Speaking about Your Motherland.

HOME TASK for Monday (Retell the text)

(:1  часть  на 1.12.2014:) 1)Russia is the largest country in the world. 2)It covers the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. 3)Its total area is about seventeen million square kilometers. 4)The country is washed by twelve seas of three oceans. 5)There are the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean. 6)In the south Russia borders on China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan; in the west it borders on Norway, Finland, Belorussia, the Ukraine; it also has a sea-border with the USA. 

+ для должников 2 ч. (на 2.12.2014) 1)There are steppes in the south, plains & forests in the midland, tundra & taiga in the north, highlands & deserts in the east. 2)There are 2 great plains in Russia: the Great Russian Plain & the West Siberian Lowland. 3)There are several mountain chains on the territory of the country: the Urals, the Caucasus, the Altai & others. 4)The largest mountain chain, the Urals, separates Europe from Asia. 5)There are over 2 million rivers in Russia. 6)The Volga is the biggest river in Europe.