Учебное пособие по устной разговорной практике английского языка. Коллектив авторов

nowadays. That is why just few people take an interest in sport.

      7. It is a well-known fact that in modern kinds of sport Russians are not as successful as their contenders.

      8. Tennis is considered to have become so popular in Russia just because of the fact that it was a hobby of Russian ex-president Boris Yeltsin.

      9. The Russian hockey team won 9 world championships in a row.

      10. We may say that the Russians are sport-lovers. They are keen on hockey, football, skiing, figure skating, volleyball and many others.

      11. Russian supporters are famous all over the world for their sense of empathy and team spirit. In spite of this they do not like to overcome big distances to support their favorite sportsmen.

      Task 4. Write a summary of the text.

      Task 5. Retell the text using the active vocabulary.

Getting about town

      I. Read and translate the following text.

The Moscow DiaryIf only stones could speak!

      Moscow is the capital of Russia. The date of its foundation is the year 1147. Moscow began to rise in the 14^th century. Under Ivan III the Great, in the mid-fifteenth century, Moscow became the principal city of the state of Muscovy. Nowadays Moscow is the largest city of Russia. It is a political, administrative, economic, industrial, educational and cultural city of the country.