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Lesson 2. Transport
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Dialogue
Vocabulary
Practice
Revision

Dialogues

Here you can work with dialogues of the lesson

I. Urban transport

a) Listen to the dialogues and read the translation

A tourist is looking for the ticket office in the underground. He asks a passer-by where it is situated and he asks about the fare in the underground as well.
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A tourist is going to take a taxi in order to get to the hotel. She asks the taxi driver if he is free and how much it will cost to go to the hotel.
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A tourist takes a bus. He asks another passanger how to get to the Lenin square.
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b) Listen and repeat the dialogues phrase by phrase

II. Asking for help in transport

a) Find the translation of Russian phrases

Listen to the phrases. Drag the English phrases from the list below
and drop them into the corresponding fields.

Phrase 1
 
Phrase 2
 
Phrase 3
 
Phrase 4
 
Phrase 5
 
Phrase 6
 
Phrase 7
 
Phrase 8
 


  • 8Very good.
  • 3Are you free?
  • 5How much is the fare?
  • 4You're welcome.
  • 2I need to go to the Gorky street.
  • 7How much does it cost?
  • 6How many stops are there to get to the Lenin square?
  • 1Where is a ticket office over here?




Vocabulary

Here you can learn words and expressions of the lesson.

I. Where is the bus stop?

a) Learn Russian words:



Transcription
касса
[kassa]
ticket office
трамвай
[tramvay]
tramway
троллейбус
[tralyeboos]
trolleybus
машина
[mashina]
car
остановка
[astanofka]
stop
автобусная остановка
[aftoboosnaya astanofka]
bus stop
трамвайная остановка
[tramvaynaya astanofka]
tramway stop
троллейбусная остановка
[tralyeboosnaya astanofka]
trolleybus stop
станция метро
[stantsiya mitro]
subway station
схема метро
[shyema mitro]
subway lines plan
стоянка такси
[stayanka taksi]
taxi parking


b) Listen and find the corresponding English word:

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II. To the airport!

a) Learn Russian words:



Transcription
улица
[oolitsa]
street
площадь
[ploschat]
square
гостиница
[gastinitsa]
hotel
аэропорт
[airaport]
airport
вокзал
[vagzal]
railway station


b) Translate phrases from English into Russian:

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III. Russian numerals

a) Learn Russian numerals from 1 to 10:



Transcription
один
[adin]
one
два
[dva]
two
три
[tri]
three
четыре
[chitiri]
four
пять
[pyat]
five
шесть
[shest]
six
семь
[syem]
seven
восемь
[vosim]
eight
девять
[dyevit]
nine
десять
[dyesit]
ten


Look at the following examples of these numerals with the noun остановка [astanofka]  - stop:

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Look at the following examples of these numerals with the noun рубль [roobl]  - ruble:

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b) Listen to the Russian numeral and write it (with figures 1, 2, 3 etc.) in the text area:

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c) Learn the following Russian numerals:



Transcription
десять
[dyesit]
ten
двадцать
[dvatsat]
twenty
тридцать
[tritsat]
thirty
сорок
[sorak]
fourty
пятьдесят
[pitdisyat]
fifty
шестьдесят
[shizdisyat]
sixty
семьдесят
[syemdisyat]
seventy
восемьдесят
[vosimdisyat]
eighty
девяносто
[divinosta]
ninety
сто
[sto]
one hundred


Look at the following examples:

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d) Listen to the Russian numeral and write it (with figures 1, 2, 3 etc.) in the text area:

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Practice

Here you can learn grammar and lexical rules of the lesson.

I. Asking the way

a) Ask questions in Russian:

Questions in Russian

In the previous lesson you learned the following expression in Russian:

Excuse me, please, where is ...?

Извините, пожалуйста, где находится...?
[izviniti, pajaloosta, gdye nahoditsa...?]    

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II. How much is the fare?

Question Сколько стоит ...?

In the dialogue you could see the following construction:

How much is the fare?

Сколько стоит проезд?
[skolka stoit prayest]    

a) Learn the following expressions:

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b) Build phrases in Russian:

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III. Is this a hotel?

a) Look at the pictures and answer the questions following the model:

Model:

Это вокзал?
[eta vagzal?]    
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Да, это вокзал.
[da, eta vagzal]    
(Нет, это аэропорт.)
[nyet, eta airaport]    
Is it a ralway station?
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Yes, it is a ralway station.
(No, it is an airport)
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IV. I need to go to the railway station!

Construction Мне нужно ...

In the dialogue you could see the following construction:

I need to go to the Gorky street.

Мне нужно на улицу Горького.
[mnye noojna na oolitsoo gorkava]    


a) Learn the following expressions:

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b) Translate phrases from English into Russian:

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V. It's to the right.

To the left, to the right ...

In the dialogues you could see the following expression:

Over there, to the right.

Вот там, справа.
[vot tam, sprava]    


a) Learn the following Russian words:



Transcription
справа
[sprava]
to the right
слева
[slyeva]
to the left
прямо
[pryama]
straight ahead


b) Listen to the mini-dialogues and do the following tasks:

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VI. Mini-dialogues

a) Revise numerals from 1 to 10. Listen to the mini-dialogues and complete the following test:

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b) Revise numerals from 10 to 100. Listen to the mini-dialogues and complete the following test:

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Revision

Revise materials from this lesson

Revise this lesson's materials

a) Listen and find the corresponding English phrases:

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In this lesson you have learned

- Words and expressions on the topic "Transport"

- The way you can say in Russian that you need something:

  • Мне нужно в гостиницу.

- How to ask about the cost of things, for example, the bus fare:

  • Сколько это стоит?
  • Сколько стоит проезд в автобусе?

- How to point out the way in Russian:

  • Справа.
  • Слева.
  • Прямо.

- You have learned Russian numerals from 1 to 10, and tens from 10 to 100.

In order to make sure you have understood all the material of the lesson and to get some additional information, we recommend you to visit the following pages:

  • Pages of Transport section:
    - Bus, trolley, tram
    - Subway
    - Taxi
  • Numerals from 1 to 100








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