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82nd and 100th Border Troops, and Partisan groups “Soviet Moor men”, “Bolshevik Arctic”, “Polarmen”, “Stalinists”, and “Bolshevist”. We honor their defense of this land!” From this hill the beautiful panorama of the Kola Inlet and Murmansk opens.

Near there is a favourite area of rest, Semyonovskoye lake. It is simply crammed during sunny days in summer. People enjoy swimming in cool water and sunbathing. Children can enjoy modern merry-go-rounds and attractions.

Next to the lake there is the building of Regional Palace of creativity of children and the youth “Laplandiya”. The Palace was constructed in 1985. It offers a lot of clubs and extra-curricular activities for schoolchildren.

Murmansk Oceanarium – Europe’s only aquarium complex on the study of arctic seals, which solves complex problems of environmental education and public education. Birthday of the Oceanarium is October 4, 1996. Seven actorsseals live in Murmansk Oceanarium. They belong to the order of pinnipeds (Pinnipedia). Pinnipeds – a medium-sized or large animals adapted to life in water. In the aquarium you can see 4 species of pinnipeds. These are listed in Red Book rear gray seals Philip Kay, Varya, Dasha; bearded seal Dik; seal Knopka and harp seal Persik. The animals are glad to present solo and group performances, demonstrate their acrobatic and artistic skills. A pleasant surprise for the guests of the oceanarium is a beautiful and informative laser movie about Arctic pinnipeds.

Not far from Semyonovskoye lake there is a beautiful memorial complex “To the Seamen who died in peacetime”. Architects of the memorial are N. Kireeva and N. Bogdanova. The memorial was opened in October 5, 2002. Architectural dominant of the memorial complex is hexagonal tower lighthouse 17.5 m high. Wide marble staircase with viewpoints lead to the lighthouse on both sides. On the upper platform there is Church of the Savior on Waters.

Near the lighthouse the ship anchor is set with the capsule with seawater planted beneath. In the lighthouse on the ground floor there is open-room museum of memory. On the five walls of the museum there are memorial plates in the memory of sailors of different fleets who at sea in peacetime. There are books of condolence in the museum.

A cabin of nuclear submarine “Kursk” became the part of the memorial complex “To seamen who died in peace time”, and is installed near the

Church of the “Savior on Waters”. Opening of the memorial took place on July, 26 2009 on the Day of the Navy. Nuclear submarine “Kursk” sank in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000 after an explosion on board during preparation for simulated torpedo attack. All 118 people on board died. In 2001, as a result of large-scale international operations the submarine was raised from the seabed, delivered to the factory in settlement Roslyakovo, where it was shipped to Snezhnogorsk for recycling. The only thing that was left is the cabin of the submarine.

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Marine Orthodox Church “Savior on waters” was built on donations from the residents of the city of Murmansk in 2002. In the church there are icons of Christ walking on the waters, of the northern saints, wonderworkers and helpers of the sailors – St. Tryphon of Pechenga and Barlaam of Keret Lake, Mother of God, the Apostle of the Slavs – St. Andrew and righteous Admiral Fyodor Ushakov and others.

The Sea port is the main gate of Murmansk, taking the ships under the flags of various countries in all seasons. Our city is the port of different vessels. Among them is the pride of Russian Northern Fleet: nuclear ice-breakers.

Nuclear-powered icebreaker “Lenin” is the world’s first nuclear-powered on-water vessel with nuclear installation. The icebreaker was constructed in the Soviet Union, primarily to serve the Northern Sea Route. Launched on December 5, 1957. Due to the large capacity of the nuclear installation and high autonomy, the icebreaker showed excellent performance during the first navigation. The use of the nuclear-powered icebreaker had significantly prolonged navigation. Only in first 6 years of operation the icebreaker made more than 82 thousand nautical miles and independently escorted more than 400 vessels. Icebreaker “Lenin” worked for 30 years and in 1989 she was decommissioned and moored in the city of Murmansk. Currently icebreaker “Lenin” functions as a museum.

