Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
superstitions	суеверие	ырым
sympathize	сочувствовать	сезіну
attempt to tame	пытаться приручить	колға үйрету
conscript	призывник	әскерге шақырулышы
disguise	маскировка	түрді өзгерту
horseshoe	подкова	таға

Home assignment

Ex. 1 (a,b,c,d), 2 (a,b)[ 2. p.64]

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Prepare the topic “Kazakh superstitions”.

Kazakhstan Superstitions and Folklore

Ever wonder about strange behavior? Understanding the fears, myths, taboos, proverbs, legends, and folklore specific to Kazahkstan will help you get a handle on all kinds of cultural oddities. Superstitions have the potential to affect everything from government, politics, business, public life, family life, travel, and social conduct. Understanding them can prove advantageous for what travelers and business professionals might expect and how they can approach or prepare for their foreign counterparts in and from Kazahkstan. You’ll avoid potential faux pas, get familiar with local customs, and educate yourself about what people are doing and why.

This colorful report provides a deeper look at an array of lore that includes anything from spirits, ghosts, monsters,urban myths, old wives’ tales, occult practices, and luck charms. It takes selected major superstitions, legends, and folklore of Kazahkstan and discusses their origins, their stories as told in the country, and associated traditions. It also includes proverbs and sayings unique to the country.

Find out how superstitious Kazakhstanis really are and learn about their taboos and fears, both old and modern alike anything from good and bad luck charms and actions, holidays such as New Year’s, numerology, money, birth and pregnancy, weddings, death and dying, maladies, animals, food, house and home, colors, and more. Not only is it fascinating, it’ll give you something to talk about.

Office hours

Ex.1. Choose the correct forms

1. If I’d/would listened to the news, I’d have known that the motorway was closed

2. I don’t know what we would have done if our visas wouldn’t /hadn’t arrived in time

3. If the ferry crossing hadn’t been so rough, we can/could have had a nice meal

4. Would you have stayed in England if you didn’t/hadn’t married a Brazilian woman?

5. The police would/wouldn’t have stopped you if you hadn’t been speeding

6. If they hadn’t escaped from their own country, they might have/had been arrested.

Ex.2. Read the conversations. There is one word missing in each of B’s lines. Add the word in the correct place.

1. A: Poor Mike. He missed his plane because he ended up at the wrong terminal

B: If he’d checked the details before, he would caught his plane.

2. A: Whatever happened to Joanne? Wasn’t she your best friend from college

B: If she hadn’t emigrated to Canada, we might have in touch.

3. A: Why on earth didn’t you ring me about the train delay?

B: If I been able to get a signal on my mobile, I would have let you know.

4. A: That taxi from the airport cost us a fortune.

B: We could have caught the bus to the hotel if you hung around for so long

5. A:What made you want to emigrate to Australia?

B: To be honest, we’d have stayed in the UK if there hadn’t so much unemployment.