Match the words and translate the word combinations.
| found translate make give take became be born run away | from Latin and Greek a pilgrimage money to poor people a church, a convent, a monastery centres of enlightenment the name of Euphrosyne from home in the family of Prince |
Make your own sentences with these word combinations.
Ask and answer questions about Euphrosyne of Polotsk.
It is high time we started speaking about our native country, the Republic of Belarus. Study the words to the topic.
| agriculture | сельское хозяйство |
| area | площадь, пространство |
| arena | арена, место действия |
| battle | битва |
| brown coal | бурый уголь |
| capital | столица |
| clay | глина |
| climate | климат |
| country | страна |
| deposit | залежь |
| flax | лен |
| forest | лес |
| grain | зерно, хлебные злаки |
| granite | гранит |
| heavy, light industry | тяжелая, легкая промышленность |
| land | земля |
| limestone | известняк |
| nationality | национальность |
| oil | нефть |
| peat | торф |
| place of interest | достопримечательность |
| population | население |
| position | (место)положение |
| potash salt | калийная соль |
| region | область, район, край |
| religion | религия |
| reserve | заповедник |
| resource pl | средства, ресурсы |
| sand | песок |
| state | государство |
| sugar beet | сахарная свекла |
| territory | территория |
| tourist | турист |
| developed | развитый |
| favourable | благоприятный |
| geographical | географический |
| heroic | героический |
| international | международный |
| landlocked | окруженный сушей, без выхода к морю |
| main | главный |
| mild | мягкий (не суровый) |
| moderately continental | умеренно континентальный |
| native | родной |
| official | официальный |
| orthodox | православный |
| presidential | президентский |
| principal | главный |
| severe | суровый, тяжелый |
| attract | привлекать |
| be proud (of sth/sb) | гордиться (чем-либо, кем-либо) |
| be situated | быть расположенным |
| border (on sth) | граничить |
| cover | покрывать, охватывать |
| export | экспортировать |
| include | включать, содержать (в себе) |
| lose | терять |
| occupy | занимать |
| produce | производить |
| specialize (in sth) | специализироваться |
| suffer | страдать |
Make sure you can pronounce the following words correctly.
| Europe | ['jυərəp] | Европа |
| Poland | ['pəυlənd] | Польша |
| Latvia | ['lætvıə] | Латвия |
| Lithuania | [ֽlıθj'eınıə] | Литва |
| Russia | ['rΛ∫ə] | Россия |
| Ukraine | [ju:'kreın] | Украина |
| Russians | ['rΛ∫nz] | русские |
| Poles | ['pəυlz] | поляки |
| Ukrainians | [ju'kreınjənz] | украинцы |
| Tatars | ['ta:təz] | татары |
Read the text.
Belarus
The Republic of Belarus is situated in Eastern Europe, Belarus covers over 207 000 square km (kilometers). It borders on five countries: Poland in the west, Lithuania and Latvia in the north-west, Russia in the east and Ukraine in the south. Belarus is a landlocked country but it has a favourable geographical position.
The population of Belarus is 9,5 million people. Most of them live in cities and towns. The capital of Belarus is Minsk. Today Minsk is a modern international city. More than 1,8 million people live in Minsk. The country has 6 regions with the centres in Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev, Vitebsk and Minsk.
The principal religion of Belarus is Orthodox. Belarus has two official languages: Belarusian and Russian. About 80% of the population are Belarusians. People of other nationalities also live in Belarus. They are Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Tatars. Belarus is a presidential republic. The president of Belarus is Alexander Lukashenko.
The climate in Belarus is moderately continental. We have mild winters and warm summers. Forests cover 40% of the country. Our native country is a beautiful land. There are thousands of lakes and rivers on the territory of Belarus. The main rivers are: the Neman, the Dnieper, the Prypyat, the West Dvina. The largest lake is Lake Naroch. Belovezhskaya Pushcha is the greatest forest and natural reserve in Belarus. There aren’t any high mountains in Belarus. Unfortunately Chernobyl disaster harmed our people and nature a lot.
Our country has a heroic past. It was the arena of severe battles in the years of World War I and World War II. Our country lost about a third of its population.
Modern Belarus is a country of developed industry, education and culture. It is a large economic region.
The main industries include metallurgical industry, machine-building, chemical and petrochemical, light and food industry. Belarus produces and exports trucks, tractors, fodder harvesters, tyres, timber, paper, refrigerators, TV-sets, chemical fibers and yarn. Agriculture specialized in grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beet, flax, meat and dairy products. Natural resources include peat deposits, potash salts, wood, granite, limestone, clay, sand, brown coal, some oil and natural gas.
There are a lot of places of interest in Belarus. Mir Castle, Nesvizh Castle, St. Sofia Cathedral, Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Braslav lakes attract tourists from different countries.
I love my native country and I am proud of it.