Match the words and translate the word combinations.

found translate make give take became be born run away

from Latin and Greek a pilgrimage money to poor people a church, a convent, a monastery centres of enlightenment the name of Euphrosyne from home in the family of Prince

 

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It is high time we started speaking about our native country, the Republic of Belarus. Study the words to the topic.

agriculture	сельское хозяйство
area	площадь, пространство
arena	арена, место действия
battle	битва
brown coal	бурый уголь
capital	столица
clay	глина
climate	климат
country	страна
deposit	залежь
flax	лен
forest	лес
grain	зерно, хлебные злаки
granite	гранит
heavy, light industry	тяжелая, легкая промышленность
land	земля
limestone	известняк
nationality	национальность
oil	нефть
peat	торф
place of interest	достопримечательность
population	население
position	(место)положение
potash salt	калийная соль
region	область, район, край
religion	религия
reserve	заповедник
resource pl	средства, ресурсы
sand	песок
state	государство
sugar beet	сахарная свекла
territory	территория
tourist	турист
developed	развитый
favourable	благоприятный
geographical	географический
heroic	героический
international	международный
landlocked	окруженный сушей, без выхода к морю
main	главный
mild	мягкий (не суровый)
moderately continental	умеренно континентальный
native	родной
official	официальный
orthodox	православный
presidential	президентский
principal	главный
severe	суровый, тяжелый
attract	привлекать
be proud (of sth/sb)	гордиться (чем-либо, кем-либо)
be situated	быть расположенным
border (on sth)	граничить
cover	покрывать, охватывать
export	экспортировать
include	включать, содержать (в себе)
lose	терять
occupy	занимать
produce	производить
specialize (in sth)	специализироваться
suffer	страдать

 

Make sure you can pronounce the following words correctly.

Europe	['jυərəp]	Европа
Poland	['pəυlənd]	Польша
Latvia	['lætvıə]	Латвия
Lithuania	[ֽlıθj'eınıə]	Литва
Russia	['rΛ∫ə]	Россия
Ukraine	[ju:'kreın]	Украина
Russians	['rΛ∫nz]	русские
Poles	['pəυlz]	поляки
Ukrainians	[ju'kreınjənz]	украинцы
Tatars	['ta:təz]	татары

 

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Belarus

The Republic of Belarus is situated in Eastern Europe, Belarus covers over 207 000 square km (kilometers). It borders on five countries: Poland in the west, Lithuania and Latvia in the north-west, Russia in the east and Ukraine in the south. Belarus is a landlocked country but it has a favourable geographical position.

The population of Belarus is 9,5 million people. Most of them live in cities and towns. The capital of Belarus is Minsk. Today Minsk is a modern international city. More than 1,8 million people live in Minsk. The country has 6 regions with the centres in Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev, Vitebsk and Minsk.

The principal religion of Belarus is Orthodox. Belarus has two official languages: Belarusian and Russian. About 80% of the population are Belarusians. People of other nationalities also live in Belarus. They are Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Tatars. Belarus is a presidential republic. The president of Belarus is Alexander Lukashenko.

The climate in Belarus is moderately continental. We have mild winters and warm summers. Forests cover 40% of the country. Our native country is a beautiful land. There are thousands of lakes and rivers on the territory of Belarus. The main rivers are: the Neman, the Dnieper, the Prypyat, the West Dvina. The largest lake is Lake Naroch. Belovezhskaya Pushcha is the greatest forest and natural reserve in Belarus. There aren’t any high mountains in Belarus. Unfortunately Chernobyl disaster harmed our people and nature a lot.

Our country has a heroic past. It was the arena of severe battles in the years of World War I and World War II. Our country lost about a third of its population.

Modern Belarus is a country of developed industry, education and culture. It is a large economic region.

The main industries include metallurgical industry, machine-building, chemical and petrochemical, light and food industry. Belarus produces and exports trucks, tractors, fodder harvesters, tyres, timber, paper, refrigerators, TV-sets, chemical fibers and yarn. Agriculture specialized in grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beet, flax, meat and dairy products. Natural resources include peat deposits, potash salts, wood, granite, limestone, clay, sand, brown coal, some oil and natural gas.

There are a lot of places of interest in Belarus. Mir Castle, Nesvizh Castle, St. Sofia Cathedral, Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Braslav lakes attract tourists from different countries.

I love my native country and I am proud of it.