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But his reforms and policywere quite unpopular. There was a plot. Paul was murdered on the night of March12, 1801. [Antonov: 23]99Read the text again and choose in what meaning the words in bold areused in the text / Прочитайте текст еще раз и выберите, в каком значенииупотреблены выделенные слова.Plot1. the story of a book, film, or play;2. a secret plan by a group of people to do something wrong;murder1.
to kill a person on purpose when it is against the law;2. to do something so badly that you spoil it completely;policy1. a set of plans or actions that are agreed on by a government, politicalparty, business, or other organization;2. a contract between an insurance company and a person or organization;inherit1. to have the same physical or mental characteristics as one of your parentsor grandparents;2. to receive possessions or money from someone who has died;Match the words, phrases in bold in the text with the definitions /Соотнесите выделенные слова и фразы из текста с их определениями.Plot, murder, inherit, policy1.
to kill a person on purpose when it is against the law;2. a secret plan by a group of people to do something wrong;3. to receive possessions or money from someone who has died;4. a set of plans or actions that are agreed on by a government, politicalparty, business, or other organization;Read the text. The following words have been taken out of the text.Complete the gaps in the text with these words / Прочитайте текст.100Следующие слова были изъяты из текста. Заполните пропуски подходящимипо смыслу словами.Plot, murdered, inherited, policyWhen Paul, son of Catherine II, eventually___________ the throne in 1796,he made a series of reforms designed to improve the state. But his reforms and__________were quite unpopular. There was a___________.Paul was __________on the night of 12 March 1801.Read the text.
Match the words in bold to their definitions /Прочитайте текст. Соотнесите выделенные слова с их определениями.Ilya Muromets lived in the 12th century and is famous for protecting Rusfrom the nomadic tribes. However, in the first 33 years of his life he was paralyzedand he found humility, patience, and hope for God’s help. And after he met withthe monks he miraculously became healthy. Ilya began to serve Prince Vladimirthe Fair Sun (ruled 988-1015) and protected Kievan Rus from Tatars.When he was seen on his horse with a sword and a shield, and when theysaw him riding his horse, they would run away because he was very big and strong.Ilya Muromets fought Batu Khan, the founder of Golden Horde.
Still, the battlesdid not make him evil or heartless. At the end of his life he became a monk andwas buried in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.1 HumilityAa large, flat object made from wood and metal that policeofficers and soldiers hold in front of their bodies by handto protect themselves2 PatienceBthe quality of not being proud or not thinking that you arebetter than other people3 MiraculousCto take part in a war4 SwordDthe quality of being able to stay calm and not get angry,101especially when something takes a longtime5 ShieldEa weapon with a long, metal blade and a handle, usedespecially in the past6 FightFvery surprising or difficult to believeУсловно-речевых упражнения направленные на формированиенавыка вариативного использования лексики:Read the words and their definitions. Write down their Russianequivalents.
Make up your own sentences with these words / Прочитайте слова иих определения. Запишите их перевод на русский язык. Составьте примерысвоих предложений с этими словами.St. Sergius blessed two monks of the abbey – Alexander Peresvet andRodion Oslyabya – to follow prince Dimitry to the Kulikovo field. AlexanderPeresvet was to open the battle of Kulikovo by a single combat between thechampions of the Russian army and the Tatar army. Facing death, the humblemonks did not hesitate to die for the country and follow the blessing of St.Sergius. Their feat of arms should not be forgotten.
[Heromonks Gabriel : 9]1 To blessAan act or achievement that showsgreat skill or strength2 To followBto ask God to help or protectsomeone or something, or to makeit holy3 To hesitateCa heroic deed of soldiers4 To face sthDto move behind someone orsomething and go where they go,sometimes secretly5 A featEto deal with sth, come across sth1026 A feat of armsFto pause before doing something,especially because you are nervousor not certainCheck your answers with the keys / Проверьте свои ответы поключам.The keys1 To blessAto ask God to help or protectsomeone or something, or to makeit holy2 To followBto move behind someone orsomething and go where they go,sometimes secretly3 To hesitateCto pause before doing something,especially because you are nervousor not certain4 To face sthDto deal with sth, come across sth5 A featEan act or achievement that showsgreat skill or strength6 A feat of armsFa heroic deed of soldiersПримеры условно-речевых упражнений на формирование навыковвариативного использования лингвоисторем: You’re going to read a text about an outstanding ruler / commander /composer / writer etc.
Which of the following do you expect to find in thetext? Why? / Вы собираетесь прочитать текст о выдающемся103правителе / полководце / композиторе / писателе и т.д. Что изследующего вы ожидаете найти в тексте? Почему?Biography, Personality, Predecessor, Political achievements, Family,Successor, Economical achievements, Army and Navy etc.Read the text. Match the words in bold to their synonyms /Прочитайте текст.
