-Today we’ll
speak about local environment
and write a
letter.
-We are going to
start with pronunciation as usual.
-What places
did you read about last lesson?
(New
Zealand, Australia, America, England and Russia)
-Listen to the
sentences and say what place it is about.
-A mass of water
falls over a cliff 27 meters high with a terrible noise.(Niagara Falls)
-A large lake
which gives water for the city of Sheffield.( The Peack District)
-With few
natural enemies, most of these birds lost their ability to fly( New
Zealand)
-There are high
mountains and fields, deserts and cool and foggy coastline, tropical heat and
Arctic coald in it (America)
-This area is
rich in beautiful forests and lakes, wooden churches and monasteries, which
grew into cultural centres.( Russia)
-Sheep farming
is an important part of the localneconomy.(England)
-There are
several species of poisonous spider and many many poisonous snakes.(Australia)
-Your home task
was to think about local environment. What would you show to your visitors
from other countries? What natural wonders do we have?
“Tulip, you
are the pride of steppe, its carnival!”
The steppe in April, what more fair?
The scent of grass, the skylark singing
In crystalline transparent air,
The boundless steppe around me ringing
With wondrous music that from scores
Of tulips a magician draws. ( D. Kugultinov)
“Come to us in
spring, when tulips blossom!”- with these words we always invite guests to
our sunny Republic of Kalmykia. Indeed, the steppe is beautiful and unique at
this time: emerald green carpet of grass is embroidered with fancy coloured
patterns of colourful flowers, the most beautiful of which is tulip. Steppe
and semidesert spaces of Kalmykia are in blossom with tulips from mid-April
to early May. Besides, Kalmykia has the biggest number of wild tulips in Europe.
Steppe tulips
can be of different colours: red, yellow, blue and violet. For example, in
the western part of the republic on can see even blue-black tulips.
“The
Land of Legends”
-The Kalmyk
steppe stretches for thousand miles from Volga and Caspian sea to Manych and
the Stavropol plateu. Its territory can be compared with the territory of any
European country. But there you will find noise of big cities, large
factories and plants, and in our land-boundless wide, silence and freedom…
Our steppe is boundless like a sea or a bottomless ocean with indulged
treasures. Lotuses one of these treasures.
Have you ever
seen blossoming meadow on the water, dotted with water chestnut, lily,
ranunculus and many other plants? Its so beautiful. One can hardly find the
place that has such magic and attractive power as this little isle of rosy
flowers of lotuses. Only the most skilful sailors know where to find it in
the vast expanses of the grey Caspii. The plantations of lotuses are the most
popular place with tourists and of course the most attractive sight of
Lagansky region, as only here you can see lotuses.
For
Buddhists lotus is a holy flower. According to the ancient legend Buddha swam
across the Indian Ocean on lotus and since that time these rare and
beautiflul flowers are considered to be heavenly.
The people
of Kalmykia call it tenderly» the Caspian rose». Its majestic beauty and
ability to change its colour enchant people. It is a miracle. For four hundred
years the Kalmyks have been living in this dry Caspian steppe and worshiping this
beautiful flower. Lotus is a symbol of our republic. Moreover, it is depicted
on the national flag of our Republic of Kalmykia.
-Write a letter to your pen-friend from England about your place, describe the weather and climate in your area.
-What places did
we speak about? Would you like to visit any of these places?
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