2. Answer the following questions about yourself:

1. When do you get up?

2. How many times a day do you eat?

3. Where do you work?

4. Do you like to spend time with your family? And what do you do?

3. Make up the topic “My Working Day” and tell it. Text 3

1. Read and translate the text: Russia

Russia is one of the largest countries of the world. It occupies about one seventh part of dry land. Its total area is over 17 million square kilometers. The country borders Finland and Norway in the north-west and China and Korea in the south-east.

There are different types of climate in the various regions of Russia. It is very cold in the north of the country. Central Russia has mild climate: winters are quite cold, springs and autumns are cool and wet, summers are hot. In some locations the climate is subtropical. The climate of Siberia is continental: summers are hot and dry and winters are cold and windy.

There are a lot of mountains in Russia. The oldest ones and very rich in minerals are the Urals.

There are many rivers in Russia, the longest ones are Volga in Europe and Yenisei and Ob in Asia.

The deepest lakes are Baikal and Ladoga. Baikal water once was purest in the world.

Russia is rich in natural resources such as gas, oil, coal. Russia has one-sixth of the world forests. Our country has a glorious history. Russian people suffered from many wars. But they never attacked any other country.

The symbol of Russia is a three-coloured flag. Is has three horizontal stripes: white, blue, red. White represents peace, blue represents loyalty, and red stands for valour. The capital of Russia is Moscow.

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the largest country in the world?

2. What is the total area of Russia?

3. What is the symbol of the country?

4. What can you say about the climate of the country?

3. Retell this text. Text 4

1. Read and translate the text: Moscow

Moscow is the capital of our country. It is the largest city in our country and one of the largest cities in the world. Its total area is about nine hundred square kilometres. The population of the city is over 9 million.The capital is situated on the banks of the Moscow River. 

It was founded in 1147 by Yuri Dolgoruky. It is a busy commercial and industrial Megapolis and a nice city at the same time. There are a lot of art galleries, theatres, museums and monuments in Moscow.

The most famous historical place is Moscow Kremlin, where there is the President resides and works. People of Russia take proud of the Kremlin.

The heart of Moscow is Red Square. Here you can see the most beautiful masterpieces of Russian architecture - the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral. They attract lots of tourists. 

Moscow is the city of highly developed industry. It has numerous modern enterprises, mostly engineering and metalworking plants. They produce machine tools, motor cars, transformers, electric motors, TV sets, watches, etc. Moscow is also a center of the chemical industry.

Moscow can be called a city of students. There are a great number of schools, gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges, institutes and universities there.