Colloquial Russian

210 Unit 15: Теáтр 1 Where is the theatre RAMT situated? 2 How long is the performance of “The Coast of Utopia”? 3 How many part ...

Unit 15: The theatre 211 1 How long do the three plays last in total? 2 What is the full title of RAMT? What age group does it c ...

212 Unit 15: Теáтр A.M./P.M. There is no direct equivalent of ‘a.m.’ and ‘p.m.’ in Russian. Hо�чи ‘of the night’ or утра� ‘of th ...

Unit 15: The theatre 213 of television. But now, theatre is clearly experiencing a revival. Its rep- ertoire is changing to appe ...

214 Unit 15: Теáтр 4 How does mass culture influence the theatre? 5 Which theatres are particularly popular? 6 What kind of thea ...

Unit 15: The theatre 215 Russian realia Which of the ballets and operas advertised at the Bolshoi Theatre can you recognise? ...

216 Unit 15: Теáтр Грамма�тика Comparatives of adjectives A Russian adjective may be turned into the comparative by placing the ...

Unit 15: The theatre 217 The prefix пo- is sometimes added to short form comparatives mean- ing ‘a little more’ or, paradoxicall ...

218 Unit 15: Теáтр Adverbs formed from adjectives ending in -ский have the ending -ски: реалисти�ческий ‘realistic’ – реалисти�ч ...

Unit 15: The theatre 219 Упражне�ние 3 Put the adjectives into the long comparative. For example: Мы живём в но�вом до�ме, а я в ...

220 Unit 15: Теáтр 1 Карто�шка сто�ит деше�вле, чем помидо�ры. 2 Анана�сы сто�ят доро�же, чем гру�ши. 3 Апельси�ны поле�знее, че ...

Unit 15: The theatre 221 Упражне�ние 7 Make up new sentences combining the information from the two sen- tences given. For examp ...

222 Unit 15: Теáтр У него� есть материа�л, кото�рым я интереcу�юсь ‘Не has the material which I am interested in’. Упражне�ние 8 ...

Unit 15: The theatre 223 Четырёх мест вме�сте в парте�ре нет, есть то�лько в амфитеа�тре. Say that you’ll take four tickets for ...

Диало�г 1 Что y вас боли�т? (Audio 2.33) A sick patient pays a visit to the doctor. After examining him, the doctor decides that ...

Unit 16: Health care 225 во�семь, но c ва�шим се�рдцем мо�жно жить сто лет! Вы ча�сто боле�ете? Больно�й: Нет, я никогда� ниче�м ...

226 Unit 16: y Здравоохранéние го�рло throat жа�ловаться to complain (пo-) I нa (+ асс)... (of) измеря�ть I/ to measure, take из ...

Unit 16: Health care 227 Текст Пробле�мы здравоохране�ния Marina’s uncle Alexei Ivanovich Petrov is one of the best paediatricia ...

228 Unit 16: y Здравоохранéние применя�ть I/ to use, apply примени�ть II принимать/� to take, receive приня�ть I (прим║у�, -ешь) ...

Unit 16: Health care 229 Introduced in 2007 to boost the birth rate, this is a grant payable on the birth of second and subsequ ...