(Текст составлен по материалам сайтов: http://tour.murman.ru/en/interesting-places, http://stranamasterov.ru/node/221899, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/)

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Task 42. Look at the pictures below. Find information in the text about these places. Have you seen these sights? Do you like them?

A D

B E

C F

Task 43. Review. Ask your friend:

What…..?

We can learn about historical Murmansk; layouts are exhibited in the most famous museums of Murmansk; the main points of history of Murmansk are; the climatic features of Murmansk are; the geographical position of Murmansk is.

How…..?

Big the population of Murmansk is; large Murmansk is; one can get to Murmansk; many countries took part in foreign intervention; Murmansk developed in the 20s and 30s; Murmansk suffered during the Second World War; many streets are there in Murmansk.

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Where…..?

Murmansk is situated; the “Alyosha” memorial is located; the Great Patriotic War took place on the Kola Peninsula.

Whether..…?

Murmansk is a maritime town; Murmansk is the center of sporting activity; Murmansk has an interesting history; Murmansk has sister-cities; any medals.

When…..?

Murmansk was founded; the best-known memorials in Murmansk were erected; the first builders appeared here; the Polar Day and Polar Night begin and finish.

Task 44. Act out the following situation:

A group of British students arrives in Murmansk on an exchange programme. They decide to make a tour of Murmansk the very first Saturday. You are to accompany them because you know Murmansk quite well. The students know a lot about Murmansk from books and they are looking forward to seeing everything with their own eyes, but their interests are totally different and it takes them time to come to an agreement.

ROLES:

Student 1. cares for painting;

Student 2. is interested in historical Murmansk; Student 3. wants to go to the cinema or the theatre; Student 4. prefers just to stroll about Murmansk.

Each tries to prove that his/her suggestion is the best. The group leader tries to remain neutral and help the students to work out a programme acceptable to everyone.

Language notes: *making suggestion

What about… (doing smth.) why don’t we (do smth.)

I’ve got a great/marvelous idea; we could I think we should

the only way out is to… my suggestion is that…

have you thought of… (doing smth.) in my opinion the best thing is to…

*refusing suggestion

It’s out of the question (to do smth.) of course we couldn’t…

what a ridiculous idea…

it’d be a complete waste to…

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*agreeing

I fully (quite) agree with you that’s just what I was going to say beyond all doubt

*disagreeing

I wouldn’t say so

I disagree with you

there’s something in what you say, but

I wonder what makes you say so

I agree with you on the whole but it could be said that

*expressing likes and preferences

I’m keen on (doing) smth.

I’d rather do smth. than do smth. else

I would prefer smth.

*breaking into a conversation

if you’d let me get a word in edgeways I’d if you’d only listen to me

*criticizing attitudes

I think you’re being rather selfish/unrealistic/inconsiderate I don’t think you’re being very helpful about

you don’t seem to realize/understand that

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Задания для самоконтроля

TEST 1

Task 1. Match the words from two columns to make as many word combinations as possible:

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Task 2. Match the words from the first box to their synonyms from the second one. The possible quantity of synonyms is marked in the brackets:

Airline (1), Airport (1), Algae (1), Alphabet (1), Babiye Lyeto (2), Cinema (3), City (2), Climate (1), Conducive (1), Countryside (1), Cuisine (1), Current (1), Foliage (1), Genuine (1), Goal (2), Government (1), Harbor (2), Herder (2), Hiking (2), Hurricane (1), Ice-Breaker (1), Ice-Free (1), Inhabitant (2), Intervention (2), Land (1), License (1), Motel (1), Northern Lights (1), Panorama (1), Permit (1), Population (2), Railroad (1), Rivulet (1), Saami (2), Sailor (1), Sea (1), Settlement (1), Snow (1), Steamboat (2), Sunset (1), Sun-Tan (1), Tetragon (1), Thaw (1), Theoretically (1), Tourist (2), Tradition (1), Tremendous (1), Tsar (1), Violate (1), Weather (1).

