Lesson 1 reading
- 1. Lesson 1 Reading Practice for 亠于亶 亞 Russian Full Circle by Donna Oliver and Edie Furniss Copyright 息 2013 by Yale University. All rights reserved.
- 2. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 Each lesson has a reading lab exercise similar to this one. The goal of these exercises is to help you learn both to read the Cyrillic alphabet with ease and to infer meaning through transliteration and applying grammar youve studied so far. Go through each of the slides and answer the questions. You should be able to understand most of them simply by transliterating the words.
- 3. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 1 Where are we?
- 4. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 2 束从 亠亰仂仆舒損 means taste of the season. Whats the taste of the season and where can we find it?
- 5. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 3 This is the Sauces section of the take-out menu from 仍从亳-舒仍从亳, a popular restaurant chain in Russia. You should be able to identify three familiar sauces without a dictionary. If youre feeling ambitious, use a dictionary to decipher others.
- 6. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 4 What can you buy in this store?
- 7. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 5 Whats in this container? What do you think its used for?
- 8. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 6 What business is this?
- 9. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 7 This is a sign for a caf辿. What do you think it specializes in?
- 10. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 8 This kiosk promises by its very name to get your food to you quickly. Whats it called? What word in the second line tells you what you can get there?
- 11. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 9 仂仂亢仆仂! means Be careful! or Watch out! What should you watch out for here?
- 12. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 10 What are these businesses and what do they offer?
- 13. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 11 This image and the next are from the drinks section of a menu. Three of the beverages on this page are probably familiar to you. Can you name them? Though you might not know the last brand here, 仍舒舒亶仍亠, what can you infer from the information given? The word for beer in Russian is 仗亳于仂. What do the words under the names mean (consult a dictionary) and how can we explain the endings?
- 14. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 12 The menu also offers other kinds of drinks. What do you recognize here? (you should be able to figure out six of them if you know that 仍亠 in this context means years)
- 15. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 13 Whats this mans shirt advertising?
- 16. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 14 Name a least one thing you can get here besides tattoos.
- 17. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 15 This is a poster from the museum and park at Tsaritsyno, located in the southern part of Moscow. Whats being advertised here?
- 18. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 16 What can you buy in this store? What do you think the store is called (hint: its not 丶于亠 仗仂亟舒从亳)?
- 19. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 17 This is a poster for the International Stanislavsky Festival. What two plays are being advertised (and who are the authors)? In what month are these plays being shown?
- 20. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 18 Whats in this building?
- 21. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 19 What kind of business is this? What can you get there? Wheres the original Temple Bar? What kind of bar would that make this?
- 22. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 20 This trolleybus-caf辿 stands on the old Arbat, one of Moscows most famous streets. Its named after a song by one of the Arbats most famous residents, the bard-poet Bulat Okudzhava. A monument to Okudzhava can be found on the street as well (and people like to get their pictures taken next to it). Watch the video of the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuwNqu8XM4k Whats an alternate title of the song?
- 23. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 21 -亳从 is a common diminutive added to nouns, sort of like adding little before the noun. What kind of kiosk is this?
- 24. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 22 Whats the name of this aspiring politician? What does he hope to be?
- 25. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 23 This is a political poster that came out during elections a few years ago. Whats being asked here?
- 26. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 24 What kind of food do you think you can get here? What dish is the restaurants name usually associated with?
- 27. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 25 舒亞舒亰亳仆 means store. What kind of store is this? What can you buy here?
- 28. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 27 What kind of establishment is this? What can you get here?
- 29. 丕仂从 1: 舒从亳从舒 亠仆亳 No. 28 What Dickens novel is this pub named after? How do you think would you spell the novels title in Russian?