1. Read and translate the first part of the text.
2. The words by heart.
3. revise Present Perfect and Past Simple
Geographical Position of Ukraine
I
Ukraine is my Motherland and I’m
very proud to live here. So, I would like to tell you about my country.
Ukraine is the second largest European
country. The territory
of Ukraine is 603 700
square kilometers. It is situated in the east of Europe. The capital of Ukraine
is Kyiv.
The country borders onPoland, Slovakia and Hungary in the west, Belarus in the north, Moldova and Romania in the south-west and Russia in the east. In the south it’s
washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of
Azov and has very important ports in Оdesa, Mykolaiv, Berdiansk,
Mariupol, Yalta and others.
Ukraine stretches from the
Carpathian Mountains in the west to the
steppes in the east, from the marshes
in the north to the Black Sea in the south. Ukraine is not a mountainous
country, though there are the Crimean Mountains in the Crimean Peninsula and
the Carpathian Mountains in the west
of the country; they are not very high.
The highest mountain is Hoverla.
It is 2061 meters
high.
II
The population of our country
is about 44 million people. People of different nationalities live in Ukraine.
They are Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Belarusians, Moldavians,
Romanians, Greeks, Tatars, Poles, Armenians, Germans, Gypsies and others.
Ukrainian people are hospitable and friendly.
The
Dnieper is the longest river of the country; moreover, it’s the third
longest river in Europe. Other notable rivers of Ukraine are the Dniester, the
Southern Bug, , the Severskiy Donets, the Desna and about 70 thousand small
rivers. Lake Svitiaz is the deepest lake in the country
The biggest cities of Ukraine
are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Dnipro, Donetsk and some others. Ukraine is a wonderful
country to visit.
Would like to do sth. хотілось би
To be proud to do sth. пишатися тим, що...
To border on - межувати, граничити з
Poland ['pəulənd] – Польща
Slovakia [slə'vækɪə] – Словаччина
Hungary [ˈhʌŋ.ɡər.i] – Угорщина
Belarus [ˌbel.əˈruːs] – Білорусь
Moldova [mɔl'dəuvə] – Молдова
Romania [ruˈmeɪ.ni.ə] – Румунія
Russia ['rʌʃə] – Росія
the Sea of Azov ['ɑːzɔv ], ['æzɔv] – Азовське море
the Black Sea – Чорне море
port – порт
mountainous ['mauntɪnəs] – гористий
to stretch – простягатися
the steppes – степ
marsh - болото
the Carpathian Mountains(the Carpathians)
- [kɑːˈpeɪθɪən] - Карпатські Гори
the Crimean Mountains [kraɪ'mɪən] –Кримські гори
the Crimea [kraɪ'mi:ə] -Крим
the Crimean Peninsula -[pi'ninsjulə] Кримський півострів
Hoverla – the highest mount in Ukraine
