Ex. 1. Прочитайте текст. Поставьте в пропуски необходимые числительные и слова. 1942; 7; 200,000; 9; 1944; 650,000
inhabitants ; an invasion ; Dmitry Shostakovich
In Leningrad, the Soviet Union underwent by Germany and was mobilized to build antitank fortifications along the city’s perimeter in support of the city’s Red Army defenders. German blockade siege claimed Leningrader lives in alone, mostly from starvation, exposure, disease, and shelling from distant German artillery. In January a successful Soviet offensive drove the Germans westward from the city’s outskirts, ending the siege.
The blockade of Leningrad is an example of courage and firmness of its . Despite the constant hunger and cold winters, Leningraders sought by all means to preserve its status as a cultural capital. They even found the strength to attend performances and concerts. The most famous musical work, "Leningrad" Symphony No., was written by and played on August , 1942, the day when Hitler planned that the city would fall from the blockade.
Ex 2. Прослушайте песню Billy Joel - Leningrad. Поставьте в пропуски, необходимые слова и выражения.
a) Victor was born
The spring of
And never saw
His anymore
The child of sacrifice
Child of
Another son who never had
A father after Leningrad
Went off to
And learned to serve his state the rules
And drank his vodka straight
The only to live
Was drown the hate
The Russian life was very
And such was life in Leningrad
I was born in
A cold war kid in the McCarthy times
Stop 'em at the 38th parallel
Blast those yellow reds to hell
Cold war kids were hard to
Under their desks in an air raid drill
Haven't they heard we won the war
What they keep on fighting for?
b) Victor was sent
To some red town
Served out his time
Become a circus
The greatest happiness
He'd ever found
Was making children glad
When children lived in Leningrad.
The children lived in Levittown
Hid in the shelters
Till the soviets turned their ships around
Torn the Cuban missiles down
And in that bright October
We knew our childhood days were done
I watched my go off to war
What do they on fighting for?
So my child and I came to this place
To meet him, ___ to ___ and face to face
He made my laugh
Then we embraced
We never knew what friends we had
Until we came to .
