Урок 06. Russian teens
Предмет: Английский язык, 7 класс

7 класс. Урок 6

Russian teens

In this lesson

you will learn about different cultures in Russia.
you will talk about different lifestyles.

Ключевые слова: Russian Federation, Moscow, culture, Republic of Sakha, Yakutsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan.

Речевой материал: Unty, khomus, embroidery, Yhyakh, Ohuokhay, kumys, Kremlin.

Основное содержание урока

Russia is a multinational country, though all the nations have a common history. In spite of the fact that the country is divided into federal republics and autonomous regions and areas, they are all united by common goals that lead to peaceful coexistence of different parts of such a diverse country.

I live in a small village in Tverskaya Oblast 20 kilometres away from a historic old town. I love my village in winter when the clean, crisp snow covers everything and I can skate and ski. In summer I enjoy walking in the countryside with my dog and picking up mushrooms and berries in the forest. I think I have more freedom than teens in cities. Many people find the village life isolated but I don’t agree with them. I have a lot of friends in my village and at school. Besides, I can communicate with my friends all over the world online. I think social networking breaks down physical, geographical and cultural barriers.

I live in Yakutsk. The temperature in winter may fall below -40 degrees, and we have to wear fur coats, fur caps, fur or thick woollen mittens, knitted scarves, thick woollen socks and unty, which are fur boots made of deer skin. I am Yakut. The Republic of Sakha or Yakutia is the largest region of Russia. Yakutia area is 6 times larger than France and 13 times larger than the UK. Many people know that winters in Yakutia are long and cold, and summers are short. But only few know that summer is relatively warm and sometimes even hot. In winter, temperatures can drop at as low as -60 or lower, and in summer it can rise up to +40. I go to a Russian school, but we have lessons in our native Yakut language as well. My father plays the khomus, which is a traditional Yakut instrument, and my mother does embroidery with beads. The Yakut people are open and friendly. I am proud to be a Yakut.

Hello. I’m 13 and I live in Kazan. It is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan which is situated in the centre of the Russian Federation. Kazan is a culturally and historically rich city. Kazan is more than 1,000 years old. Every year tens of thousands of tourists visit the heart of Kazan – the Kazan Kreml with the Kul Sharif Mosque and Suyumbike Tower. I love my city because there’s so much to do here. In summer, I like to go swimming in the Volga River. We can go ice-skating at any time of the year in our new Ice Palace. There are a lot of schools in Kazan and mine is one of the new ones. We are so different but we live in the same country. We love our country.

Тренировочные упражнения

Sort the phrases under the following headings.

going shopping
picking up mushrooms
visiting museums and galleries
enjoying meals in restaurants
picking up berries
visiting theme parks
walking the fields
breathing fresh air

Advantages of village life:

Advantages of city life:

Write definitions to the given words, give Russian equivalents.

khomus -

unty -

embroidery -

Where are these places of interest situated? Match.

• Kazan • Volgograd • St. Petersburg • Kamchatka • Caucausus Mountains • Moscow

Suyumbike Tower -
Hermitage -
Red Square -
Valley of Geysers -
Mount Elbrus –
Mamayev Kurgan -

Fill in the missing words.

• mare • unty • summer • Kremlin • embroidery

My hobby is ____________with beads.
Kolomna, just like Moscow, has its own___________.
Yhyakh is the national Yakut holiday celebrated in____________.
In winter Yakuts wear fur boots called_________.
Kumys is made from___________milk.

Choose the correct variant.

Yakutsk is the capital of the Republic of Sakha in northern/southern Siberia.
The temperature in Yakutsk often falls below -25/-40 degrees.
Unty are fur boots made of bull/deer skin.
Kolomna is one of the biggest/smallest towns in the Moscow region.
Kazan is over 1,000/100 years old.
There is the Volga/Oka river in Kazan.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

live/Where/you/do?
going/family/with/I’m/tomorrow/skiing/my
mother/with/embroidery/My/does/beads
going/the/Moscow/We’re/see/Maly Theatre/to/play/a/at
Kolomna/there/more/in/30/are/than/schools.

Fill in the gaps with the verbs in Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1) Quiet! Dima …….. (sleep).

2) ………….. (you come) to the Yhyakh celebration with us tomorrow?

3) I ... (have) lessons in both Russian and Yakut languages in my school.

4) In the spring and autumn, my class ... (go) to the park to look after the plants.

5) We ... (go) to see a play at the Maly Theatre tomorrow.

Choose the correct variant.

Those unty look/are looking good on you.
My father plays/is playing khomus in the evenings.
In winter we go/are going skiing.
My mother does/is doing embroidery with beads at the moment.

Контрольные задания

Вариант 1

Complete the sentences

1) … is a traditional Yakut instrument.

2) … is the national Yakut summer holiday.

3) … is a national Yakut drink that’s made from mare’s milk.

Yakutsk is …

a small town in Yakutia.
a big city in the Moscow Region.
the capital of the Republic of Sakha.

Choose the correct word.

1) She is not working usually/today.

2) Sometimes/Now she goes skiing.

3) Irina goes shopping at the moment/3 times a week.

Вариант 2

Fill in the gaps.

1) … are fur boots made of deer skin.

2) … is the national Yakut dance.

3) … is a Yakut national drink that’s made from mare’s milk.

Kazan is …

a small town in the Moscow Region.
the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
a small village in Tverskaya Oblast.

Choose the correct variant.

1) Jim never/now smiles.

2) Jane always/at the moment gets up at seven o’clock.

3) He is listening to music often/at the moment.