Russian as a foreign language. Non-adapted story for translation from English and retelling (with keys). Book 1 (levels C1—C2)

Tatiana Oliva Morales

The book consists of 2 exercises. In exercise 1, you need to translate the story from Russian into English. In exercise 2, you need to translate the same story from English into Russian and retell it close to the text. The exercises have keys. The book contains 942 English words and expressions. In complexity it corresponds to levels C1 – C2.

The number of words you need to know for the following purposes of using a foreign language

For «survival» in an environment without a translator — 120

For daily communication on general topics — 2000

For reading simple texts of general subjects — 4,000 — 5,000

Reading complex texts — 10,000

Native Speaker Level — 10,000 — 20,000