SOLT Russian listening — Module 5 Lesson 4, track 76
SOLT listening workbook · Module 5 Lesson 4, track 76
Task
Challenge: Listen to an authentic audio clip from radio news.
A. Listen once for general information.
B. Listen for the second time and try to notice as many cognates as possible.
C. Listen for the third time and answer the questions.
1. What is the article about?
2. Where was Mr. Alibekov in 1992?
3. According to Alibekov what kind of
research was under way in the USSR in the
eighties?
4. How much and what kind of bacteria did
the Soviet Union possess?
Transcript
Россия. Биологическое оружие.
Russia. Biological weapons.
Канатян Алибеков, который в 1992 году остался в США, заявляет, что в 80-х годах в СССР велись интенсивные работы над биологическим оружием.
Kanatyan Alibekov, who remained in the United States in 1992, states that in the 80s, intensive work was carried out on biological weapons in the USSR.
Алибеков сообщил журналистам в Нью-Йорке, что Советский Союз обладал тоннами бактерий сибирской язвы и оспы.
Alibekov told reporters in New York that the Soviet Union possessed tons of anthrax and smallpox bacteria.