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avto´buse iĺi na teploxo´de. |to pro´]e, udo´bnee i

dewe´vle. Na poézde slo'neé.

PUTEWESTVENNIK A skoĺ;ko vre´meni zajme¨t taka´q poeźdka?

TURAGENT

Vse¨ zaviśit ot togo´, skoĺ;ko gorodo´v Vy xoti´te

poseti´t;. Vot, naprimeŕ, est; xoro´wij avto´busnyj

tur na vse goroda´

. |to

semidne´vnyj tur. Est; teploxo´dnyj tur, to´'e na

7 dnej. K so'aleńi[, ne na vse goroda´. Vy uvi´dite

Uglih, Kostromu´, Qrosla´vl;.

PUTEWESTVENNIK A na kakié tuŕy u Vas est; svobo´dnye mesta´?

TURAGENT

Pokaést; mestańa vse tuŕy. Ka´'dyj hetveŕg v 10

haso´v utraíde¨t avto´bus, a ka´'du[ pq´tnicu v 5

hasov ve´hera s rehno´go vokzaĺa otpravlqétsq

teploxo´d.

PUTEWESTVENNIK Po'aĺuj, poe´du na teploxo´de. Govorq´t, pejza´'i na Voĺge potrqsa´[]ie, sve´'ij voźdux! Mo´'no xorowoótdoxnu´t;!

TURAGENT

Da, v \´to vre´mq go´da puteweśtvovat; na teploxo´de

– odnoúdovoĺ;stvie! Shastli´vogo puti´!

PUTEWESTVENNIK Bol;woé spasi´bo!

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Vocabulary ♦

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predlo'i´t;

to offer

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poka´

for a while

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potrqsa´[]ij

stunning, fantastic

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semidne´vnyj tur

seven-day tour

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teploxo´d

boat

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N.B. – Golden Ring (the route on which many ancient 10

Russian towns are situated); poeźdka zajme¨t – the trip will take; v nastoq´]ij 1

momeńt – at the present moment; odnoúdovoĺ;stvie – pure pleasure; 2

shastli´vogo puti´! – have a good trip!

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Exercise 1

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Answer the following questions in English.

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1 What trip does the traveller want to go on?

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2 What does the agent recommend?

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3 What is the ‘Golden Ring’?

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4 Why is it better to travel round the ‘Golden Ring’ by bus?

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5 What tours can the agency offer?

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6 How long does a bus tour round the ‘Golden Ring’ take?

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7 Why does the traveller decide to go by boat?

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Exercise 2

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Select holidays which answer the following criteria.

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1 Must have high quality accommodation.

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2 Of award-winning quality.

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3 Include a boat trip.

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4 Seaside and city combination.

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5 Opportunity to see as many of the Golden Ring towns as 8

possible.

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6 Includes a visit to an outdoor museum.

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Tourism

Belye nohi Sankt -Peterburga

Serdce Rusi severnoj

(3 i 5 dnej: klassiheskie

(6 dnej: Velikij Ust[g-

letnie tury, vkl[ha[]ie

Vologda-Kirillov-

|rmita', nohnu[ \kskursi[

Ferapontovo, s pose]eniem

,

velikix severnyx

,

monastyrej: Kirillo-

Carskoe selo, Pavlovsk i

Belozerskogo, Ferapontova,

mnogoe drugoe)

Spas-Priluckogo, a tak'e

nebom> znamenitogo

Velikogo Ust[ga)

Belye nohi Sankt -Peterburga

Soloveckie ostrova!

(3 i 5 dnej) + otdyx na

(7 dnej: legendarnye

Finskom zalive (7 dnej:

Solovki na Belom more po

pansionaty v kurortnom poselke pravu nazyva[t

sveta>)

na beregu Baltijskogo morq)

Sem; gorodov Zolotogo kol;ca

Ki'i + Valaam + Solovki!

(5 dnej: Sergiev Posad–

(9 dnej: legendarnaq

Aleksandrov–Suzdal;–

programma, s 1999 g, vpervye

Vladimir–Gus;-Xrustal;nyj–

v odnom kombinirovannom

{r;ev-Pol;skij–Pereslavl;-

ture pose]enie trex

Zalesskij)

'emhu'in Rossii. Diplom

1 stepeni v konkurse

.

11 \kskursij)

Zolotoe kol;co + otdyx na

Kareliq! (9 dnej: otdyx v

Volge (11 dnej: Rostov Velikij– presti'nom otele Qroslavl;–Kostroma–Ples

+ \kskursii po

+ otdyx v pansionate

One'skomu ozeru na ostrov

)