Full Lesson: http://www.ruskyed.com/GEO/geo19a.html Transcript: ----------------------- Rusky Ed here and in this lesson we will be taking a look at the Central Federal District. More on that following the intro song, but until then be sure to check out the focus words. Although it’s called the Central Federal District (or Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг in Russian), it’s actually located pretty much in the western portion of Russia. In fact, federal subjects which are considered to be part of the Central Federal District share borders with Belarus (Беларусь) and Ukraine (Украина). Altogether there are eighteen federal subjects which comprise the Central Federal District and they are as follows: Tver Oblast Smolensk Oblast Moscow Oblast Yaroslavl Oblast Bryansk Oblast Kaluga Oblast Moscow Vladimir Oblast Ivanovo Oblast Kostroma Oblast Kursk Oblast Oryol Oblast Tula Oblast Ryazan Oblast Belgorod Oblast Lipetsk Oblast Voronezh Oblast Tambov Oblast That’s a lot of federal subjects to keep track of and so it’s convenient that they are grouped into one district. Also of special interest, it should be pointed out that there are two separate federal subjects called Moscow (Москва) and Moscow Oblast (Московская область) and Moscow is surrounded by the Moscow Oblast. Moving along we have the following vocabulary words for this lesson: местность - terrain, area, region, ground равнинный- flat зрение- sight, vision дамба - dam, dike, levee русло - riverbed, channel, course, direction основной - basic, primary, fundamental, main The sample sentences for these words are as follows: В области видимости местность была равнинной. В поле зрения местность была равнинной. В поле зрения ландшафт был равнинным. (The terrain was flat as far as the eye could see.) Вдоль русла реки есть две основные дамбы. На реке есть две основные дамбы. (There are two major dams along the course of the river.) Often in life we must deal with nonsense which can be annoying and which can sometimes provoke us to be sarcastic. It is with this thought in mind that we will deal with the following review words: обнаружить - detect, spot, discover распознать - recognize, discern сарказм - sarcasm сытый - satisfied, full, satiated горло - throat ерунда - nonsense, rubbish And now for a few sample sentences: Сарказм часто трудно обнаружить. (Sarcasm is often difficult to detect.) Сарказм иногда трудно распознать. (Sarcasm is sometimes hard to recognize.) Я сыт по горло этой ерундой. (I’m fed up with this nonsense.) Literally “сыт по горло” means full to the throat, but it is used in a way which makes it equivalent to “fed up with” in English. Other phrases with similar meaning include: Меня это достало. (I’m sick of it.) Мне это уже осточертело. (I’m sick of it already.) Мне надоело это хуже горькой редьки. (I’m sick of it worse than bitter radish.) Although достать can have a range of meanings, colloquially it means something like to be annoyed. Interestingly, осточертело is derived from сто which means one-hundred and чертей which means devils. And finally the idiom regarding the bitter radish is widely used in Russia. Vladimir Putin has even used the idiom in speeches, for instance. And that’s it for this lesson...

• published: 06 Sep 2015
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