Look at the map of Russia, ask and answer the questions. 1.Is Russia situated in Europe or in Asia? 2.What is it washed by in the north in the south,in the east and in the west? 3.What mountains are situated in Russia?which is the highest mountai in Russia and in Europe? 4.What do the Urals separate? 5.What big rivers and lakes in Russia do you know? 6.Does Russia have sea or continental climate? 7.Which parts of Russia are the coldest(the warmest)? 8.Which places in Russia have you visited?

Вопросы

1. Is Russia situated in Europe or in Asia?

2. What is it washed by in the north in the south,in the east and in the west?

3. What mountains are situated in Russia?which is the highest mountain in Russia and in Europe?

4. What do the Urals separate?

5. What big rivers and lakes in Russia do you know?

6. Does Russia have sea or continental climate?

7. Which parts of Russia are the coldest(the warmest)?

8. Which places in Russia have you visited?

Перевод

1. Россия расположена в Европе или в Азии?

2. Чем она омывается на севере, на юге, на востоке и на западе?

3. Какие горы расположены в России, которая является самой высокой горой в России и в Европе?

4. Что разделяет Урал?

5. Какие большие реки и озера в России вы знаете?

6. У России морской или континентальный климат?

7. Какие части России самые холодные (самые теплые)?

8. Какие места России вы посетили?

Ответы

1. Russia is situated both in Europe and in Asia.

2. Russia is washed in the north by the Arctic Ocean and its seas, in the south by the Black, Azov, and Caspian Seas; in the east by the Bering Sea, the Sea ot Japan, and Okhotsk Sea and in the west by the Baltic Sea. 

3. The main mountains are the Urals, the Caucasus and the Altai. The highest mountain in Russia and in Europe is Elbrus.

4. The Urals separate the territory of Russia into the Asiatic and the European part.

5. The deepest and largest lakes in Russia are Ladoga and Baikal. The most important rivers are Yenissei, Volga and Ob.

6. Russia has a continental climate.

7. The coldest city in Russia is Khabarovsk and the warmest city is Sochi.

8. I've visited Chelyabinsk and St. Petersburg.

Перевод

1. Россия расположена как в Европе, так и в Азии.

2. Россия омывается на севере Северным Ледовитым океаном и его морями, на юге - Черным, Азовским и Каспийским морями; на востоке - Беринговым морем, морем Японии и Охотским морем, а на западе - Балтийским морем.

3. Главные горы - Урал, Кавказ и Алтай. Cамая высокая гора в России и в Европе - Эльбрус.

4. Урал делит территорию России на азиатскую и европейскую части.

5. Самые глубокие и крупнейшие озера России - Ладога и Байкал. Важнейшими реками являются Енисей, Волга и Обь.

6. Россия имеет континентальный климат.

7. Самый холодный город в России - Хабаровск, а самым теплым городом является Сочи.

8. Я посетил Челябинск и Санкт-Петербург.

Вокабуляр

• to be situated - быть расположенным,
• to be washed - омываться,
• deep - глубокий,
• separate - отделять.

1.Is Russia situated in Europe or in Asia? — Russia is situated both in Europe and in Asia. 2.What is it washed by in the north, in the south, in the east and in the west? Russia is washed by the waters of three oceans: the Arctic in the north, the Atlantic in the west and the Pacific in the east, and the southern border lies from the Black Sea coast up to the coast of the Sea of Japan. 3.What mountains are situated in Russia? Which is the highest mountain in Russia and in Europe? —The Ural Mountains are situated in Russia. Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Russia and in Europe. 4.What do the Urals separate? The Ural Mountains separate Europe and Asia. 5.What big rivers and lakes in Russia do you know? I know The Volga River, the Ob-Irtysh, Amur, Lena and other. 6.Does Russia have sea or continental climate? Russia has seas and Russia has a largely continental climate. 7.Which parts of Russia are the coldest(the warmest)? The northeastern part of the Siberian tundra is the coldest part of Russia. The northeastern coast of Black Sea is the warmest part of Russia. 8.Which places in Russia have you visited? I have visited Moscow, Sochi.