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15.20 Vokrug sveta.

minotavru>. Xud.

putewestvennikov.

16.25 Dva roqlq.

fil;m.

14.00 |x, Semenovna.

17.20 Sam sebe

14.15

14.35

re'isser.

kavkazskoj

poklonnica>.

18.00 Zerkalo.

nacional;nosti>.

Specreporta'.

19.00

Fil;m Aleksandra

15.10 Umnicy i

russki>. Xud.

Tixomirova.

umniki.

fil;m.

15.00 Tretij tajm.

15.40 Disnej klub:

20.50

16.35 Putewestviq

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naturalista.

komanda>.

fil;m.

17.10 Bol;wie

16.10 Koncert

22.35

roditeli.

Kristiny Orbakajte

russki-3.

17.50

v GCKZ .

Gubernator>. Xud.

akademiq>.

18.30

fil;m.

19.00 Itogi.

golubi>. Xud.

0.35 Hempionat

20.45 Kukly.

fil;m.

mira po avtogonkam

21.00

20.35

v klasse formula-1.

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Gran-pri San-

22.20 Sportivnye

Xud. fil;m.

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22.30 Vremena.

Imoly.

Evropy sredi

23.45 Na futbole.

professionalov. Bal

0.25 .

hempionov.

Xud. Fil;m.

0.15 Futbol;nyj

klub.

0.55

vozmo'nogo>.

N.B. xud. fil;m = xudo´'estvennyj fil;m – feature film

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stress moves back one syllable in the plural: koleso´ (kolesa´, kole¨sa, 2

kole¨s, kole¨sam).

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Type 2 – stress on the stem in the singular and ending in the plural: 4

deĺo (deĺa, dela´, del, dela´m, etc.); le´to, meśto, moŕe, pra´vo, 5

slo´vo, teĺo. Most of these nouns are two syllable but there are a 6

small number with three syllables: zeŕkalo (zeŕkala, zerkala´, 7

zerkaĺ, zerkala´m, etc.); o´blako. Most neuter nouns in -mq also have 8111

stress on the stem in the singular, ending in the plural: i´mq (i´meni, 9

imena´, ime¨n, imena´m, etc.); vre´mq, bre´mq, pla´mq, ple´mq, se´mq 10

but not zna´mq (zna´meni, zname¨na, zname¨n, zname¨nam, etc.).

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Type 3 – stress moving forward one syllable in the plural: oźero 3

(oźera, oze¨ra, oze¨r, oze¨ram); deŕevo. This relates only to a small 4

number of three-syllable nouns.

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Exercise 13

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Translate into Russian.

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1 I do not think that the press can be completely independent; a 2

newspaper’s policy depends on who the owner of the newspaper 3

is.

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2 Most people are interested in the news and watch television to 5

find out about the political and economic life of the country.

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3 Many people doubt if they are getting accurate information 7

from the newspapers.

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4 My mother always says that television has a bad influence on 9

her mood.

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5 There are many programmes on Russian television, but my 1

favourite is The Puppets, a satire on Russian politicians.

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6 Some Russians say that they watch soap operas to forget the 3

reality of Russian life.

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7 Thanks to the professional skill of its presenters, the Culture 5