B. Match the words with their definitions

to cease	a basic type of food that is used a lot
to locate	a period of 100 years
conquest	connected with or like the countryside
agricultural	a thick rubber cover that fits round the wheel of a bicycle, car, or other vehicle
to inhabit	to stop happening or continuing
century	a particular period of history
unicameral	a feature that only belongs to a particular person, thing, place, etc.
ancestor	to put or build smth in a particular place
staple	having only one main governing body
rural	relating to farming
age	the act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force
tyre	to live in a particular place
peculiarity	a person in your family who lived a long time ago

C. Answer questions to the text. Make up a dialogue on the basis of this information.

1) What are the main industries of the Republic?

2) What economic regions is the republic divided into?

3) What giant represents the old industrial Northwest region? What does it produce?

4) What are the main industries of the new industrial Northeast region?

5) What is KamAZ? Where is it located? What are the main oil-producing towns?

6) What parts of the Republic are known as rural agricultural regions?

7) What are the main grain crops of the Republic?

8) What can you tell about the foreign relations of Tatarstan?

9) What are the mainexport products of the RT?

LANGUAGE SKILLS: EXPRESSING OPINIONS. AGREEING & DISAGREEING

A. Make up short dialogues expressing your opinion, agreeing or disagreeing. Use the prompts given below.

e.g. I believe that oil made our Republic well-known all over the world.

There may be something in what you say but there are also other things that contributed to the fame and well-being of the Republic.

Prompts: knowing foreign languages; making friends when travelling; studying in a foreign country; making Tatarstan a tourist attraction; trying new cuisine; investing in new technology.

B. Work in pairs. Write down 3 true and 3 false statements about the Republic of Tatarstan using the information from the text. Read the statements to each other, and agree or disagree with them using expressions from the Language skills box above.

GRAMMAR: PASSIVE VOICE

A. Open the brackets.

Present Simple am/is/are +Ved/V3	Applicants (shortlist) and (interview). Modern production (characterize) by the high level of automation. Jobs (create) where society needs them.
Past Simple was/were+ Ved/V3	Help (give) to small farmers. Many enterprises (set up) in 1990s.
Present Perfect Simple has/have been + Ved/V3	The agreement (sign) by our countries. The problems (solve) immediately.
Modal verbs can/may/must/ be +Ved/V3	The data (can/regard) as conclusive. Preparation for the project (must/ complete) this week. This (may/call) a local problem.
Future Simple will be + Ved/V3	New laboratory (provide) with the most modern equipment.
Future Perfect will have been + Ved/V3	About a quarter of all electricity (generate) by atomic power plants.

B. Find passive forms in the text about Tatarstan and analyse their tense form.