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- <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Chapter 5. Lesson 5</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><link rel="home" href="index.xhtml" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"/><link rel="up" href="index.xhtml" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"/><link rel="prev" href="ch04s07.xhtml" title="Numbers"/><link rel="next" href="ch05s02.xhtml" title="Setting the scene"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 5. Lesson 5</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04s07.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch05s02.xhtml">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div xml:lang="" class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d5e9121"/>Chapter 5. Lesson 5</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05.xhtml#d5e9137"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Где вы рабо́таете?</em></span></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml">Setting the scene</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9158"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Диало́г</em></span> №1</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9194"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вари́ант диало́га</em></span> №1</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9234"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №1.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9268"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №2.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9294">Offices</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9372"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №3.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9381"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №4.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9457"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №5.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9483"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №6.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9535"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №7.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s02.xhtml#d5e9601"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №8.</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml">Numbers from 11-20</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9652"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №9.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9656"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №10.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9665"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №11.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9680"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №12.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9687"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №13.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9750"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №14: <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Кроссво́рд</em></span></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9782"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №15.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9843"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №16.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9977"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №17.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e9994"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №18.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.xhtml#d5e10168"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №19.</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s04.xhtml">Days of the week</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s04.xhtml#d5e10239"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №20.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s04.xhtml#d5e10296"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №21.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s04.xhtml#d5e10303"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №22.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s04.xhtml#d5e10310"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №23.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s04.xhtml#d5e10317"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №24.</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s05.xhtml">Months of the year</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s05.xhtml#d5e10420"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №25.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s05.xhtml#d5e10478"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №26.</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s06.xhtml">Listening comprehension exercise</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s07.xhtml">In case you were wondering</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s07.xhtml#d5e10552">The locative/prepositional case</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s07.xhtml#d5e10727">Personal pronouns</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s07.xhtml#d5e10803"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №28.</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s08.xhtml">Useful words and expressions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s09.xhtml">Numbers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s10.xhtml">Days of the week</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s11.xhtml">Months of the year</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="center">Lesson №5</td></tr><tr><td align="center">WHERE DO YOU WORK?</td></tr><tr><td align="center">УРОК № 5</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../Images/0161.png" width="213"/></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="d5e9137"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Где вы рабо́таете?</em></span></h2></div></div></div><p>Many of your acquaintances in your new country will be interested in getting to know you
- better. One of the things they'll be asking will be<span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">
- <span class="bold"><strong>Где вы </strong></span><span class="bold"><strong>рабо́таете?</strong></span></em></span><span class="bold"><strong> </strong></span>"What do you do for
- a living? Where do you work?" Don't be surprised if you're asked questions, especially having
- to do with how much you are paid, which Americans would find inappropriate. During the Soviet
- period, wage scales were standard and common knowledge throughout the Soviet Union. A bus
- driver in Moscow was supposed to make as much as one in Irkutsk; a university professor in
- Kiev had the same salary as his counterpart in Gorky.</p><p>In those years, manual labor was more highly valued (and better paid) than those
- professions which demanded more brain and less brawn. With the break-up of the Soviet Union
- and the disappearance of the communist state, the nature and scope of many professions have
- been altered. And as the country moves toward a market economy, new professions are appearing
- (<span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мэ́неджеры</em></span></strong></span>,
- <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">банки́ры</em></span></strong></span>,
- <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бизнесме́ны</em></span></strong></span>
- and others) which enjoy varying degrees of popularity and respect. As a residual effect of the
- Soviet period, there are still many who think that any individual who is even mildly
- successful in business (and in economic and material terms) is obviously а <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">спекуля́нт</em></span></strong></span> who could
- have acquired his/her wealth only through illegal means. We can expect to see this situation
- continuing for some time as the society gropes its way toward a new order.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04s07.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch05s02.xhtml">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Numbers </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.xhtml">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Setting the scene</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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