Ex. XVIII, p. 247
1. The better the soil is cultivated, the bigger the crop is 2. A vast plain stretches from the Urals/the Ural Mountain Range: to the river Yenissei. 3. The Volga-Don Canal is one of our mai waterways, it is navigable all along. 4. In Vladivostok there is splendid harbour and many Russian and foreign steamers cas anchor in it. 5. The Strait of Dover separates Britain from th continent/the mainland and the North Channel separate Scotland from Ireland. 6. This crop is valuable as fodder. 7. Yo have hardly happened/chanced to enjoy more picturesqu scenery. 8. Most of the ploughland in this area is under wheat 9. Just a mile from the shore we could see distinct/clear outlines shapes of ships riding at anchor in the harbour. 10. Thecoastlin of the Caspian Sea is comparatively/relatively regular in outlin (relatively even), only near the mouth of the Volga the coast i deeply indented and there are a lot of small islands and creeks.
Ex. VI, p. 256
1. When we went camping, we put up our tents on th boundary of the lake. 2. The border/frontier incident wa reported by the newspapers in detail. 3. A border dispute is quarrel about where a border is or ought to be. 4. The rive formed a boundary between these rural districts. 5. The half ruined tower used to be a frontier fortress. 6. The region alon the boundary between England and Scotland is called th Border. 7. A hedge is a fence or a row of bushes or low trees which are planted to form a boundary round a garden or field. 8. Great Britains borders, northern, eastern and southern are formed by seas and oceans.
Ex. VIII, p. 256
1. The western half of our country consists mainly/mostly primarily of low plains, while/whereas the greater part of the eastern half of Russia is covered with mountain chains. 2. I
Unit Seven 87
Siberia the biggest rivers are the Ob, the Yenissei and the Lena. They flow north through a vast area parallel to one another. 3. The climate contrasts are quite striking in Russia. You can find the northerners braving the frosts that reach 70 degrees below zero Centigrade and at one and the same time the southerners basking in the sun on southern seashores lined with green palms. 4. The Leningrad region lies to the north-west of Moscow. 5. Asouthemer/ aneasterneris a person who lives in thesouth/east and anortherner/ westerner is one who lives in the north/west. 6. Devon and Cornwall are situated on the south-western peninsula of England.
