A. Listen to the recording and fill out the chart below.
1. The date when the chess school was opened:
2. The name of a famous chess player who was at the opening ceremony:
3. The number of games that Карпов won at the new school:
B. Challenge. Listen to an audio clip of authentic radio news.
A. Listen once for general meaning.
B. Listen for the second time and try to notice as many cognates as possible.
C. Listen for the third time and choose the correct response.
A. A Canadian skier lost his silver medal because a trace of marijuana was discovered in
his body two days ago.
B. A Canadian skater will sue the Olympics Committee to allow him to keep his gold
medal which he lost due to the marijuana charge.
C. A Canadian snowboarder retained his gold medal, although a trace of marijuana was
discovered in his body.
D. A Canadian racer hopes to retain his silver medal in spite of being disqualified due to
marijuana charges.
5 марта в городе Пайковском состоялось открытие районной
On March 5, the opening of the district took place in the city of Paykovsky
специализированной детско-юношеской шахматной школы имени
specialized children's and youth chess school named after
Школу открывал сам Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов.
The school was opened by Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov himself.
В своем кратком выступлении великий шахматист особо
In his short speech, the great chess player especially
подчеркнул, что наша школа одна из немногих в Сибири
emphasized that our school is one of the few in Siberia
и Первой области.
and the First Region.
Он сообщил, что берет шефство над школой, а непосредственно
He said that he was taking patronage over the school, and directly
курировать ее будет известный Гроссмейстер и тренер Игорь
it will be supervised by the famous Grandmaster and coach Igor
Карпов дал сеанс одновременно игры на 25 досках, большинство
Karpov gave a session of simultaneous play on 25 boards, most
из которых заняли дети из всех поселков района.
of which were occupied by children from all the villages of the region.
Двое из них добились ничьих.
Two of them achieved draws.
Остальные партии Гроссмейстер выиграл.
The Grandmaster won the remaining games.
Канадский сноубордист Росреблиати сохранил за собой золотую
Canadian snowboarder Rosrebliati retained his gold medal
олимпийскую медаль в Нагана.
Olympic medal in Nagana.
Два дня назад его дисквалифицировали за то, что при анализе
Two days ago he was disqualified for the fact that during the analysis
в его организме были обнаружены остатки марихуаны.
Residues of marijuana were found in his body.