Reading : Flying kites for spring

1. Read the new words:

Basant, biryani, gorma, kheer, Lahore.

2. Translate the word-combinations:

 

Бумажные змеи, фольклорный фестиваль; чтобы отметить начало весны; готовить традиционные блюда; рис с мясом, приготовленный с большим количеством приправ; запускать красивых бумажных змеев, изготовленных вручную; проводить бои воздушных змеев.

 

3. Check your translation after reading the text.

4. Speak about Basant.

 

 

Bangladesh

Land of rivers

Listening: Joy Bangla!

1. Read the names:

Dhaka, Bangladesh, East(West) Pakistan, Muslim, Bangla, Urdu, Sheikh Myjibur Rahman.

 

2. Match the words and their definitions:

 

Firecracker                        - freedom to govern or manage oneself;

To partition                                - a small firework which explodes loudly;

To dominate                      - to divide;

Autonomy                         - have power and control over others.

 

3. Make up word-combinations A+B:

A: the sound of, separate, country’s, armed, bloody.

B: forces, firecrackers, economy, struggle, regions.

 

4. Listen to the text and fill in the gaps:

 

1/ On December 16^th each year, the streets of Dhaka, the capital of … and sounds …

2/ In 1947, when the British left India…

3/ East West Pakistan were 2 separate regions, with …

4/ Politically they were …

5/ East Pakistan speaks… and the West speaks …

6/ In …, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won an election, in which he had campaigned for…

 

5. Read the text, check your answers and retell it.

 

Serendipity and war

Reading: Serendib

 

1. Read the names:

Sri Lanka, Medieval Arab merchants, Serendib, the Sinhalese, the Tamils, the Indian Ocean, the Portuguese, the Dutch, the British.

2. Match the word with its definition and reproduce.

 

Merchant, pearl, strategic, spice, resource, serendipity.

 

Having a key position, especially for the military.

Someone who buys and sells things.

Something that can be utilized to increase wealth e.g. oil, gold.

A happy, accidental discovery.

Small, white ball found inside oyster-shells and used in jewellery.

Powder or seed from plants used to flavour food, e.g. nutmeg, pepper.

3. Translate into English, then read and check your answer:

Драгоценные камни, гражданская война, прибыли в разное время из разных частей Индии, главные торговые пути Индийского океана.

 

4. Read the text again and retell it.

 

Reading: The road to war

 

1. Read the words:

Resent, subsidy, bias, full-blown, guerrilla.

 

2. Find the definition to the words in ex. 1:

 

- being at a most advanced or complete stage;

- feel angry or upset about a situation;

- money paid by a government to keep prices lower than they really are;

- unofficial soldier, who usually attacks in small groups;

- tendency to consider one person or group more favourably than another.

 

3. Translate into English:

 

Разделять и властвовать, несмотря на меньшинство, господствовать в экономической и политической жизни страны, высокие правительственные затраты на образование, здравоохранение и субсидии на продовольствие, присоединяться к партизанским группам.

 

4. Check your answer after reading the text for the first time. Read it again and ask questions to make a plan.

5. Retell the text.

Listening: Beaches and Tea

1. Read the names:

Sri Lanka, Beruwela, Hikkaduwa, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, cloves, nutmeg, pepper.

2. Make up word-combinations and translate them into Russian:

A: sandy golden, lush green, ancient, cultural, ethic, coconut, warm blue, stark, social, poor living.

B: tensions, standards, beaches, problems, vegetation, poverty, monuments, riches, sea, palms.

 

3. Listen to the text and fill in the gaps:

1/ Sri Lanka is one of the most beautiful places in the world with…

2/ Tourism is very important to the economy, though …

3/ …               , sheltered by …              and washed by …

4/ …       Sri Lanka’s leading exports.

5/ The country is famous for …

6/ Underneath the lush greenery and natural beauty, however is …

7/ The pay is …                                and the cost …

8/ There are many …             and workers have …

 

4. Listen to it again and retell it.

 

Hong Kong

Business is Best

Reading: Opium for Tea

1. Read the names:

Hong Kong, China, Chinese, Opium War, the Kowloon peninsula, the New Territories, Taiwan, Deng Xiaoping, the Beijing government.

2. Match the definition with the word:

Refugee          powerful drug made from poppy seeds.

Treaty        main body of land that forms a country.

Lease      formal agreement between countries.

Porcelain    emigrant

Mainland     expensive type of China.

Treaty       agreement which allows someone to use land or property for a period of time

 

3. Translate into English:

Заставить Китай вступить в зарубежную торговлю, продолжать торговать опиумом, доходы от торговли опиумом, Китай сопротивлялся незаконной торговле, китайцы были вынуждены подписать договор, это было по лендлизу от Китая, Гонг Конг оставался британской колонией, действовал как связующее звено, полная демократия, причинить вред торговле между колонией и Китаем.

4. Read the text and check your answers.

5. Ask questions to the text and then retell it.          

 

 

Singapore. City State.

Reading: Venice of Asia

1. Read the names:

Singapore, Venice, Sumatra, Sir Stamford Raffles, Asia, East, the Chinese, Malasia, the Malay and Chinese communities, Lee Kuan Yew, Indonesia.

2. Match the synonyms:

Riot                                        to conquer

To refuel                                          port

Community                            gate

Gateway                                          to rule

To govern                              assembly

Harbour                                 replenish

To invade                               breach of peace

 

3. Make up word-combinations A+B and translate them into Russian:

A: modern, medieval, powerful, to hunt, a key, deep-water, to refuel, naval.

B: Venice, a lion, harbour, base, equivalent, polititians, position, steamship.

 

4. Translate into English and explain grammar:

Подобно средневековой Венеции, Сингапур – независимый город-государство находится под управлением небольшой группы могущественных политиков и бизнесменов.

История рассказывает, что в 1299 принц Суматры охотился на льва.

Современный Сингапур был основан в 1819 сэром Стамфордом Рафлом.

Глубоководный порт был идеальным для заправки углем больших пароходов.

Большинство китайского населения Сингапура под предводительством Ли Хуана Ие желали независимости от Малазии, на которую согласились в 1965.

Небольшой китайский город-государство находился под господством двух крупных мусульманских соседей – Малазии и Индонезии.

 

5. Read the text and ask questions to form a plan of it.

 

 

Reading: The Lion Roars

1. Read the words and give their derivatives:

To modernize, to improve, housing, refinery, to redevelop, drinkable, to support, government, projects, effect.

2. Reproduce the glossary:

To smuggle – illegally import things into country

Vandalism – barbarism

Punishment – penalty

legal – permitted by law

3. Translate the following into English and explain in English:

- высоко-технологичные фабрики;

- питьевая водопроводная вода;

- местные компании;

-  вторая по богатству страна;

- строгий контроль над свободой слова;

- нелегально ввозить жевательную резинку;

- физические наказания за вандализм;

- смертная казнь за контрабанду наркотиков в страну;

- успех Сингапура в коммерции.

4. Read the text and ask questions to it.