Translate the following text according to the theme into Kazakh/Russian
Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk) -city, eastern Kazakhstan. It lies in the foothills of the Rūdnyy Altai Mountains and at the junction of the Ulba and Irtysh rivers.. Oskemen is now a major centre of nonferrous metallurgy (lead, zinc, titanium, and magnesium) in Kazakhstan, with important associated research institutes and laboratories. Other industries include food processing and machine building. The city is also an important transport junction. Population of region - around 1,708 432 people.
According to taxation committee data incomings to state budget from small business for 1st quarter 2007 amounted 2009138 thousands tenge, the growth formed 33.9% to the same period of previous year, including to local budget 699 443 thousands tenge, the growth formed 34.3% to the same period of previous year, including to city budget 406 611 thousands tenge, the growth formed 37.5% to the same period of previous year.
There are several institutions in the city for business development, among them: Ust-Kamenogorsk branch of JSC “Small business development fund in East Kazakhstan”, “Regional Scientific-technological park “Altai”” LLP, “Innovative center “Zhardem”” LLP, Woodworking association, construction association in East Kazakhstan, small business trade union, also there are wide bank center and 9 micro-credit organizations.
In the region prepared Conception of creation Industry Zones. There are four ground areas determined total area of 278 hectares, including Kamenni Karyer (110 hectares), Samarskoe Shosse (35 hectares), JSC “UMZ” (Eastern area) (36 hectares) and Ovechi Kluch (97 hectares). Nowadays there is a process of preparation and concordance of documents for allotment of lands.
GRAMMAR ZONE
In the following sentences, there are some mistakes in the relative clauses. Find them and correct them.
1) The island of Malta that is situated south of Sicily and which used to be a British colony gained its independence in 1964.
2) A man to whom I was talking to recently told me a joke, which was very funny, but that I’ve unfortunately forgotten.
3) The Inuit who we used to call “Eskimos” are an ancient people.
4) Pete the guy who’s car I borrowed last week is visiting his mum that’s ill.
5) You need a passport for the countries to where you’re travelling.
Rewrite the sentences using present or past participle. And explain your choice.
1) She put on her coat, then went out.
2) He got run over as he crossed the road.
3) If you view the cliffs from this angle, they look very tall.
4) I walked down the road and I hummed to myself at the same time.
5) If the weather permits, we can go on a tour of the island tomorrow.
6) She’d eaten earlier so she wasn’t hungry.
7) I live near the sea so I get plenty of opportunities to go swimming.
8) When I’d visited Zanzibar I flew on to the Seychelles.
9) David has been rejected by his peers and lacks confidence, so he would certainly benefit from a change of school.
10) She split wine on her dress and completely ruined it.
Read these incomplete sentences and discuss whether they should be completed with a defining or non-defining relative clause, or whether both are possible.
1) I don’t like children……
2) The journey from work to home…. took over two hours yesterday.
3) Politicians …. aren’t worth listening to.
4) The Taj Mahal … is built from exquisitely carved white marble.
5) These are the photographs…..
6) We docked at the small port on the coast of East Africa.
7) My cousin … went hang-gliding at the weekend.
8) We went on a cycling holiday in Wales ….
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You are going to listen to the interview about the history of banana growing in Australia. Do the following tasks:
Do you know the meaning or translation of the following words or phrases? If no, try to guess their meanings.
primary industry, to be domesticated, nourishing food, to cultivate, to bear fruit, to ripen, domestic market.
2. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from the listening text:
And I wanted to tie it in to the work I’ve been doing on _____ and the _____. Well, it’d be a good _____ run for my _____ next week. According to my _____, the _____ banana, which is a type of banana and the first type to be _____ here, actually _____ in China but they had a fairly _____ before they got to _____.
I suppose they would have made a welcome addition to the _____. But to grow them _____ you need to know what you’re doing. Well, bananas are normally grown from _____ which spring up around the ______, usually just above the plant. They tend to _____ or at least that’s the common _____.
3. Answer the questions according to the listening text:
- What did you know and didn’t know about bananas?
- Where were bananas first domesticated?
- Is it hard to grow bananas?
- How do the growers stop the bananas going bad before shopping?
Compare and contrast banana growing process with any domestic product you would like to describe. Tell in brief its history, growing technology, climate conditions, selling and storing process. Then present your findings in class.
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Reading 1
1. Discuss the questions:
1. Compare American agriculture with GB and KZ today. What are the differences and correspondences?
2. What are the dark and bright sides of American agriculture?
3. What is agribusiness?
4. What innovations are used to improve the agricultural sector today?
5. Give your points of view on living standards of farmers in KZ, GB and the USA.
2. Read the following thesis sentences of the text paying attention to bold phrases and express your attitude what they refer to and then compare with Kazakhstan:
1) As the 20th century nears its end, many Americans have been contemplating the successes and shortcomings of the country’s agriculture.
2) American agriculture is, by any standards, big business.
3) However, American agriculture has a dark side as well as a bright side.
4) The readiness of many farmers to adopt new technology has been one of the strengths of American agriculture.
5) A period of economic difficulty began and agricultural exports declined.
6) Many farm owners –especially owners of smaller farms – do not work on the farms full-time.