ABC, aerodrome, aim, Airway, alga, atmospheric conditions, aurora borealis, authorities, Bluejacket, cattleman, clime, colonization, colossal, cowherd, culinary art, custom, Czar, dweller, encroach, favorable, ground, haven, holidaymaker, hotel, iceboat, in theory, Indian summer, interference, Lapp, Lapplanders, leafage, meddling, melting, metropolis, modern, movie house, Ocean, permission, permit, picture show, picture-palace, port, prospect, purpose , quadrangle, railway, real, resident, rural area, Saint Martin’s summer, settlement, small town, snow-fall, steamer, steamship, streamlet, sunburn, sundown, tourer, touring, tourism, unfrozen, urban centre, wind.

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Task 3. Match the words below to their definitions:

Fisherman, Winter, Alga, Alphabet, Arctic, Avenue, Bay, Biathlon, Bilberry, Church, Climate, Cloudberry, Cranberry, District , Fauna, Gulf , Horizon, Hurricane, Inlet , Intervention, Iron, Lake, Meteorologist, Monument, Museum, Peninsula, Population, Railway, Rowan, Sami, Sculptor, Sea, Settlement, Stickleback, Summer, Temple, Tetragon, Theatre, Tundra, Weather

1.All The People Living In A Particular Country, Area Or Place

2.A Long Piece Of Land Which Sticks Out From A Larger Area Of Land Into The Sea Or Into A Lake

3.The Salty Water Which Covers A Large Part Of The Surface Of The Earth, Or A Large Area Of Salty Water, Smaller Than An Ocean, Which Is Partly Or Completely Surrounded By Land

4.A Very Large Area Of Sea Surrounded On Three Sides By A Coast

5.An Area Of Coast Where The Land Curves In

6.The Temperature Or Conditions Outside, For Example If It Is Hot, Cold, Sunny, Etc

7.Someone Who Studies Weather, Especially To Say How It Will Be In The Near Future

8.The Weather Conditions That An Area Usually Has

9.The Coldest Season Of The Year, Between Autumn And Spring

10.The Season Of The Year Between Spring And Autumn, When The Weather Is Warmest

11.A Violent Storm With Very Strong Winds

12.A Large Area Of Water Which Has Land All Around It

13.The Line In The Distance Where The Sky Seems To Touch The Land Or Sea

14.The Very Cold Area Around The North Pole

15.The Metal Tracks That Trains Travel On

16.A Town Or Village Which People Built To Live In After Arriving From Somewhere Else

17.When Someone Intervenes, Especially To Prevent Something From Happening

18.A Dark Grey Metal Used To Make Steel (= Very Strong Metal) And Found In Small Amounts In Blood And Food

19.A Structure Erected To Commemorate Persons Or Events

20.A Depository For Collecting And Displaying Objects Having Scientific Or Historical Or Artistic Value

21.A Building Where Theatrical Performances Or Motion-Picture Shows Can Be Presented

22.A Place For Public (Especially Christian) Worship

23.A Vast Treeless Plain In The Arctic Regions Between The Ice Cap And The Tree Line

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24.Creeping Raspberry Of North Temperate Regions With Yellow Or Orange Berries

25.Very Tart Red Berry Used For Sauce Or Juice 26.Blue-Black Berries Similar To American Blueberries

27.Primitive Chlorophyll-Containing Mainly Aquatic Eukaryotic Organisms Lacking True Stems And Roots And Leaves

28.A Wide Street Or Thoroughfare

29.The Place Of Worship For A Jewish Congregation

30.A Four-Sided Polygon

31.Sporting Event Combining Rifle Shooting And Cross-Country Skiing 32.A Region Marked Off For Administrative Or Other Purposes

