6. The British children asked us more questions. Read the answers and guess what the questions were.
1. The ecological situation in Russia is not very safe. Pollution in
some industrial towns is high. Some parts of western Russia were
badly influenced by radiation from Chernobyl in 1986. In many places
wildlife is in danger. Anyhow, more and more people are beginning
to realize that a clean environment is extremely important. Ecological
education has found its way into schools. We all hope that the situ-
ation will soon become better.
2. Perhaps the greatest love of Russians is for
tea. It's drunk without milk and is often served
with homemade varenye (jam), baranki (circles of
dry pastry') and pirozhki (baked pastry with some
Filling). Russian-style tea is a special ceremony when
people sit around a table with a samovar [' sæməva:]
tea-urn) placed in the middle and drink hot strong tea with a slice
of lemon either from cups or from glasses in glassholders.
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