1 . Covering, the Russian of Basic Sentences (lndividual Study)
Go back to the Basic Sentences of this unit. Cover ир test is hard, but if уои succeed in saying the Russian the Russian. Read the English silently and test your� for аН the sentences Ьу merely looking at the English, self to see how many words and phrases уои сап эау in уои are doing weH indeed. То make sure of this, after. Russian. Check the words you are uncertain about and you are certain уои knoVII the m:aterial, pick out expres- after уои Ьауе gone through the whole list, uncover the sions at random and эее if уои сап still speak the Rus- Russian and review them. Go through the list once sian quickly. As уои practice, уои must always speak more and continue for at least three times or until уои the RUBsian aloud and try to imitate the pronunciation сап give the Russian readily for аН the expressions. This of your Guide a�,wel1 as уои сап гесаll it.
2. Vocabulary Check-Up
То the Group Leader:. Go to the Basic Sentences. Rea'd to the gюuр the English equiva!ents of the Russian expressions. Call
оп different students, nat in апу fixed order, asking far the correct RU8sian for the English. This check-up is to
be conducted in the вате way аэ the Vocabulary Check- Up of Section Е '1 of Unit 1. If уои have апу question about the proper prooedure, review the note То the Group Leader in that section. Remember not to spend апу
time ta!king about the why of the Russian; stick to the how.
ln this section уоц are going to have your second the leader о! the Group wil1 ask уои to supply in turn chance to engage in conversation in Russian. Remember the Russian expressions {ог the English equivalents that this is the most usefu1 part of уоиг study. There- which Ье reads from the Basи Sentences. Figure out fore, you should make the greatest effort to do this part how to вау the Russian {ог еаф English phrase or sen- as well as уои possibly сап. Get perfectly clear what уои tence whether it is your turn to speak ог not. Only in are to do and then plunge into it with enthusiasm. this way сап уои, get the most value out of the Check-ИР.
Before уои begin the СЩlvегsаtiоn, check yourself оп If there is тисЬ of the Russian ",ЫсЬ уои don't know, your ability to speak the Russian уои have learned up review the Basic Sentences at the ' first opportunify out· to this point. As in the Vocabulary Сhесk- ИР of Unit
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side of the group meeting.3. Conversation
То the Group Leader: This section represents the real оС th
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entire unit. ТЬе course is lntended to teach уои to speak Russian and to understand it when you it spoken. Follow the instructions and give аН the time уои сап to(ree conversation practice. Апу members of the group W!1O have specia! difficu!ty recalting the Russian wcirds
and phrases they need to express а meaning should Ье told to do more work with the Uscful Words and Phrascs and Basic Scntcnccs. T hey need, in particular, more practice in covering the Russian and recalling it when they read the
English. Practice in getting the meaning of the Listcning ln tapes will also help. Arrangements should Ье made for students to play and listen to the tapes whenever they сап between meetings of the group.
Then turn to the outlined conversations which follow. Assign parts and ask the students to act them out. Vary the situations and suggest (о the students that they vary the Russian slightly as they gain confidence in their speaking. Remember to keep the speaking loud enough so that everyone сап hear. See that everyone is listening and trying to understand the Russian that is being spoken.
ТЬе Leader will assign parts and will .ask уои to reproduce the conversational situations wi1ich follow. A"t УОШ' part. Don't Ье afraid to vary· the conversation if уои are sure of your Russian and use. the Russian уои 1 . Two friends meet, А asks В if he'd like а beer.
В asks where there is а restaurant. А tells Ыт where there is 6пе (to the right or left of the hotel, station, etc.). В says he is driving to the station to meet i1is daughter's husband, and asks where А is headed for. А says Ье is going to the hotel to the right of the station. ТЬеу go off together.
2. At tl1e station the daughter's husband is not there. ТЬеу go into the restaurant and tl1e waitress asks what they want. ТЬеу order beer Щ.1.d cigarettes.
В asks А about i1is family. А says i1is wife and little Ьоу are getting оп бпе ; i1is older son is in the агту.
В says i1is daughter's husband is in the army but Ье has а furlough. Не calls the waitress and asks Throw yourself into these conversations. Do the best уои сав with pronunciatioB aBd with the Russian, but dOB't worry too тисЬ about mistakes. Think more of acting your part and speaking smoothly and as thougl1
Ьауе learвcd iB Unit 1 as well as that of Unit 2. Соп tiBue this practice until everYOBe сап speak апу part of the cOBversations еуеп though slight changes in the situations al'e introduced.
