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RUSLAN RUSSIAN 2
A second level communicative Russian course
by John Langran and Natalya Veshnyeva
Ruslan Limited
www.ruslan.co.uk
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to Nigel Evans, David Harmer, Jonathan Madden, Håkan Olson, Vivienne Simkins,
Steven Wilson, Wikipedia, www.mosmetro.ru, and others for their photographs, and to
the Institute of Linguists for their past examination material. Thanks to Tanya Aleksandrova,
Stanislav Chernishov, Katie Costello, David Knowles, Sergey Kozlov, Mikhail Kukushkin,
Tanya Lipatova, Tanya Nousinova, Mats Nystrom, Stella Sevander, Aleksey Yakubovich
and others for their suggestions, comments and help.
Thanks to John Albasiny, Natela Atkins, Larissa Belotsvetova, Igor Bunakov, Galina
Chirikova, Alex Chubarov, Sergey Kozlov, Mikhail Kukushkin, Anna Kurchenko, Natasha
Lewis and Nikolai and Zhenya Lipatov for their recordings, to Dan Wiener and Maria
Thorgevsky for the use of two of their songs, and to Brian Savin for the audio production
of the dialogues.
First published 1996
Second edition 2000
Third edition 2007
©1996, 2000, 2007 Ruslan
Copyright for the cartoons - Anna Lauchlan
ISBN 1-899785-48-5
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Accompanying materials
ISBN 1-899785-49-3
Ruslan 2 Audio CD. Recordings of dialogues and texts.
ISBN 1-899785-23-X
Ruslan 2 Student Workbook with free audio CD.
ISBN 1-899785-10-8
Ruslan 2 CD-ROM. Complete interactive version of the
Ruslan 2 course.
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Ruslan Russian 1 - a first level course for beginners.
Ruslan Russian 3 - an advanced course to AS and A2 levels.
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INTRODUCTION
“Ruslan Russian 2” is for learners of Russian who have completed a beginners course,
and takes you to a very good GCSE level and beyond. “Ruslan 2” continues the
storyline of “Ruslan 1”, and builds on the content. The context is modern and
communicative, with a concise, systematic approach to the grammar. “Ruslan 2” can
be used with groups with a teacher, or for individual learning, and for this the
CDRom is particularly useful. Here are some screens from the Ruslan 2 CDRom:
There is an Audio CD with recordings of the dialogues and most of the texts, and an
optional Student Workbook, with 150 additional exercises and a free Audio CD.
The ten lessons in this book include:
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a summary of the content of each lesson;
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a cartoon to introduce the theme;
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dialogues to introduce the new vocabulary and structures. The dialogues
follow the aventures of Ivan, Vadim, Lyudmila and their Moscow friends, and
the “typical foreigner” who has all sorts of problems with life in Russia!
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vocabularies with the new words;
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background information in Russian for each lesson;
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grammatical explanations;
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exercises based on the new material, reading exercises, listening and
writing exercises, exercises to practise the spoken language, role plays and
language games.
At the end of the book you will find a Key to the Exercises, the texts of the
Listening Exercise dialogues, a Grammar Review, and a Russian to English dictionary
for “Ruslan 1” and “Ruslan 2”.
Internet support, with supplementary material, answers to student queries,
factual updates, additional explanations, and links to other useful sites, will be
available on the Ruslan website at: www.ruslan.co.uk/ruslan2.htm
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CONTENTS
ÑÎÄÅÐÆÀÍÈÅ
Ê‚ðòà Ðîññ‰éñêîé Ôåäåð‚öèè
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Pronunciation and stress in Russian
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Note for teachers and learners
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Óð‹ê 1 - Ñåìˆéíûé àëüá‹ì
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Talking about family and friends.
The accusative singular of adjectives.
The nominative and accusative plural of adjectives.
The instrumental with áûòü, èíòåðåñîâ‚òüñÿ etc.
Talking about your age.
Information: Êâàñ. Âîˆííàÿ ñë˜æáà.
Reading passage: Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðá˜ðã.
À.Ñ.Ϙøêèí. «Ìˆäíûé Âñ‚äíèê».
À.Ñ.Ϙøêèí. Êð‚òêàÿ áèîãð‚ôèÿ.
Óð‹ê 2 - Ï‹÷òà
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Using a Russian post office. Changing money.
Introduction to verb aspects - perfective and imperfective.
Plural of nouns and pronouns - dative, instrumental and prepositional.
Ordinal numbers.
Information: Ï‹÷òà. Îáìˆí âàëƒòû. Ìàêä‹íàëüäñ.
Reading exercise: Ãîðîäñê‹é Ãèä: ìîñê‹âñêèå ðåñòîð‚íû.
Óð‹ê 3 - Ïîã‹äà
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Talking about the weather.
Comparative adjectives and adverbs.
Numbers in the genitive case.
Information: Àëåêñ‚íäð Áëîê: «Äâåí‚äöàòü». Êðûì.
Reading passage: Êë‰ìàò â Ðîññ‰è.
