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Сегодня 8 июня среда.

Вот ваше задание на четверг 9 июня:
Homework
Speaking

• Be prepared to conduct an interview. Choose one question that you prepared for Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Textbook

• ex. 34 p.25
• ex.43 p. 34 use Appendix p.87

Workbook and Grammar book 

• exe. 69-74 pp.68-71

 Stage 2 Part 3

• review the vocabulary for the story on p.25 by rereading the article
• and by working with the Cram cards

•  preview the vocabulary for stories on p. 27

Cultural Awareness 

• Совет Федерации - СовФед - The Federation Council or Senate is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (the parliament of the Russian Federation)

• according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation
• a total membership of 170 Senators - each of the 85 federal subjects of Russia – consisting of 22 republics, 46 oblasts, nine krais, three federal cities, four autonomous okrugs, and one autonomous oblast – sends two senators to the Council
•  the Constitution also provides for senators from the Russian Federation, which can be no more than thirty (up to seven of them for life), as well as (optionally) former presidents as life senators (as of 2020 there are no such life senators)

• the council holds its sessions within the Main Building in Moscow, with additional offices and committee rooms located on Novy Arbat Street
• the two houses of the Federal Assembly are physically separated. Sessions of the Federation Council take place in Moscow from January 25 to July 15, and from September 16 to December 31
• sessions are open to the public
• for purposes of succession, the chairman of the Federation Council is the third-highest position in the Russian Federation, after the president and the prime minister
• in the case of incapacity of the President and Prime Minister, the chairman of the Federation Council becomes Acting President of the Russian Federation
• the current chairman is Valentina Matviyenko

• CPRF: 57 seats
• A Just Russia — For Truth: 28 seats
• Independent: 1 seat
• Party of Growth: 1 seat
• United Russia: 325 seats
• New People: 15 seats
• Civic Platform: 1 seat (into LDPR group)
• Rodina: 1 seat (into LDPR group)
• LDPR: 21 seats (excluding Rodina and Civic Platform)