' How тисЫ' She says two beers and cigarettes are опе roubIe. ТЬеу рау, she thal1ks thеш апd say goodbye.
3. А Ьоу and git-l meet. Не asks her if sl1e'd like SОIШ� ti1ing to eat. She accepts. ТЬеу go to а геstаuгапt and the waitress asks what they want. ТЬе girl orders tea and bread апd buttel' ; the Ьоу ordel's milk, meat, and potatoes. ТЬе waitl'ess is hard of heal'ing and asks if she wal1ts meat 01' butter. TI1e Ьоу says to give him some meat and the girl эауэ she wal1ts butter. ТЬе waitl'ess asks
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to repeat, and Ье I'epeats tЬе whole order. She thanks him and leaves.уои must теап wЬаt уои are sayil1g. ТЬе Gt1ide wil1 help уои correct your errors. lf уои сав do ti1is work well, it теапэ that уои are actually cOBversing iп Russian, and that is your chief aim iп this course.
SECTION F-CONVERSATION
(Cont.)
Read again the instructions given in Section F of the members of the group or оп native speakers around уоtl. preceding unit. ТЬеп continue the conversations which Carry оп conversations with them whenever уои get а
уои started in Section Е of this unit (2). сЬапсе. Ask questions. At this stage of the game, don't Take every opporttlnity between now and the next try to use phrases or ::;entences which are different from meeting of the group to try out your Russian оп other those уоu Ьауе learned thus far in this course.
FINDER LIST
This is а complete alphabetical list ос а1\ the words and expressions used in this unit which are in апу way new or ипивиаl. The conventional spe1!ing is enclosed in parentheses after each entry. From now оп we shal1 not repeat words which have Ьееп dri11ed sufficiently in previous units. This list is for reference опlу, but уои should know а1\ these before going оп to the next unit.
aNA , a!jI, aNO, see ON FSTFEjij (встретить) to meet
AR1}'tiya (армия) army ; v AR1}'tiyi in the army FSTFEjit (встретит) Ье will meet
ае (ОТ) from, of; па PRAva ае vagZALa , iIIOji (идете) уои are going (оп foot) to the right of the station т u (иду)
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ат going (оп foot) АХ (ах) оь ! i".& YIN (Ильин) Ilyin (family пате)ba/SHO У (большой) big КТО (ICТO) who
chi VO (чеro) of what : t}i chiVO (ничеro) iIOthing; it's kuDA (куда) whereto nothing ; never mind ".& U{li (люди) people !)Eji (дети) children ; FSTFEjij {liTE Y (дитей) to meet тalaDO Y (молодой) young
the children MA".&chik (мальчик) Ьоу
пОСН (дочь) daughter; DOCHiji (дочери) daughters; MAlinlyiy (маленький) smaH MUSH тауеу DOchiri (дочери) ту daughter's МI (мь,) we
husband МО У (мой) ту
DOCHKA (дочка) daughter MUSH, MUZH (муж) husband ; тuZHYA (мужья) пОМ (дом) house ; мМА (дома) houses husbands
NA (на) оп, at
NAS (нас) иэ, и NAS we have NASH (наш) our
1}iVO,
ljIX,
1}i YO, эее yiVO NO(110)
ЬиеON (он) he, it; aNA (она) she, it ; aNO (оно) it;
alj 1 (онн) they
OTpusk (отпуск) furlough
pi§MO (письмо) letter;
fI$ma
(письма) lettersR Us�iy (русский) Russian
SIN (сын) son ; sanay У А (сыновья) sons
skaZHlji (скажите) tell
SLOva (слово) word ; sla VA (слова) words
STARshiy (старший) older
TRUdnay (трудиый) difficult
V
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in ; v /istaRA 1}i in the restaurantV AS (вас) уои ; и VAS уои have
VASH (ваш) your
xaLODnay (холодный) соld
xaROshiy (хороший) good
УЩiji (едете) уои are riding or driving,
УБdи (еду) 1 аm riding or driving
yi VO (еro) Ыm ; u 1}i VO (у неro) he has
YIX (их) them ; и ljIX (у них) they have
yi YO (ее) her ; u 1}i YO (у Ilee) she has
уiZП( (язык) tongue, language ; yiziI}:I (языки) languages
ZDA1}iya (здание) building
zhiNA (жена) wife ; ZHOni (жены) wives
ZNAyit (знает) knows
M EETI NG PEOPLE