Exercise 14. Agree or disagree with the following statements

1. Ann’s alarm clock rang at 7.15 as usual.

2. Then she got up, made her bed ,washed, and cleaned her teeth.

3. It takes her an hour to have breakfast.

4. Her brother prepares breakfast for Ann in the morning.

5. Ann leaves home at 8.30.

6. Sometimes her group mates and she go to the library after classes.

7. Yesterday she had four pairs as usual.

8. It usually takes her three hours to do the homework.

9. When she has some spare time she helps her mother about the house.

10. Twice a week Ann plays volleyball with her friends in the evening.

Exercise 15. a)Write as many sentences as you can about your working day, using the table.

b)What was yesterday’s working day at your University like? Was there anything particular about it? If not, then write a few sentences about your last weekend

c)Write about your working day tomorrow.

VI. “Kazakhstan”

Read the text “Kazakhstan” and translate it.

In 1991 great political and economic changes took place in the USSR. After the Union had disintegrated some Republics separated from it. The Union became independent. The government is divided into three branches: legislative (the Parliament), executive (the President and the Prime minister) and judicial (the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and Highest Arbitration Court). The Parliament consists of two chambers: the Senate (the upper chamber) and the Mazhilis (the lower chamber). By August, 1995 the Parliament had adopted a new Constitution. The constitution of Kazakhstan guarantees for all citizens equal rights and liberties irrespective of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, language, social, material or official position or place of residence. Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. Kazakh is the official language of the country.

From November 15, 1993 Kazakhstan has its own national currency. The Republic of Kazakhstan is situated in the center of Eurasia and covers the area of 2,7 million square km. The population of Kazakhstan makes up 16 million people representing more than 100 nationalities.

It has borders with China in the east, with Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in the south, and with Russia in the north and west. Boundless as an ocean, beautiful and rich is the land of Kazakhstan.

The deep landlocked position of Kazakhstan determines Kazakhstan’s sharply continental and extremely droughty climate. Kazakhstan has some 4000 big and small lakes. The biggest is lake Balkhash (17700 square kilometers) situated in the very heart of the Republic.

The main branches of industry are coal-mining, metallurgical, machine-building and chemical. In the North Kazakhstan wheat barley, oat, and vegetables are cultivated. In the South of the Republic they cultivate cotton, sugar beet, rice, tobacco and fruits . There are deposits of copper, polymetallic ores and nickel. Power resources are as follows: the Karaganda coal field , the Ekibastuz coal deposit .The richest oil fields are located in the West of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan is very rich in land. Arable land covers a large territory of the Republic.

Kazakhstan is a great scientific ,educational and cultural centre. It constantly receives delegations and individual specialists from various countries . Kazakhstan has strengthened relations with all highly developed industrialized countries.

Kazakhstan is a multinational state. Over 100 nationalities inhabiting Kazakhstan pursue the principles of peaceful coexistence and cooperation and show an example of good neighbourhood and harmony in relations with different nations.