- •От автора
- •Unit 1 continents
- •Basic vocabulary
- •Read the following text about the discovery of continental drift Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Prepare your own reports about different continents so that they include the following information:
- •Translate the following text into Russian The Structure Of The Earth
- •Render the following texts in English
- •Глубинные процессы Земли и их поверхностные проявления
- •Unit 2 relief
- •Vocabulary. Find the names from the list on the map.
- •Read the following text about mountain chains Mountain Chains
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Render the following text in English Образование гор
- •Match the name of a mountain chain with its description, translate the descriptions into Russian
- •Prepare your own reports about different mountain chains so that they include the following information:
- •Read the following text about deserts. Deserts
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Desert Air Part1
- •Prepare your own reports about different deserts so that they include the following information:
- •Unit 3 oceans and seas
- •Vocabulary. Find the names from the list on the map.
- •Islands
- •Read and translate the text. Oceans
- •Render the following Russian text in English, pay attention to the use of tenses
- •Prepare your own reports about different oceans so that they include the following information:
- •Read the following text about coral reefs
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 4 coasts
- •4.1 Vocabulary. Find the names from the list on the map.
- •4.2 Choose among the following texts. Render it for your groupmates. Pay attention to the marked words and expressions. Waves
- •Longshore Drift
- •Physical Management: Coastal Defenses
- •Cliffs and Sea Stacks
- •Mud Flats and Salt Marshes
- •4.3 Match the following terms with their definitions.
- •4.4 Choose any part from the Series “Coast” about the coast of the uk. Watch it and prepare a report for rest of the group.
- •Unit 5 rivers and lakes
- •5.1 Vocabulary. Find the names from the list on the map.
- •5.2 Work in small groups asking your partners questions based on the tables above and the map.
- •5.3 Work with the following on-line quizzes:
- •5.4 Read the text about Chinese rivers and lakes Rivers and Lakes
- •5.5 Answer the following questions:
- •5.6 Translate the following texts into English
- •Озеро Ая
- •Река Катунь
- •5.7 Choose any river or lake, gather as much information about it as you can, taking into account geographical, environmental, cultural and economic aspects. Prepare a tourist advertisement.
- •5.8 Match the following terms with their definitions.
- •5.9 Additional Vocabulary. Check the pronunciation
- •Unit 6 countries and peoples
- •6.1 Vocabulary.
- •Demonyms - Names of Nationalities
- •6.3 Work with the following on-line quizzes:
- •6.5 Answer the following questions:
- •6.6 Translate the following text into Russian What do you call a person from? http://www.Geography-site.Co.Uk/pages/countries/demonyms.Html
- •Summer in the City
- •Answer the questions:
- •7.1 Vocabulary.
- •7.2 Read the text about the Age of Discovery. Age of Discovery
- •Exploration by Land
- •Exploration begins in Portugal
- •A New World?
- •Decline of the Portuguese monopoly
- •Northern European involvement
- •End of the Age of Exploration
- •Global impact of the Age of Discovery
- •Economic and cultural impacts of the Age of Exploration on European powers
- •7.3 Answer the following questions:
- •7.4 Render the following Russian text in English
- •Исследование португальцами западного берега Африки
- •Открытие морских путей в Америку и Индию
- •Завоевание Америки конкистадорами. Плавание Магеллана
- •Русские землепроходцы. Северо-Восточный и Северо-Западный проходы
- •Открытие Австралии. Значение Великих географических открытий
- •Ancient Mariners Sailed Between Mexico and South America
- •Vocabulary
- •7.6 Prepare a talk about a famous explorer of your choice
- •7.7 Watch a part from the bbc series Blood of the Vikings: The Sea Road
- •Vocabulary
- •Answer the questions:
- •7.8 Work with the following on-line quizzes:
- •Unit 8 world wonders
- •8.1 Vocabulary.
- •8.2 Choose several of the following texts. Render it for your groupmates. World’s top 100 wonders
- •Pyramids of Egypt
- •Great Wall of China
- •Taj Mahal
- •Serengeti Migration
- •Galapagos Islands
- •Grand Canyon
- •Machu Picchu
- •Iguazu Falls
- •Amazon rain forest
- •Ngorongoro Crater
- •Great Barrier Reef
- •Angkor Wat
- •Victoria Falls
- •Forbidden City
- •Banaue Rice Terraces
- •Teotihuacan
- •Bora Bora
- •8.3 Render the following Russian text about ancient world wonders in English Семь чудес света
- •8.4 Answer the following questions:
- •8.5 Prepare a talk about any natural or man-made place that you consider to be a world wonder
- •8.6 Match the names of the following new world wonders with some facts about them
- •8.7 Work with the following on-line quizzes:
- •Unit 9 world mysteries
- •9.1 Vocabulary
- •9.2 Read the text about the Mariana Trench Researchers Uncover Mystery of the Mariana Trench
- •9.3 Answer the following questions:
- •9.4 Translate the following Russian text into English Марианская Впадина - “Четвертый Полюс Земли” http://planeta.Rambler.Ru/community/begemotik52/24292023.Html
- •9.5 Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given below. Translate the text. Easter island
- •9.6 Prepare a talk about some mysterious place in the world of your choice
- •Vocabulary
- •Stonehenge
- •Unit 10 natural disasters
- •10.1 Vocabulary
- •10.2 Read the text about natural disasters Natural Disasters
- •Avalanches
- •Hurricanes
- •Earthquakes
- •Tornadoes
- •Lightning
- •Tsunamis
- •10.3 Answer the following questions:
- •10.4 Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given below. Translate the text.
