Setting the scene

A Russian and an American are talking about where they live.

Listen to the dialog several times with your books closed. Do not repeat it. Try to understand what the speakers are saying. Working as a group, discuss what was said. Then listen to the American's lines. You are responsible for learning these. You are also responsible for being able to understand the Russian's lines and to respond to them in the appropriate manner.

p.

Линда, я переехал на новую квартиру.

Linda, I moved to a new apartment.

A.

Поздравляю! А где ваша новая квартира?

Congratulations! Where is your new apartment?

P.

Недалеко от станции метро "Проспект Мира".

Not far from the Metro Station "Prospect Mira".

A.

А какой у вас адрес?

What is your address?

P.

Проспект Мира дом 2, квартира 5.

2 Prospect Mira, apartment 5.

A.

Катя, я переехал в новый дом.

Katya, I moved to a new house.

P.

Поздравляю! А где ваш новый дом?

Congratulations! Where is your new house?

A.

Далеко, в новом районе в Росинке.

It's far away, in a new district; in Rosinka.

P.

А какой у вас адрес?

What's your address?

A.

Росинка 720.

720 Rosinka.

P.

Линда, скажите пожалуйста, где вы сейчас живёте?

Linda, please tell me, where are you living now?

A.

Сейчас я живу в Росинке, недалеко от Москвы.

I live in Rosinka now, not far from Moscow.

P.

А где вы жили в Америке?

And where did you live in America?

A.

Я жила в штате Мэриленд.

I lived in Maryland.

P.

Вы жили в доме или в квартире?

Did you live in a house or in an apartment?

A.

Я жила в доме.

I lived in a house.

p.

Марк, скажите пожалуйста, где вы сейчас живёте?

Mark, tell me please, where do you live now?

A.

Сейчас я живу на Ленинском проспекте, недалеко от центра города.

I live on Leninskiy Prospect now, not far from the center of the city (downtown).

P.

А где вы жили в Америке? Я жил в Нью-Йорке.

And where did you live in America? I lived in New York.

P.

Вы жили в доме или в квартире?

Did you live in a house or in an apartment?

A.

Я жил в квартире.

I lived in an apartment.

Listen to the following questions and choose the appropriate answers from those given below.

Translate the following into Russian:

With your instructor playing the role of the Russian, act out the dialogs. At first adhere closely to the original. Then use as many variations as possible.

Listen and repeat as the numbers from 20-100 are read on the tape.

20двадцать30тридцать40сорок50пятьдесят
60шестьдесят70семьдесят80восемьдесят90девяносто
100сто      

Your instructor will count by tens from 20 to 100 a number of times. Each time he/she will skip a number. Which one was it?

Listen and follow along in your books as the following series of numbers are read on the tape. Now listen again, with your books closed. Repeat after the speaker:

a. 100--50--20--40-30-60--90--70

b. 70--90--60--30--40-20-50--100

с. 40-20-30--10- 50--70--90-60

d. Look at the pictures and count.

Using the list of addresses given here, act out one of the dialogs with your instructor.

Your instructor will read several Moscow addresses aloud. Write them down in English and then find them on a map of Moscow. Now listen again as your instructor reads the list once more. This time write down the addresses in Russian.

Ask your classmates where they live now and where they used to live.

Ask your instructor where he/she lived in the Former Soviet Union.

Look at the picture and tell which cities Иван Иванович and his wife Варвара Петровна (the owners of these suitcases) have visited. Use the model:

Они были в Ростове.

Они были в Одессе.

While on vacation, you made a number of new friends. Did you remember to get their addresses? Good! Read them aloud, telling your classmates where each of them lives by using the model:

Это мой знакомый ИванОн живёт в Москве.
Это моя знакомая Мария.Она живёт в Киеве.

1.

Иван

Москва

Тверской бульвар 10, квартира 15

2.

Николай

Ташкент

ул. Дружбы 19, квартира 20

3.

Александр

Санкт-Петербург

Невский проспект 22, квартира 15

4.

Григорий

Кострома

ул. Малая Садовая 9, квартира 10

5.

Мария

Киев

ул. Богатырская 4, квартира 55

6.

Наташа

Минск

Рыбный переулок 30, квартира 2

7.

Ольга

Бишкек

Большой Козловский проспект 12,

квартира 49

While in Moscow, you mailed several business and personal letters. They were returned to you because you made mistakes in addressing them. Take a look at the envelopes, find your mistakes and correct them.

Choose the most appropriate answers to the following questions:

1.

Где вы живёте?

  • a. Спасибо, хорошо.

  • b. Я живу в штате Вирджиния.

  • c. В институте в Арлингтоне.

2.

В каком городе вы жили?

  • a. В Мэриленде.

  • b. В Государственном департаменте.

  • c. В Балтиморе.

3.

Какой у вас дом?

  • a. Неплохо, а у вас?

  • b. Конечно, спасибо.

  • c. Новый и красивый.

4.

Что есть на вашей улице?

  • a. Магазины, библиотека, банк, кинотеатр и школа.

  • b. Метро направо за углом.

  • c. Это недалеко, два квартала.

You've found a lost child (played by your instructor). Ask his/her name, where he/she lives, etc. Recall that you should address the child as «ты». Relate that information to the militiaman (played by your instructor, whom you'll address as «вы») who has come to help.

Ask various instructors in the Russian Section where they live now and where they used to live in the Former Soviet Union. Remember that you'll be addressing them as «вы». Come back and tell your classmates what you found out. Use the models given here: