Word study

1. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases:

самая крайняя северо-западная область России; местное население; потомки; народные легенды; старинные украшения; среднегодовая температура; морской климат; незабываемое впечатление; карликовая растительность, проводить гонки на яхтах; лесная зона полуострова; некоторые виды местных растений; неизмеримые сокровища; залежи полезных ископаемых; объем промышленного производства; служащие; лежать в руинах; восстанавливать; все транспортные маршруты соединяются в Мурманске; атомные ледоколы; сырье; осуществлять различный ремонт; высшие учебные заведения; филармония; населять полуостров; вести разный образ жизни; быть доступным; развивать взаимовыгодные отношения; города-побратимы; безграничные возможности.

2. Translate the following phrases from the text into Russian:

to lie behind the Polar Circle; an integral part of Russian history; to increase dramatically; the total number of Lapps; the coastal regions; to retain one’s way of life; details of dress; the domestic-heating season; to flare up over the city; a fairytale effect; to remain ice-free; thanks to the North Atlantic Drift; along the coast; middle part of the Peninsula; in the mountain areas; to serve industrial applications; to mine; to be characteristic of; neighbouring; to withstand the forty-month siege; under very dangerous conditions; in accordance with; in memory of; rocky landscape; rigorous Arctic conditions; a well-equipped port; accessible; ancient tribes; to devote to; defenders; to attract mass participation; a downhill skier’s paradise; to sign a treaty establishing an association.

3. Match synonyms from the 2 columns. Match a line in A with a line in B:

A	B
region	to fall
extreme	to start
to be located	to call
to drop	rigorous
to begin	spare time
strange	contest
endemic	kind
species	area
to continue	to be situated
to name	odd
competition	utmost
severe	local
leisure time	to go on

4. Match antonyms from the 2 columns. Match a line in A with a line in B:

A	B
to build	to unload
enemy	ignorance
against	to forget
to load	to disappear
descendant	friendly
to increase	predecessor
bright	to decrease
strength	to destroy
to start	dull
hostile	for
knowledge	to finish
to appear	friend
to remember	weakness

5. Find one word in every line having the most common meaning:

1. a) harsh; b) hostile; c) grim; d) climate; e) moderate;

2. a) tundra; b) swamp; c) hill; d) lake; e) landscape;

3. a) polar night; b) unusual phenomenon; c) polar day; d) northern lights;

4. a) winter; b) summer; c) season; d) autumn; e) spring;

5. a) bright; b) gentle; c) tremulous; d) northern lights; e) fairytale;

6. a) year; b) time; c) month; d) week; e) day;

7. a) specialist; b) engineer; c) teacher; d) doctor; e) captain.

6. Put words in the correct order:

Example:

Maritime / is / climate / the. The climate is maritime.

a) Bay / ice-free / normally / the / Kola / remains.

b) Falls / night / Murmansk / the / polar / on / winter / in.

c) Up / the / northern / flare / over / lights / city.

d) Summer / never / the / sets / in / sun.

e) Is / landscape / the / what / of / the / region?

f) Zone / extends / the / gradually / tundra.

g) In / endemic / some / Murmansk / species / the / region / of / plants / grow.

7. Match a line in A with a line in B to make a question:

A	B
How many	also made contribution to the victory over the Nazy Germany?
When	is the Kola Peninsula sometimes called?
Who	do the people of the Murmansk region like to spend leisure time?
Where	seas is the region washed by?
What	was the area awarded a status of a separate region?
How	is Murmansk famous for?

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