Ex. 1. Прочитайте текст. Поставьте в пропуски необходимые числительные и слова. 1942; 7; 200,000; 9; 1944; 650,000

inhabitants ; an invasion ; Dmitry Shostakovich

In Leningrad, the Soviet Union underwent by Germany and was mobilized to build antitank fortifications along the city’s perimeter in support of the city’s Red Army defenders. German blockade siege claimed Leningrader lives in alone, mostly from starvation, exposure, disease, and shelling from distant German artillery. In January a successful Soviet offensive drove the Germans westward from the city’s outskirts, ending the siege.

The blockade of Leningrad is an example of courage and firmness of its . Despite the constant hunger and cold winters, Leningraders sought by all means to preserve its status as a cultural capital. They even found the strength to attend performances and concerts. The most famous musical work, "Leningrad" Symphony No., was written by and played on August , 1942, the day when Hitler planned that the city would fall from the blockade.

Ex 2. Прослушайте песню Billy Joel - Leningrad. Поставьте в пропуски, необходимые слова и выражения.

a) Victor was born

The spring of

And never saw

His anymore

The child of sacrifice

Child of

Another son who never had

A father after Leningrad

Went off to

And learned to serve his state the rules

And drank his vodka straight

The only to live

Was drown the hate

The Russian life was very

And such was life in Leningrad

I was born in

A cold war kid in the McCarthy times

Stop 'em at the 38th parallel

Blast those yellow reds to hell

Cold war kids were hard to

Under their desks in an air raid drill

Haven't they heard we won the war

What they keep on fighting for?

b) Victor was sent

To some red town

Served out his time

Become a circus

The greatest happiness

He'd ever found

Was making children glad

When children lived in Leningrad.

The children lived in Levittown

Hid in the shelters

Till the soviets turned their ships around

Torn the Cuban missiles down

And in that bright October

We knew our childhood days were done

I watched my go off to war

What do they on fighting for?

So my child and I came to this place

To meet him, ___ to ___ and face to face

He made my laugh

Then we embraced

We never knew what friends we had

Until we came to .