33.An Artist Who Creates Sculptures

34.An Arm Off Of A Larger Body Of Water (Often Between Rocky Headlands)

35.A Character Set That Includes Letters And Is Used To Write A Language 36.All The Animal Life In A Particular Region Or Period

37.Someone Whose Occupation Is Catching Fish

38.Small (2–4 Inches) Pugnacious Mostly Scaleless Spiny-Backed Fishes Of Northern Fresh And Littoral Waters Having Elaborate Courtship; Subjects Of Much Research

39.A Member Of An Indigenous Nomadic People Living In Northern Scandinavia And Herding Reindeer

40.Eurasian Tree With Orange-Red Berrylike Fruits

TEST 2

Task 1. Fill in articles where necessary:

1.This city is city of Murmansk, capital of Russian Polar Regions.

2.Word “Murmansk” is originated from language of Saami people: word “Mur” meaning “sea”, and “maa” meaning “land” or “shore”.

3.10 largest hotels in Murmansk are never empty.

4.ice masses of North Pole influence weather as does contrasting warmth of Gulf Stream.

5.On other hand, more southerly town of Kandalaksha, on same latitude as Arctic Circle, has a continental climate, which differs from that in Murmansk.

6.If frosts set in immediately after thaw, then the roads turn into black ice to dread of road users.

7.Summer beyond Arctic Circle is short, June, July, August at best, July being warmest month, when average temperature is 10°C, although sometimes it can get to as hot as 30°C.

8.When Polar Night is almost over, and sun for brief moment comes, into sight over horizon for very first time, holiday called “Good morning, Sunshine!” is declared.

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9. Lapps, or Laplanders, are indigenous people of Kola Peninsula. 10.Nine centuries of assimilation of Kola Lapps with Slavonic population

has taken its toll.

11.In 1992 this association joined Union of Laplanders of three northern states of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

12.Majority of builders lived on board ships but as more people were brought here by sea from Petersburg round Scandinavian Peninsula or via Archangelsk necessity arose to have permanent settlements on shore.

13.Murmansk was first place on territory of our country where foreign troops landed.

14.Thanks to heroism of Army and Navy, of whole population defense of Murmansk was successful and on the 7th of October 1944 Soviet Army started its counterattack throwing enemy back to frontier.

15.Port Murmansk is largest unfrozen seaport in northern part of Russia. 16.International airport Murmansk is connected with all of main cities of

Russia, with cities-resorts of country and some capitals of former Soviet Republics. 17.Murmansk Marine Biological Institute is closer to North Pole than any

other institute in world.

18.This soldier, christened Alyosha by local people and visible for miles around, has become distinctive symbol of city.

19.Murmansk Regional Museum of Local History and Economy was founded in 1926 and occupies a three-storey building in center of city.

20.Ceremonial church service is held by monument to St. Cyril and St. Methodus, two brothers who created written form of Old Church Slavonic forebear of Russian and other modern Slavonic languages.

21.Kola Peninsula is one of oldest parts of earth’s crust.

22.Dwarf arctic birch, tree that creeps along ground, common birch, spruce, pine, rowan, aspen and willow, all provide typical backdrop for picnics around camp-fires, which are allowed provided weather is not too hot and dry.

23.Two most well-known lakes are Lake Imandra, which is largest and is situated right in centre of peninsula, and Lake Mogilnoye, situated on island of Kildyn near entrance to Gulf of Kola.

24.Speaking of fauna of northern seas it’s necessary to point out that their dwellers are cod, herrings, Peter’s fish, rosefish, halibuts and 3 species of lancet fish.

25.If we continue talk about Leningradskaya street word “first” will repeat many times.

26.Repertoire of theatre is distinguished rarely: Russian and foreign classic, drama of XX century – melodrama, comedy, tragic, historical play tale.

27.City dwellers are very proud of winter festival – Northern Festival or Polar Olympiada.

28.Sea port is the main gate of Murmansk, taking the ships under the flags of various countries in all seasons.

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