Lake Baikal – a Miracle of Nature (for Spotlight 10)

Wednesday, the twenty-second of January

Classwork

Lake Baikal – a Miracle of Nature

Lake Baikal is one of the most famous and beautiful lakes in the world and it’s one of Russia’s greatest landmark s.

The water is crystal clear and when you see shimmering stones on the bottom of the breathtaking beauty lake it’s hard to believe they’re so deep down .

The tranquility of the lake can easily become a tempest as the lake changes its mood quickly: the wind rises and huge waves begin to roll across the surface.

Lake Baikal is surrounded by some magnificent mountain ranges .

Lake Baikal is the only breeding ground for the Baikal Seal and the Omul fish, on which the seals feed.

In 1996 Lake Baikal was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We ought to do all we can to protect this fragile environment and save it for further generations.

Think Green! To save Baikal!

Think Green! Do all you can!

Think Green!

For all our children!

Think Green!

For the race of man!

EX.1 . Match the word pairs:

great heritage

breathtaking down

crystal ground

deep mood

huge environment

mountain beauty

breeding landmark

world clear

change waves

fragile ranges

landmark

beauty

clear

down

waves

ranges

ground

heritage

mood

environment

Ex.2. True or False? Correct the false ones:

1.Lake Baikal is the largest and the oldest lake on the planet.

2.Lake Baikal is very calm.

3.At the end of the XX century lake Baikal was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

4. More than 300 rivers flow into Lake Baikal but no one flows outwards.

5.There are 27 islands among which the biggest is Olkhon Island famous as the breeding ground for the Baikal Seal.

Ex.2. True or False? Correct the false ones:

1.Lake Baikal is the largest and the oldest lake on the planet.

F

the largest

the largest

the oldest

the oldest

the deepest

the deepest

The tragedy of the Aral Sea.

2.Lake Baikal is very calm.

F

The tranquility of the lake can easily become a tempest as the lake changes its mood quickly: the wind rises and huge waves begin to roll across the surface.

3.At the end of the XX century lake Baikal was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

T

In 1996 Lake Baikal was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

4. More than 300 rivers flow into Lake Baikal but no one flows outwards.

F

4. More than 300 rivers flow into Lake Baikal but only one flows outwards –

the Angara

5.There are 27 islands among which the biggest is Olkhon Island famous as the breeding ground for the Baikal Seal.

F

Lake Baikal is the only breeding ground for the Baikal Seal and the Omul fish, on which the seals feed.