Topic: Countries. Text 1: Russia. Text 2: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Text 3: The United States of America. Text 4: Canada. Australia. New Zealand .
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the Urals
the Altai
the Pacific Ocean
the Arctic Ocean
the Baltic Sea Asia
the Atlantic Ocean
the Indian Ocean the
Caspian Sea Europe
country
territory
lake
climate
chain
island
resources
zone
EXERCISES 1. Read the geographical names and translate them into Russian (see the general list of geografical names and their transcription in the APPENDIX). 2. Read the following paying attention to the stressed syllables: geography — geographical position
parliament — parliamentary monarchy
climate — climatic zone
industry — industrial centre
economy — economical centre
to export production
natural resources
political structure
3. Match the words in the columns. deep
moderate
climatic
independent
large
vast
mountain
natural
4. Match the words with the opposite meaning. 5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions. Use the word combinations in the sentences of your own. to consist ... several parts
to border ... many countries
deep
high
rich
far
wide
cold
damp
long
poor
dry
near
short
shallow
small
low
narrow
warm
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to be washed ... seas to be rich ... natural resources
to be surrounded ... water
to be covered ... forests
to be divided ... three parts
