SOLT Russian listening — Module 4 Lesson 7, track 42
SOLT listening workbook · Module 4 Lesson 7, track 42
Task
Challenge: Listen to a segment of an authentic radio news report from our archive. You
will hear the voice of the chief of the militia in Moscow. Read the following three
summaries in English and choose the most accurate one.
a. The accident that involved Boris Yeltsin's car took place at the intersection of two
major streets.
b. Boris Yeltsin's car was involved in a single-car accident in the morning on the way to
a session of the Parliament.
c. It is confirmed that Boris Yeltsin's car was involved in a two-car collision at 8:25 in
the evening.
Transcript
Действительно сегодня в 825 минут утра на пересечении улицы Горького и Большой Грузинской
Valid today at 825 minutes in the morning at the intersection of Gorky and Bolshaya Gruzinskaya streets
произошло столкновение двух автомашин, в одной из которых следовал председатель президиума Верховного Совета РССР Борис Николаевич Ельцин.
There was a collision between two cars, in one of which was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSSR, Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin.