SOLT Russian listening — Module 4 Lesson 5, track 26

SOLT listening workbook · Module 4 Lesson 5, track 26

Task

Listen to a segment of a lecture about an interesting area of Russia. Listen to it three
times.

A. Listen once for the general information and determine the type of the administrative
unit being discussed and its name.
B. Read the list of the geographical terms, listen to the recording again and put a check
mark next to those mentioned:

lake
rocky
archipelago
bay
cape
shore
province
shoreline
oblast
coast
relief
ocean
peninsula
strait
sea

C. Read the statements below. Listen again and put a check mark next to those that are
true.

1. The length of this administrative unit equals almost 1,600 km.
2. The east coast of this administrative unit has a varied topography.
3. The northernmost point of the discussed administrative unit is only 600 km from the
North Pole.
4. The oblast consists of 7 districts.

D. Now look at the enclosed map and find the places mentioned in the recording. You
may wish to listen to the recording again.

Transcript

Северная точка Камчатской области находится почти у Северного полярного круга.

The northern point of the Kamchatka region is located almost at the Arctic Circle.

Южная точка – мыслопадка. Продерженность Камчатки с севера на юг составляет 1600 километров.

The southern point is a mental fall. The extent of Kamchatka from north to south is 1600 kilometers.

Западный берег Камчатки имеет ровную береговую линию,

The western coast of Kamchatka has a flat coastline,

восточное побережье отличается более сложным очертанием.

the east coast has a more complex outline.

Далеко вдаются в пространство Тихого океана скалистые полуострова Кроноцкий, Камчатский,

The rocky peninsulas of Kronotsky, Kamchatsky, and

Озерный, Мыс-Шипунский. Вблизи восточного побережья находится остров Карагинский,

Ozerny, Mys-Shipunsky. Near the eastern coast there is Karaginsky Island,

отделенный от Камчатки проливом Литке, а также Комардорский архипелаг.

separated from Kamchatka by the Litke Strait, as well as the Komardor archipelago.