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Dec 25, 2020 14 min

A2-B1. New Year's celebration

from Russian Language: Real Breakthrough Hosted by Yulia Stepanova

A fragment from the book "Снег идёт" 1949 by Lyubov Voronkova, adapted for A2-B1 level with vocabulary* and even sounds that illustrate words like трещать, звонить, скрипеть, вздыхать. A story about how a family celebrated New Year in the village. Book a lesson at http://italki.com/yulia.stepanova to check your listening comprehension, to practice new words and grammar. New Year's tree decorating and waiting for the New Year is a great occasion to practice the words ставить, класть, вешать, висеть, ложиться, лечь, etc. С Рождеством и Новым годом, любители русского языка! *The vocabulary contains words that are not included in the minimum vocabulary of level B1. Часть 1. Part 1 баранки bagel блестящий shining, bright; brilliant бусы beads ветка branch густой dense, bushy доставать / достать get, take out изба peasant's log hut горсть handful картон cardboard пахнуть smell (of) продевать / продеть pass, put through пряник gingerbread расправлять / расправить spread, stretch село village сиять shine украшать / украсить decorate шуба fur coat не утерпеть not be able to resist Часть 2. Part 2. бенгальские огни sparklers гаснуть / погаснуть go out, die away; become dim гореть burn сгореть burn out зажигать / зажечь set fire (to); light засыпать / заснуть fall asleep звон ring, jingle; chime голый bare nude искра spark(le); spangle конюшня stabling отскакивать / отскочить jump off / aside палочка stick покрывать / покрыть cover раздаваться / раздаться sound, be heard садить / посадить кого offer a seat скатерть table-cloth скотина cattle, livestock ['laɪvstɔk] скрипеть creak трещать crackle

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