1. Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы:

 1. What is the territory and the population of Russia?

2. What kind of country is Russia?

RUSSIA

1. Russia is one of the largest countries in the world. It occupies an area 17 million square kilometers. Russia is washed by three oceans and twelve seas and borders on fourteen countries.

2. The population of the country is about 150 million people. Russia is a republic with President as Head of State. It is one of the in the world.

3. The climate of the country varies greatly. The coldest regions are in the North and the climate here is arctic. The climate of the part is continental and in the South it is subtropical.

4. If you look at the map of Russia you will see the highest mountains in the Caucasus and the Altai, the Urals, separating Europe from Asia, many and large lakes. The longest rivers are the Volga in Europe and the in Asia. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and it has the

on earth.

5. Russia is a highly developed industrial country. Russia is very rich in natural resources such as oil, coal, gas, gold, diamonds and others. It has the largest oil and gas resources, concentrated in Siberia and Far East. It cars, machinery, chemicals, textile and many other items.

6. In 1957 our country successfully launched the world's first satellite, manned spaceship "Vostok" piloted by Yuri Gagarin, the citizen of Russia, was launched on April 12, 1961. It opened a new era in the history of mankind.

2. Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 1, 2, 5, 6.

3. Найдите герундий и переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. Flying from Moscow to Magadan takes eight hours.

2. I am proud of being a citizen of Russia.

3.I enjoyed travelling through Russia last summer.