TOWN NEAR CHINESE GATES

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 478.

Ø Pre-reading task:

1. Do you know what countries border on our country?

As historians testify, “Zaisan was founded in 1868 when the necessity appeared to found a military post here for supporting and controlling the region”. In 1876 A. Brem, the author of the world-known work “Life of animals” had a trip over West Siberia. He and his colleague – a well known German scientist, Doctor O. Finch visited Zaisan and wrote in the book “Travel to West Siberia”, “Zaisan military post has rather quickly developed into a rather large village. This place makes quite a pleasant impression with its broad streets where willows grow and irrigation canals are on either side of them. Its little brick houses with flat roofs look not very impressive but they are comfortable enough. There is a small nice church with a bell tower and a large school building”.

In 1893 Zaisan received a town status. It took its name from the ancient lake which, as the beautiful old legend tells, has also another name of The Lake of Ringing Bells. The mountains are covered with woods. There are wild animals in them and a lot of birds. Lakes and rivers are full of fish. Climate conditions of this wonderful land allow growing grapes, apples, water-melons, vegetables. Mountain slopes are covered with barberry, currant, and other plants.

Ø Write out the verbs in the Past Indefinite Tense from the text, put them into the Past Continuous Tense and make up sentences of your own with them.

Ø Write the summary of the text.

Ø Find on the map other cities, bordering on our neighbors. Make up a similar text about one of these towns.