Topic 1. man and natural world 1. what can you say about the climate in russia? p.22 (part 1) 2. what are the reasons for changes in the climate and in the weather? p.22-23 3. what are the most serious environmental problems? p.38-39, 52-53 topic 2. england. 0*. geographical position of the united kingdom. symbols of its parts. national flag. p.90-91 1. what regions are there in england? what are they famous for? p.90-91 2. what can you say about the royal london and royal family and its history? p.105-107 3. what do you know about shakespeare’s life? what great plays did he write? p. 12-14 (part 2) topic 2. scotland. 0*. geographical position of the united kingdom. symbols of its parts. national flag. 1. a. what are the two largest and busiest cities in scotland? what do you know about them? p.42-43 b. into what parts is scotland divided geographically? c. what festivals are held in edinburgh every year? topic 3. wales. 0*. geographical position of the united kingdom. symbols of its parts. national flag. 1. what interesting facts about wales do you know? (geographical position, culture, traditions and language) ответьте на вопросы

the 2014 winter olympics, officially known as the xxii olympic winter games, were a major international multi-sport event held in  sochi, russia,  in the tradition of the winter olympic games.

sochi  was selected as the host city in  july 2007, during the 119th ioc session held in guatemala city. it is the first olympics in russia since the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. the soviet union was the host nation for the 1980 summer olympics in moscow.

a total of  98  events in 15 winter sport disciplines were held during the games. a number of new competitions were held during the games, including biathlon mixed relay, women’s ski jumping, mixed-team figure skating, mixed-team luge, half-pipe skiing, ski and snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard parallel slalom. the events were held around two clusters of new venues; anolympic  park constructed in sochi’s imeretinsky valley on the coast of the black sea, with fisht olympic stadium, and the games’ indoor venues located within walking distance, and snow events in the resort settlement of krasnaya polyana.

in preparation, organizers focused on modernizing the telecommunications, electric power, and transportation infrastructures of the region. while originally budgeted at us$12 billion, various factors caused the budget to expand to over us$51 billion, surpassing the estimated $44 billion cost of the 2008 summer olympics in beijing as the most expensive olympics in history.

with an average february temperature of 8.3°c and a humid subtropical climate, sochi is the warmest city to host a winterolympic  games. it is also the first time that an olympic park has been built for hosting a winter games.

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the sochi olympic park  was built by the black sea coast in the imeretin valley, about 4 km (2.5 miles) from russia’s border with georgia. the venues are clustered around a central water basin on which the  medals plaza  is built, allowing all indoor venues to be within walking distance. the new venues include:

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