Óð‹ê 4 - Äîãîâîð‰ëèñü?
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Making arrangements to meet and go out.
Future tenses, perfective and imperfective.
Months of the year.
Genitive singular of adjectives.
Telling the time - minutes to and past the hour.
Information: Ìîñê‹âñêèå âîêç‚ëû. Â Ìîñê‹âñêîì ìåòð‹.
Reading passage: Ìîñê‹âñêîå ìåòð‹.
Óð‹ê 5 - Ïîëèêë‰íèêà
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Going to the doctor's.
Parts of the body.
The genitive, dative and instrumental singular of feminine adjectives.
The dative singular of masculine adjectives.
Information: Ïîëèêë‰íèêà. Àïòˆêà. Ñòîë‹âàÿ.
Reading passage: ×òî ñëó÷‰ëîñü ñ Ì‚éêëîì?
Song - «Íå óåçæ‚é, òû, ìîé ãîë˜á÷èê!»
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Óð‹ê 6 - Ìàãàç‰í
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Going shopping. Colours and sizes.
The prepositional singular of masculine adjectives.
Superlative adjectives.
Information:  ìàãàç‰íå. Íà êàê‹ì ýòàæˆ? Öˆíû ïðîä˜êòîâ.
Listening exercise: Ђäèî ðåêë‚ìà ìóçûê‚ëüíîãî ìàãàç‰íà.
Reading passage: ʬäáåðè ïðîäà¸ò øîêîë‚ä â Ðîññ‰þ.
Óð‹ê 7 - шðãèåâ Ïîñ‚ä
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Travelling by train.
Introduction to verbs of motion.
The use of êîò‹ðûé - "which".
The genitive plural of adjectives.
Information: шðãèåâ Ïîñ‚ä. Íàçâ‚íèÿ ãîðîä‹â.
Reading passage: Æåëˆçíàÿ äîð‹ãà.
Óð‹ê 8 - Ðàá‹òà è ‹òäûõ
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Talking about work and leisure.
More verbs of motion.
The conditional mood.
The animate accusative.
Information: Ñåêðˆòíàÿ ðàá‹òà.
Reading exercise: Êàê ìîñêâè÷‰ ïðîâåë‰ ïð‹øëûé óèê¬íä?
Óð‹ê 9 - Êàê îí â›ãëÿäèò?
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Describing people and objects.
Personal pronouns ñåáµ and ñàì.
The possessive pronoun ñâîé.
Negatives íè÷ò‹, íèêò‹ and íèêîãä‚.
The use of íåóæˆëè and ð‚çâå.
Information: Ðåê‚ Â‹ëãà.
Reading passage: Ýêñê˜ðñèÿ ïî ‹ëãå.
Óð‹ê 10 - Øåðåìˆòüåâî
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Air travel. Expressing the date.
General revision.
Prepositions that take the instrumental case.
Information: Òàì‹æåííàÿ äåêëàð‚öèÿ. Ðîññ‰éñêèå ãàçˆòû.
Reading passage: Àýðîôë‹ò.
Îòâˆòû ê óïðàæíˆíèÿì
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Òˆêñòû äèàë‹ãîâ “Äàâ‚éòå ïîñë˜øàåì!”
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Review of Russian grammar
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Иññêî-àíãë‰éñêèé ñëîâ‚ðü
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Иññêèé àëôàâ‰ò
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Internet support www.ruslan.co.uk/ruslan2.htm
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ÊÀÐÒÀ ÐÎÑÑÈÉÑÊÎÉ ÔÅÄÅÐÀÖÈÈ
Ìàñøòàá:
0 1000êì.
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Russian pronunciation depends on the stress. In words of more than one
syllable there is normally one stressed vowel which is pronounced more
strongly than the others. The stress is marked with an acute accent. For
example: ‚.
Stress marks are only used in texts for learners. You will not have them to help
you in Russian newspapers, books or street signs.
For an example of how stress affects pronunciation, consider the stressed and
unstressed letter î. In the word âèí‹ - “wine” , the î is stressed and is given
its full value. But in the word ïðîáëˆìà - “problem”, the î is unstressed and
therefore reduced. It sounds more like the English “a” in “dad”.
The stress in Russian isn’t regular or predictable. There are a few useful rules
(page 142), but usually you have to learn the stress for new words as you meet
them.
Once you know the stress, the pronunciation of a Russian word can be worked
out from the spelling. There are very few exceptions to the basic pronunciation
rules. To improve your pronunciation, listen to the CD or work with the CDRom,
repeating the words and phrases as often as you can.
Dialogues marked are recorded on the audio CD. The number is the number of the CD
track.
PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS IN RUSSIAN
Îä‰í èç ‚âòîðîâ ó÷ˆáíèêà â ͉æíåì
Í‹âãîðîäå ‹êîëî ï‚ìÿòíèêà
èçâˆñòíîìó ë¸ò÷èêó Â.Ï. ×ê‚ëîâó
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