Britain ... from that of the United States. 6. Tastes .... 7. He looked exactly as she

remembered him, as young, as frank, but his expression was .... 8. The average winter temperature ...

between — 3°C and — 7°C. 9. What can have happened to ... him so much? 10. That is a point on

which you and she would certainly. ..

b) different, various or varied:

1. Russia has a ... climate because of its vast territory. 2.... branches of industry are found in

Greater London. 3. This good wheat land is quite ... from those being cultivated in northern regions.

4. Britain is immensely ... within a small area. 5. The insect fauna in Britain is less... than that of

Continental Europe. 6. He has been to ... places of the extreme North. 7. A glance at the map is

enough to see how... the surface of England is. 8. A home in the country is very... from an apartment

in the city. 9. I have come across him in recent years on ... occasions. 10. The young man asked

me ... kinds of questions. 11. The newspapers carried ... reports of the storm. 12. What we wear

nowadays is quite ... from what our ancestors wore. 13. He started to teach me German. He would

tell me the German for the ... objects we passed, a cow, a horse, a man and so on, and then make me

repeat simple German sentences. 14. Through many years of... conditions he kept thinking of his

family. 15. Having tried ... topics of conversation I felt exhausted.

c) to value or to appreciate:

1. She told Count Borcelli that her necklace was... at eight thousand pounds. 2. Judging by

his words he ... your help. 3. Being asked what he thought of a possible change in the plan he said

he... it 4. But I would not like him to think that I do not... the honour that he has done me. 5. The

picture is ... at a thousand dollars. 6. I suppose only a Frenchman can ... to the full the grace of

Racine and the music of his verse. 7. Jane Austen's work is to be ... primarily as satire. 8. Mr.

Cook ... his secretary for her accuracy.

d) lonely or alone:

1. She stayed ... in her room refusing to come downstairs. 2. Theirs was a ... house isolated by

the mountains. 3. He felt miserable and .... 4. ... in the house was Miss Sarie Villier. 5. Elliot in his

well-cut dinner jacket looked elegant as he ... could look. 6. "Do you know that meeting you for the

first time is to me like a ... traveller coming across some bright flowerlet in the desert!" — said Sir

Francis. 7. He was ... when I was ushered in. 8. Frau Becker seemed to look for opportunities of

being ... with Larry. 9. The British farmhouse is often some distance from a public road. The life

there is hard and .... 10. Young Jolyon ... among the Forsytes was ignorant of Bosinney's nickname.

XVIII. Translate the sentences into English:

1. Чем лучше обрабатывается почве, тек выше урожай. 2. Обширная равнина

простирается от Уральского хребта до реки Енисей. 3. Волго-Донской канал — одна из наших

главных водных магистралей, он судоходен на всем своем протяжении. 4. Во Владивостоке

прекрасная гавань, многие российские иностранные пароходы бросают в ней якори (cast

anchor). 5. Па-де-Кале отделяет Великобританию от материка, а Северный пролив —

Шотландию от Ирландии. 6, Эта культура ценна как корм для скота. 7. Едва ли приходилось

вам наслаждаться более живописными видами. 8. Большая часть пахотной земли в этом

районе занята под пшеницей. 9. Уже на расстоянии мили от берега мы видели отчетливые

очертания кораблей, стоящих в гавани. 10. Линия побережья Каспийского моря сравнительно

ровная, только у устья Волги берег изрезан и имеет много островков и бухт.

XIX. The table below (April, 1981) shows some similarities and differences between the four

countries of Great Britain:

England

Scotland

Wales

Norhern

Ireland

Area (sq km)

130,422

78,133

20,779

13,576

Population

49,300,000

5,100,000

2,900,000

1,700,000

Highest

Scafell

Ben

Snowdon

Slieve

mountain

Pike

Nevis

1,085 m

Donard

(height)

978 m

1,342 m

852 m

Largest city

London

Glasgow

Cardiff

Belfast

(population)

(Greater London)

611,660

318,000

297,900

7,074,300

We can point out the similarities like this:

In spite of the obvious differences in size and population, the countries of the UK have quite

a lot in common.Wales and Northern Ireland are fairly similarin size, though the area of Wales is

slightlylarger. There isn't much differencein population between Cardiff and Belfast, though

Belfast is just a littlelarger.

Scafell Pike and Snowdon are more or less the sameheight, though Snowdon is just a few

metres higher. BothSnowdon andBen Nevis are over 1,000 m height, though neitherof them is all

thathigh compared with the Alps, for example.

a) Practise using the words and word combinations in bold type to make other

comparisons between some two-four regions of Russia. Write your best sentences down.

b) In small groups, compare your own country (republic) with another country

(republic) you know well. What are the similarities in Climate, Industry, People, Traffic,

Railways, Scenery, City life, Food, Agriculture, Education, Clothes?

XX. Talk about your home town. Use the following dialogue as a model:

A.: You're from Wales, aren't you?

D.: Yes, that's right. I come from Swansea actually.

A.: Ah, Swansea! I've never been there. It's a port, isn't it?

D.: Oh yes — big docks, steel works and a lot of heavy industry round about. But it's funny,

just outside the town there's really beautiful country. It's extremely beautiful along the coast — the

Gower Peninsula. No industry or nothing — just like it was a hundred years ago.

A: Sounds great. And how large is Swansea?

D.: Oh, it's a big city. You mustn't think that all the people in Wales live in villages, We have

cities too!

A.: Yes, I suppose so.

XXI. Try your hand at teaching.

1. Say what you would do in the teacher's position:

Paul, a senior in high school, must outsmart every adult with whom he comes in contact. His

need to feel superior is so strong that he spends hours plotting how he can achieve his goal. He goes

to the library to look up definitions and information of irrelevant subject matter, and confronts the

teacher with questions like "What kind of dress did Josephine wear when she married Napoleon?"

Since the teacher cannot answer this question, Paul proceeds with his information and proves his

superiority to the whole class.

2. a) Try and act as a teacher of geography and discuss one of the following topics.

Make use of Essential Vocabulary (1). Use the map when speaking. (Give a three-minute talk.)

b) Comment on the students' knowledge of the topic, their skill of reading the map and

the choice of the vocabulary:

1. The British Isles and the seas, straits and channels, washing their coast. 2. The relief of

England, its highlands, lowlands and mountains. 3. The rivers of England. 4. The Lake District. 5.

Stratford-on-Avon. 6. The relief of Scotland. 7. The relief of Wales. 8. The climate of Great Britain.

9. The relief and climate of Ireland. (See "Classroom English", Section VIII)

LABORATORY EXERCISES (I)

1. Listen to the text "The British Isles", mark the stresses and tunes. Repeat the text

following the model.

2. Paraphrase the sentences, using the suggested speech patterns. Check your sentences

with the key (oral work).

3. Complete the sentences with geographical terms. Write these terms down and check

them with the key (oral and written work).

4. Write a spelling-translation test: a) translate the phrases into English; b) check them

with the key.

5. Do the suggested exercises and check them with the key (written work).

6. Listen to the text "Soil and Vegetation" or some other text on Geography: a) write it

as a dictation; b) retell it.

TOPIC: GEOGRAPHY

TEXT A. INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS IN GREAT BRITAIN

England is a highly developed industrial country. The city of London is one of the World's