SOLT Russian listening — Module 6 Lesson 4, track 115
SOLT listening workbook · Module 6 Lesson 4, track 115
Task
A. Listen to the dialogue between Света and Таня and mark if the following statements
are True or False.
T/F
1. Света went to the church on Easter.
2. Таня visited her brother on Easter.
3. Таня made the Easter bread for Easter.
4. They did not go to consecrate the Easter bread.
B. Challenge. Listen to an authentic audio clip of radio news.
A. Listen once for the general meaning. Try to notice as many cognates as possible.
B. Listen for the second time and determine the occasion being reported. Choose the most
accurate response.
A. Christmas festivities in Moscow.
B. The Consecration of a Christian church.
C. Celebration of the millennium in Saint Petersburg.
Transcript
Света, что ты делала на Пасху?
Sveta, what did you do on Easter?
Ничего особенного. В церковь мы не ходили, а ездили в эти дни на дачу. А ты?
Nothing special. We didn’t go to church, but went to the dacha these days. And you?
Мы были в городе, и в этот день к нам в гости приходил мой брат со своей семьей. Мы красили яйца. Детям это очень понравилось.
We were in the city, and that day my brother and his family came to visit us. We painted eggs. The kids really liked it.
Я испекла кулич и всего наготовила. Мы очень хорошо все посидели за столом, поговорили.
I baked the cake and cooked everything. We all had a very good time sitting at the table and talking.
А кулич выходили освещать?
Did you go out to light the Easter cake?
Нет, не ходили. Нам как-то некогда было.
No, we didn't go. We somehow had no time.
В Москве состоялось великое освещение Храма Христа Спасителя. Кульминация торжеств по случаю двух тысячелетия Рождества Христова.
The great illumination of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior took place in Moscow. The culmination of celebrations on the occasion of the two thousandth anniversary of the Nativity of Christ.