LEVEL: Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Year Russian

PARTICIPANT(S): Sveta

UNIT TITLE: Differences in Russia

DESCRIPTION OF UNIT: In this videoclip, Sveta, a young university student, discusses her ideas of the differences between Russians and Americans. This videoclip is encoded in Apple's QuickTime format; you may need to download the QuickTime plug-in before being able to watch the video.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNIT: First watch the video and try to follow the Russian without worrying about whether you are catching every word. To help you initially, there is a short glossary of words and phrases to the right of the video. Watch it as many times as necessary in order to be able to understand it. After watching the video once in this fashion, write a short paragraph in English summarizing what you understood. Feel free to explore other units!

• русский как иностранный: Russian as a second language
• рост: age
• впадать в панику ("паника"): to become panicked ("panic")
• обстановка: situation, environment
• бытовой: (adjective) everyday
• мрачный: gloomy

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