- •Tsunami
- •10.5 Translate the following Russian text into English Убытки от стихийных бедствий и природных катаклизмов
- •Disasters and Public Health: Part 1 Causes: How Natural Are “Natural Disasters”?
- •Vocabulary
- •10.8 Translate the following text into Russian Natural Disasters: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Forest Fires, Floods, Blizzards And Volcanoes
- •10.9 Work with the following on-line quizzes:
- •Contents
Unit 1 continents
Basic vocabulary
GENERAL TERMS
Globe; hemisphere; axis; the North Pole; the South Pole; equator; the Arctic/ Antarctic Circle
Latitude; parallel; longitude; meridian; the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) at Greenwich; altitude; sea level; azimuth
GPS (global positioning system)
Atmosphere; stratosphere; troposphere; air pressure; ozone layer
Climate (arid; temperate; hot; cold; mild; warm; tropical; subtropical; monsoon)
Average temperatures; daylength
Moisture; humidity; evaporation; condensation
Erosion; calcification; salinization
Fauna; marine lifeforms; food chain; habitat; herbivorous; carnivorous; omnivorous
Flora; vegetation; rainforest; undergrowth; coniferous; deciduous
Copse; grove; hurst; coppice
Zenith; nadir; eclipse; solstice; the March or September equinox
Vista; horizon
Lithosphere; crust; mantle
to be washed by; to border with; frontier, border
Population; state; county; province; canton; region; district; area
LAND
Mainland; continental drift; tectonic plate; continental shelf
Coast; coastal line
Continent: Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Eurasia, North America, South America
Oceania; Pangea
Archipelago; atoll; coral reef; island
Peninsula; peninsular adj.; isthmus; the Isthmus of Panama; cape
Relief; topography; terrain; landscape
Mountain; mountain chain; range; ridge; highland; hill; mound; butte; mesa; hummock; knoll; hillock; plateau
Volcano; lava; magma; volcanic vent; fissure; ash; to ooze
Glacier; alpine glacier; moraine; permafrost; ice age; ice cap
Desert; dune; oasis
Lowland; plain; prairie; tundra; savanna; steppe; taiga; valley; canyon; cirque; a bowl-shaped depression
Chasm; gully; gorge; rift; coomb (combe); ravine
Rock; sedimentary rock; igneous rock; sediment; cliff; crag; basalt; limestone
Soil; soil fertility; karst: sinkholes, caves, caverns; underground streams
Crevasse; crevice; rift; talus
Wetland; marsh; swamp; slough; fen; bog; moor; muskeg; peatland; bottomland; mire; wet meadow; riparian; everglade; morass; quagmire
Quicksand; wasteland
WATER BODIES
Ocean: the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern Oceans
Tide; tidal water; trench; iceberg
Sea; sea floor
Indentation of the land; inlet; bay; cove; gulf; lagoon; fjord
Strait; channel; the English Channel Cf. canal; irrigation
Lake; reservoir; pond
River; perennial; delta; mouth of a river; estuary; watershed (river basin; drainage basin); arms of the river; tributary; drainage system; source; silt; to flow out
Waterfall; Niagara Falls
Stream: intermittent or permanent; the Gulf Stream; creek; brook
Geyser; hot spring; artesian well
Aquifer; water table
Whirlpool; vortex; eddy
PRECIPITATION; fallout; downfall
Humidity
Rain; snow; sleet; hail; fog; mist; dew; hoarfrost; blizzard
Rainfall; annual precipitation
Clouds: cirrus (thin, feathery), cirrocumulus (small patches of white), cirrostratus (thin, white sheets), stratus (a low, gray blanket), cumulous (flat-bottomed, white, putty), cumulonimbus (mountains of dark, heavy clouds).
Wind; breeze; gale; cyclone; anticyclone; zephyr; mistral
Thunderstorm; rainbow
Lightning: forked lightning (a jagged streak), sheet or streak lighting (a broad flash across the sky), ball lightning (an illuminated ball).