Здравствуй, Россия! Здравствуй, Волгоград! Интенсивный курс русского языка (для англоговорящих). Камышева С.Ю. - 79 стр.

- Ñêàæèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà,               - Tell me, please, whose portraits
÷üè ýòî ïîðòðåòû íà ãëàâíîì          there are on the main building
çäàíèè óíèâåðñèòåòà?                  of the University?
- Íà ôàñàäå ãëàâíîãî çäàíèÿ          - On the fasade of it one can see
ìû âèäèì áàðåëüåôû èçâåñòíûõ         bas-reliefs of famous
ðîññèéñêèõ ó÷åíûõ, ïèñàòåëåé,        Russian scientists, writers and
îáùåñòâåííûõ äåÿòåëåé.               public figures.
Ýòî Öèîëêîâñêèé, Ëîáà÷åâñêèé,        They are: Tsiolkovski, Lobachevski,
Æóêîâñêèé, Ïóøêèí, Ëîìîíîñîâ,        Zhukovski, Pushkin, Lomonosov,
Ìåíäåëååâ, Òîëñòîé, Ëåíèí.           Mendeleev, Tolstoy, Lenin.
À òåïåðü ìû ïîåäåì â öåíòð           Now we’ll go to the centre
ãîðîäà.                              of the city.
- À âû íå ñêàæåòå, ñêîëüêî           - And how many districts
â Âîëãîãðàäå ðàéîíîâ?                are there in Volgograd?
- Âîñåìü: Öåíòðàëüíûé,               - There are 8 districts in it:
Âîðîøèëîâñêèé,                       Tsentralni, Voroshilovski,
Êðàñíîîêòÿáðüñêèé,                   Krasnooctiabrski, Tractorozavodskoy,
Òðàêòîðîçàâîäñêîé, Ñîâåòñêèé,        Sovietski, Kirovski,
Êèðîâñêèé, Êðàñíîàðìåéñêèé.          Krasnoarmeyski.
Âîëãîãðàä, ñàìûé äëèííûé             Volgograd is the longest
ãîðîä Ðîññèè, ïðîòÿíóëñÿ             city in Russia. It stretches
íà 70 êèëîìåòðîâ âäîëü Âîëãè.        for 70 kilometres along the Volga.
- Ìîÿ ìå÷òà - ïðîïëûòü               - My dream is to sail along
ïî Âîëãå, ïîñìîòðåòü âñå             this river and to look at
âîëæñêèå ãîðîäà: Àñòðàõàíü,          all Volga cities: Astrakhan,
Ñàðàòîâ, Ñàìàðó,                     Saratov, Samara,
Íèæíèé Íîâãîðîä, ßðîñëàâëü...        Nizhni Novgorod, Jaroslavl...
- Âîò ìû è â öåíòðå. Ïåðåä âàìè - We are in the centre right now.
 íàáåðåæíàÿ.                    There is an embankment in
                                front of you.
- Êàêàÿ êðàñîòà!                     - How splendid it is!
- Ýòî ðå÷íîé âîêçàë                  - This is a river station
ñ çàìå÷àòåëüíûì Êîíöåðòíûì           with a wonderful Concert Hall,
çàëîì - îäèí èç êðàñèâåéøèõ          which is said to be one of the most
â Åâðîïå.                            beautiful in Europe.


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