Соотнесите выделенные слова с их синонимами.Substitute the words in bold for their synonyms / Заменитевыделенные слова синонимичными.June 22, German troops aided by Finnish, Romanian, and other unitsattacked the USSR along an enormous front the Baltic to the Black Sea. Hitlerthrew into the offensive some 175 divisions, including numerous armoredformations. A huge and powerful air force closely supported the attack.Moreover, perhaps surprisingly, the German blow caught the Red Army offguard.
Apparently, although Stalin and the Politburo were preparing for war, theyhad ignored Western warning as well as their own intelligence and did not expectsuch an early, sudden, and powerful offensive. Stalin disappeared from public sightfor more than a week- leading to rumors about nervous shock.Only on June 3 did he return, with a grim but confident radio addressabout the need to fight heroically against what he described as “nationalculture”.
The Germans aimed at another Blitzkrieg, intending to defeat theRussians within two or three months or any case before winter. Although itencountered some determined resistance, the German war machine rolledalong the entire front, particularly in the north toward Leningrad, in the centertoward Moscow, and in the south toward Kiev and Rostov-on-Don. EntireSoviet armies were smashed and taken prisoner at Bialystok, Minsk, and Kiev,104Ukraine.
In the north, Finnish troops pushed to the Murmansk railroad, andGerman troops reached, but could not capture, Leningrad.[Nicholas V. Riasanovsky and Mark D. Steinberg: 508]The city underwent a two-and-a-half-year siege, virtually cut off from therest of the country; its population was decreased by starvation, disease, and warfrom four to two and a half million.
Yet the city would not surrender, and itblocked further German advance north.1TroopsAForces2OffensiveBAttack3DefeatCLoss4ResistanceDOpposition5CaptureESeizure6SiegeFBlockade7StarvationGHunger8SurrenderHCapitulationRead the text using a dictionary if necessary. In the text find synonymsto the following words / Прочитайте текст, обращаясь при необходимости ксловарю. Найдите в тексте синонимы следующих слов:benefactor (line 2) starving (line 5) betrayal (line 4) military post (line 6)When the First World War broke out in 1914, Alexandra Fiodorovna and herelder daughters trained as nurses, became patrons of medical units, set up militaryhospitals and assisted during operations. Still the army was rife with rumours aboutthe empress’s treachery and the secret information she was supposedly passing onto the Germans.
In February 1917 in hungry Petrograd the situation got out ofcontrol. On February 27 around 70,000 soldiers of the capital’s garrison went over105to the side of the striking workers. On 2 March, Nicholas II signed his abdication.He, the former empress, and their children were held under house arrest at theAlexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. On 14 August, 1917 the family was moved toTobolsk in Siberia, and from there to Yekaterinburg, where soon after midnight onthe 17th of July, 1918, they were all shot, including the children, the doctor, and theremaining servants. [Lobanov:33]Примеры условно-речевых упражнений на формирование уменийизвлечения информации из прочитанного текста.Read the text and answer the following questions / Прочитайтетекст и ответьте на вопросы.What type of farm equipment did Yuri Gagarin study at the industrialtechnical school?What academic qualities did Yuri Gagarin have?How did fitness relate to the lives of Cosmonauts?What was the highest award given to Yuri Gagarin?What military branch did Yuri Gagarin serve?What personality traits made Yuri Gagarin a good choice?Yury Alekseyevich Gagarin, (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia,U.S.S.R.
[now Gagarin, Russia]—died March 27, 1968, near Moscow), Sovietcosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space.The son of a carpenter on a collective farm, Gagarin graduated as a molder from atrade school near Moscow in 1951. He continued his studies at the industrialcollege at Saratov and concurrently took a course in flying. On completing thiscourse, he entered the Soviet Air Force cadet school at Orenburg, from which hegraduated in 1957.106Gagarin’s 4 3/4-ton Vostok 1 spacecraft was launched at 9:07 am Moscowtime on April 12, 1961, orbited Earth once in 1 hour 29 minutes at a maximumaltitude of 187 miles (301 km), and landed at 10:55 am in the Soviet Union.
Hisspaceflight brought him immediate worldwide fame.He was awarded the Order of Lenin and given the titles of Hero of the SovietUnion and Pilot Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union. Monuments were raised to him,and streets were renamed in his honour across the Soviet Union. <…>Gagarinnever went into space again but took an active part in training other cosmonauts.He made several tours to other nations following his historic flight, and from 1962he served as a deputy to the Supreme Soviet. Gagarin was killed with another pilotin the crash of a two-seat jet aircraft while on what was described as a routinetraining flight.