Exercise 2. Read the sayings, translate them and fill in the gaps with the correct articles where necessary. 1. … Bad news travels fast. 2. … Beauty is only skin-deep. 3. Better die with … honor than live with … shame. 4. … Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 5. … Business before … pleasure.
6. After a storm comes … calm. 7. …Crime does not pay. 8. All is fair in … love and … war.
9. … Diligence is the mother of … good fortune. 10. … Laughter is … best medicine.
11. … Experience is the mother of … wisdom. 12. … Failure teaches … success. 13. … Faith will move mountains. 14. … Familiarity breeds … contempt. 15. … Fear is stronger than … love. 16. … Love is blind. 17. Give … credit where … credit is due. 18. Many hands make … light work. 19. … Goodness is better than … beauty. 20. … Honesty is … best policy.
21. … Necessity is the mother of invention. 22. No news is … good news. 23. … Ignorance of … law excuses no man. 24. Nothing succeeds like … success. 25. … Patience is a virtue.
26. … Practice makes perfect. 27. … Revenge is sweet. 28. … Silence is golden. 29. … Time cures all things. 30. … Variety is the spice of life. 31. … Virtue is its own reward. 32. Ask … advice only of your equal. 33. … True love never grows old. 34. … Trust is the mother
of… deceit.

2. Zardak was an alien from planet Vecon. He was fond of travelling. He had little silver horns on his head.
3. Zardak has seen nothing in London because he hasn’t gone out yet.
4. Mr Kirk has bought Zardak a hat because Zardak had little silver horns on his head. And people could see them.
5. Zardak made Mr Kirk agree to go to the city centre with the use of these horns.
6. Mr Kirk explained to Mrs Evans that Vecon was a town in California because he didn’t want Mrs Evans to know the truth about Zardak.
7. He didn’t tell Mrs Evans the truth because she wouldn’t believe it.
8. She wants to ask: «Where is it situated?»

9. Mr Kirk wanted to finish their talk because Zardak could tell Mrs Evans that he was from the planet Vecon. And Mr Kirk said that they were in a hurry. Вроде так

1. Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world (by volume) and the world's deepest lake. Somewhat crescent shaped, it is in the southern Siberia area of Russia. In 1996 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

2. Ob

The Ob – river, flowing through the territory of the Altai territory, Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions, in the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous districts of Russia. The river belongs to the basin of the Kara sea.

The catchment area of the Obi is 2990 thousand. km². According to this indicator, the river occupies the first place in Russia. The length of the Ob river is the second river in Russia. The Ob is also the third water-bearing river in Russia after the rivers Yenisei and Lena.

The Yenisei

The river flowing through the territory of the Republic of Tyva, next, on the border of Krasnoyarsk region and Republic of Khakassia. Belongs to the basin of the Kara sea. The Yenisei river – one of the largest rivers of our planet. The length of the river Yenisei, is 4 in Russia. The volume of its flow 624 km3 Yenisei takes the 1st place among rivers in Russia. The catchment – 2580 thousand. km2, the river occupies the 2nd place among the rivers of Russia and 7-th place among the rivers of the world.

Lena

Lena river, which flows through the territory of North-Eastern Siberia in Irkutsk region and Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Belongs to the basin of the Laptev sea.

The Lena river is the tenth longest among all the rivers in the world and the eighth largest in the world in affluent. The Lena river – the longest river in Russia, current under the same title – its length from source to mouth is 4400 km. The catchment area 2490 km2.

Cupid

The river in the far East in East Asia. Flows through the territory of Russia and the border between Russia and China. Length — 2824 km (from the confluence of Shilka and Argun rivers). Flows into the sea of Okhotsk or sea of Japan. The catchment area 1855 km2.

Irtysh

River in China, Kazakhstan and Russia, left, the main tributary of the Ob. The length of the Irtysh is 4248 km, that exceeds the length of the Obi. The Irtysh with the Ob river — the longest waterway in Russia, second longest in Asia and sixth in the world (5410 km). The catchment area 1643 km2.

Volga

Volga — the river, flowing in the European part of Russia on the territory 11 areas and 4 republics. Belongs to the basin of the Caspian sea.

The Volga river is one of the largest rivers in the world and the largest in Europe. She is at the 16th place in length among rivers in the world and 4th place in length among the rivers of Russia. Also, Volga is the largest river in the world, flowing into the internal reservoir. The catchment area 1360 km2.

Hangar

River in Eastern Siberia, the largest right tributary of the Yenisei, the only river, flowing from lake Baikal. Flows through the Irkutsk oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. Length — 1779 km. The basin area is 1039 km2.

Aldan

The river in the far East of Russia, right tributary of the Lena. Flows within Yakutia, the river catchment occupies the North-Western part of the Khabarovsk territory. Aldan is the largest tributary of the country. The catchment area 729 km2.

Kolyma

Kolyma is a river flowing through the territory of the Magadan region of Russia and in Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Belongs to the basin of the East Siberian sea. River Kolyma occupies 6th place along the length of the Russian rivers. The catchment area 647 km2.

Kama

The largest river in the European part of Russia, the main river West of the Urals, the symbol of Perm Krai, blue road Kama, and the most important river artery of Russia.

Prior to the construction of Kama reservoir length was 2030 km. The river takes 74718 tributaries — the area of its drainage basin more 521 km2. Meeting with Volga, Kama wet "forces" her to turn from South to southwest.

3.

The following cities have a humid subtropical climate (or Cfa, using the Köppen climate classification[1]): Asuncion, Paraguay. Atlanta, USA. ... Boston, USA. Brisbane, Australia.

4.

The largest communities north of the Arctic Circle are situated in Russia, Norway and Sweden: Murmansk (population 295,374), Norilsk (178,018), Tromsø (75,638), Vorkuta (58,133), and Kiruna (22,841).

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Part of the Caucasus Mountains, it is the highest above-ground peak in Europe. Mount El'brus is located in southwest Russia and is part of the Caucasus Mountains. It is the highest point in Russia as well as the highest point in all of Europe.

6.

Check out Russia's 10 most ancient cities

Smolensk (9th century)

Murom (9th century)

Rostov Veliky (9th century)

Veliky Novgorod (8th century)

Alushta (6th century)

Sudak (3rd century)

Evpatoriya (5th century BC)

Feodosia (6th century BC)

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